An interesting namasu, serving dish or bowl, decorated entirely with green, aubergine, yellow, black and red enamels. A palette and style of decoration not dissimilar to that used in the mid seventeenth century that covers the whole of the interior of a dish with enamel decoration. In this case the enamelling disguises an unglazed ring to the interior of the bowl that would have enabled another dish to be stacked on it in the saggar...

An early 18th Century oval shaped meat plate decorated in underglaze blue depicting a lady and a boy in a garden landscape with a duck in a lotus pond. The base is unglazed. This item was made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, southern China for export to Europe (circa 1730 - 1750) during the reign of either the Yongzheng or the Qianlong emperor. Condition - Excellent. 32.5cm (12.8 inches) across; 3.8cm (1.5 inches) deep...

Antique Chinese seal made from an extremely beautiful piece of purplish-white jadeite with apple green areas. A meticulously carved dragon sits curled on top with two orbs. Included is a small Hardwood stand. 20th Century Size: 2.5" height, 1.5" width, .75" thickness

Superbly Decorated Chinese Famille Rose Teapot of small size. Very finely painted with a scene of a reclining couple and a female attendant, the reverse with hanging flowers within a floral gilt scroll on a grey diaper ground. Yongzheng C1722/36. Height 10.5cm, Length 14.5cm. Condition: knop restored, section 3.0cm by 0.8cm restored to flange of lid. No other cracks, chips or restoration.

ca. 1800-1850, first half of the 19th century
Mid - Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze copper red
H: 14.6 cm, w: 11.5 cm
From a Seattle, WA private collection, acquired in the 1980s (original sales tag still available)

An interesting and rare vase of "apple" zun shape, decorated in underglaze copper red with a scene of the "Trials of Lu Dongbin". Six - character Yongzheng mark to reverse, but dates to ca. 1800-1850 19th century...

Ca. late 1700s

The exterior of this bowl is painted overall in famille verte enamel colors of predominantly greens, with some yellows, blue, aubergine, iron-red and black. Three cartouches of people in a landscape setting are surrounded by various flowers on a dotted background that is covered overall in a pale green transparent enamel glaze. The interior is glazed white. The footring is glazed white with the foot unglazed to expose the dense porcelain body. The base is recessed and glazed...

19th / 20th century
Natural untreated jadeite
Length: 9.6 cm, width: 5.3 cm, depth: 0.7 cm
Weight: 101.5 g
From a English private collection

A nicely carved jadeite plaque, featuring all three colors of the jadeite palette: light green, brown, and hints of lavender. Both sides feature a Qing-style landscape of a deer traversing a mountainous landscape. Can be worn as a necklace pendant.

Condition: perfect...

Description:

An archaic decorative Bi was rarely carved in a material of rock crystal.
Other than the commonly-seen material-jadestone, crystal was used to be esteemed as the precious gem and being treasured among the noble people.
This crystal Bi was carved on both sides with the characteristic grains-motif.
By traditional craftsmanship, the separated dots were lined up by crossing straight lines firstly...

A large and heavy European shape serving dish decorated in underglaze blue with deer, bamboo and pine trees in a river landscape. This item was made in China for export, circa 1750, during the reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795). Condition - there is a well restored rim chip with associated 5.5cm (2.2inch) hairline (please view enlargements 5 & 6) and there are minor glaze imperfections...

Good sample of Yuan - early Ming blue and white large ewer, ewer is decorated with under glase blue of flower motif, there is good sample drawing of flower motif. this ewer sample is very good for studying and comparison for any one who interested in studying early Chinese porcelain, newly excavated from truwulan east java.
Size: 10 cm height.

Ca. 1790-1850, late 18th – early 19th c
Mid-Qing dynasty
Porcelain with celadon glaze; Jindezhen ware
Height: 41.7 cm / 16.4 in
Width: 30 cm / 11.8 cm (at widest point)
From a Palto Alto, CA estate

A hugely potted and magnificent vase, in archaistic form with a bulging globular body and chilong handles. Various geometric patterns (inspired by Shang/Zhou bronze), floral scrolls, and lotus petals are molded underneath a thick, bubbly celadon glaze...

Beautiful Chinese carved jade vase, a lovely green and reddish brown jade, the form of the vase itself is carved with a vertically ribbed surface, two highly raised gnarled pine trees are entwined around the vase, beautiful to look at, Republic Period. Size: 4 3/4" high x 4" wide x 2 1/2" deep.

A rare and very finely decorated "ogee" shaped bowl painted on the outside with five blue five clawed dragons amongst flames, against yellow ground, each grasping a flaming pearl. On the base is the six character iron red seal mark of the Jiaqing emperor and this item was made during his reign (1796-1820)...

A Very Rare Pale white Nephrite Jade Carved Finial: China, Ming Period or Older. This is an almost transparent pale white nephrite jade with red-brown russet on around phoenix long neck final or top decoration on a wooden or ivory staff for ritual ceremony or other events. There are a total of 5 different dragon, mythical birds and elephant head depicted on this final end...

A nice quality early Eighteenth century Japanese Imari export bowl decorated in underglaze blue, kinsai gilding and iron red. The exterior of the bowl painted with overlapping symmetrically arranged trefoil and peach shaped reserves, each containing a delicately painted kacho-ga motif of shiragiku, white asters, and pheasants and chrysanthemums, kiku ni kiji, traditional autumnal motifs...

A curious set of sake cups decorated with auspicious leaping Carp, Koi, amongst water weeds with stylised waves with ao-dama, blue balls decorated with a repeating scale or imbricated wave pattern, seigaiha, painted in a limited palette of just iron red, gilt and underglaze cobalt blue. The base of the cup painted with an overlapping lotus leaf border. The rim of the bowls decorated with a diaper pattern with small reserves containing auspicious lotus flowers. The well of the dish decorated wit...

Intricately carved white jade lidded vase, standing on high foot, exquisitely detailed with pierced carved Hu-birds as handles on either side of oval shaped body, rings of jade are carved to hang free, lid with lotus shaped finial. Republic period. Size: 7" high x 4" length x 2" deep

An exceptionally nice piece. High quality carving of tiger and dragon. The highly polished stone of white tone with some russet inclusions. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period (1736 - 1795). 6,3 x 4,2 cm. Condition : Perfect Provenance : Old German collection.