Catalog: Vintage Arts (205)

A tilework figure of a female dog of fo and young. The dog of sancai glazes of green, yellow and aubergine. The dog with her young at her feet which climbs around to look at her. The kylin seated on a pierced rectangular plinth mounted in ormolu.

Size: Approximately 12-1/2 cm high

Age: Dog (Kangxi Period - 1662 - 1722), Ormolu - 18th Century

Condition: Very good condition, no breaks or cracks

Chinese silk painting done with a scenic view of a village within a mountain setting with a lake in the background with the villagers going about their daily activities. There is calligraphy with a seal in red reading "Lin You Xing". The dating within the calligraphy states that it was painted in the spring season.

Age: 19th century

Size: 36 cm wide by 56 cm long

Condition: In generally good condition...

Pair Of Chinese mule liver glazed porcelain statues of recumbent dogs on fitted wooden stands.

Condition: Very good, no chips or cracks

Size: Each dog is approximately 5" long by 4" high by 3" in width. Stands not included in measurements.

Age: Late 19th century to Republic

Pair of antique hand painted eight lobed pottery urns with handles made by Thomas Forester and Sons. Each alternating lobe has a design of hand painted flowers against a cream background surrounded by a dark blue lobe hand-painted with gilt flowers and other design motifs. The collar of the urns, handles as well as the urn head also painted in the same rich dark blue with gilt. The inside of the urn is painted in gilt...

A Chinese Jizhou conical bowl decorated on the inside with a pattern of six paper cut prunis blossoms reserved in a dark brown glaze on top of a lighter brown glaze thinning to the lighter brown glaze at the rim...

Chinese famille rose porcelain double gourd vase with various flowers and butterflies painted on a white ground. The base border is painted with alternating bats, flowers and fruits all in iron red. The top rim is covered in gilt, complete with an iron red surrounding border. In the middle is a ribbon. The inside is glazed white, as well as the base with the base rim left unglazed...

A Chinese antique pear shaped snuff bottle done in glass overlay with four colours on an opaque white ground. The bottle of compressed ovoid form raising from an oval foot to a tall cylindrical neck. One carved side shows a bird perched on a tall branch holding fruit. On this side the maker has also affixed his mark, from Yangzhou School. On the reverse it shows a bird with overhead butterflies and insects hovering over lily pods in the water...

A Chinese blanc de chine seated figure of the god of literature Wen Ch'ang, the divinity shown with semi domed hat and with holes in the mouth and chin for horse hair moustache and beard...

A Chinese jade tea set comprising of 6 teacups and saucers. The colour of the jade a light celadon. Boxed.

Age: Qing Dynasty

Size: Teacup - 2-1/8" high by 3 " wide (including handle). The saucer is approximately 4-1/4" diameter

Condition: Good overall condition. (Please refer to pictures.

A rare carved caramel and honey-colour cameo agate snuff bottle of compressed pear-form shape. The bottle is raised on an oblong foot ring and is carved on one side through an opaque caramel-colored area of the stone to the semi-translucent soft honey-colored body with a scholar watching a bat in flight. Matching original stopper.

Age: Qing Dynasty

Condition: Very good condition

A set of three antique Blanc de Chine tea bowls made in the Dehua kilns. Each white bowl thinly potted of plain form with flared lip and tapering sides. Glazed all over in a creamy white glaze except for the foot ring. Purchased from a collection of antique Chinese porcelain belonging to an investment house.

Size: 2.1" diameter by 1-1/2" high

Condition: Good condition, no breaks or cracks...

Chinese antique Qingbai carved bowl. The deep rounded sides sketchily carved on the exterior with flower sprays, covered inside and out with a pale blue glaze that continues over the narrow ring foot to cover the base and stops below the unglazed rim which retains remnants of the original tin mount.

Size: Approximately 6-3/8" diameter by 2-1/8" high

Condition: Overall very good condition. No breaks...

A Chinese famille-rose porcelain baluster vase with integral revolving base. The vase features an all around outdoor scene of ladies in conversation between a base border of blue lappets with a top border covering the shoulder and neck with blue flowers and scrolls. The reticulated base glazed in a light celadon with the inside of the vase glazed in white...

A unique Chinese square puddingstone brush holder done in the sought after red stones. This single piece of stone is carved with rounded top corners and stands on four corner mounts with rounded corners.

Size: Approximately 4-6/8" high by 3-6/8" wide by 3-6/8" depth

Condition: Good condition

Age: Qing Dynasty to Republic

Pair of Chinese over-glaze iron red bowls outlining a design of peonies and lotus heads among leafy vines on the white ground on the outside and similarly decorated on the inside. The base glazed white with an under-glaze blue six character Daoguang mark surrounded in double blue circles.

Size: Approximately 6" diameter by 2-1/4" high

Condition: Good condition, no breaks or cracks...

A pair of Chinese famille rose chargers each painted with the same scene of two long tailed pheasants perched in flowering boughs amongst blue pierced rocks, within a pierced enamelled & gilt spearhead border on a white ground. The backs of each glazed white with no marks.

Size: 2" high by 11" diameter

Age: Qianlong period circa 1770

Condition: One of the plates has a repair on the edge (Please refer to pictures), as well as a minor chip o the edge...

This rare jar has a wide mouth over a short neck with the ovoid body tapering to a short foot. Song dynasty, Henan wares.

These types of jars are made by using clays of two different colours. The top and bottom are then made separate and joined together horizontally.

Condition: On this jar, in a section, the top and bottom has separated along the horizontal luting line. A picture has been provided showing this separation...

A blue and white stembowl,thinly potted with deep flaring sides painted on the exterior with flowering branches of chrysanthemum, pomegranate, peony and camillia. The interior with a ribbon-tied lotus bouquet. A four-character Xuande mark below the rim on the exterior. The base rim smooth and unglazed.

Size: 15.75 cm high, with a top rim diameter of 15.25 cm and a base rim diameter of 7 cm

Age: Early Republic

Condition: Minor glaze cracks, one in particular wh...