Ching dynasty. A simple but rather scarce small tea cup saucer fashioned from baitong, the underside bearing the engraved chop of its Chinese maker. Undecorated, its bright and shiny surface provides an interesting contrast for a decorated or monochrome porcelain tea cup. Such saucers were made for Chinese domestic use though some were exported to Japan where they were likely regarded by tea connoiseurs as an interesting foreign import...

Ming dynasty (1368-1644); circa 15th century bronze mirror, the plain side retaining much of its original applied silvering, the decoration on back organized around the pierced central boss or knob, flanked on either side by a lotus pattern motif, each an inverted mirror image of the other, and a two-character inscription, above and below, the words reading “bao qian” meaning “treasure” and “mirror,” the word “qian” being an ancient word referring to bronze mirrors specifically, ...

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18th Century, Ching Dynasty. A miniature bronze fashioned after a porcelain vase, the form and relief decoration mimicking the prized blue and white wares of the Kangxi period. An elegantly conceived, charming and beautifully proportioned miniature vase on a high footrim, the curved, elephant trunk-shaped handles complimenting the stylized ruyi-cloud motif on the slender neck...

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A TALL, WELL-CAST, 18th CENTURY BRONZE VASE, showing restrained decoration and elegant form executed with superb technical skill. The slightly flattened baluster form vase with rectangular base and rounded corners, decorated in high relief with the traditional rebuses of five bats and five lingzhi fungus representing happiness and longevity, respectively, or double happiness. The vase form itself outlines the character for shi or xi (“happiness”)...