Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese (291)

Early 20th century
Republic period
Porcelain with overglaze enamels
H: 25.3 cm (immortal), 26.7 cm (farmer)
Chip & small piece re-stuck to farmer's hat
From a Santa Monica, CA estate

Circa 1890 - 1920s
Late Guangxu - Republic Period
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
D: 9 cm
Basically perfect. Slight red discoloration to inner rim due to paste storage.
From a Baltimore, Maryland collection

Though marked with a six character Kangxi mark, this paste box is decorated in a reserved, minimalistic style that is solidly late Qing/ Republic. Its shape is flattened and elegantly contoured...

Ca. 1890-1940s
Guangxu - Republic period
Porcelain with langyao / ox blood copper red glaze
H: 42 cm (with stand), 38 cm (without stand)
From a Greenwich, Connecticut estate

Of Qing monochrome glazes, the langyao red is one of the best known. It was during the early 18th century that Jingdezhen potters managed to rework the Ming copper red formula into a more translucent and fluid version...

Early 20th century
Authentic Baltic amber of egg yolk / butterscotch color
Inner diameter: 6 cm
Beads measure 15.67 – 12.8 mm long
Weight: 12.3
From a Orinda, CA estate of antique jewelry

An old bracelet comprised of 12 barrel-shaped egg yolk/butterscotch amber beads of warm coloring. This bracelet’s old string was worn and broken, and the beads have been re-threaded with a clear elastic...

ca. 1920s
Republic period
Marked solid silver, purity at least .925
Length: 30 cm(handle to handel)
Height: 16.7 cm
Weight: 798.4 grams
From an Oakland, California estate

A stylish and elegant large silver vessel or urn, made in China around 1920s at a time when western goods were highly in vogue. The shape is inspired by Greecian urns and the body surface is etched with detailed acanthus leaf scrolls...

Early 20th century
Republic period
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose / qianjiang enamels
h: 24.2 cm w: 9 cm (each)
Perfect condition
From an English estate

Early - mid 20th century
Genuine natural Baltic amber of semi-translucent cognac coloring
Weight: 143.6 g
Number of beads: 81
Bead diameter: 18 mm (largest) to 13.5 mm (smallest)
Length of necklace (end to end): 118 cm
From a New Jersey estate

A rare find! A magnificent string of 81 large Baltic amber beads of matched coloring, strung together on a real silk chord...

Date: c. 1900s | Late Qing Dynasty - Republic period
Materials: Porcelain with creamy white glaze
Width: 22 cm
Height: 16 cm
Provenance: From a Florida estate

Description: A large and fluidly modeled white-glazed figure of 'milefu' Buddha, made either by Dehua or Jingdezhen around 1900s, and features a rather elephantine Buddha seated with an ecstatic, laughing expression and auspiciously large ear lobes. The glaze is a luminous, creamy yellowish-white...

ca. 1890 - 1920
Late Qing - Republic period
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
Height: 35.3 cm / 14 in
Diameter: 28 cm / 11 in
From a Northern California estate

A large and heavily potter late Qing / Republic period yellow ground famille rose jardiniere, featuring pheasants perched amongst flora and rockwork.

Please note that this jardiniere weighs over 10 pounds, so ship charges will reflect this weight...

ca. 1890 – 1910
Guangxu – Republic period
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
Height: 19.5 cm / 7.67 in
Width: 22.5 cm / 8.85 in
From a Rhode Island, USA estate

A marvelously detailed and carefully enameled famille rose zun-type vase, painted with a panoramic scene of four wives and ten sons playing in a garden...

ca. 1920s
Republic period
Marked solid silver, purity of at least .925; tested to be solid silver
Length: 30 cm(handle to handel)
Height: 16.7 cm
Weight: 798.4 grams
From an Oakland, California estate

A stylish and elegant large silver vessel or urn, made in China around 1920s at a time when western goods were highly in vogue. The shape is inspired by Greecian urns and the body surface is etched with detailed acanthus leaf scrolls...

Early 20th century
Republic Period
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
d: 16.8 cm (dish 1), d: 17 cm (dish 2)
Nearly perfect condition: no hairlines or repairs, tiny chip to rim of one dish
From a Monterrey, California estate

This dish bears a six character Guangxu kaishu reign mark in iron-red, but in our opinion, the glaze and enamels suggest early 20th century republic period.

ca. 1920s
Republic period
Porcelain with overglaze enamels
H: 14.5 cm
Basically perfect condition: minor original firing flaw to neck (underglaze and difficult to see)
From a New Canaan, CT private collection

The republic period, with its military and political unrest, was nonetheless a golden period for the arts in China...

ca. 1890-1920s
Late Qing - Republic period
Porcelain with overglaze famille verte enamels
H: 31 cm
From a Northern California estate

Condition report: a nearly invisible 8.5 cm hairline from rim, otherwise very good.

Late 19th - early 20th century
Guangxu - Republic period
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose
enamels and underglaze cobalt blue
h: 22 cm, w: 14.6 cm
Perfect condition, age wear to enamels and wearing of gilt near rim
From a Asheville, North Carolina private collection

The shape and underglaze blue decorations of this vase are all taken from archiac bronze work, while the famille rose "boys at play" images evoke Qianlong imperial wares...

19th/20th century
Late Qing - Republic Period
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
Height: 43.2 cm / 17 in
From a St. Matthews, Kentucky estate. Previous owners recall seeing the jar in their grandparent's house when they were children.

A large late Qing Republic blue and white jar, made in the late Ming wanli style and decorated in underglaze blue with ruishou auspicious beasts.

Condition: Hairlines to body (see picture with the pink arrows)...

c. 1900 - 20s
Republic period
Solid .990 silver
Width (at widest points): 22 cm / 8.6 in
Height: 15 cm / 6 in
Weight: 347.3 grams
From a Porto, Portugal private collection

An elegant Republic era .990 silver vessel, in the form of a large western chalice with flared rim and two gorgeously detailed handles crafted as pheasants perching on floral branches. The overall shape and workmanship is just superb. The bottom bears Chinese hallmarks...

Dated 1922 in vase inscription
Republic period
Porcelain with overglaze enamels
H: 33.7 cm
Wear to enamels, otherwise perfect condition
From a Palm Beach, Florida estate

The movement towards realism and modern expressionism stood as the vanguard of Republic era Chinese art. This vase reflect the new innovative style that took hold of Chinese artists in the 1920s, with its bold colors and swiftly powerful brush strokes. The herons and surrounding flora are pain...