Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Ceramics (13)

Rare pair of Chinese Chrysanthemum Bowls or dishes, China, for ritual purpose, Ming Dynasty, c. 15th. century AD.

Ritual low food bowls or dishes for a rich Ming dynasty tomb, shaped in relief after the Chrysanthemum flower with a glaze of torquise and olive colours. Quite rarely seen as a large pottery model!

Size: Each dish measure around 130 mm...

Highly interesting and rare early Javanese ceramic sculpture of the infant Buddha, Majapahit Empire, c. 11th.-12th. cent. AD.

The buddha is depicted as very fat child and seated and holding something in his right hand.

Size: A very substantial figure, 21 cm. tall, 19 cm. wide and c. 15-16 cm. deep. Weights is c. 2,2 kilograms...

A superb quality large celadon charger or dish with high relief decoration, mid 15th. century, Sawankhalok kilns Thailand for the Chinese market.

Provenance: This superb condition massive celadon charger / dish was recovered from the Royal Nanhai (AD. c.1460) shipwreck. The dating was based on carbon 14 analysis of the ships timber and by cross-referring the ceramic cargo to other datable shipwreck sites...

An attractive and impressive large vessel from Ban Chiang culture, Thailand ca. 300 BC.

A bichrome vessel, the body of a bulbous form with a flared rim on a concave curved, quasi-hemispheric foot, the surface covered with a mesmerizing decorative program of fine-line red swirls and waves over a cream-hued base.

Size: ca. 24,5 cm. tall and 24-25 cm...

A massive 30+ cm. celadon charger or dish with high relief decoration, mid 15th. century, Sawankhalok kilns Thailand for the Chinese market.

Provenance: This totally intact massive celadon dish was recovered from the Royal Nanhai (AD. c.1460) shipwreck. The dating was based on carbon 14 analysis of the ships timber and by cross-referring the ceramic cargo to other datable shipwreck sites. The ship was about 28 metres long with a beam of 7-8 metres, and again of 'South China Sea' type...

A superb quality large celadon charger or dish with high relief decoration, mid 15th. century, Sawankhalok kilns Thailand for the Chinese market.

Provenance: This superb condition massive celadon charger / dish was recovered from the Royal Nanhai (AD. c.1460) shipwreck. The dating was based on carbon 14 analysis of the ships timber and by cross-referring the ceramic cargo to other datable shipwreck sites...

A superb quality large celadon charger or dish with high relief decoration, mid 15th. century, Sawankhalok kilns Thailand for the Chinese market.

Provenance: This superb condition massive celadon charger / dish was recovered from the Royal Nanhai (AD. c.1460) shipwreck. The dating was based on carbon 14 analysis of the ships timber and by cross-referring the ceramic cargo to other datable shipwreck sites...

A massive set of temple tiles in very thick heavy terracotta, Burmese ca. 12th. century AD:

Style of the forgotton Hindu-Buddhist Kingdoms of South-East Asia. Likely depicting two worshippers reclining.

Size: 37,5 x 30,5 x 5,5 cm

Weight: 9,1 kilograms! Shipping is ca. $200 for this set.

Ex. Swedish Private Collection

A large and beautiful pottery dish from Le Dynasty Vietnam dating to 13th-14th cent.

Finely decorated with blue floral motifs on a white underglaze. Also concentric rings in the interior.

Size: 23,5 x4,8 cm.

Condition: Near mint, with signs of age and wear.

Ex. Danish collection of South East Asian pottery.

A Thai Sawankhalok pottery covered box and a bottle, dating to 14th-15th cent Ad.

A large covered box with floral moifs on a grey/light blue underglaze. The bottle with a globular shape and unglazed base.

Sizes: The covered box 10 cm high, 12 cm wide (c. 4 x 4,7 inches.)

Condition: The bottle is superb - as made. The covered box has a chip to the rim. (Not visible when the lid is on). Besides that: as made.

Ex. Private Collection.

A Thai / Sawankhalok covered pottery box dating to 15th-16th cent AD.

Circular form with blue decorations on a white underglaze. Floral and geometrical motifs.

Size is c. 9 x 9,5 m. - 3,5 x 3,7 inches.

Condition: Choice with smaller chips to the rim of the lid. A vertical hairline crack at the base.

Ex. Private Collection.

Eastern Javanese, Majapahit Dynasty, 14th.-15th Century AD.

Red clay figure of corpulent form, incised with decorative details of the tail, scales and head of a magnificient rendering of a fat fish. Exudes a lively, robust personality. The long tradition of trade between China and Java culminated with the establishment of a trading colony in 1297. The Chinese were subsequently responsible for the first regular use of coins in Java which became widespread in the 15th century. During t...

An outstanding and very large pottery sculpture of a Fish, Indonesia, Majahapit Empire, 13th.-14th. century AD.

The sculpture comes with a termo-Luminescence test from Kotalla Laboratory in Dec. 2020, the vessel tested as ca. 590 years old.

The fish is resting on a large podium with it's tail and head lifted, it's sharp teeth visible in a large curving mouth. A museum quality rendering and among the finest pottery art known for Majahapit, available on the market.

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