Ca. early 1900s
This vase is decorated in overglaze enamels over an imperial yellow enamel ground. The base has an apocryphal six-character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue. Two stylized handles glazed in coral enamel decorate the neck. The base and interior are glazed white. The footring is unglazed. It is in good condition. Acquired from the collection of Evangeline Johnson of the Robert Wood Johnson family.
Height: 14 ½ in., Width: 11 in.
A small, well potted porcelain dish with incised decoration and glazed with a nice, glossy, pale, creamy blue Qingbai glaze. The base of the dish full covered with glaze like we do know this from Ding ware dishes. The rim of the dish unglazed. Southern Song Dynasty ( 1127 - 1279 ). Diameter : 10,3 cm.
Condition : Perfect, with a very nice glaze and a pale "ping" tone when tapped.
A rare early Ming dynsaty 15th century Xuande blue and white minyao bowl with flower motif. good condition no damage please see picture for detail, size: 12 cm diameter.
He is charming...well detailed leaning on a pillows ...a few nicks and bruises to the finish as to be expected at this age...roughly 4 inches tall and 6 inches wide...
Ca. 1800s
This brush pot displays shallow carving with incising utilizing the natural “skin” of the bamboo to depict a scene of tortoise, cranes, and pine as a wish for longevity. The carver's name is incised beneath the pine tree. It is in good condition and has a nice patina. There is some wear to the interior from use. Acquired in London in the mid 1980s.
Height: 5 1/8 in., Diameter: 3 1/8 in.
A porcelain bowl painted with over glaze "famille rose" enamels depicting a flowering peony shrub issuing from a stylized blue rock. This item was made in China for export to Europe during the second quarter of the 18th Century.
Condition: very good - there is a 1.7cm chip to the inside of the footrim; no other damages and no restoration.
14cm (5.5 inches) diameter; 6.5cm (2.6 inches) high.
19th Century, finely Hand-Carved Netsuke depicting a Large Shishi that is playfully pushing a ball with its left paw stands on a platform right next to a kneeling Karako that appears to be offering a treat to the Lion Dog. Action Figure with powerful form and expression. Stained for effect. The platform is decorated with peonies...
Superb and well hollowed-out blue striped agate snuff bottle. The stopper is made of bronze, with a beautifully shaped coral top. The spoon is made of bronze. China, 19th Century. Height (without stopper): 2 1/8" (5,4 cm). Tiny chips on rim of neck and base, otherwise very good condition.
A rare Song - Yuan dynasty longquan celadon large dish with two fish motif, good condition no damage no chip co crack no restoration, small area on the back got different color tone, size: 23 cm diameter.
A rare good glaze Tnag dynasty Changsha bowl with arabic script, good condition no damage, size: 16 cm diameter.
A very rare Yuan dynasty longquan celason large rounde censer with animal head ears, good condition with some glaze srinkaze no damage no chip no crack no restoration please see picture for detail, size: 12 cm mouth diameter, 16 cm diameter with ears, 10 cm height.
Diameter approximately 20.5cm. Few chips at the rim. There is a firing crack at the rim. In good condition.
Height approximately 11.5cm. In good condition.
Antique Chinese pair of yellow glaze bowls with incised flying dragons and clouds of smoke along its outer edges, and a single dragon within double rings on the inside center. Wonderful crackling in the glaze is most apparent near the rim and the foot of each bowl. The bottom of each bowl has a Xuande period mark, but most likely dates from the 19th century Ching Dynasty.
Size: 3.25" height, 6.5" diameter
A nice, quite large porcelain covered box with floral decoration in underglaze cobalt blue.
Ming Dynasty, Wanli period ( 1573 - 1620 ).
Very nice glossy glaze.
Diameter : 9,7 cm. H : 7,4 cm.
Condition : Perfect original condition.
Unfortunately the images are not able to show the beauty of this small jade in the form of a mythical beast ( bixie ). There is a hole trough the piece so that it is possible to wear this piece as a necklace like a "Dzi Bead". Pale, yellowish "celaon jade", Song Dynasty.
L : 3,5 cm.
Condition : Perfect.
A beautiful pair of antique Chinese huanghuali wood chairs, warm tone, rattan seats, lovely sloping carved underside panels. Heavy in weight, beautifully hand pick huanghuali wood grain. Stunning Pair.
Early 20th Century
Size: 46" height, 19.75" width, 17.25" depth
Chinese 19th century yixing zisha teapot. size : 15cm wide. 10 cm body diameter. 10 cm high. has very small chipped at the spout, and chipped at the end of the handle (please see on the picture).
Chinese 19th century yixing zisha teapot. 17 cm wide from spout to end of handle. 8cm high. Good conditions.
A fine pair of small baluster shaped porcelain vases, with a painted blue decor on white background of two dragons chasing the flaming pearl among clouds. Kangxi reign mark beneath. China, Qing Dynasty period. Height: 7" and 7 1/8" (17,6 and 18 cm). Old and very fine restoration around the neck of one of the vases (see photos), otherwise very good condition. Provenance: old French provincial collection.
Antique Chinese porcelain figure of one of the Three Star Gods (Longevity, Prosperity, Happiness). This is the God of Happiness, or the Fu star, with wonderful and elaborate famille-rose enamel mandarin robes with flowers and flower pots on his robes. He also holds a small child, which is one of his recognizable attributes. He is said to have once lived as governor Yang Cheng of Daozhou. Yan Cheng had risked his life writing a memorial to the emperor in order to abolish dwarf slavery...
Antique Chinese porcelain figure of one of the Three Star Gods (Longevity, Prosperity, Happiness). This is the God of Longevity, or the Shou star, with wonderful and elaborate famille-rose enamel glaze of peaches and auspicious characters. The shoo star is said to have been in his mother's womb for ten years before birth, at which time he was an old man. His face is accented with pierced through areas on his ears, nostrils, and facial hair...
Antique Chinese porcelain figure of one of the Three Star Gods (Longevity, Prosperity, Happiness). This is the God of Prosperity, or Lu star, with wonderful and elaborate famille-rose overglaze imagery of dragons and smoke on his robes. Gilt enamel accents his hat and robes. His face is accented with pierced through areas on his ears, nostrils, and facial hair. Included is a hardwood stand that has been carved to fit the base...
Antique Chinese beautiful hardwood altar-style table with a warm, glossy finish, red and brown hues. The four thin legs connect with two parallel panels of wood. 100% Rosewood. Beautiful condition.
Ming Style
Mid 20th Century
Size: 27.25" height, 27.5" width, 12.25" depth
An porcelanous stoneware dish with an well balanced shape. The very nice incised "Lotus decoration" covered with a nice Celadon glaze. Five Dynasties, Yue ware, Yue Yao. Diameter : 14,1 cm. Condition : Perfect. Nice glaze and a very nice, high "ping" tone when tapped. ( This what at one of the images looks like a chip seems to be covered by the original glaze )
Nice celadon glazed dish decorated with molded lotus flower pattern with each petal finely incised. Qianlong period. Size : 29cm diameter. Good conditions, no chipped, no hairline and free from any repair.
An example blue and white yuan dynasty large dish. 47 cm diameter. conditions on reattach (please see on the pictures).
A rare Yuan dynasty blue and white cup with flower motif, good condition with small area damage at the rim please see picture for detail, size: 8.5 cm diameter.
A rare Yuan dynasty blue and white cup with flower motif, good condition with small area damage at the rim please see picture for detail, size: 8.5 cm diameter.
Antique Chinese three-tier storage basket. Iron fittings along the edges and handle.
19th Century
Size: 17.5" height, 22.25" width, 13" depth
Excellently and thinly potted porcelain dish, decorated with a Peony blossom as the central motif. Extraordinary nice and deep Cobalt blue. Excellent and glossy glaze.
Ming Dynasty, Jiajing period ( 1522 - 1566 ).
Kiln Mark to the base. Diameter : 14,6 cm. Condition : Perfect.
Here is another spectacular Bronze Guanyin from our collection. After we have already sold each of our bigger statues, we like to offer you now our biggest dating to the 18th cent. Qing period - A 67 cm (26,5'') high antique Bronze Statue of a beautiful Guanyin.
The guan yin is wearing a long robe, the surface shows a great patina and on the back you find the mark 'Da Qing Kang Xi Nian Zhi'.
67 cm in height and 12,5 kg heavy...
Gorgeous solid huanghuali wood storage box. Very nicely detailed with wonderful natural huanghuali wood grain. Original finish in great condition.
Dimensions: 19 1/2" Long X 10 3/4" Deep X 9" High
Strong Rosewood with beautiful burl insert table. Very strong and sturdy. Nicely detailed with light carving around the legs. Natural original glowing finish.
Dimensions: 24" Long X 22" High X 16" Deep
Chinese Ge-type small water pot. 5 cm diameter.
Extra Large Yixing teapot size : 31 cm wide from spout to handle. 20 cm body diameter. 18 cm high. Teapot has short hairlines at the upper rim and the lid. (please see on the pictures).
A rare Yuan dynasty blue and white cup with flower motif, good condition no chip no crack no restoration, size: 9 cm diameter.
A rare Tang dynasty Xing ware white glaze vase with dish shape rim, vase is in good condition no chip no crack no restoration, size: 12.5 cm height.
Length approximately 14.4cm (across the handles). Few dents at the censer. Nice patina. In good condition.
One of the best covered boxes ever on offer at Trocadero. A Song Dynasty covered box of superlatives : Shugary white porcelain paste, most beautiful and never before seen floral decoration, covered with a pale blue Qingbai glaze. Southern Song Dynasty ( 1127 - 1279 ).
Diameter : 8,6 cm. Condition : Perfect. An absolute highlight for any Song Dynasty collection.
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 Large Yuan dynasty blue and white ewer with shrimp and flower motif, ewer is in good condition with part of the rim and spout has been restored please see picture detail, size: 12.5 cm height, 13 cm diameter.
A rare Yuan dynasty blue and white cup with flower motif, good condition with small chip at outer rim please see picture for detail, size: 8.5 cm diameter.
Height approximately 14.2cm.There are few dents. In good condition.
Antique Chinese blue and white porcelain water coupe, with blue cobalt underglaze spiral designs along the rim, imagery of villagers by the sea, boats, shrubbery, and smoke rising from campfires. 18th/19th century
Size: 2.25" height, 4.5" diameter
Very nice, well balanced shape. Porcelanous stoneware with a nice Celadon glaze.
Five Dynasties, Yue ware, Yue Yao.
Diameter : 14,9 cm.
Condition : Perfect. Nice glaze and a very nice, high "ping" tone when tapped.
Beautiful pair of Chinese jadeite brush washers, carved into lotus leaves. The jade has beautiful light green and deep, spinach green tones as well as areas of brown or beige. One has some losses. 19th century
Size: 4" length, 3" width, .5" thickness
A very rare Jarlet with a creamy white, very hard "Ding -like" paste ( Dingyao ), covered with a dark Persimmon color glaze.
Yuan - Ming Period. Diameter: 6,4 cm. H: 6 cm.
Condition : Perfect.
Mogul style, 1700s
This well and thinly carved classic chrysanthemum bowl is fashioned from highly transparent agate. Probably dating to the Qianlong period, it was perhaps intended for court use as a wine cup, judging from its high quality carving, and its small and delicate form. Tiny crevices to the interior and pale clouding are natural to the stone. It is in good condition with no chips or restorations...
Antique temple banner consisting in a long sort of ribbon made of paper on which a series of religious scenes showing Taoist gods and chimeras are hand painted with polychrome pigments. The banner is around 10 m long by 27 cm high, and is affixed to a wood stick on both sides. The piece is signed Zheng Fa and dated Xian Feng 6 (1855). It is coming from the South West region of China, and was painted by an artist who was a member of the Yao ethnic minority...
Diameter approximately 18.5cm. A dent at the body. In good condition
A rare Song dynasty longquan celadon conical shape large bowl, rounded side with glazed base, covered with green glaze, bowl is in good condition with small shallow glaze chip at the rim and chip at the foot ring filled, size: 21.5 cm diameter.
Diameter approximately 17.2cm. A chip at the rim. In good condition.
A well carved hardwood figure of an emmaciated aescetic, probably depicting the Chinese Daoist Immortal Li Tieguai. This item was made in China, probably for export, during either the late 19th or early 20th century.
Condition: there is a small old chip to one finger and an old age crack to the base; otherwise excellent.
27cm (10.5 inches} high.
A rare, small and lovely, Qingbai glazed covered porcelain box in the shape of a Chrysanthemum.
Southern Song Dynasty ( 1127 - 1279 ).
Diameter: 5,6 cm.
Condition : Perfect ( the glaze of this excavated piece slightly degraded due to aggressive soil )
Chinese Carved Grayish-White Jade Covered Urn, of flattened baluster form, the angular body with low relief panels of dragons and having dragon handles at the neck, the fitted cover with a central finial flanked by two dragons, on a custom carved hardwood stand, H.- 7-5/8 in., W.- 5 1/8 in., D.- 2 7/8 in.
A pair of Chinese ceramic pug dogs.Hand painted. Good condition. 28 cm high. Undated, estimated to be circa 1900 or earlier.
Group of 4 individual metal Lohan metal scroll weights. Max height 5cm.
A Chinese Langyao glazed porcelain water coupe, 18th century. Condition: chips and loses on foot rim, no other damage other than these. Diameter: 4-1/2 inches.
Never seen a better piece of this kind. Late Tang period Xicun ribbed neck bottle. Chaozhou kilns. Excellently potted porcellanous body, covered with a grayish yellowish, nerly tansparent Celadon glaze. The body with an incised decoration, the mouthrim decorated with 3 iron brown spots / splashes.
H : 5,4 cm. Diameter : 5 cm.
Condition : Absolutely excellent with a very nice glaze.