This is a tall Song dynasty (960 – 1276 A.D) yingqing or qingpai meiping or plum vase. It stands on a recess base, rising from a small base to a baluster shape body with a short shoulder towards a mouth rim with a ring in between. The shoulder is circled with incised double ring. The body is divided into six symmetrical portions by two parallel incised lines starting from the outer ring of the shoulder towards all the way to the footrim...

These are the following items to be posted at our site. A collection of very rare fluted cups from the Song Dynasty. Normally it is hard to find one single piece from this kind. There are three different Longquan ware cups, one rare Yaozhou kiln cup and one blueish grey glazed possibly Guan ware cup. These cups normally are a " must " for every serious collector of Song Dynasty ware.

This is the first piece of the rare collection of Song Dynasty fluted cups. A rare museum quality fluted cup. Grey stoneware body covered with a green Celadon glaze to above the foot-rim. D : 8,8 cm. H : 5 cm. Longquan ware, Zhejiang. Southern Song Dynasty, thirteenth century. Condition : One, even at closeups not visible, restored area to the rim. ( There is still the typical bright ring-sound when you knock the piece )

This is the second piece of the rare collection of Song Dynasty fluted cups. A rare museum quality fluted cup. Grey stoneware body covered with a very nice blue-green, ice-crackled Celadon glaze to above the foot-rim. D : 9 cm. H : 5 cm. Longquan ware, Zhejiang. Southern Song Dynasty, thirteenth century. Condition : One restored area to the rim and one crack from the restored area downwards. ( The golden color on the retauration is easy removeable )

A vibrant and charming American folk art tinsel painting showing a variety of fruit and foliage in a white compote set upon a slab of marble. Wonderful condition, with a sight size of 12 inches by 15 1/4 inches, and a beautiful, non-period frame of 16 3/4 inches by 20 inches.

This is the third piece of the rare collection of Song Dynasty fluted cups. A nearly impossible to find, mint condition museum quality fluted cup. Grey stoneware body covered with a very nice yellowish-green crackled glaze ( Golden Celadon ) to above the foot-rim. D : 9 cm. H : 4,8 cm. Longquan ware, Zhejiang. Southern Song Dynasty, thirteenth century. Condition : Perfect !

A very fine yellow ground dish with five clawed dragon motif, base with "xing you heng tang" hallmark, Jingdechen late Qing Guangxu period (1875-1908) Size: 24 cm diameter Very good condition. no crack, chip, or restoration

Extremely rare longquan celadon dish with dragon motif chasing flaming pearl covered with good green celadon glaze, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368). size: 36 cm diameter, dish is in good condition with some crack line and crackeled glaze as shown at picture, no damage part, no restoration.

This is the fourth piece of the rare collection of Song Dynasty fluted cups. A extremely rare museum quality fluted cup. The only one piece in the collection which is from the northen Song period. Perfect potted Porcellaneous stoneware body covered with a very nice olive-green Yaozhou glaze to above the foot-rim. D : 9 cm. H : 5,4 cm. Yaozhou kilns, Shaanxi province. Northern Song period, 11th - 12th century...

An elegant and superbly proportioned antique English toasting wine glass with a a drawn flared trumpet bowl atop a plain stem and conical foot; rough pontil. A beautiful, tall, and graceful glass, and quite uncommon in lead, as this one is.

7 1/8 inches tall, 2 5/8 inch bowl diameter, 3 1/8 inch foot diameter. No condition issues.

This is a decorative 19th century French Haviland Limoges rectangular shaped open vegetable dish in the Old Blackberry pattern, ca. 1879-1889, having sprays of flowers and vines in shades of brown, soft blue and greens, with angled corners and attached scallop-shell shaped handles above a lacy gold leaf design, marked on underside with green H&C Co, L, Haviland Limoges in double circle and number 5711, lid missing; Measurements- 2 5/8 in high, 6 1/4 in. wide (excluding 1 1/4 in...

A superb and tall Newcastle light baluster (NLB) wine glass or goblet with marriage or anniversary significance. The flared bell bowl has a trapped tear in the deep bottom. The stem features a shoulder angular knop above a slim inverted baluster knop, then a plain stem section leading to a basal ball knop above a conical foot with rough, snapped pontil.

What makes this a marriage type glass is the superb Dutch engraving, which depicts a couple toasting each other...

18th Century White Jade with late 19th Century Silver Frame Hand Mirror

The mirror is 10 inches (25.4 cm) overall length by 5.3 inches(13.5 cm) diameter (the mirror portion), and the handle is 5.1 (13cm) inches in length by 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide and 1.2 inches (3.1 cm) tall.

It is in good condition with no repairs, nor chips, except a hairline crack on the jade at the mirror portion (as seen in the photos)...

In addition to being a wonderful piece of American folk art, this watercolor and pen and ink on paper gives some good insight into one of the courting customs of the 18th and 19th centuries...

A beautiful and rare Chelsea Red Anchor plate distinguished by both its raised strawberry and leaf decorations around the gently undulating border, and the central bird. Plates with such a border are known, but not common. However, almost without exception, these plates have a floral center, rather than the bird surrounded by the wonderfully colored and rendered insects that this one has. The plate is 8 inches in diameter, and has no chips, cracks, or repairs...

A Very fine and Rare Early White Porcelain Jar with Cover: Korea, Early Choson period, 15th Century, This medium size of beautiful and pure white glazed jar with an original cover is very rare in current existence. The baluster form on recessed foot and with short up-neck, decorated with a clear and pure snow-white glaze covered overall, a well balanced portion of the body and cover with lotus bud shape-knob. It is in an excellent condition except a short hair line crack on mouth rim...

A large and striking carnival gambling wheel, painted in vibrant yellow, red, black, and blue. In overall excellent condition, and has a support post and spinner. All divider nails are present. 35 inches in diameter.

A Very Fine Silver Inlaid Iron Box and Cover: Korea, Choson Dynasty, 19th Century The rectangular and quite large box with lid silver inlaid with a double happiness on four sides and cover, on each of the four sides geometric patterns and borders of fretwork and floral diaper work, the lid of the box applied with a large auspicious character, Double Happiness, within a matching border. It is in very fine condition without any silver inlay lost. It measures 13.5 cm x 10.5 cm x 8.5 cm h...