Porcelain & Ceramics
A JAPANESE ARITA TANKARD
Based on a European design, probably of German stoneware form and shape, with a rounded body and wide cylindrical neck, set with a 'C'-shaped handle, the body applied with bands of moulded dark blue...
Anita Gray deals in Asian and European porcelain and works of art. We have been established in Davies Street, London, for over 45 years.
Our speciality is Chinese porcelain and works of art from the 16th to the 18th century. Focussing on items made for the Imperial court, the Chinese domestic market and export markets.
Porcelain & Ceramics
Based on a European design, probably of German stoneware form and shape, with a rounded body and wide cylindrical neck, set with a 'C'-shaped handle, the body applied with bands of moulded dark blue...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of shallow rounded form with a brown-edged rim, brightly enameled in blue, turquoise and red enamels and gilt, with the 'Kakiemon' pattern of two birds, one flying and one perched, surrounded by pine,...
Porcelain & Ceramics
The decagonal lobed teapot and cover decorated in iron-red, blue, green, yellow and black enamels with a blue bird with outstretched wings perched in a branch amidst flowers and foliage, beneath a...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Heavily potted with a shallow bowl and everted rim, finely painted in underglaze blue, shades of overglaze green, iron-red, yellow, aubergine and gilding, with a decoration to the centre of the bowl...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of pear shape with a ribbed body, short tubular neck, c-shaped handle and curved spout, painted in underglaze blue and shades of overglaze iron-red and gilding with on the body large flowers and tall...
Porcelain & Ceramics
The bodies of pear shape rising to tall slender necks, both moulded to each side with a kidney-shaped recessed panel modelled in high relief with a hen and a cockerel and the reverse with a rose in...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of round form, shallow bowl and foliate edges to the flattened rim, painted in the Chinese kraak-style with a central roundel decorated with a scholar seated on a round mat next to the water, stylised...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of double gourd form with "C" shaped handle and slender "S" shaped spout, boldly painted round the body with chrysanthemum and peony sprays in underglaze blue and enamels in the classic Imari palette...