With a man and two women in a fenced garden painted in bright enamels, a ruyi border around the mouth and a stylized leaf pattern border at the foot, the base with an apocryphal Qinalong mark. 19th C. 4 1/2 in. high
The exterior with "a hundred boys" pattern all in various pursuits, the rim with a brown wash, the base with a four character Tongzhi seal mark in overglaze red and of the period. 3 1/2 in. high
Encircled with branches, blooming flowers and star bursts in deep colored enamels, the sides pierced, a double band of gilt along the mouth rim, a six character Tongzhi seal mark on the base and of the period. 11 1/4 in. high.
Each painted with growling mythical beasts in underglaze blue amidst fire brands, a poem on the reverse, all on a white ground, the top covers with characters, maker's marks in overglaze red on the bases. Fritting to one top. 19th C. 4 in. diam.
Numerous boys in various pursuits covering the exterior and top of each covered bowl, this near pair employs many of the traditional games in the scenic depictions seen on boys bowls and plates during the Qing period, the mouth rims in gilt, the base and top of each with a Tongzhi seal mark in over glaze red and of the period. 4 1/2 in. diam.
A matched pair of rouleau vases decorated in famille-rose palette with maidens playing "go" in a garden outside of a house with an open window and two others in various pursuits, a poem in sepia on the reverse, the shoulders with bands of sepia patterns, the mouth rim with a band of ruyi in sepia with hanging diamonds, other bands in sepia around the foot rim, an apocryphal four character Qianlong mark in over glaze red on the base. Surface scratch in glaze under poem on one. Late Repub ...click for details
Well proportioned and potted, a lohan amidst clouds and firebrands in under glaze blue all on a muted brown crackle glaze, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark. 19th C. 10 in. high
Well proportioned, the exterior covered with floral scenes, birds and butterflies in under glaze blue on a brown crackle glaze, the foot and shoulder covered with a dark chocolate glaze, the lid with floral scenes in under glaze blue as is the finial, the top rim in chocolate brown, the base unmarked. Chip on top restuck. 19th C. 9 1/2 in. high
Decorated on the exterior with four thin leafed flowering plants, lingzhi mushrooms sprouting at their bases, all in lime green glaze on a white ground with a gilt rim, the interior with a flowering leafy plant in a line green glaze, the base with the symbol of lingzhi mushrooms pierced by an arrow in over glaze red.
Daoguang. 7 in. diam
Nicely potted and painted with florals and tendrils together with bats encircling the exterior and creating four medallions with Chinese characters of long life and good health, a four character apocryphal Chenghua mark in overglaze red on the base. 19th C. 5 in. diam
Very finely painted figural vase in Yongzheng style depicting officials in a gated garden with a lohan and young boy, the shoulder with hex design amidst flowers, the neck with clouds of fog covering all but the tops of mountains and villages, the seal mark distinctly drawn, the base unmarked. Drilled, cracks. 19th C. 14 in. high
With blooms of flowering plants against a white fretwork interspersed with small flowers, a band of ruyi at the mouth rim, stylized waves and lotus tendrils around the foot, gilt evident. Slight lean. Early 19th C. 9 1/2" high
Provenance: Stanford, Connecticut collection
The sloping shoulders, neck and foot rim of this heavy vase i ...click for details
The foliated saucer with landscape scenes and the foliated cup with panels of scholars in various pursuits separated by hatchwork designs. 18/19th C. Saucer 4 in. diam, cup 2 in high.
Provenance: Cleveland, Ohio collection
This is one of four sets of 18/19th C cups and saucers of similar size and design offered. All came from the same ...click for details
Each of its six sides decorated with an elaborate blooming lotus flower, its associated leaves and tendrils branching out and filling the panel, a band of ruyi around the mouth and inscribed florals on the rim and feet. Small interior losses. 5 1/2 in. diam. 19th C
