A wonderful American folk art mourning portrait painting of a young child, done by Horace Bundy. Although unsigned by him, virtually all the characteristics that indicate such an attribution are present...

The well potted stoneware body shouldered form, decorated with exquisite painted in underglaze-blue of become blackish tone because the material is used Chinese 'local cobalt-blue', painted with four ladies figures and each with the servant in the garden scene, each lady and attendant showing her talents with playing Gu-Qin, playing Chinese chess, painting calligraphy and writing literati poetry...

A reverse painted tinsel painting, unusual for its combination of geometric and floral elements, and for its forceful colors; period gilded frame; sight size 9 1/2" by 7 1/2"; framed size 12 1/2" by 10 5/8"

A pair of beautiful late Qing dynasty old Chinese porcelain famille rose wall vases with scenery motif, in excellent condition."Marked Qinlong" H:5" W: 5-1/4"

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...

Ming blue and white large ewer decorated with phoenix. 28cm high. Ewer in broken conditions at the handle,spout and upper neck on restorations. middle ming period.

This is a Five Dynasties celadon green glaze jarlet in good condition except glaze flaked off near mouth rim as shown and edges

A rare thinly potted and extremely well painted deep dish with exceptionally fine porcelain body. The base carries the six character reign mark of the Jiajing emperor (1522-1566) enclosed within a double circle but this item was probably made later, in the 16th/17th Century, during the reign of the Wanli emperor (1573-1619). Condition: there is production glaze loss (fritting) to the rim but no cracks or damages and no restoration...

An attractively decorated "famille rose" dish on pale green 'celadon' ground made for export, circa 1840, during the reign of the Daoguang emperor (1821 - 1850). Condition - there are some surface losses to the blue enamels and there is a very small under rim chip - no cracks and no restoration...

A large and exceptional example of fine American tinsel or foil painting featuring a pair of pheasants on branches, surrounded by a wreath of flowers. The scene has the rare "snowflake" type of background. Although tinsel painting was at its height in America from 1850 to 1890 the snowflake technique appears to have been done primarily in the 1870's period.

The sight size is 19 5/8" by 15 3/4", with a framed size of 23 1/4" by 19 1/4"...

 

A wonderful PA or New England document box inlaid with various woods and elaborately painted with stars, squares, circles, etc. All original, including surface; truly minor nicks and wear; 12" by 7" by 4 1/4".

This actual box is illustrated in the book "19th Century Wooden Boxes", by Arene Burgess

This is a small and charming child's gameboard, measuring 13 3/4" long by 10 3/4" wide by 3/4" thick. It was found in Vermont, and most likely originated there. It is made of maple, with bread-boarded ends, affixed with square nails. The dry paint surface, with its red and black checkerboard, outlined with green stripes, is in superb condition, with no overpainting or areas of loss. The wood itself is in excellent shape, with 2 minor age cracks, and a knothole in the back which fell out...

Jarlet with high shoulder and a short cylindrical neck. Decorated in underglaze cobalt - blue. Porcelain body covered with a transparent glaze stopping short of the foot. Flat base unglazed. H : 5 cm. Jingdezhen or Fujian. Yuan Dynasty fourteenth century. Condition : 2 short nearly not visible hairlines. No chip and the glaze in a very nice condition.

A Song/Yuan Celadon Ewer. Height approximately 9 cm and length approximately 10 cm (the tipspout to the handle). The ewer has a small rim chip , a firing crack inside and a slightly different color tone. Good condition.

A Ming dynasty longquan celadon large bowl with carved flower motif at inner and outer wall, good condition no damage, small firing crack on the rim small fritts at the foot ring please see picture for detail, size: 17 cm diameter.

A rare good glaze Tnag dynasty Changsha bowl with arabic script, good condition no damage, size: 16 cm diameter.

Turquoise glazed brushwasher. Qing dynasty or earlier. Very interesting glaze, mint condition. D : 4,5 inc.