Thinly potted Chinese export Kraak plate with deer motif, about 8-3/8", in excellent condition. Border II, c. 1580-1600. This is the only border in which the cavetto and rim are not decorated as a single unit. The blue is intense and well-shaded. Please see Maura Rinaldi's KRAAK PORCELAIN. No chips, cracks, hairlines or repairs. This is not a shipwreck piece. There is no degradation of the glaze. Additional images on request. Our price includes insured shipping.
Thinly potted Chinese export Kraak plate with deer motif, about 8-3/8", in excellent condition. Border II, c. 1580-1600. This is the only border in which the cavetto and rim are not decorated as a single unit. The blue is intense and well-shaded. Please see Maura Rinaldi's KRAAK PORCELAIN. No chips, cracks, hairlines or repairs. This is not a shipwreck piece. There is no degradation of the glaze. Additional images on request. Our price includes insured shipping.
Popular with the Pennsylvania Dutch, c. 1820, this Double Rose Gaudy Dutch teapot has two hairlines, shallow chips to the interior of the lid and rim of teapot, typical of early soft paste (please see our images). Otherwise, excellent condition. About 9" from end of handle to tip of spout and 5.5" H. Insured shipping at cost.
Finest quality large Chinese export foliate Canton pudding bowl with great cobalt blue color, orange peel glaze. Early to mid-19th century. About 10-3/8" x 2-1/2", with incised fish to the base (please see our second and third images). Pristine condition with no chips, frits, hairlines, repairs, scratches or wear to glaze. Authenticity is guaranteed. Shipping is free via UPS Ground.
Huge diamond-shaped Chinese export Canton tazza, 14.75" (37.5cm) x 11.5" (29cm) x 3.5" (9cm). Perfect condition. No chips, cracks, hairlines or restoration. Additional images on request. Authenticity is guaranteed.
Late 18th century Chinese export tray in the Nanking pattern. About 10" x 8-7/8" x 1-1/4" H. Excellent condition with no chips, frits, cracks, hairlines or repairs. Insured shipping at cost.
Large Chinese export chestnut basket with "orange peel" glaze. About 9-5/8" x 8-1/2" W at top, 6-1/2" x 5-1/4 W at base x 3-1/2" H. Excellent condition with no chips, frits, cracks, hairlines or repairs. Insured shipping at cost.
Exceptionally good salad or fruit bowl, decorated with dark under glaze blue, the cleanest Canton bowl we have ever seen. No cracks, hairlines, chips, frits or noticeable kiln debris. About 10" W x 4-5/8 H. Microscopic glaze bubbles and debris suggest it dates from the mid to the late 19th C. Additional images on request. Insured shipping within the U.S. is included in our price.
Pre-Wanli Kraak phoenix plate dating to the mid-16th C. About 7-5/8" x 1-3/8". Excellent condition with 1/4" firing crack to rim. Distinct chatter marks to the base. Please see similar dishes described and pictured on pp. 61-62 of CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN From the Museum of Anastacio Concalves, Lisbon, by Maria Antonia Pinto de Matos. For a full description, see our fifth and sixth images. Insured shipping at cost.
Chinese Imari Verte plate dating to the third quarter of the 18th century. Superb condition with no chips, frits, cracks, hairlines or repairs. No perceptible wear to enamels, gilt or the rim dressed in iron brown. About 9" (22.86cm) x 1" (2.54cm). Additional images on request. Insured shipping at cost