Ming Dynasty Chenghua period ( 1465 - 1487 ) Minyao ( peoplesware ) blue and white cup with a rare calligraphic design. Jingdezhen ware. Diameter : 6,3 cm. H : 4 cm. Condition : very slight rim fritting and chip to the base of the piece, no crack.

A nice celadon dish with everted lip rim, decorated with two moulded applique´ fish and carved petals on the exterior. Nice Celadon glaze over a porcelain body. Southern Song to Yuan Dynasties thirteenth to fourteenth centuries . Longquan ware, Zhejiang. Diameter : 14,1 cm. Condiion : Perfect

1700s

The decoration of five fu dogs is painted in clear, rich tones of cobalt blue characteristic of the Kangxi period. The playful creatures are prancing among stylized ribbons, clouds and flames in a design that fills the entire interior base. The upward, slightly flaring sides are decorated and the thin rim is protected by a narrow bronze band that appears to have been applied shortly after the piece was made...

Northern Song Dynasty ( 960 - 1127 ) Incised decoration, nice translucent white glaze over a porcelain body. Diameter : 18cm. H : 5,9 cm. Condition : Perfect ( Nice bell like tone when tapped )

A fine blue and white small bowl,decorated with floral design,chenghua mark, transitional periode.found from shipwreck.bowl in good conditions it just has very small friting at the rim. 9 cm diameter

A fine carved Norhern Song ( 960 - 1127 ) Yaozhou bowl. Diameter : 13,3 cm. H : 5 cm. Condition : Perfect !

Incised decoration, matt pale blue-greenish grey glaze over a porcelain body and base. Foot rim unglazed. Longquan ware, Zhejiang. Southern Song Dynasty thirteenth centry. Diameter : 15,4 Condition : Perfect ( nice bell like ring tone when tapped )

Five Dynasties (907 - 960 AD ) Zhejiang ( Yue - ware ). The interesting shape of this pot was the early model for the very expensive Qing Kangxi period porcelain Water-pots. H : 6,8 cm. Diameter : 9,8 cm. Condition : Perfect

This small Chinese traditional oil lamp is complete with the original hand-blown globe and cover. The base has several rows of ornate grillwork. The cover is engraved on one side with a couple. The other side has a poem. The chinese is old in both character and language and difficult to translate.

The lamp is only 5 inches tall and of higher silver content than usual for China at that time, which indicates an owner of wealth...

Northern Song ( 11th - 12th century ) The lustrous and glossy black glaze on the fine white body of this extremely rare piece are characteristic of the finest " Ding " vessels developed in the Dingzhou kilns at Quyang, Ding county, Hebei province in the Northern Song period. H : 4,2 cm. Condition : When examined with a 10X lense there is to see a very fine hairline to the body which is nearly invisible with the free eye, further in a perfect condiion.

A very rare Yuan dynasty longquan celadon dish, rounded side, flattened rim with deep center and glazed foot ring, dish decorate with impressed flower motif at the center, at the inner wall there is molded weave or cloud motif, at the rim there is 12 unglazed biscuit fired brown of flower motif, glazed base with ring for firing.
Dish is in very good condition no damage, no chip, no crack, no restoration, dish has wrapped (unbalance) rim.
Size: 35 cm diameter.

Geyao cup in a very nice Song Dynasty inspired shape. Seventeenth century. The brown clay to the base seems to be the original grey stoneware which turned to a dark brown during the firing process. It seems not just to be a brown slip which covers the unglazed body to the base which would be typical for Qing pieces their intention it is to pretend a Song Dynasty piece. Diameter : 5 cm. H : 3,6 cm. Condition : One restored chip.

A really nice Ming Chenghua period ( 1465 - 1487 ) Minyao ( peoplesware ) blue and white dish, decorated with 4 different kind of fishes among water plants at the outer side. The inner side decorated with a conch shell against a concentric wave pattern design, surrounded by a for Chenghua typical Lotus and other water plant decoration. D : 12,9 cm. Condition : On the inner side of the dish partly a slightly degraded glaze, and one old (easy to open) glue repair. No chip, no further crack.

A superb early Qing Shunzhi - Kangxi wucai baluster jar, this large jar has straight neck, broad shoulders with sides tapering towards and flat unglazed base...

A rare early Ming 15th century blue and white large dish, rounded side with deep center, glazed base, and unglazed inward foot ring, dish decorate with large single fish motif swim among schematically arranged aquatic plant...

Late 1800s / early 1900s

This oval repousse box with a well-executed peony design on a hinged lid opens to a beveled mirror and case with three separate compartments covered by a single silver lid with a floral-form knop. The sides are incised with a continuing floral design and the base is impressed in the center with a Chinese character hallmark. The repousse on the lid is very well-worked against a fine punched background...

A stoneware bottle with an very decorative Guan-like glaze. Although the shape of this rare piece is clearly a Song Dynasty shape reference images from a reputable Chinese porcelain site point to a dating to the Ming Chenghua period. Since there is a copyright to this reference images I cannot show them here. H : 10,8 cm. Condition : Chipped to the rim as you can see this on the images, further in perfect condition ( body not cracked ).

A very well potted Ge ware ( Geyao ) 17teenth century dish. Gray stoneware covered with a very nice yellowish crackled glaze. The base of the dish covered with a brown slip. Diameter : 13,8 cm. Condition : there is a chip to the rim of the dish.