Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian (675)

This is a genuine Ming Chenghua ( 1465 - 1487 ) minyao blue and white " ducks " dish. This rare piece has the wonderful watery blue, the honey white body and the extremely nice silky glaze, which is all typical for the genuine Chenghua pieces. A really extremely nice kollector piece in nice kondition - there only is one single minute chip. The dish is also very well painted at the back site in a typical Chenghua design ! D : 6,7 inc.

This genuine late Ming - Transitional blue and white dish is extraordinary, because in the design of this dish there come 3 different styles together. The front design is executed in the Transitional style, the back site of this dish is painted in the Ming Jiajing style, and the mark in the center is the Imperial Ming Xuande mark ! Very nice glaze and kobalt blue. 2 small nearly not visiable hairlines. D : 5,5 inc.

Early blue and white semi porcelain dish from the Ming Zhengtong period ( 1436 - 1449 ) with a for this period typical garden setting scene . Mint condition ( the glaze is still very nice ) D : 6 1/4 inc.

Yuan Dynasty ( fourteenth century ) small Jar decorated in underglaze cobalt - blue. Produced in Jingdezhen or Fujian. Mint condition. H : 2 inc.

Song Dynastie ( 12th - 13th century ) stoneware Temmoku with a nice hares fur glaze ! Bowls like this were produced at the Jian kilns in Fujian province and at kilns in Henan province. Very nice condition . Diameter : 12,3 cm.

Extremely nice qingbai dish of the Yuan Dynasty ( 1279 - 1368 ) This very fine and fragile dish is in a mint condition ! Diameter : 16,3 cm.

Nice quality Ming Dynasty Jiajing ( 1522 - 1566 ) bowl . Nearly perfect condition with only one very short hairline . Diameter : 12 cm.

Imperial Ming Dynasty Yongle ( 1403 - 1424 ) bowl. Please compare : " Exhibition of Imperial Porcelain of the Yongle Xuande Periods Excavated from the site of the Ming Imperial Factory at Jingdezhen ", Hong Kong, 1989, Kat.- Nr.44 - " Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of early Ming period Porcelains", National Palace Museum Taipeh, 1982, Nr. 27 . Museum restored ( no repaint ) Diameter : 17,3 cm.

Chenghua (1465 - 87) minyao ( peoplesware ) bowl. This nice piece bears the " tian " ( heaven ) mark on its base, which is normally to find also on later imperial pieces of the Chenghua periode ! Please look the photos closely to examine the condition. ( nice blue and nice glaze and one nearly not visible short hairline ) Diameter : 5,5 inc.