Chinese Thai Market small bowl decorated with flowers on a red trellis ground, the rim bound in metal. 18/19thC. Diameter 11.8 cm. Condition; hairline crack 3.8 cm from rim.
Chinese Imari Teapot decorated in typical palette with an unusual design of two ducks below stylised plants.
C1740/50.
Height 12.7 cm. Condition; excellent, frit to side of spout and shallow chip 0.4 cm to underside of spout, small bruise to base of lid.
Pair of Famille Rose Soup Plates, the centre decorated in bright enamels with two figures in a landscape within a leaf shaped panel. The border with flowers, storks and landscapes. C1730/45. Diameter 22.7 cm.
Condition: excellent, the first with two small shallow chips to underside of rim, the second with a 0.4 cm shallow chip to underside.
Unfortunately the images are not able to show the strenght resp. the richness of the really superb and glossy turquoise glaze which covers a very nice moulded floral decoration with all in all 10 boys. This really extremely nice vase is displayed in its exactly fitting old wooden stand.
Kangxi period 18th. century.
H :( with stand ): 32,6 cm. ( Without stand ) : 28,2 cm.
Condition : Perfect.
Provenance : Old south German collection.
A very rare and important sample of Yuan blue and white large jar with cover, rounded side with globular body and small mouth, base is unglazed. the jar is decorated with very bright under glaze Persian blue of watery Horse and fine flower scroll motif. jar is found from excavation site in Trowulan east java.Size:
Similar jar in complete condition has been sold in Sothebys Hongkong auction house for over HK$ 22.725.000 in 2007.
Kangxi mark, possibly of the period, 1662-1722
This pair of soft paste porcelain ovoid jars are decorated in underglaze cobalt blue of a strong sapphire tone. Both jars are decoarted with identical designs of foo lions at play with various stylized cloud elements filling in the background. Surround the neck is a thin line design that forms a six-pointed star when viewing straight down from the top. The necks of both jars are unglazed and originally would have had dome-shaped lids...
Figural Vase with Elephant Handles
mid-late 19th century
Tongzhi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
H: 33.7 cm D: 15 cm
Single hairline from mouth-rim, visible only in the vase's interior. Damage to glaze in a thin, short area perpendicular to hairline.
From a Laguna Beach, CA estate
Description & Notes
This vase is very typical of vessels made in the mid to late 19th century...
Octagon Jardiniere with Floral Panels
19th century
Likely Guangxu Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose
enamels on a celadon glazed ground
W: 37.3 cm L: 36.5 cm H: 25 cm
Perfect Condition
From a Berverly Hills, CA estate
Description & Notes
This large eight-sided jardiniere is both rich and gorgeous: a thick celadon glazed ground is decorated with a resplendent parade of flowers, all done in the Chinese floral paint...
Larger Charger with Figural Central Cartouche
mid-19th century
Tongzhi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
D: 38 cm
Perfect Condition; age wear to enamels
From a Beverly Hills, CA estate
Description & Notes
While the 19th century is considered a period of decline by most scholars of Chinese ceramics, the best late Qing wares are nonetheless romantic and lively portrayals of Chinese life...
Square Dish with Narrative Scene
Early 19th century
Jiaqing period, Qing dynasty
Porcelain with Canton famille rose enamels
L: 23.9 cm W: 23.9 cm H: 4 cm
Perfect condition
From an old Brunswick, Maine estate near Bowdoin college
Description & Notes
It's increasingly rare to find very early “Canton rose” pieces of this quality and in perfect condition.
In many ways this piece helps us understand the transition between famille ros...
Platter with Fish
19th century
Jiaqing - Guangxu period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze enamels
W: 33.5 cm L: 26.5 cm
Perfect condition; age wear to enamels commensurate with age
From a Pasadena, CA estate
Description & Notes
The construction and sturdy potting of this platter is consistent with 18th century export platters made for the European market...
A blue and white kraak dish
Late 16th century – early 17th century
Wanli period, Ming dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue; Jindezhen ware
D: 14.5 cm
Perfect condition; some typical rim fritting
From a New Canaan, Connecticut private collection
Description & Notes
This particular dish features underglaze cobalt blue painting that is swift, confident, and well-done...
Punchbowl with pheasants and flora
Mid-18th century
Late Yongzheng - Qianlong period, Qing dynasty
Porcelain with famille rose enamels; Jingdezhen ware
D: 26.2 cm H: 11 cm
Three repaired hairlines in the back unpainted section of the bowl
From an old Brunswick, Maine estate near Bowdoin college
Description & Notes
Punchbowls such as this would have been status symbols for wealthy society wives in America and Europe during the 18th century...
Imari-Verte Plate
Early 18th century
Kangxi period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze enamels; Jingdezhen ware
D: 22.2 cm
A star shaped hairline radiating from the center, but rather invisible and displays fine
From a Sandwich, MA estate
Description & Notes
Jingdezhen's monopoly on porcelain production was broken in 1616 when Japanese potters at Arita figured out how to produce their own porcelain wares...
Famille Rose Bowl in millefleur pattern
Late 19th century
Guangxu Reign, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels, Jingdezhen ware
D: 10.7 cm H: 6.1 cm
One tiny & faint hairline in bowl interior; no further damage
From a Columbus, Ohio estate
Description & Notes
This bowl bears a six-character Qianlong seal mark in iron red, but its shape and pattern suggests that it was made during the late 19th century Guangxu period...
Canton enameled vase
Mid 19th century
Daoguang-Tongzhi period, Qing dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
H: 18 cm
Chip and old repair at rim; no other damage
From a Columbus, Ohio estate
Description & Notes
Decorated in Canton, “rose medallion” wares were made strictly for export...
This tripod censer has an extremely well potted rare shape. The censer is covered with an superb opaque glaze of finely mottled turquoise and purplish-blue tone. A piece of superlatives. The Mark on the piece is the Mark of the legendary Imperial Supervisor Tang Ying but the piece probably is from the nineteenth century. Diameter : 14,8 cm. H : 7,4 cm. Condition : Perfect. Provenance : Old south German collection.
A small underglaze blue decorated stem dish painted inside with three 17th/18th Centuty style cranes and outside with three bats. The stem is decorated with buddhist knots and stylized plantain leaves. To the inside of the base is the four character mark of the Kangxi emperor (1662-1722) but this item was probably made later, during the 19th Century. Condition - there are two repairs to the rim, each with an associated short hairline. No further damages or restoration...