A rare and good blue & white bowl was ever excavated on South Sulawesi area, decorated outside with continuous Chrysanthemum scroll above the Lotus petal panels around the foot and inside with a single Peony flower within double circle, diaper pattern around the rim, all in fine cobalt blue tone. Condition: restored D shape re-stuck and minor hairlines, a bit warped and rim fritting, please see on the last enlargement before restoration done. Ming dynasty 15th century Yongle-Xuande period...

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A black-glazed Zadou was mold in decent form.
In nice proportion, the ware was stand on a foot ring which revealed with beige-tinted body clay.
The glaze on the surface was in greasy feel and was yielded with charming wrinkled results due to age.

Date: Northern Song Dynasty, 960-1127.

Body width: 9.9cm, Height: 7.6cm

A SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.

 

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A Ding-Typed porcelain censer was applied with darken brownish nearing black glaze.
Well crackled, the glaze was reflected retrospective sheen for verifying the enduring age.
By shallow profile and stand with three nicely mold feet, the censer was added with two arched loops on the mouth rim.
The paste revealed inside the censer and under the bottom was in light-buff tint and was in soft –feel quality.
A dimpled glaze condition was on the side...

A rare and fine blue & white with center decoration of the Horse against background of wave and surrounded by small continuously flowering scroll, underside with same decorated as well. Condition is perfect except some old tiny chips to the foot rim and one slightly long flake old chip to the inner foot rim, unfortunately the half left side area firing into slightly darker than the right side but no any chips and cracks to the body, well balance and excellent glaze...

A fine and top quality of Song LongQuan celadon dish, applied to the center of the interior with wonderful a pair of Fish, the exterior with carved stylized petal radiating from the foot and covered overall with nicely olive green glaze. Song dynasty Longquan ware. Condition: repaired to triangle missing pieces with green masking proffesional restored until invisible, no crack and no other chips. Guaranteed would be the best sample of twin fish small dish. Diameter: 12.3 cm.

A good example of Ming dynasty 15th century Interregnum phase blue and white dish, decorated in the center with a Phoenix among chrysanthemum scrolls, side cavetto with fungus pattern. Underside with nicely painted of continuously floral scroll. Condition damaged into 3 large and 2 small pieces, two chips to rim. Found excavated in South-Sulawesi area. Diameter: 24.5cm.

Provenance about waves pattern: No any similar example b/w dish of this design appears to be recorded. Compare also several dishes of a similar size with incised designs in white on a underglazed blue wave background, but all have been the single incised Dragon with waves background. There are three large dishes in the Ardebil Shrine-Iran collection with diameter: 34.5cm/38.5cm/40cm, another is in Shanghai Museum 40.7cm in diameter...

Blue & White bowl, decorated with freely drawn flowers spray, inside the center with rosette stylist pattern. Ming dynasty middle 15th century Zheng Dong period. Condition with one hairline and firing crack on base, otherwise is perfect. Diameter: 17 cm and High: 7.5 cm.

Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Moulded Dehua Qingbai Porcelain Box

This covered box was made during the 13th - 14th century, most likely at the Dehua kilns in Fujian province. Both upper and lower parts are decorated with moulded scrolling patterns. The inner and outer surfaces are coated in a very finely-crackled qingbai glaze that has just a hint of blue. The slightly concave base remains unglazed.

Diameter 12 cm...

A large Hare's Fur bowl, covered overall with black & russet glazed. Jin/Yuan dynasty Henan ware. Condition is perfect excepted tiny firing crack fault to the center of the base and the interior center with glaze age wear. Diameter: 18.2cm.

A cream white glazed bowl, decorated inside with incised floral sprays and outside with petals design, "wu wu" mark on unglazed base. Song dynasty in perfect condition. Diameter: 17 cm and High: 6.3 cm.

A fine saucer dish decorated with molded flower scroll to cavetto and covered overall with slight greenish Qingpai glaze. Yuan dynasty 13th-14th century Jindezhen Shufu type. Condition is excellent. Diameter: 12cm.

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A black-glazed Cizhou tea bowl was uniquely decorated on the surface with vertical creamy-white ribs.
By a striking image, the tea bowl was mold in a flatten shape which was elegant and was full of the mood of Zen spirits.

The typical dark-brownish almost black glaze and the light gray-tinted body clay at the base are typical of this type of ware. Stardust-like incursions are evident throughout the glaze...

A rare blue & white Kendi with Islamic style elegant shaped, decorated with lotus panels filled with wave and floral sprays motif. Ming dynasty 15th century, Xuande-Zhendong period. Condition: one nail chip to the rim, the tip of spout is missing and further in good condition. High: 15 cm.

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A Yaozhou incense burner or XinLu was intriguingly squeezed with five feet.
In saucer form, the body was decorated with carved motifs on the surface of the rim.
It was preserved in very good condition by nice glaze when sandy-tinted incursion were happened in portions.
One broken foot was caused during burial.
A nice restoration may do it's justice. But I would rather to leave it the buyer to decide...

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An ancient bronze seal was inscribed with characters on the stamping surface.
The characters was from ancient people but is unknown to us now.
From the metal quality, the old patina on the surface and the characteristic of the knob on top, and also the type of the word, we can define it as from Yuan periods or earlier.

IT WAS AN INTERESTING PIECE THAT CAN STILL BE USED NOW AS A PRIVATE SEAL WITH PERSONAL TASTE .

Date: Yuan Dynasty, 12th/13th century...

A very rare blue and white plate decorated with a branch of chrysanthemum to the center, the cavetto side is plain and encircled with classic scrolls pattern around the rim. Late Yuan dynasty 14th century. Condition near perfect except a hairline crack found visible on enlargement 3, no any problem further. Diameter: