A rare pair of underglaze blue and white decorated porcelain jars. Jingdezhen ware from the transitional period between the Xuande and the Chenghua period ( 1436 - 1465 ) Decorated in the for that period typical so called " Windswept Style ".
It is very rare to come across Ming jars that still have their original lids.
H. with lid : 12,8 cm. ( Without lid : 9,3 cm. )
Condition : Each of the two jars has one small insignificant chip to the rim ( which can be seen on the last enlargem ...click for details
An impressive quite large censer with elephant - head legs and handles and brightly enamelled with the Famille Rose colours.
Underglaze blue Qianlong mark but probably 19th century.
H : 35,7 cm.
Condition : The body + lid in perfect condition with no chips or cracks. Old retouched glaze losses at two small places.
The body potted in an extremely rare bee - hive form, the spout modelled as an abstract variation of a human face or mask or so.
Korean Choson period 19th. century.
Diameter : 8,2 cm. H : 7,4 cm.
Condition : Perfect. From an old German family collection.
Please compare the piece wit the water dropper offered at Christies New York ( 16. Sept. 2003 ) ( Please have a look at the last enlargement )
Very rare octagonal body decorated in underglaze blue and white with floral spray and Korean calligraphic characters.
Korean Choson ( Joeson ) period 19th. century.
Diameter : 4,8 cm. H : 2,4 cm.
Condition : Perfect.
From an old German family collection.
A very rare Korean Choson ( Joeson ) 19th. century blue and white decorated water-dropper. L : 8,2 cm. H : 2 cm.
Condition : Perfect.
From an old German family collection.
Please see an absolute identical vase in the Art Gallery NSW dated to the Song Dynasty ( 960 - 1279 ) : ( http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/work/EC73.1962/ ). A 13/14th century vase with a very interesting glaze. The glaze of this vase looks very similar to the glaze of a vase offered by a reputable Taiwanese gallery and described as " Guan ware, Southern Song Dynasty " ( please see the last enlargement )
H : 14,1 cm.
Please compare the glaze of the vase also with the glaze of the ...click for details
An extremely rare perfectly potted teabowl ( Temmoku ) with a most decorative partridge-feather mottle decoration. The partridge-feather mottles nearly look like oil-spots.
Cizhou-type ware, Henan, Northern Song 10th - early 12th century.
Diameter : 12,3 cm. H : 5,7 cm.
Condition : Perfect
From an old German family collection.
A very rare large and impressive slip decorated bowl. Punch´ong ware, Korea, Choson period 15th century.
Diameter : 19,7 cm. H : 6,5 cm.
Condition : Perfect
Provenance : from an old German family collection.
A very rare blue and white decorated water dropper of the Choson ( Joeson ) period 19th century.
L+B : 6,8 cm. H : 2,9 cm.
Condition : A chip on the inside of one of the feet, invisible from the outside of the base ( probably genuine from the time of production ) further in perfect condition.
Provenance : from an old German family collection.
