A textbook ‘Hampton Court’ vase and cover decorated in the Kakiemon palette c.1670-90 has a guide of £4000-6000, while pictured here is a rare pair of Arita hens, c.1700, estimated at £3000-5000.
The Edo pecking order
The Woolley & Wallis Japanese sale includes some good examples of the Edo period porcelains that wowed the European courts of the 17th and early 18th centuries.