A Yuan/Ming Longquan Celadon Jar. Height approximately 9.7 cm and diameter approximately 12.7 cm. There is a firing dot in the shoulder. Good condition.

A magnificent carved boxwood scholar's rock with beautiful age wear and an excellent patina. China, 18th century. H. 29,5 cm. Condition: One large and one small age crack have been filled with wax. Provenance: Dutch private collection.

A rare Shufu ware Jar of globular form with a short cylindrical lipped neck. Porcelain body covered with a thick Shufu ( Qingbai ) glaze. Base unglazed. H : 6 cm. D : 6,6 cm. Yuan Dynasty, fourteenth century. Condition : Perfect original condition ( this excavated piece is still uncleaned )

Date: c.1900s | Late Qing - Republic period
Materials: Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
Height: 8.7 cm
Diameter: 3 cm
Provenance: From a southern Illinois estate

Description: a charming little c. 1900s late Qing porcelain snuff bottle, enameled throughout with roosters of different coloring and varieties. The reverse is stamped with an apocryphal Qianlong kaishu mark...

A slightly larger than average pumpkin form Yixing teapot, with nice used patina, probably made in China during the 18th or 19th Century. This item does not carry a maker's mark. Condition - very good - there are light (production) firing cracks to the body (see enlargements 5 and 8) and there is a chip and some small firing cracks to the inside of the cover; no other damages and no restoration...

Figural Vase with Elephant Handles
mid-late 19th century
Tongzhi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
H: 33.7 cm D: 15 cm
Single hairline from mouth-rim, visible only in the vase's interior. Damage to glaze in a thin, short area perpendicular to hairline.
From a Laguna Beach, CA estate


Description & Notes

This vase is very typical of vessels made in the mid to late 19th century...

This is a Chinese apple-green porcelain vase, 19th century, unmarked, of bottle form, with with a richly bright green glaze, excellent crazing; rim chip; 8 " high.

A Good Song - Yuan dynasty longquan celadon large dish with twin fish motif, rounded side with flattened rim and glazed base, dish decorated with twin fish motif at the center and raising lotus petal motif at exterior, dish covered with good bluish green glaze.
Dish is in good condition no chip, no crack, no restoration, porcelain with good ping sound with finger tip.
Size: 19 cm diameter.

This late 19th or early 20th century hornbill casque with a carved ivory plaque of Guan Yin (Goddess of mercy) standing on cloud is 4 ½ inches high (with base is 5 ¾ inches), 7 ½ inches long and 3 inches on the widest part. It is in great condition.

Early Ming dynasty blue and white bowl. Within the Ming dynasty this bowl can be dated to the Chenghua period ( 1465 - 87 ). D : 6 inc. Very nice condition, there is only a nearly not viseable very short hairline, which can be seen at one of the enlargements.

Chinese 19th century carved soapstone figure hold frog or (beast) on the left hand. with incised Chinese inscriptions on the back side.12cm high.12cm wide (approximate from the broken foot). Conditions : has damage at the right finger and the foot. (please see on the picture).

This 18th or 19th century green glazed and carved porcelain brush holder signed by ¡°Wang Bing Rong¡± is 5 inches tall and 3 ¼ inches in diameter. It depicts a plum tree in full bloom. The design is simple and elegant. The workmanship is just wonderful. The piece is in great condition. Information on Wang Bing Rong is presented under item inventory number 1045.

Qianlong Export Famille Rose Tureen
Date: c...

Song Dynasty ( 11th - 12th centuries ) stoneware bowl. D : 6,75 inc. Very good condition !

Mid 19th century Chinese blue and white brush holder is 4 ¾ inches tall and 3 inches in diameter. It depicts a scholar with a staff standing in front of a hut which is surrounded by mountains and trees. It is in great condition.

This Qing Dynasty Guang Xu Period (1875~1908) Famille Rose seal box is 2” high and 3” in diameter. It depicts two young boys riding on Qi Ling (or Ki Ren, a legendary animal, usually related with young male), another is pushing a cart, carrying a symbolic officer’s hat. There are small floral designs on the rim. Aside from one old chip inside the box and a couple of small chips on the bottom, it is in fairly good condition.

A very rare sample of Yuan dynasty over glaze enamel bowl, rounded side with out turned rim and unglazed base, bowl decorated with red and green over glaze enamel, flower motif at the exterior, inner rim with classic scroll and center with flower spray motif, bowl excavated from Trowulan east java.
Bowl has been broken into several pieces and re-attach as seen at picture, a very rare sample of early over glaze enamel motif.
Size: 12.5 cm diameter.

Norhern Song ( 960 - 1127 ) Yaozhou ware with an well potted body and a unusually rich and qualityful molded decoration. The kind of the design is well-known among Yaozhou-connoisseurs, but this design is implemented still more highly detailed than normally and it shows additionally an chinese calligraphic character which is to translate with " high " ( perhaps also in reflect from for a " long time " ) Diameter : 14 cm. H : 5 cm. Condition : Absolutely perfect.