Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art (293)

Large 19th c Bronze Handwarmer with Reticulated Cover (LQB061402)
19th century
Mid - late Qing Dynasty
Bronze
Diameter: 27.9 cm / 11 in (at widest point)
Height: 28 cm / 11 in (handle extended upright), 16 cm / 6.3 in (handle down)
Weight: 9 lb 15 oz / 4.5 kg
From a Seattle, WA estate

A rare and unusually large 19th c bronze handwarmer or incense burner, with a circular ribbed body, leather covered handles, and a magnificent reticulated cover feat...

Kangxi Famille Verte Penjing Plate (KWC1101)
ca. 1720s, early 18th century
Late Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille verte enamels
Diameter: 22.8 cm / 9 in
From a St. Columb, UK private collection

A nice late Kangxi famille verte export porcelain plate, possibly for the French market, featuring a bold pine tree rising out of a penjing jardiniere with lingzhi fungi and scholar's rocks...

ca. 1790 - 1810
Late Qianlong - Jiaqing Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
Width: 29.5 cm / 11.6 in
Length: 23 cm / 9 in
Height: 4.7 cm / 1.9 in
From a Paris, France metropolitan area estate

A truly wonderful ca...

VASE WITH WIFE & NINE SONS (TFM081301)
ca. 1860-90s, latter half of the 19th century
Tongzhi-Guangxu Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
Height: 36 cm / 14.2 in
From a Greenwich, CT estate

This vase is lavishly painted with a young wife and nine sons in a garden, flanked with landscape scenes, dragons in relief, and a faux wrapped cloth...

Lime Green Ground Famille Rose Sgraffito Baluster Jar (QLG101201)
ca...

LARGE MING LONGQUAN CELADON DISH (MLQ091412)
ca. 1400 – 1430s, early 15th century
Ming Dynasty
Porcelaneous stoneware with a lime-alkali glaze; Longquan celadon ware
Diameter: 34 cm / 13.4 in
Height: 5.5 cm / 2.2 in
From an Greenwich, CT estate

A large early Ming Longquan celadon dish, incised with swirling scrolls along the inner wall, and mold-decorated in the center with a floral roundel...

Yellow-Ground Famille Rose Bowl (DFM061401)
19th / 20th century
Daoguang or Republic Period
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
Diameter: 22.1 cm / 8.7 in
Height: 8.6 cm / 3.4 in
From a Potomac, Maryland (Washington DC area) estate; the previous owner had a huge collection of Asian and European porcelain.

An interesting and very unusual large bowl, ornately decorated with famille rose floral scrolls against a lemon-yellow ground...

Jar with Peaches and Pomegranates (SWC101301)
Ca. 1640-60s, mid- 17th century
Shunzhi / Transitional period, early Qing dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue & overglaze enamels
H: 14 cm / 5.5 in (with lid); 11.8 cm / 4.6 in (without lid)
From a Manhattan, New York private collection

A charming Transitional Shunzhi period wucai jar, well decorated in the classic peaches and pomegranates pattern...

KANGXI BLUE AND WHITE LANDSCAPE BALUSTER JAR (KBW111324)
Ca...

19th century
Late Qing Dynasty
Low-fired unglazed porcelain with famille verte enamels
Height: 30.4 cm / 12 in
From a Palm Beach, Florida estate

A late Qing biscuit fired susancai / famille verte square baluster vase, decorated with panels of seasonal flora. Wood stand included.

Condition: Bottom cleanly drilled, otherwise perfect antique condition [Please examine all photos carefully, as they are part of the condition report.]

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...

Ca. 1900
Late Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
Height: 56.8 cm / 22.4 in
From a Vero Beach, Florida estate

A 22.4 inch tall late Qing floor vase, powerfully painted with a dragon hidden within clouds, flying over a carp emerging from the ocean waves. Jingdezhen potters created the scattered clouds by blowing cobalt pigment onto the vase through a straw...

ca. 1700
Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
Diameter: 22.7 cm / 8.9 in
From an English private collection

A classic Kangxi period lotus form dish, molded and formed to resemble an open lotus flower, and painted with radiating panels framing a central medallion. The painting workmanship is wistful and full of charm.

Please note that this plate belongs to a pair, but this listing is for one (1) plate ONLY...

ca. 1700
Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
Diameter: 22.6 cm / 8.9 in
From an English private collection

A classic Kangxi period lotus form dish, molded and formed to resemble an open lotus flower, and painted with radiating panels framing a central medallion. The painting workmanship is wistful and full of charm.

Please note that this plate belongs to a pair, but this listing is for one (1) plate ONLY...

Exact age unknown, but at least 100 years old, possibly much older
Natural red carnelian (agate)
Beads measure from 220 mm (largest) to 140 mm (smallest)
Weight: 233.6 grams
From a Montreal, Canada private collection

A strand of 34 carnelian / red agate beads, carved in the Chinese/ Tibetan melon style. The age wear, patina, and carving workmanship suggests that this necklace may be very old...

17th / 18th c century
Early Qing dynasty
Porcelain with white glaze; Dehua ware
Height: 32.5 cm
Width: 12 cm (approximate)
From a Northern California private collection

A rare 17th / 18th century Dehua blanc de chine figural group of Wenchang and Kuixing, powerfully modeled with the God of Literature dressed in Ming literati robes, expression serene, while his demon-like attendant looks on with a ferocious adulation...

19th century
Late Qing Dynasty
Solid silver, purity of at least .925
Diameter: 22.5 cm / 8.85 in
Height: 3.7 cm
Weight: 332 grams
From a Porto, Portugal private collection

An impressively crafted 19th century late Qing Chinese export silver footed plate, engraved in the center with a confident rendering of a sinuous dragon, and bordered with a marvelous pierced/reticulated cavetto featuring dragons amongst clouds...

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.

Condition: perfect...