An attractive pair of blue & white porcelain bowls decorated with lotus blooms and scrolls in “pencil drawn” style, so-called because of the absence of washes of colour for shading. Each has a six-character zhuanshu script Jiaqing reign mark and of the period. This design is not uncommon but these examples are particularly well painted and are of high quality.
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The brushpot is large and thick-walled, certainly a bitong to be used rather than made as a souvenir. It is deeply carved with a depiction of the seven sages in the bamboo grove, a popular subject that appears on bamboo brushpots dating back to the Ming dynasty. It has many age cracks though none look recent to me and the pot looks stable. I have conservatively dat ...click for details
A well-carved sculpture of a laughing boy on the back of a rather playful water buffalo. Carved from one piece of bamboo. Qing dynasty, 19th century.
The carving has a good patina though it is apparent that in the past it has had a few insect holes filled. These are few in number. There ar ...click for details
A CHINESE YIXING ‘GONGJU’ TEAPOT, 19th ~ 20th CENTURY.
A small Yixing red stoneware teapot, the base impressed with a two-character stamp ‘Gongju’. The interior opening for the spout is a single hole. The teapot seems to have had very little use but the interior is a little tea stained.
The porcelain dish is modeled after a scallop shell with moulded ribbing on both sides. The underglaze blue decoration of flowers radiating from a small central medallion is more often encountered on Kangxi export plates. Chinese porcelain made specifically for export to the West, circa 1700.
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A CHINESE CANTONESE ENAMEL DISH, 18TH ~ 19TH CENTURY
The body of the dish is of a decent thickness generously enamelled with a chilong on a yellow ground. The borders design is quite distinctive and is often found on 18th century wares.
Just a little over 4.1/8 inches (10.6 cm) square. Light wear from use, in one corner t ...click for details
A CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN SAUCE DISH, GUANGXU.
A pretty small dish decorated with flowers within a dart border. Within the foot-rim is a six-character Guangxu mark. The dish is probably late in the period or even early Republic.
4.3/16 inches (10.7 cm) diameter. Light wear from use. There are two tiny fleabites ...click for details
A GOOD JAPANESE SNUFF BOTTLE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET, 19th CENTURY
An excellent carved ivory and lacquer snuff bottle with its original and well-chosen stopper.
On one side is found Kannon (Guanyin) riding on a Shi-Shi, the other has a squirrel on a vine. The neck and sides embellished with lacquer. The bottle is well hollowed.
Small Chinese enamel on biscuit porcelain dish, the centre with a dragon moulded into the surface. The lead glaze finely crackled overall and showing iridescence in refracted light. The dish is well made and has a neatly finished unglazed foot-rim. Difficult to date without a published example, anywhere from Kangxi to Daoguang. The pair to this dish was sold in this ...click for details
A FINE CHINESE EXPORT BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN PLATE, 18TH CENTURY.
An octagonal plate decorated with a lakeside scene with a grand pavilion and two figures enjoying the sounds of the flute, in a boat moored beneath overhanging rocks. The diaper borders are exceptional.
I have a suspicion that the plate was given a soft-paste slip b ...click for details
