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All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Contemporary item #1464373 (stock #MB789)
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GBP £65.00
Book: Concubines and Courtesans: Women in Chinese Erotic Art (F. M. Bertholet).

This dazzling array of exquisite and intimate art from one of the world's most renowned collectors covers more than three centuries of Chinese erotic art. This opulently illustrated volume offers a wide-ranging examination of erotic artefacts from the end of the Ming Dynasty, around 1600, to the heyday of Shanghai in the 1920s. It includes luxurious reproductions of prints, watercolours, oil paintings, ivory carv...

All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Contemporary item #1472012 (stock #MB880)
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GBP £55.00
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New Reference Book: Chinese Monochrome Porcelain

"A Millennium of Monochromes: From the Great Tang to the High Qing. The Baur and the Zhuyuetang Collections" by Peter Y.K. Lam; Monique Crick; Laure Schwartz-Arenales.

New and in publisher's original shrink wrap. Published price $100 / £80. Our price: £55. Publication Date: 2019. Binding: Hardcover.

391 printed pages. 200 examples of monochrome porcelain photographed in colour (including photographs of the marks) and describ...

All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Contemporary item #1484629 (stock #MB788)
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GBP £150.00
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New Reference Book: Classical Chinese Furniture – Marcus Flacks

Unlike other Asian cultures of the 17th and 18th centuries, the Chinese did not sit on the floor. The simple fact that the Manchu invaders imported highly flexible furniture from their yurts influenced the development of Chinese design and decorative arts. Within a few years of the Manchu invasion, Chinese craftsmen combined their highly refined design aesthetic with extraordinary exotic woods, veneers, and lacquer to create s...

All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Contemporary item #1485938 (stock #MB881)
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"Best work ever in English on Chinese funerary figures. . " New Reference Book: Celestial Horses and Long Sleeve Dancers: The David W. Dewey Collection of Ancient Chinese Tomb Sculpture by Robert D. Jacobsen (English Edition).

Whereas many books on this subject will repeatedly describe and illustrate the same ancient Chinese pottery objects on display in public museums, this outstanding book contains fine photographs of items from a most impressive private collection: items not previousl...

All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Contemporary item #1486303 (stock #M5422)
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GBP £85.00
Fine Reference Book for Ancient Chinese Bronzes

Archaic Chinese Bronzes by Christian Deydier

This superbly produced book covers the first known Chinese bronzes through to and including those produced by the Shang Dynasty. It is very well researched and packed full of interesting background information as well as being extensively illustrated. Included are the relatively recent excavations from the Sichuan Culture site at Sanxingdui. An invaluable book for those interested not only in anc...

All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Contemporary item #1490381 (stock #M9532)
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GBP £12.00
(or £10.00 when purchased with something else)
Book: Dragon Sea - Vietnamese Hoi An Hoard - Hard Back 1st Edition

This book, "Dragon Sea", by Frank Pope is essentially the story of a 15th century shipwreck that came to be known as the "Hoi An Hoard". Frank Pope was the archaeological manager of the salvage operation. 

This book is NOT an illustrated catalogue of the Hoi An wreck, but is a very good read, not only revealing what really goes on in the world of underwater archaeology, but also reading as an exciting adventure story, al...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1980 item #1479742 (stock #P30)
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GBP £650.00
Fine Large Glazed Stoneware Jar - Malcolm Pepper

This impressive stoneware jar was made by Malcolm Pepper (1937 - 1980) during the 1970s. It is "heavily-potted" and very attractively decorated as our detailed images show; no further description is needed!

Height 24 cm (9.5 inches), diameter 31 cm (12.25 inches). It is in perfect condition.

For information: the founder of this business, Brian Page (1937 - 2018), was a personal friend of Malcolm Pepper. Brian used to visit Malcolm and ...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1980 item #1490346 (stock #MC442)
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GBP £695.00
Fine LARGE Glazed Stoneware Studio Pottery Jar - Malcolm Pepper

This large and impressive stoneware jar was made by Malcolm Pepper (1937 - 1980) during the 1970s. It is "heavily-potted" and attractively decorated. Looking inside shows it was thrown in two sections, luted together at the widest part of the body. The outer surface coated in a finely-crackled transparent glaze that has a hint of green. The inner surface coated in a dark iron glaze.

Height 46 cm (18 inches). In fine conditio...

All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Pre 1970 item #1297902 (stock #Mb6815)
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GBP £30.00
Bibliography of the Japanese Empire by Fr. Von Wenckstern. 1970. 2 Vols.  24.5 x 18 cms. Quarto, bound in buckram. This encyclopedic work is complete in 2 vols. The first covering the years 1859-1893 and the second volume covering the years 1894-1906. The original edition were published in 1895 and 1907. The first vol. includes a reprint of Catalogue des Ouvrage Relatif au Japon by Leon Pages covering earlier works from 15th. century to the date of publication, 1859. This fine reprint of the o...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1920 item #1216543 (stock #Mb6529)
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A Rare Japanese Woodblock Printed Music Notebook. Attrib. to Takehisa Yumeji. Taisho Period 5 1/4 x 5 1/8 ins. (13.4 x 13 cms) This very unusual item comprises woodblock printed covers with some bronze metallic pigment and 56 pp. of pink and bluey- green leaves printed with pale musical staves. The book has never been used. Yumeji is now regarded as one of the most significant designers of the first part of the 20th. century and apart from his fine art paintings and prints he did an enormous ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1910 item #1480835 (stock #MC217)
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GBP £250.00
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved & Painted Pottery Floral Tile

This decorative pottery tile was made during the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912). It is made from a dense grey pottery. The surface has been carved with an attractive floral design featuring leaves and a flower blossom within a circular border. It has been cold-painted with various coloured pigments. It would once have been part of a series of similar tiles adorning a wall.

It is quite large, measuring around 27 cm (10.5 inches) ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1910 item #1480836 (stock #MC218)
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GBP £250.00
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved & Painted Pottery Floral Tile

This decorative pottery tile was made during the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912). It is made from a dense grey pottery. The surface has been carved with an attractive floral design featuring two flower blossoms within a circular border. It has been cold-painted with various coloured pigments. It would once have been part of a series of similar tiles adorning a wall.

It is quite large, measuring around 27 cm (10.5 inches) square. ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1910 item #1480837 (stock #MC219)
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GBP £250.00
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Decorative Carved & Painted Pottery Tile

This large pottery tile was made during the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912). It is made from a dense grey pottery. The surface has been carved with a scene featuring an official holding a hu (an audience tablet) whilst being cooled by a servant. In front of the official is a censer with wisps of incense smoke coming from it. It has been cold-painted with various coloured pigments.

It is quite large, measuring around 31 cm (12...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1479403 (stock #MC119)
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GBP £60.00
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Chinese 19th Century Blue & White Porcelain Box with Inscription

This blue & white porcelain box was made during the late 19th century or possibly the early 20th century. It is heavily-potted and glazed, both inside and out, the glaze a little crackled in places. The outer surface is covered in a geometric/floral pattern in underglaze blue. Inside the box and the cover are characters etched into the glaze; we have not had these translated although we believe they are words of memorial. The s...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1900 item #1488039 (stock #MC279)
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GBP £65.00
Chinese 19th Century Glazed Stoneware Shipwreck Jar

Many years ago we bought a small group of jars of this type. We were told they dated to the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279) and had been in storage, having several years earlier been recovered from a shipwreck off Thailand. To the base of each jar is written an inventory number (we were told around 200 of these jars were excavated but how accurate this is, we do not know). Around the neck of each jar is a cardboard label (with a rusting metal...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1900 item #1488040 (stock #MC278)
BRIAN PAGE ORIENTAL ART
GBP £65.00
Chinese 19th Century Glazed Stoneware Shipwreck Jar

Many years ago we bought a small group of jars of this type. We were told they dated to the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279) and had been in storage, having several years earlier been recovered from a shipwreck off Thailand. To the base of each jar is written an inventory number (we were told around 200 of these jars were excavated but how accurate this is, we do not know). Around the neck of each jar is a cardboard label (with a rusting metal...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1479694 (stock #MA017)
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GBP £395.00
Chinese Ming Dynasty Painted Pottery Mandarin Tile

This attractive pottery tile depicting a mandarin (Chinese official) was made during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). It is made from a dense, quite highly-fired grey pottery. The mandarin wears a flowing robe, belted across his waist, with his badge of rank in the centre of his chest. In his right hand is what appears to be a hu (audience tablet). On top of the object held in his left hand sits a rabbit (or hare). Note also the mandarin's ha...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1479695 (stock #MA018)
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GBP £395.00
Chinese Ming Dynasty Painted Pottery Mandarin Tile

This attractive pottery tile depicting a mandarin (Chinese official) was made during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). It is made from a dense, quite highly-fired grey pottery. The mandarin wears a flowing robe, belted across his waist, with his badge of rank in the centre of his chest. In his left hand is what appears to be a hu (audience tablet). Note also the mandarin's hat and long beard & moustache. This tile has been "cold painted" in bl...