All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1037942 (stock #545)
A European shape porcelain spoon tray finely decorated with Famille Rose enamels. This item was made in China for export during the reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795). Condition - very good - no damages and no restoration...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #851743 (stock #283)
An early 18th Century plate decorated in underglaze blue depicting a lady and a boy in a river landscape. This item was made for export to Europe (circa 1730 - 1750) during the reign of either the Yongzheng or the Qianlong emperor. Condition - there is a faint 3cm (1.2 inch) hairline running from the rim. No chips and no restoration...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1451377 (stock #MB608)
Fine Chinese Qianlong 18th Century Imari Porcelain Dish

This fine-quality porcelain dish with attractive floral pattern in underglaze blue, red enamel and gilding, was made during the 18th century, most likely during the Qianlong reign (1736 - 1795). The underside has a simple underglaze blue decoration and there is a brown iron wash around the rim edge to prevent "fritting" of the glaze during firing...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1105489
Chinese Qing dynasty Yongzheng period (1723-1735) export porcelain hemispherical form punch bowl decorated with famille rose overglaze enamels and gilt highlights set against a white porcelain ground. A floral spray is in the center and a band of flowers, bamboo, and geometric forms decorates the interior rim...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1284715
The square porcelain bodies decorated with moulded lattice work, decorated in blue with long life (shou) characters. Qianlong period (1736-1795). Dimensions: 12x7,8x7,8 cm. Condition: the right caddy has two small hairlines to the mouth and a long hairline in the body. (See pictures). Lovely and rare set, made for the domestic Market.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #522297 (stock #JD-022)
Chinese white nephrite jade of reclining dog with tail curled over its left haunch. Has some inclusions natural to the stone. Period: Early Ching (18th Century) Size: H = 1/2", Length = 2-1/8"
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1348866
Magnificent tureen decorated with floral patterns. The handlles in the shape of gilded lion masks. The lid crowned by a gilded Foo dog. Dimensions: 34x22x26 cm. Condition: a 7 cm hairline in the bowl, otherwise perfect.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1348810
Decorated with pagodas in gardens by a lake. Qianlong (1736-1795). Dimensions: 32,5 x 25 cm. Condition: one dish with a very small chip, the other dish with a 1 cm chip at the lower rim.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1342326 (stock #100)
Decorated in famille verte enamels with gilt highights depicting a horseman & his groom on a terrace with furniture & Precious Things. The border with further objects & four turquoise reserves. Decorated on the back with 3 pairs of flowers done in iron red evenly spaced out...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1316739
Celadon Art Gallery
USD 1800.00
Length 14 cm Height 8 cm Excellent conditions, no chips, cracks, or hairlines and free from restorations.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #144029 (stock #04-29-13 )
This is a Meissen Armorial Plate, marked with crossed swords for ca. 1763-1774; an armorial shield with a stag motif surrounded by scattered small floral sprigs and bouquets and a gilt rim; no chips, cracks or losses; 9 _" diam.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1316635
Celadon Art Gallery
USD 1500.00
A fine 18th century Chinese molded celadon-glazed porcelain dish, finely decorated chrysantemum flower with foliated rim, covered overall in green glazed. DATE : Qianlong (1736 - 1795). SIZE : D = 28 cm CONDITION : very good condition, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1309692
Chinese Qing dynasty scholar’s pear-form monochrome porcelain bud vase with wide mouth covered overall in a Junyao type purplish blue flambé glaze that extends into the interior. The slightly recessed base is brown washed. The wood stand and padded silk presentation box are included. Early 19th century to possibly late 18th. Vase: 3 1/2” high x 3” diameter. Silk presentation box: 7 1/2"L x 5"W x 4 1/2"H. Very good overall condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1389480 (stock #Q5#1)
A fine 18th century Chinese molded celadon-glazed porcelain dish, finely decorated around the center with stylized archaistic dragons encircling a central roundel of a lotus flower, a band of key-fret pattern around the foliated rim, covered overall in green glazed. DATE : Qianlong (1736 - 1795). SIZE : D = 24 cm. CONDITION : perfect condition, no chips, no cracks, no hairlines and no repairs.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1436928 (stock #MA992)
Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Covered Box - Kangxi (Ex.Christie's)

This fine quality blue & white porcelain covered box was made during the Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722) of the Qing Dynasty. Both cover and box are attractively decorated with floral patterns in underglaze blue of good colour.

It is large example of its type with a diameter of 10.25 cm (4 inches). This box has been excavated from a shipwreck. It was sold at Christie's auction house, London, in February 2000...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1348801
De orated with pagodas, houses and persons by a lake. The border decorated with flowers and insects. Qianlong (1736-1795). Dimensions: 25,5 x 17,5 cm. Condition: one dish with a 2,5 cm chip on the left lower corner.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #955619 (stock #424)
An under glaze blue and white cream or milk jug of European form decorated with peonies and rock work within a fenced garden. This item was made in Jingdezhen, south China, circa 1750 during the reign of the Qianlong emperor, for export to Europe. Condition - very good - no damages and no restoration...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1472005 (stock #MB966)
Tall Chinese Kangxi Blue & White Porcelain Vase from Shipwreck (30cm)

This very attractive porcelain vase was made during the Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722) of the Qing Dynasty. The surface is profusely decorated in underglaze blue of good colour, the decoration comprising four large panels containing various trees and flower blossoms as well as smaller panels containing chrysanthemum blossoms, together with geometric patterns...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1460790 (stock #MB648)
Fine Large Chinese Qianlong Blue & White Porcelain Dish / Charger

This dish was made in the 18th century, during the Qianlong reign (1735 - 1796) of the Qing Dynasty. The underglaze blue decoration features a delicately drawn garden scene featuring bamboo, blossoms and a bird in flight. An elaborate floral pattern surrounds the border. Iron-brown has been painted around the rim edge to prevent fritting of the glaze.

Diameter 39 cm (15.25)...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1180052
Chinese Qing dynasty round form deep plate decorated in underglaze blue on a celadon-tinted white porcelain ground with a central stylized "shou” (long life) medallion encircled by ruyi lappets. Four rows of dense, stylized Sanskrit characters for the sacred “om” syllable extend around the circumference of the well...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #382830 (stock #lot038)
Description: A beautiful De-Hua porcelain figure was made in early Qing dynasty. By the symptoms and styles the Guanyin was molded and carved, it was supposedly came from Tang-kiln which was named after palace porcelain official Tang-Yin, he was authorized to build the kiln by emperor Yonzhen. Date: 17th-18th Century. Height: 14.2cm Condition: perfect condition except one minor defect on the tip of the left hand's pointer finger. Note: A series number was written by an old collector on the ...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1160676
Chinese mid-Qing dynasty Qianlong period Dehua kiln deep plate decorated in underglaze blue on a bluish-white porcelain ground with the “phoenix flying among peonies” motif. A band of stylized leaves encircles the back rim. An unidentified rectangular underglaze blue mark is on the base. The top of the foot rim is unglazed. 10 3/4” diameter x 2 3/8” high. Late 18th century. The dish is in very good overall condition with no chips or cracks. There are typical fine scratches in the ...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #705783 (stock #lot371)
Description: An elegant porcelain water basin was in light celadon tint. In a rolled lip, shallow belly and flat but well shaped foot ring, the water basin had a beautiful image with strong scholar mood. Natural ice cracks were yielded under the glaze at the bottom of the basin when one minor glaze burst had happened in the cavetto due to firing. Brownish finish was preserved at the foot ring. Date: Early Qing period(17th-18th century), Width: 11cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #948203 (stock #415)
A well painted underglaze blue decorated, stirrup-handled, "sparrows beak" jug made in China for export to Europe during the reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795). Condition - the handle has an old, probably 18th Century, "stapled" repair - no further damages and no resoration. 9.5cm (3.7inches) high; 11.5cm (4.5 inches) across.

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All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #628607 (stock #WD-036)
Four gilded wooden statues comprising of two Buddhas,a Disciple and a Monk. Sizes: Length, 9.4 to 7.6 cm. Condition: Perfect.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #776550 (stock #BrPt-005)
A charming brushpot inlaid with mother-of-pearl, ivory and hardstones. The inlay work is of branch with flowering plum blossoms. The back has a poem of archaic Chinese characters inlaid in silver. The wood is a dark hardwood (unidentified) of a slightly reddish tint.

Period: 18th Century

Size: Height = 12.5 cm (4-7/8 inches, Width = 9 cm.(3-1/2 inches)

Condition: Good condition. Slight age crack-which is part of the beauty-at the bottom part (under the plum blossoms)....
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #597524 (stock #lot244)
Description: A blue and white plate was painted with vibrant dragon amid swirling cloud. As a piece from early Qing period-the Yongzheng reign, the plate was well preserved with only minor frets on the glaze of the surface. A brush pen written inscription /Jianzenghao/ was on the un-glazed body at the bottom of the plate. Date: Yongzheng period,17th century. Width: 23.6cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1239322
Chinese Qing dynasty Qianlong period Dehua porcelain blanc-de-chine Guanyin dressed in a long flowing robe and adorned with a beaded necklace. The figure is seated upon a recumbent "hou" (Buddhist lion-like creature) and she holds a ruyi scepter. Her elegant face has downcast eyes. A faintly visible impressed gourd form seal mark is on the back of her robe. A custom wood stand is included. The glaze is a warm, creamy, glossy ivory tone. 18th century or earlier. Slightly over 5” high, ex...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #139017 (stock #04-24-23)
A Chinese Kraak porcelain Delft-style dish, Wanli period, bearing the conch shell mark within the double circle; decorated with radiating panels of foliate scroll; minor chips to rim; diam: 10 _".
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1348843
Of oval shape with lovely feet in the shape of leaves (lotus ?). The inside richly decorated with panels with trmple gardens, flowers and butterflies. Originally this bowl was part of a large dinner service, commisioned by the Dutch East-India Company. Dimensions: 31x24x8 cm. Condition: one chip of 1x0,5 cm, otherwise perfect.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1236020
Chinese Qing dynasty Qianlong period round form deep plate decorated in underglaze blue on a celadon-white porcelain ground with two deer standing in a rocky landscape under a pine tree with a bat flying at the upper left. Bats and deer shown together symbolize blessings and wishes for high rank and official salary. The pine is a symbol of longevity. Four bamboo leaf sprays are at the outer rim. The foot rim and base are unglazed. 18th century. 11” diameter x 2 3/8” high. Very good ov...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1318356
Chinese Qing dynasty silk painted and embroidered panel finely rendered with a scene of an official and attendant on horseback passing traditional buildings set among clouds, rockery, and pine. Ink and color wash in "qing lu" (blue-green) colors provide accents and detail. The scene describes a Tang story of travelers heading to the 60th birthday celebration of a high official. The three gilt characters along the right side, "bed filled with hu," imply that the official had many sons and sons...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1362410 (stock #1878/2711)
A Chinese jade carving shaped as a lotus pod and incised and carved with prunus flowers, the endless knot and a bird in flight. The stone is of celadon hue mottled with russet. This is an elegant and superbly carved composition depicting auspicious objects . Age: 17/18 C. condition: excellent, no breaks no restoration. It comes with a wooden stand. size: 6.5cm x 7.5 cm x 2.5 cm thickness. (2 1/2 inches X 3 inches X 1 2/5 inches).
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #443355 (stock #M50021002)
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A Ming dynasty stem cup with flowers decoration on the outside and a boy holding a stem cup on the inside. Inside the cup, the boy is surrounded by a pair of 3 claws engraved dragons chasing each other tail. The cup has the rich 15th century color with the heaping and piling effect. The painting detail are not crisp because the blue has ran together which can happens often in blue and white ware. The stem cup has transparent greenish glaze and the inside of the stem cup a slight greenish tint, w...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #607668 (stock #lot251)
Description: A very good example of bone carving which was imitated as an ivory piece was done in the 17th-18th century of Qing Dynasty. With image of the deity of Longevity--Soulou, the ancient piece was carved with mature craftsmanship. Dyed with warm brownish hue on the surface to imitate the patina of an aged ivory and burned the hollowed bone tunnel to imitate the ivory's cavity, it disguised the most discerning eyes. Nevertheless, after meticulous inspection, I could not find any ivory ti...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #819616 (stock #lot513)
Description:

Zhang kiln was in Fujiang Province.
The products from this kiln were unique by its rice-yellow glaze and the wiry ice-crackles effects resulted from firing.
Another characteristic is the relatively soft body clay comparing to the ones from Jingdezheng.
Very similar to Ge products and were easily being confused by connoisseurs by the much smaller crackles on the surface, Zhang ware were mainly produced for Japanese and Southeastern markets since Ming Dynasty until...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1470848 (stock #MB965)
Tall Chinese Kangxi Blue & White Porcelain Vase from Shipwreck (30cm)

This very attractive porcelain vase was made during the Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722) of the Qing Dynasty. The surface is profusely decorated in underglaze blue of good colour, the decoration comprising four large panels containing various trees, blossoms and pierced rockwork, as well as smaller panels containing peony and chrysanthemum blossoms, together with geometric patterns. This vase is complete with its cover.

This...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #798695 (stock #WD-030)
Two unusual well carved huanghuali stands. They are almost a pair, but one is slightly larger than the other. Age: Late Ming or early Qing. Size: #1. Diameter 10cm. H. 3.5cm. #2. Diameter 9.5cm. H. 3cm. Condition: No repairs.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1300629
Decorated with two panels with landscapes, surrounded by flowers. This kendi was exported to Indonesia where the silver mounts were added, most probably in the 19th century. Both the kendi and the silver mounts are in very good condition. H. 26 cm. From a Dutch private collection. Qianlong (1736-1795)
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1115154
Chinese transitional bronze incense burner of compressed, bombe, circular form flanked with two lion-head handles resting on the girth below the waisted rim. Raised on short, splayed, ring foot surrounding a sunken-relief apocryphal six character Xuande mark. Condition is fair. While the patina has been weathered and likely overcleaned in its past, sufficient trace patination together with natural oxidation remains to support an attractive conservation of the patina by a qualified metal speciali...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1331946
The second of two Chinese Qing scrolled paintings on silk after Ding Yunpeng (active 1584-1638). 19th century or earlier. The size, including mounting, is 91”V x 23 1/4”H (painting: 86”V x 21 1/8”H). Good overall condition. The top wood bar is missing and a section of the top silk mounting is tattered. The painting has some typical buckling, creasing, soiling, and wear. Sold together with item #1331943. From an old Tucson, Arizona collection. Purchased in New York in the mid-20th...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1460794 (stock #MB649)
Large Chinese Qianlong 18th Century Blue & White Porcelain Dish / Charger

This fine-quality porcelain dish was made during the 18th century, most likely during the Qianlong reign (1736 - 1795). It has a particularly attractive underglaze blue pattern featuring a pagoda upon a hill overlooking a river on which sail four boats, together with hills, mountains, rocks, trees and flower blossoms. The wide border is decorated with an elaborate floral and geometric pattern. There is a brown iron was...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #944375 (stock #402)
An early 18th Century plate decorated in underglaze blue depicting a lady and a boy in a river landscape. This item was made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, southern China for export to Europe (circa 1730 - 1750) during the reign of either the Yongzheng or the Qianlong emperor. Condition - Excellent. 23cm (9 inches) diameter.

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All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1295902
Chinese Qing dynasty Qianlong period geyao type shallow bowl covered overall with a fine crackle glaze on a creamy white ground. The high foot rim is glazed on the exterior. The recessed base is glazed and the glaze extends part way up the inner side of the inward slanting foot where it ends with an orange burn line. There are seven brown glazed spots on the base that simulate Song kiln supports. 10 3/8” diameter x 2 1/4” high. 18th century. Very good overall condition with no chips or...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1460795 (stock #MB640)
Fine Large Chinese Qianlong 18th Century Imari Porcelain Dish

This fine-quality porcelain dish with attractive floral pattern in underglaze blue, red enamel and gilding, was made during the 18th century, most likely during the Qianlong reign (1736 - 1795). There is a brown iron wash around the rim edge to prevent "fritting" of the glaze during firing. There is no restoration or repair, no cracks and the dish has a good ring when tapped; it is in fine condition. Diameter 32 cm.

For a two ...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1197706
Large Chinese Qing dynasty blue and white porcelain deep dish decorated at the center with a four-clawed dragon among clouds chasing a flaming pearl. The clouds and the long scaled body of the dragon continue “over the wall” to the reverse. According to Wang Qingzheng in “A Dictionary of Chinese Ceramics,” this style of decoration where the design begins in the interior and wraps over the rim to continue on the exterior (or vice versa) emerged in the Ming dynasty and flourished in the ...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1030929 (stock #lot778)
Description:

A scholar wristrest was intriguingly made from a piece natural burlwood.

Obtained from the bark of the alleged agalloch-the precious incense wood and followed the original shape, the wristrest was curved in the center to leave the space for the spreading scroll underneath.
It was what a wristrest used for.
On a reverse side, this wood piece was sit like a supporting vessel for putting brush-pen or ready for wet inkcakes.
In a straight position, the wood ...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1053582
A bronze stag and rider. The rider a bearded and robed scholar - silver inlay adorning his attire. The deer with inlaid spotting - "splashes" of silver and copper. The two together forming an incense burner. Ca 1800. Overall height 7 in., Stag only height (to highest point) 6 3/16 in.

The censer having been over cleaned at least once in its history. Two hands detached from the rider and missing. A retaining pin would loosely secure the rider to the stag where the two are sympathetically pier...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1423706
Chinese Qing dynasty Qianlong period ribbed guglet vase decorated in fencai famille rose enamels with birds among flowering fruit trees, rockery, and bamboo all set against a white porcelain ground. 18th century. 10 1/4” high. Very good overall condition. The vase is slightly misshapen. There are burst bubbles in the glaze at the rim and scattered throughout that are consistent with production at that time. A fine hairline in the interior of the mouth and a small enamel loss in the blue roc...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1479698 (stock #MB990)
Fine Japanese 18th Century Imari Porcelain Dish 27.5cm

Dating to the 18th century, this fine dish is attractively decorated in the Imari colours, underglaze blue, red enamel and gilt. In the centre is a fenced-in tree in underglaze blue with red and gold leaves. Surrounding the central panel on top of the underglaze blue are red and gold peonies and three birds. Note also the simple yet attractive design to the underside. There are minor firing imperfections to the glaze (see photos) but not...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #140342 (stock #04-24-22 )
This is a lovely Chinese Kraak porcelain Delft-style dish bearing the lotus mark within the double circle; decorated with alternating panels of stylized flowers and a figure of a monkey in a fruit tree; the center reserve features a phoenix on a floral ground; minor chips to rim; diam: 10 _".
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1454549
Chinese ink and color on silk vertical painting attributed to Qian Weicheng (1720-1772) depicting figures in a landscape scene. At the top, a waterfall cascades from high mountains into a stream that runs past traditional buildings set among dense green trees and foliage. At the bottom, two men are seated in a pavilion and one man crosses a bridge over the stream. The painting is signed at the bottom left “respectfully painted by chen Qian Weicheng” with two red seals of the artist reading ...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1211048
Chinese Qing dynasty Yongzheng to Qianlong period round form deep plate decorated in underglaze blue on a white porcelain ground with a central panel of lotus flowers and leaves surrounded by a band of peonies and scrolling foliage extending around the well. A similar band decorates the exterior. The base and foot rim are unglazed. 11” diameter x 2” high. 18th century. Very good overall condition. There are original production flaws along the rim (see enlargement 11). From the private...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1030532 (stock #lot776)
Description:

A fine Guanyin piece was well carved.
By well maneuvered carving skill, the holy deity was clad with flouring robe and was featured with benign facial expression.
Nice patina was preserved while some whitish abrasions were observed.
A wooden cork was filled in at the bottom.

Date: Early Qing periods, 17th century.

Height: 10.5cm.

Condition: Very good, except some old cracks were found on the back(at the base).

Material: Ox horn.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #522006 (stock #JD-012)
A jade of a chimera (mythical animal. The light grey-green nephrite jade has areas and spots of beige and dark brown natural that are to the stone. The animal is tilting its head to the left and is open-mouthed showing it's teeth and curled tongue. Period: Late Ming, Early Ching (17th/18th Century) Size: H = 3-1/2", Length = 5-3/4"
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1199164
A small (under 2 inches diameter) antique Chinese blue and white porcelain covered cosmetic or seal paste box. Rabbit decoration in cobalt on white slip centered on the cover. An otherwise translucent glaze with faint celadon pooling over the top and bottom with ribbed sides suggesting petals of a lotus blossom. Probably late Ming or transitional. There is one small chip outside of the rim of the cover. A slightly larger chip inside and interrupting the rim. Smaller, older slight roughage of the...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1333743
Chinese Qing dynasty Qianlong period bottle vase (tianqiuping) with globular body and tall cylindrical neck covered in a rich translucent sang-de-boeuf (oxblood) glaze with a faint orange peel texture. The glaze is thinner at the neck, revealing white at the mouth rim and a crackled underglaze. Characteristic of 18th century pieces, the glaze thickens at the bulbous body to stop in a carefully controlled manner, leaving a thin white line and an orange line at the unglazed foot (see close up ima...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1449448
Massive Qing dynasty Chinese polished bronze tripod ding censer with compressed body, two arched loop handles at the rim, and tapered legs fitted on a custom hardwood stand. Cast in a Ming dynasty style and bearing a six-character apocryphal Xuande reign period mark within a rectangle on the base. Believed to date as early as the 18th century. Censers of this size and form were typically used in temples. Censer: 11 1/2" diameter (10 3/4" diameter at the rim) x 8” high (to top of handles). ...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #1183918
Large Chinese Qing dynasty Qianlong period hexagonal form Yixing pottery tea caddy or canister. The flat panels are decorated with four moulded vertical stylized "dan" (tranquility) characters flanked by two bats each, symbolizing happiness and joy. The curved shoulder is encircled with small, impressed flowers. The bottom corners extend onto short, flat feet along the edge of the base. The lid is metal. 8” high x about 6” diameter. 18th century. Very good overall condition. From the...