Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art (279)

Lovely bronze Buddha in the naïve style that is so typical for Laos. It's heavily cast. The Buddha in Bhumisparsa Mudra, seated on a lotus throne. H. 26 cm. Very nice age wear and good patina. There is a minor hole in the front, this is a casting flaw.

A lovely burial gift, this glazed and painted pottery offering table. The dishes with food and other objects are fixed to the table. China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Condition: repairs to the legs, age wear to the glaze and painting. W. 22,5 cm, D. 16 cm, H. 22,5 cm. TL test from Kotalla included.

Finely engraved, with excellent dark patina. Two engraved names at the back. China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). H. 34 cm. Condition: casting flaws (typical for Ming bronzes), ome curl missing at the foot of the figure.

A blue and white storage jar decorated with persons in a garden.The bottom marked with a hare. The matched lid is of the same period. Transitional Tianqi) period (1620-1640) H. 18,5 cm Condition: firing crack in the bottom, chips at the footrim.

H. 14,5 cm. One side decorated with a landscape with figures, the other side with flowers. Condition: firing crack in the neck, age cracks in the glaze. Comes with the original Christie's sticker, the original certificate and the invoice from 1992. The Vung Tau sank in 1690 on its way from China to Batavia, Indonesia. The cargo was meant for Amsterdam. The wreck was found in the early 90's and it's content was auctioned at Christie's Amsterdam in 1992. The auction became a craze and the porcelain ffetched many times more than estimated. This vase was bought from an antique shop in 1992 for the equivalent of 1700 euros.

With an overglaze decoration of foo dogs and peonies. China, ca. 1620-1640. H. 16 cm. Condition: 1,5 cm hairline crack at the mouth, minor chips to the footrim.

A wonderful blue and white porcelain kendi. China, Wanli (1573-1620). The silver mounts were added in Indonesia in the 19th century. H. 22cm. Condition: excellent, appropriate age wear and a few glaze cracks.

A rare and large blue and white porcelain jar, decorated with figures in a garden. China, Transition, ca. 1620-1640. Condition: wear and fritting of the glaze on the mouth rim, no damage or repair. Height 22 cm.

Lovely example of later Cizhou ware with a rather naïve painting of birds and deer. H. 9 cm, diameter 8 cm. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Excellent condition.

Wonderful porcelain jar, decorated in blue and white. Typical wanli pattern of swastikas on the shoulder, the rest of the jar decorated with gardens and two flying cranes, China, Wanli (1573-1620). Condition: two hairline cracks on the mouth rim, one of them with an almost invisible related crack on the shoulder. Dimensions: H. 17,5 cm, Diameter 17 cm.

With green and ochre glaze, white and black pigments. H. 16 cm, W. 20 cm. Excellent condition. China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

With blue and purple glaze, red and black pigments. H. 19,5 cm. Good condition, expected age wear. China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Mentioned price is for one figure.

Decorated with flying horses. H. 7 cm, D. 14,5 cm. No damage or repair, only firing flaws, normal for the period.

Decorated with a dragon hunting the flaming pearl. Made in two segments with a horizontal seam. Excellent condition with slight age wear and scratches to the glaze. H. 7 cm , diameter 8 cm.

A porcelain storage jar in blue and white with decoration of persons in a garden and a hare mark at the bottom. Tianqi or Transitional period (1620-1640) H. 18 cm Condition: excellent, no chips or cracks

Finely cast bronze with a great patina. H. 11 cm. Provenance: private collection Antwerp, Belgium.

Heavily cast in the naïve style that is so typical for Laos. H. 29,5 cm. Good age wear and patina. Remains of gilding. Old repairs to the feet.

A rare and large blue and white porcelain jar, decorated with birds and flowers. China, Wanli (1573-1620). Height 21,5 cm. Condition: excellent, only some wear and fritting to the glaze on the mouth rim. On the bottom there is a scratch or glaze crack. This is not a crack in the body.