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The bottle is decorated in late Ming style with the enjoyment of nature. These bottles are not uncommon but are seldom encountered with such fine painting.
The Catalogue of the Shibata Collection exhibits two similar bottles.
Approximately 20.4 cm high...
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Approximately 15.5 cm diameter...
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Approximately 20.7cm diameter...
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Arita, 1750 - 1780.
Approximately 21.5cm diameter...
£550.00
This fine dish is decorated with designs taken from Ming Chinese Wanli 'Kraak' wares and came about as a result of a disruption of Chinese production during a period of unrest. Dutch traders who found their Chinese trade stopped resorted to ordering from Japanese makers. The Japanese versions of these Kraak style pieces are usually thicker than the very thin Chinese Kraak wares and this has ensured their survival in often pristine condition...
£265.00
A pair of porcelain plates made for export to Europe at the end of the 17th century. The dishes with shallow foliate edges, the cavetto decorated with flower stems in the manner of Astor pattern porcelains. The centre of the plates feature a fine decorative flower basket. The back of each plate has a typical Kangxi lozenge mark.
Just under 22 cm and 21.5 cm diameter...
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The enjoyment of nature.
The Catalogue of the Shibata Collection exhibits two similar bottles.
Another, a 39.8 cm tall example is illustrated in ‘Fine & Curious Japanese Export Porcelains in Dutch Collections’. Hotei Pub...
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A similar whistle is illustrated in Christiaan J. A. Jorg’s ‘Fine & Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections.’
Approximately 7.6 cm long. Perfect condition.
Please study the photographs.
Within the UK payment by bank transfer is preferred.
Customers resident in China must mak...
£400.00
For a similar but smaller plate see item 12 in the Impey Collection. ‘Ko-Imari Porcelain from the Collection of Oliver Impey’, Barry Davies Oriental Art, 1997.
Approximately 28.2cm diameter. Perfect condition.
Please study the photographs.
Within the UK payment by bank transfer is preferred.
Customers residen...
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The back is entirely plain with four spur marks within the foot-rim.
This is the remaining plate from a set of three.
Approximately 21...
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The twelve sided dish with brown-dressed rim is decorated in enamels that appear to be an attempt to reproduce doucai wares. The decoration features a bee, a monkey, a bird and a deer in a landscape.This forms a rebus on the auspicious line ‘feng hou jue li’, “enfeoffment and emolument”.
A dish of the same design and size is included in the catalogue of the exhibition “Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners”, The Oriental...
£195.00
Approximately 10.4cm diameter. Many signs of wear and polishi...
£320.00
Approximately 18.8 cm diameter. Perfect condition.
Please study the photographs.
Within the UK payment by bank transfer is preferred.
Customers resident in China must make arrangements to pay by International Bank Transfer in GBP, fees paid.
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Approximately 21 cm diameter. Perfect condition with only a tiny piece of kiln dus...
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Monju Bosatsu - Manjushri Bodhisattva of Wisdom. The painting appears to have great age and even though not in the best of condition it still has a compelling presence. It is painted on a composite sheet of thin paper, the joins can be seen as angled lines across the sheet and mounted as a kakemono. The painting is signed with a single seal impression in gold.
The painted area is approximately 106cm by 40.5cm. The painting has ho...
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Shiwan (Shekwan) ceramics are from southern China, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.
Approximately 21.7cm high. Weight is 935 gm. Ro...