A small, well patinated, Yixing stoneware teapot made in China circa 1700 to 1730 during either the Kangxi or Yongzheng reigns. There are no makers or owners seal marks. Condition - excellent. One minute base chip - no cracks and no resoration...
Southern Song period ( 1127 - 1279 ) Zhejiang province.
Extremaly rare small cup with a superb quality opaque glaze. The exposed clay to the base turned reddish during the fiering prozess.
Unfortunately the enclosed images are not able to show how amazing this piece is.
Diameter : 4,6 cm. H : 2,7 cm.
Condition : Amazing glaze, no chip but there is a unbelievable slight short hairline which is only to see with a 10 X lens.
White glazed stoneware bowl with a nice molded floral decoration to the interior. Fifteenth century or earlier.
Diameter : 12,1 cm. H : 5,7 cm.
Condition : Slight glaze degradation but perfect with no chip or crack.
Yaozhou ware, Norhern Song period ( 960 - 1127 ) or still earlier. A quite similar resp. related piece is to see on a reputable Chinese website.
H : 7,5 cm. Diameter max.: 6,8 cm.
Condition : There is a lost to the rim of the under part which is normally covered by the cover. If you look closer at the surface of this area you can see, that this lost must happened before the burning process...
Five Dynasties (907 - 960 AD ) Zhejiang ( Yue - ware ).
The interesting shape of this pot was the early model for the very expensive Qing Kangxi period porcelain Water-pots.
H : 6,8 cm. Diameter : 9,8 cm.
Condition : Perfect
Northern Song ( 11th - 12th century )
The lustrous and glossy black glaze on the fine white body of this extremely rare piece are characteristic of the finest " Ding " vessels developed in the Dingzhou kilns at Quyang, Ding county, Hebei province in the Northern Song period.
H : 4,2 cm.
Condition : When examined with a 10X lense there is to see a very fine hairline to the body which is nearly invisible with the free eye, further in a perfect condiion.
Geyao cup in a very nice Song Dynasty inspired shape. Seventeenth century.
The brown clay to the base seems to be the original grey stoneware which turned to a dark brown during the firing process.
It seems not just to be a brown slip which covers the unglazed body to the base which would be typical for Qing pieces their intention it is to pretend a Song Dynasty piece.
Diameter : 5 cm. H : 3,6 cm.
Condition : One restored chip.
A stoneware bottle with an very decorative Guan-like glaze.
Although the shape of this rare piece is clearly a Song Dynasty shape reference images from a reputable Chinese porcelain site point to a dating to the Ming Chenghua period. Since there is a copyright to this reference images I cannot show them here.
H : 10,8 cm.
Condition : Chipped to the rim as you can see this on the images, further in perfect condition ( body not cracked ).
A very well potted Ge ware ( Geyao ) 17teenth century dish.
Gray stoneware covered with a very nice yellowish crackled glaze.
The base of the dish covered with a brown slip.
Diameter : 13,8 cm.
Condition : there is a chip to the rim of the dish.
Extremely rare Linru Kiln tea bowl with an amazing Guan type crackled Celadon glaze. Northern Song Dynasty ( 960 - 1127 ).
D : 10,8 cm. H : 4,7 cm.
Condition: The golden repair you see on the images, further in excellent condition. ( The gold - tone which covers the repair is easy to remove without hurting the repair itself.)
A very rare well potted Celadon glazed Melon-shape Ewer.
Longquan ware, Southern Song Dynasty, 12th - early 13th century.
Diameter of the body : 10,3 cm.
( From spout to the end of the handle : 13,1 cm. )
H : 10,7 cm.
Condition : There is an insignificant and invisible professional repair to the handle and to the bottom of the piece.
This rare piece would be a absolute addition to any Longquan collection.
This is a 30" Cizhou stoneware urn painted in iron brown over a white slip with exposed lugs to the shoulder. Circa 1000AD
Early 1800s
This piece, probably made in southern China is glazed on the outside overall except the base and base with a lustrous translucent emerald green glaze. The glaze stops just short of the foot in a thickened curtain effect of gloss and deep green tone. The interior is unglazed though the flaring mouth rim and interior of the neck is covered with glaze that displays a subtle bluish mottling...
This superb quality piece was identified by Vienna´s auction house Dorotheum Chinese Art Expert Prof. Dr...
Presented is a large Jardiniere (1 of 2 offered) of a rustic but well known and designed theme of a dragon, phoenix, rooster, and peony. The dark green glaze is well aged and in pristine condition for this mid-19th century or earlier artifact of interest. This Jardiniere is from Guandong Province and is the highly sought after and collectible Shiwan (Shekwan, Cantonese) and is getting very difficult to find; please contact us if you desire the pair for a different price and offer...
A museum quality Longquan Celadon glazed Lotus bowl of deep rounded form supported on a short footring, the exterior carved with interlocking lotus leavesemanating from the base, covered all over in an ice crackled pale green glaze with subtle bluish tint, the unglazed footring burnt slightly orange in the firing.
Diameter 11,9 cm.
Southern Song Dynasty.
Condition : There is one nearly unvisible restored area to the rim, otherwise this rare piece is in a top condition.
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This is the fifth piece of the rare collection of Song Dynasty fluted cups. Grey stoneware body covered with a opaque white glaze with fine crackle to above the foot-rim. Where exposed in the firing the body has turned reddish.
D : 9 cm. H : 5,5 cm...
This is the third piece of the rare collection of Song Dynasty fluted cups. A nearly impossible to find, mint condition museum quality fluted cup. Grey stoneware body covered with a very nice yellowish-green crackled glaze ( Golden Celadon ) to above the foot-rim. D : 9 cm. H : 4,8 cm. Longquan ware, Zhejiang. Southern Song Dynasty, thirteenth century. Condition : Perfect !