H. 23 cm , slight discoloring on the shoulder due to the firing process. Excellent condition.

Porcelain covered with celadon glaze to the foot, unglazed base. PERIOD :Early Qing Dynasty (1644-1795 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 8 - 8.5 cm wide 7.5 - 6 cm tall. CONDITION: item #2 excellent, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations; item #1 with fritting to the foot.

A shallow dish, heavily potted, covered in a beautiful celadon glaze producing the crackles of the Geyao type glaze. The recessed base is glazed while the foot rim is dressed with an iron brown wash. Periode : Qing Dynasty : 19th Century Diameter : 30.5 cm. Condition : Perfect, no chips, cracks, hairlines or restorations.

A small fan painting by an anonymous painter of the Tosa School in ink, colors and gold on paper. Mounted on goldfleck paper. Depicting a battle scene of the "Tale of the Heike", an epic account of the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century. This fan painting probably belongs to the same set of illustrations of the "Heike Monogatari" in the Museum of Asian Art in Berlin. Condition: slightly browned, some pigments rubbed...

Lovely pair of porcelain bowls,in the shape of a bat (prosperity), decorated with enamels, depicting figures in a garden. Tongzhi mark and period (1862-1875). Size: 19 x 11,5 cm. Condition: excellent.

Porcelain decorated with floral sprays on the center, glazed base. PERIOD : Early Ming (1400-1487 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 20 cm wide. CONDITION: one hairline, small chips to the foot rim; free from restoration.

ongquan plate/bowl covered with golden celadon glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 南宋 (1127–1279). Measurement : Diameter: 32 cm. Condition : professional restored to the broken part and no part missing

Longquan bowl covered with guan type - crackle blue green glaze. Glazed Base. Southern Song 南宋 (1127–1279). Measurement : Diameter: 21.5cm. Condition : single frit and 0.5 cm crack line.

 

A sansai-glazed Tang Dynasty pottery tripod censer. Most sansai-glazed pottery include green and amber glazes - this vessel is glazed in blue and amber glazes. Blue sansai-glazed pottery is very rare since the blue color was made from cobalt imported from the Middle East and was very expensive at the time. Blue cobalt glazed sancai pieces go for much higher prices because of the preciousness of the ingredient and how scarcely it was used...

Handle with braided silver wire, pierced and partially gilded pommel cover. Straight, single edged steel blade. The scabbard has a wooden core encased in a silver sheathing, decorated with foliage, scrolls and shou characters. Condition: Blade with some rust. Dimensions: Total length is 34.9 cm, 4.2 cm wide. The blade is 24,5 cm long and 2.8 cm wide. Weight: 422 gram.

This Dong festival hat is wonderfully embroidered with wrapped thread technique. It is further embellished with gold and silver bits edging the fabric design. At the back is the traditional silver ornament of butterfly and hanging bells to keep evil spirit away

Lovely lobed dishes with a creamy white glaze. Diameter 11,2 cm. Very good condition, one of the dishes with some light brown stains, due to its long time in the soil. Song Dynasty (960-1279).

Decorated with continous chrysantemum scroll on the exterior and floral spray on the center. Ming Dynasty Diamater = 14.5 cm; Height = 7 cm Condition : very short hairline (0.5 cm) on the rim.

A beautifully and finely enamelled turquoise ground "famillie-rose" bowl. It has an alternate motive of a bat flying on top of a iron red Shou character followed by a lotus flower surrounded by meandering foliate and branching leaf. The base has four iron red Chien Lung (1736-1796) period character mark. This bowl is an early 20th century export piece for the South-East Asian market.

Minor firing faults and pinholes. No sign of cracks or chips...

Porcelain covered by white glaze to the foot and decorated with full carved floral on the interior ; unglazed base. PERIOD : Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 22 cm wide. CONDITION: Excellent, no chips, cracks, hairlines and free from restorations.

Longquan bowl decorated with incised lotus petals rising from foot to the exterior and flower motif in the center. Covered with golden greenish glaze. Unglazed base. PERIOD : Song 12th-13th century. CONDITION : firing imperfection on the rim, two glaze star line ; free from restoration; good sound when tapping by finger tips. MEASUREMENT : Diameter: 18.8cm and Height : 7.2 cm

Porcelain covered by qingbai glaze, unglazed base. PERIOD : Yuan - Ming Dynasty (13th-16th century) MEASUREMENTS: 10.5 cm wide 8.5 Height. CONDITION: Restored to the cracks on the body.