Very Rare Chinese porcelain Coral enameled VASE of slender elongated pear form. (Shan Hu Hong) Kangxi period.The neck rises from a raised bowstring band that encircles the shoulder and flares widely terminating in a galleried rim. The body rests on a widely splayed stepped foot. The interior and base are covered in a gray crackled glaze. The coral red glaze is tinted slightly pinkish in tone. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, (1662-1722). Height 10.25 inches or 26 cm.
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Chinese cobalt blue monochrome porcelain BOTTLE VASE, 18th Century with globular body and straight long neck, covered in a deep blue glaze thinning to a lighter tone at the rim.
Condition, excellent, only one small (less than 1 inch or 2.4cm hairline at the neck, only visible on the inside) Little scratching of glaze on the outside.Provenance: Purchased at Christie's South Kensington in London on May 16, 2012, Lot # 535. Height is 12.25 inches or 29.4 cm.
Chinese porcelain blue (cobalt) monochrome glazed "tear-drop" elongated VASE of ovoid form and a tall slender tapering neck covered in a thick blue glaze. Ming 17th Century. The vase is of a dark rich, natural cobalt blue color thinning to a mushroom colored rim. The condition is good, minor glaze scratches, however, the neck is slightly misshaped. The base is also glazed in cobalt blue. Height is 11 1/4 inches or 28.3 cm.
Purchased in London, England from Christie's
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Chinese porcelain IMPERIAL YELLOW MING DISH with six character Zhengde underglaze blue mark in double circles and of the period. ( 1506-1521) The low rounded sides rising from a wedge shaped foot to an everted rim, applied overall with a translucent glaze of rich egg-yolk color leaving the slightly convex base in white. Diameter is 8 1/8 inches or 20.5 cm. Condition report available on request; no chips or fritting or restorations, some hairlines. Purchased in London at Sothebys.
Chinese porcelain monochrome RUBY-glazed STEM CUP with a 6 character Qianlong horizontal underglaze mark on the inside of the base of the vessel. This unusual RUBY "pao-shih hung" orange peel "chu-p'i wen"glazed porcelain vessel has a white rim and the interior of the stem is glazed in an "off-white-slightly bluish" color. Diameter is 7 inches in height 17.5 cm and the height is 5 inches of 13 cm. Purchased in London. Condition is excellent except for some sli ...click for details
Chinese porcelain Qingbai TEA BOWL from Bluett & Sons in London. Well modeled from the paper thin rim to the small very slightly inverted foot rim the pale blue glaze neatly applied over an incised design inside the bowl, both inside and out with the foot rim and base unglazed and the fine white porcelain clearly visible. There is a repaired crack which is hardly discernible as well as a 1.75 inch hairline crack from the rim that is visible both inside and outside the cavetto.
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Chinese porcelain Quingbai baluster JAR well modelled with a crackled creamy-blu glaze sitting on a slightly inverted narrow footrim. The base is glazed (& nicked) and there is a half-silver dollar shaped (& size) firing crack in the base.
Condition is fair. There are numerous "pitts" in the glaze mostly on the shoulder which are discoloured (white coloured) Nonetheless, a somewhat impressive ceramic.Circa: Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) Dimensions: Height is 8 inches (20 cm) and wi ...click for details
A transitional (1640-1680) Chinese porcelain BEAKER VASE with an inscribed dragon motif around the circumference of the vase with a Blanc de Chine white glaze. Condition is quite good although there is a 3/8 of an inch hairline crack in the rim (inside & out) and slight glaze chip on the rim as well. Otherwise in good condition. Circa: 17th Century. Height is 8 inches (20.7 cm) and width at rim is 4.75 inches (12 cm)
Chinese porcelain GE or Guanyao, WALL VASE with two tone cracklature "golden thread and iron wire" in a stunning Cong form! Excellent condition.
Dimensions: 11.25 inches (29 cms) in height and 4 1/8 inches (11.3 cms) in width. There is a Qianlong (1736-1795) under glaze blue seal mark and of the period.