A Ming dynasty Wanli period blue and white bottle vase, rounded side with straight neck and glazed base, vase decorated with under glaze blue of antiquities and Buddhist emblems motif.
Bottle vase is in good condition, no chip, no crack, no restoration, porcelain with high ping with finger tip.
Size: 24 cm height.

A large Yuan dynasty qingbai white glaze flower ewer, carved flower motif body with dragon head spout, ewer covered with good bluish white qingbai glaze, good condition with upper part, part of spout and handle has been damage and restored, no damage at the body part, size: 26.5 cm height.

A beautiful 19th C. Chinese export silver card case with dragon and bamboo motif, in excellent condition. Signed. H:8.5cm W:5cm

Bowl with central figure of a dog. Porcelanous ware with a geen glaze and iron brown spots. Eastern Jin Dynasty ( 317 - 420 ) Zhejiang. Diameter : 10,2 cm. Condition : Perfect

A Rare Song - Five dynasty Yue Yao Lotus Shape globular jar, jar decorated with carved lotus petal motif and covered with grayish green glaze with the lid. Jar condition with minor degradation glaze at the body,and chipped at he mouth, no crack, no restoration. Size: 12.5 cm high.10cm body diameter.

Small globular jar form with a short cylindrical lipped neck and two horizontal lugs on the shoulder.With six panels by vertical lines of applied,decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a chrysanthemum flower.Size: 8,4cm high. Condition has glaze star crack at the body and small fritting at the mouth rim.Free from restorations.

An interesting pair of straight sided flared bowls decorated with contrasting panels of Bamboo, painted with gilt outlined enamels, and Aka-e kinrande with unusual black enamel roundels with kara kusa patterns, brocade balls, and green and gilt demi florets. The interior of the bowls decorated with two contrasting diaper patterns and a mon style motif to the interior. The bowls are 12cm in diameter and stand just under 8cm high. The bowls date to the mid 18th century...

Large Tang Dynasty Changsha ware bowl.( 9th century ) Stoneware body decorated with a calligraphic floral motive in brown and green under a yellow ash glaze. Changsha type Henan. Found in a shipwreck near Belitung island, Palembang, Sumatra. D : 8 inc. Some glaze corroded.

Nineteenth century, Yongzheng Mark. Excellent potted body, pale Celadon glaze with a brilliantly enamelled, superb executed Famille Rose decoration.( Please regard the enlargements ) H : 24,2 cm. Condition : Excellent. Provenance : Old south German collection.

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...

Antique Japanese pair of hirado porcelain puppy dogs, with round floppy ears, curly tails, and a ribbon around each of their necks. Each puppy has unglazed, pierced eyes, with a gas hole molded on the bottoms. 19th century Size: 3.75" height, 2.75" width

Description: A long neck yellow-glazed bottle vase was mold in elegant shape.
Decorated on the shoulder with lotus petals in vivid curves, the bottle was well proportioned and stand by a flat bottom.
Having been through thousands of years under earth, the surface was spread immensely with fine crackles and some stains.
The condition was very good with the least abrasions.
Last two pictures are close-up ones for better observation...

A fine and rare 'Transitional' double gourd vase, delicately painted in underglaze blue, depicting two scholars at leisure in a garden. The neck is decorated with styalized tulips. This item was made circa 1640 during the reign of the Chongzhen Emperor (1628 to 1644). Condition - there are museum style gold leaf repairs to the top and there is a kiln iron spot on the lapet border to the waist of the vase...

A 17th/18th Century jar (without cover) painted in under glaze blue with two Qilin (each standing amongst cloud scrolls and flames) reserved against a prunus blossom / "cracked ice" ground. This item was made in China during the reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662-1722). Condition - excellent - no damages and no restoration. 12.7cm (5 inches) high.

Probably late 1800s

Decorated with a scene of birds and trees in the Kakiemon palette and style in overglaze enamels on a clear glazed white porcelain background. The base is slightly recessed and the footring is unglazed, exposing the hard, white porcelain paste. The shoulder is carved with a groove design that radiates from the base of the neck and is decorated with a scattered flower design in overglaze red enamel. The base is painted with an underglaze blue fuku mark in cursive script...

A deep dish or shallow bowl delicately painted with famille rose enamels depicting two historical figures with their titles and accompanying poems and with a peach and bat to the centre. The base carries the reign mark of the Daoguang emperor and this item was possibly made during his reign. Condition - there are chips and cracks to the rim - please view enlargements - would make a good study piece...

Well potted double gourd shaped body with a flat base covered with a nice evenly, smooth copper red glaze. Qing Dynasty, in all probability 19th. century or maybe even later. H : 17,6 cm. Condition : Perfect

Ca. 1890-1905, 19th century
Guangxu period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with sang de boeuf / oxblood copper glaze
H: 23 cm, W: 22 cm (at widest point)
From a Portland, Oregon estate; old B. Altman & Co (New York) sticker with inventory number to base

A late Qing oxblood / Sang de Boeuf vase of transmutational copper red, heavily potted in the “zun” shape. The glaze is thick, glassy, and intensely red, with light crazing to surface and a dense texture...