Ming Dynasty, Chenghua Period ( 1465 - 1487 ) Perfect potted, rich decorated with a superb cobalt blue and still with an amazing glossy, excellent glaze.
Diameter : 16,6 cm.
Condition : This piece would be in an superb, mint condition, if there would not be this broken and re-glued area to the rim which is to see on the last enlargement.
Yuan Dynasty ( 1278 - 1368 ) blue and white cup in a rare shape and decorated with an Chrysanthemum scroll. Jingdezhen ware.
Diameter 6,5 cm. H : 4,2 cm.
Condition : Slightly repaired, but there still is a bright ring tone when tapped.
A rare Tang - Five Dynasties Xing Ware porcelain ( 618 - 960 ) in a never seen superb, tinly and fragile potted quality.
Diameter : 12 cm.
Condition : Perfect with a clear bright ring tone when tapped.
Rare Tang to Five Dynasies ( 618 - 960 ) bowl. Fine crackled white glaze with " Tear Drops " on a pale grey porcelain body.
Diameter : 15,6 cm. H : 6,6 cm.
Condition : Perfect
If one look at the details of this rare chrysanthemum shape dish this piece seems to be carved like we know this from jade pieces.
Excavated together with Song Dynasty ceramic pieces and shards in Indonesia.
Song Dynasty or earlier.
Diameter 8,5 cm.
Mid to late ( sixteenth century ) Ming period. Jingdezhen ware in an extremely rare shape.
There are some few Thai browh glazed stoneware pieces in a quite similar shape, but a Chinese Jingdezhen blue and white piece in this shape seems to be never recorded so far.
H : 8,3 cm.
Condition : Perfect. Some glaze degradation at the under part of the piece, but no chip and no crack.
A nice 18th century Javanese Bronze figure. A so called " Land - Bronze " in the classic Pallava style of the 10th. century.
Bronze cast by lost wax process.
H : 7,4 cm.
A museum quality piece, a extremely well and fine potted dish with a very nice molded decoration. Jingdezhen ware with a very nice white glaze.
The superb overglaze enamel decoration executed in red and green enamel.
The green enamel by the high age of the piece turned to a iridescent golden glaze color ( please look the enlargements )
On the base of this piece it is easy to see that the piece is from the early Ming period.
Pieces from the early Ming Dynasty with an overglaze enamel decorat ...click for details
Most likely from the Eastern Chou Dynasty to Han Dynasty ( 770 BC - 220 AD )
From a at least 4 generations old German family collection - estate.
L : 10,2 cm. B : 3,1 cm.
Condition : Perfect.
Most likely from the Eastern Chou Dynasty to Han Dynasty ( 770 BC - 220 AD )
From a at least 4 generations old German family collection - estate.
L : 9,2 cm. B : 3,7 cm.
Condition : Perfect.