Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian (278)

A finely crafted three piece Altar garniture comprising two bronze Chinese "Gu" form flower vases and a small bronze Koro (incense burner).Condition: excellent.Vases : 9.8cm (3.9 inches) high.Censer: 4.5cm (1.75 inches) high.Total weight: 1.08kg (2lb 6oz)

An early 18th Century porcelain tea bowl and saucer decorated in underglaze blue with overgalze iron red and green enamels in "Verte Imari" style. This item was made in China for export to Europe early in the 18th Century, probably during the reign of the Yongzheng emperor (1723-1735). . Bowl: 4cm (1.5 inches) high; 7cm (2.75 inches) diameter. Saucer: 11.5cm (4.5 inches) diameter.

A large, and heavy, Stick Stand, ( for holding walking sticks and umbrellas), profusely decorated, in Satsuma style, with a panapoly of historical scenes enclosed within elaborately enamelled textile (?) patterns and surmounted by a large coiled dragon amongst stylized clouds. This item was made in Japan for export to Europe or America during the late 19th or early 20th Century. Condition: there are chips to the rim, some cracks around the base and losses to the head and claws of the dragon. 39cm (15.3 inches) high Weight: approx 9 kg (19lb 12oz).

A large heavy bottle vase depicting two confronting five clawed dragons amongst clouds and flames and above breaking waves. The base carries the six character seal mark of the Qianlong Emperor (1736-1795)but possibly made later during the 19th Century. It arrived in the UK before 1910 and is from an old West Country estate. Condition - the neck has been reduced and polished. There are no chips or cracks and there has been no restoration but there are surface scratches. Height 23cm (9 inches); 24cm (9.5 inches) wide. Weight 2.6 kg (5.73lb).

AA carved soapstone figure depicting a reclining Scholar; holding a fan in his right hand. This item was possibly made as an object for the Scholar's table and was made in China in the Qing dynasty, probably during the second half of the 19th Century (circa 1850-1900). Condition: a 2.5cm area appear to have been chipped away (in front of the fan and below his right knee)- please view enlargements 5, 6 & 7; and there are small spots of red paint in places. 6.3cm (2.5 inches) high; 7.6cm (3 inches) long.

A 'bronze' censer (copper zinc alloy with iron impurities) with a six character Ming dynasty Xuande reign mark (1426-1435) to the base but this item was made later, probably during the late Qing dynasty (circa 1890-1910). condition: very good - no damages,losses or repairs. 9cm (3.5 inches)across; 6.3cm (2.5 inches)high. Weight: 260 grams (9 oz).

清末 六瓣三足铜炉
底有“大明宣德年制”六字款，但为清末(约1890-1910)所作。
品相：很好。无缺损或修补。
宽9厘米；高6.3厘米。 重260克。

A turquoise biscuit-glazed stoneware, or possibly porcelain, Okinomo of a tiger made in Japan in the late Edo period (1600-1868). . For a very similarly modeled figure with yellow glaze please view #90 (page 85) in the Oriental Ceramic Society catalogue of their 2009 Exhibition "The World in Monochromes". Condition: excellent - no damages and no repairs or resroation. 12cm (4.75 inches) high; 18cm (7 inches) long. Weight: 880 grams (1lb 15oz). For many additional pictures and enlargements please view item #0482 on our Liverpool Shop website at 69aliverpool.co.uk

19世纪初 日本江戸時代 有田松石绿釉“置物”卧虎像
松石绿釉素胎炻器，也有可能为瓷器，作于日本江户晚期（19世纪初）。相似之例，请参见英国东方陶瓷学会2009年展览图册《单色瓷世界》上第85页第90号展品。
品相：完好。无损伤，无修补或修复。
高12厘米，长18厘米。
重880克。
更多照片，请参见本店网站69aliverpool.co.uk上第0482号藏品。

A blue and white jar with the six character reign mark of the Kangxi emperor (1662-1722) within a double ring to the base. This item was made later, for export, during either the late 19th or early 20th Century. Condition: excellent - no damages and no restoration. 12cm (4.75 inches) high.

清末民初 康熙款青花人物莲子罐 约1880-1920
底有“大清康熙年制”双圈六字款。为清末民初（19世纪末20世纪初）的外销瓷。
品相：完好。无损伤，无修复。
高12厘米。

A rare late Ming Dynasty thickly potted jar decorated in underglaze blue with a key-fret pattern around the neck; on the shoulder a Kraak style diaper pattern encloses four circular panels, each containing a fruiting peach branch; above the foot are stylized breaking waves; the large central area is painted on each side with nine boys, at leisure, in a garden setting. "Hundred Boys" jars with very similar decoration are to be found dating to the Jiajing reign (1522-1566) but this jar was made later, probably for export, circa 1610-1625 during the reign of either the Wanli or the Tianqi emperor.
Condition - there is fritting (production glaze loss) to the rim and there are chips to the foot rim; there are two cracks to the rim which are probably firing (production) cracks and there are various cracks and glaze imperfections to the body but there are no repairs and there has been no restoration.
19cm (7.5inches) high; 19cm (7.5inches) diameter. Weight - 1.5kg (3lb 5oz).
For many additional pictures and enlargements please view item #0470 on our Liverpool Shop website at 69aliverpool.co.uk 明晚期 青花童子罐 明万历/天启 约1610-1625 一件明晚期青花童子罐。胎体细腻厚重，罐口一圈回字纹，肩部“克拉克”风格的开光装饰由四 个菱形花纹和四个花果枝叶交替组成，足部则是一圈海水纹。主体部分两面各有九个童子在花园里戏耍。类似装饰风格的”百子罐“可见于明嘉靖时期 （1522-1566），但此罐稍晚，应为外销品，作于约1610-1625明万历/天启年间。 品相：口沿有毛口，圈足有小磕。口沿另有两道冲，或为烧造过程中所致。罐身部分有不同程度的冲缝和釉面缺陷，但无修补或修复。 高19厘米，直径19厘米。重1.5公斤。

A hand crafted silver comport, with bracketed rim, very finely decorated with traditional Burmese rural village scenes. This item was made in Burma (Myanmar) in the 19th Century under the rule of Queen Victoria and the British Empire. . Condition: excellent - no damages and no repairs. 14cm (5.5 inches) high; 16.5cm (6.5 inches) diameter. Weight: 340grams (12 oz)

A balluster shaped vase and cover painted with "famille rose" enamels depicting a lady holding a fan with two boys in a garden setting. On the base is painted the iron red four character mark of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795) but this item was made later, in the early 20th Century, during either the closing years of the reign of the Guangxu emperor (1875-1908) or during the Republic period (1911-1949). Condition: there are minor losses to the enamels but no chips or cracks and no repairs or restoration. 25cm (9.9inches) high.

20世纪初粉彩人物盖瓶
底有“乾隆年制”四字款，但做于20世纪初，即清光绪末年至民国时期。
品相：釉面有些许缺失，但无磕无冲，无修补或修复。高25厘米。

A white porcelain "Blanc-de-Chine" Buddhist Lion incense stick holder in similar style to the larger Guardian Lions which are frequently to be found at the entrances to Buddhist temples. These were probably originally made for domestic home altars and were among the first items to be exported to Europe from China as decorative objects. This item was made in the kilns of Dehua, Fujian Province, South China ,circa 1640-1660, during the middle of the 17th Century. For a very similar example please see catalogue # 90 in "Blanc de Chine - Porcelain from Dehua a catalogue of the Hickley Collection, Singapore" by Rose Kerr & John Ayers. Condition: there are cracks on two sides of the sqare base, one with an old re-glued triangular section; no damages or losses to the lion itself and no restoration. 16.5cm (6.5inches) high.

明末清初 17世纪德化白瓷狮形香插
应是原为室内香案所用，是第一批作为工艺品外销至欧洲的中国瓷器之一。
做于福建德化窑，17世纪中叶，约1640-1660年间。
相似之例，请参见Rose Kerr 和 John Ayers 合著《新加坡Hickley家族所藏德化白瓷图录》一书第90号藏品。
品相：方形底座两面有冲，其中一处有老修，瓷狮本身无缺损，无修复。
高16.5厘米。

A thickly potted Arita porcelain vase finely decorated with polychrome enamels depicting three Cranes amongst flowering Peony shrubs. This item was made in Japan in the 19th Century. Condition: excellent - no damages and no restoration. 24.5cm (9.5inches) high.

A European shape porcelain tea caddy painted in underglaze blue depicting houses and pavillions in a river landscape. This item was made in Jingdezhen (southern China) for export to Europe, circa 1760-1780, during the reign of the Qianlong emperor. For a similar example please see John Ayers "The Chinese Porcelain Collection of Marie Vergottis", page 76. Condition: there is an old 3cm hairline on the shoulder and a minute chip to the one corner of the same shoulder (please view enlargements 6 & 7); no further damages and no restoration. 11cm (4.3inches) high; 9cm (3.5inches) wide; 4.5cm (1.75inches) deep.

18世纪外销青花茶叶罐 约1760-1780（清乾隆）
青花庭院风景图案茶叶罐，作于中国景德镇，为1760-1780年间即清乾隆时期的针对欧洲的外销瓷。
相似之例，请参见John Ayers著《Marie Vergottis所藏中国瓷器〉一书中第76页。
品相：肩部有一处三厘米的冲缝和一处小磕(见图6和图7），无其他损伤或修复。
高11厘米，宽9厘米，厚4.5厘米。

A gilt bronze Libation Cup decorated on the outside with auspicious symbols: Cranes, Bamboo,Prunus blossom and Lingzhi fungus and with some of the Buddhist Bajixiang ("eight precious emblems"). This item was made in China in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and is from the collection of a British Architect who was born in China and lived in Shanghai until 1931 when he migrated to the UK. Condition: very good - no damages, repairs or losses - but there is some copper oxidation and surface wear, consistent with age, including loss of much of the original gilding. 9.5cm (3.75inches) long: 3.4cm (1.3jnches) high. Weight: approx 100grams (4oz. Please note: this cup is from the same collection as stock #714, #716, #727 & #813 in our catalogue.

明 八吉祥纹镏金执耳铜杯
镏金执耳铜杯，外饰八吉祥纹。作于明代。
此件为一位已故英国建筑师的藏品。此人生于中国，旅居上海多年，直到1931年他才又回到英国。
品相：很好。无损伤或缺失。表面有绿色铜锈斑及使用痕迹，大部分镏金已经磨失。
长9.5厘米，高3.4厘米，重约100克。
更多照片，请参见本店自主网站上69liverpool.co.uk上第#0299号藏品。
请注意：此件与本网站上第714、716、727、813号藏品出自同一人收藏。

A rare, finely cast, pear shaped bronze vase coated with copper oxide ("malachite") encrustation. This item was made in Korea in the 12th or 13th Century during the Koryo dynasty (AD 936-1392). Condition: unusually, very good - there is a 2mm hole in the foot (possibly drilled at the time of making for a strengthening rivet)- please view enlargement 7 - and there are a number of shallow scarcely visible bumps, the largest with associated surface abrasion. There are no splits or cracks and there has been no restoration. 32cm (12.5inches) high; 17.5cm (6.8inches) wide Weight: 1.24kg (2lb 12oz).

12或13世纪 青铜玉壶春瓶 - 古朝鲜高丽王朝时期（公元936-1392年间）
一件重要的工艺精湛的玉壶春瓶，表面因氧化已产生铜绿锈斑。作于12或13世纪的古朝鲜，即高丽王朝时期（公元936-1392年间）。
品相：很好。足部有一处2毫米宽的小孔（可能为铸造过程中所留）；表面有几处因磕碰留下的浅凹陷，其中最大一处上有划痕；无裂缝，无修复。
高32厘米，宽17.5厘米。重1.24公斤。

A very finely painted Imari porcelain bowl, decorated on the outside with underglaze blue and over glaze iron red and with a central kinrande style panel of gilt floral scrolling. The interior is painted in polychrome enamels and is decorated with the "Three Friends of Winter" - Bamboo, Prunus (plum) Blossom and Pine Tree and with a Crane and a mythological Turtle to the centre. On the base is an iron red Fuku (good luck) mark. This item was made in Japan in the 19th Century, probably during the Meiji period (1868-1912) Condition: there is an old 7cm hairline clealy visble on the inside; no further damages and no restoration. 8.3cm (3.25inches) high; 18.5cm (7.3inches) diameter. Weight: 700gm (24oz).

19世纪日本伊万里风格瓷碗
一件绘制精美的日本伊瓦里瓷碗，外部边缘部分饰有釉下蓝彩和釉上矾红花纹，中间主体部分为“金襴手“风格的描金缠枝花卉。内部彩绘“岁寒三友”，中央部分为“龟鹤齐龄”图案。
底部为方形矾红“福”字款。
作于19世纪日本，应为明治时期。
品相：内部有一处7厘米长的老冲，无其他损伤或修复。
高8.3厘米，直径18.5厘米，重700克。

A small metel bound six drawer black lacquered cabinet finely painted in gold lacquer . Three drawers are decorated with a branch of flowering prunus blossom and the large drawer and door are each painted with a single duck amongst reeds and iris. Condition: very good - there is some age wear to the decoraration on the top, sides and back but the gold lacquer painting on the front is in excellent condition. No repairs replacements or losses. 23cm (9inches) high; 21cm (8.25inches) wide; 10.5cm (4.1inches) deep.

日本明治时期 黑漆描金金属件小匣柜 1868-1912年间
六屉，大抽屉和门板上有描金大雁戏水图，其他三个小抽屉上为描金梅枝。
品相：很好。顶端、两侧及背面的图案因年久有磨损，但是正面的描金色彩仍然如新。无修补或缺损。
高23厘米，宽21厘米，深10.5厘米。