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The jade is nicely worn on the front. The rear has a disturbed patina which I suspect might be a result of burial...
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A large ribbed Chinese porcelain jug decorated in the Imari palette, made specifically for export to the west during the Kangxi period, circa 1720. The handle is pierced before the firing so that, if required, a metal mount could be fitted. The mouth is unglazed showing that it would have originally had a lid, now lost.
Approximately 13.3cm high. The jug is in good condition with only a little wear to the enamels...
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Some wear to the enamels from normal use. No cracks or chips.
One 18 cm x 17.5 cm, the other 17.5 cm x 17 cm.
Please study the photographs.
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A good double snuff bottle decorated with different landscapes below jewelled collars. One top of the pair of stoppers is missing, the remaining is made from an agate bead cut in half.
6.4 cm high...
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A Chinese fan depicting a figures in a landscape. Painted on a gold ground and mounted as an album leaf. 19th century or earlier though this painting looks very old.
Good condition but with light wear as expected. Collector's seal on mount.
The mount is approximately 58 x 27 cm...
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A Chinese fan depicting a scholar seated in pavilion, a boat approaching. Painted on a gold ground and mounted as an album leaf. 19th century or earlier.
In fine condition but with wear to the gold on the creases of the fan.
The mount is approximately 58 x 27 cm.
Please study the photographs.
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A Chinese fan depicting a scholar and servant in landscape, painted on a gold ground and mounted as an album leaf. 19th century or earlier.
In fine condition but a tiny loss of paper on the grass at the foot of the tree, noted in the photographs.
The mount is approximately 58 x 27 cm...
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The vase carefully carved in the manner of an archaic bronze, the surface inlaid with turquoise. The interior with dark staining suggesting that the vase was once this colour but exposure to daylight over the years has caused the staining to fade. The inlaid wood stand is included.
Approximately 5.1/4 inches (13.3 cm) high, on stand. There are small traces of glue on the plain band around the body at the base of the neck...
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Carved with prunus and bamboo. Nice colour and patina, slightly darker than my photographs suggest.
Approximately 5 inches ( 12.7cm) high, mouth diameter is 2.1/4 inches (5.7cm). Minor age related cracks.
Please study the photographs.
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This is a fairly large seal carved with a recumbent deer and pine tree, a bat flying overhead. The stone has a nice patina from handling and it is in excellent condition except for a couple of small shallow flakes on the sharp edge of the rim, just wear from normal use really.
Approximately 3.1/2 inches ( 9cm) wide, 2.7/8 inches (7.3cm) high...
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A gold lacquered box used for keeping letters or poem slips. The work is of fine quality with much detail produced with differing techniques. The inside is also gold lacquered and the box seems to have its original tying cords attached to the box with hand made gilt copper fittings...
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A fine quality lantern shape porcelain vase beautifully decorated with pairs of fishes against a swirling blue ground. Within the foot-rim can be found the mark “Makuzu Kozan sei” in underglaze blue.
Approximately 10.7/8 inches (27.6cm) high. The vase is in perfect condition but the camera picks up some light wear from normal use. The very light scratches on the body of the lower red fish cannot be seen in normal viewing...
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A very attractive blue & white porcelain plate with a wide pierced rim decorated with flowers and the odd butterfly. The centre of the plate carefully painted with a posy of flowers. The plate has a distinct ‘orange peel’ surface to the glaze. Made specifically for export to the West during the Qianlong period, circa 1780.
Approximately 9 inches (22.8 cm) diameter. Perfect condition except for a shallow flake on the back...
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A very attractive blue & white porcelain plate with a wide pierced rim decorated with flowers and the odd butterfly. The centre of the plate carefully painted with a posy of flowers. The plate has a distinct ‘orange peel’ surface to the glaze. Made specifically for export to the West during the Qianlong period, circa 1780.
Approximately 9.1/8 inches (23.1 cm) diameter. Perfect condition except for a tiny chip on the rim, ...
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The diminutive case expertly made from high-grade silver, decorated on the front with a couple on a bridge, the back with birds flying amongst fronds of bamboo, all against a fine punched background. When the button is pressed the lid springs open, exposing the maker’s marks on the inner rim.
Luen Wo is a maker recorded in Shanghai at the end of the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century. He seems to have specialized ...
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A very impressive large and heavy porcelain brush washer for the scholar’s table, thickly covered with a crackled celadon glaze in imitation of classic Song Guan ware. The mouth-rim is dressed with an iron-rich glaze. The brush washer dates to the late 18th ~ early 19th century.
Approximately 9.3/4 inches (24.5 cm) diameter. Perfect condition. Light wear from use. Please study the photographs.
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An attractive pair of blue & white porcelain bowls decorated with lotus blooms and scrolls in “pencil drawn” style, so-called because of the absence of washes of colour for shading. Each has a six-character zhuanshu script Jiaqing reign mark and of the period. This design is not uncommon but these examples are particularly well painted and are of high quality.
Approximately 5.5/8 inches (14.2 cm) diameter. Perfect condition. Please s...
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The brushpot is large and thick-walled, certainly a bitong to be used rather than made as a souvenir. It is deeply carved with a depiction of the seven sages in the bamboo grove, a popular subject that appears on bamboo brushpots dating back to the Ming dynasty. It has many age cracks though none look recent to me and the pot looks stable. I have conservatively dated it to the 19th century though it could be earlier.
Approximat...