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Chinese Kangxi Porcelain Jar – Lotus Scroll
Antique chinese blue & white Jar, Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Fine and rare porcelain jar painted in good quality underglaze blue, attractive decorated with four lotus flowers and lotus scroll all over.
Perfect condition – only the typical traces of production and age.
Height: ca. 12,5 cm
Chinese 19th C. Brush Washer – Boys & Vase
Antique chinese blue & white Brush Washer, 19th Century, Kangxi Mark
Beautifully painted with on the front and back each two boys holding a vase, in between each a bird sitting in the flowering branches. Good underglaze blue decoration on clear white porcelain. On the base a 4-Character Kangxi Mark.
Perfect condition – only the typical traces of production and use.
Diameter: ca. 10,5 cm
Height: ca. 7,5 cm
Euro 190.-
Chinese 18th C. Qianlong Dish – Village
Chine de commande Porcelain Dish, Qianlong Period, ca. 1780
Extremely fine chinese porcelain dish or bowl, nice decorated with walking scholars in a village, mountains and lake landscape. In the background a fisher man. All painted in a high quality cobalt blue oxide underglaze – a rare type of Chine de commande.
Excellent condition: backside three short lines in the glaze and one minute frit at rim, hard to see – further only the typical traces of the production and use.
Diameter: ca. 13 cm
Height: ca. 3,5 cm
Euro 150.-
Chinese Ming Longquan Celadon Glazed Ewer
Chinese Stoneware Wine Ewer, early Ming Dynasty, 14th/15th Century
Large Longquan celadon glazed Ewer made in great shape with heigh spout and handle.
Excellent condition, only the typical traces of production (baking flaw inside the base ring – see photo 8) and age.
Height: ca. 24 cm
Euro 1100.-
Yuan/early Ming Stem Cup – Cizhou Ware
Small Chinese Cizhou Ware Stem Cup – Yuan/early Ming Dynasty
Extremely rare Cizhou Ware from great shape. The Stem Cup is covered with a creamy white slip and freely painted with leafes in a deep chocolate-brown glaze. Inside marked with a stylised character, likely “tun” that may be translated as “gulp” – Yuan or early Ming Dynasty.
Provenance: Bonhams London, Knightsbridge, Asian Art: May 13, 2019, Lot 258
Perfect condition, only the typical traces of production and use.
Height: ca. 6,5 cm
19th C. Chinese Sancai Vase – “Four Gentlemen”
Large antique sancai glazed Vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th Century
Unusal chinese vase with “Four Gentlemen” decoration in sancai glaze. The “Four Gentlemen” or “Four Noble Ones” is a collective term referring to four plants: the plum blossom, the orchid, the bamboo, and the chrysanthemum. They represent the four different seasons – the plum blossom for winter, the orchid for spring, the bamboo for summer, and the chrysanthemum for autumn.
Excellent condition: small firing error with hairline at the mouth – further only the typical traces of production (baking traces at stand ring) and use.
Height: ca. 29 cm
Euro 1300.-
Two 15th C. Ming Sancai Vases – Fahua
Pair chinese Fahua Vases, early Ming Dynasty, 15th Century
Two extremely rare ceramic vases with fahua lotus decoration in sancai glaze from the early Ming Dynasty – Northern Fahua Wares.
Condition: both with some ware and missing glaze; right one with glued part at base rim (last photo) – further no cracks, hairlines or restorations.
Provenance: Collection Morpurgo, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height: ca. 13,5 cm
Small Chinese 17th C. Kangxi Dish – Scallop Rim
Antique chinese porcelain dish, early Kangxi Periode (1662-1722)
Extremely rare small scallop-rimmed plate, fine decorated with bamboo and peony in a rock garden surounded from flowers. The backside is also decorated. Painted in good deep quality blue colour.
Perfect condition
Diameter: ca. 10,5 cm
Chinese 17th C. Plate – Swastika
Chinese Kraak Style Porcelain Dish, 17th Century, late Ming/early Qing Dynasty
Blue and white Chinese porcelain plate, beautiful and rich decorated with flowers and swastika. Painted in cobalt blue oxide underglaze and marked at the base.
Perfect condition: only the typical traces of production and use.
Diameter: ca. 22 cm
Euro 160.-
Chinese Song Dynasty Jarlet – Qingbai
Rare Chinese Qingbai Celadon Jarlet – Song Dynasty (960-1279)
Nice small vase or jarlet made in good shape, overall with a light bluish-green Qingbai glaze.
Condition: vertical firing flaws under the glaze from production – see photos.
Height: ca. 6 cm
Chinese 17th C. Libation Cup – Dehua
Octagonal Blanc de Chine Porcelain Libation Cup, early Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Fine antique porcelain libation cup in octagonal shape, Dehua, Blanc de Chine. The warm white colour of Dehua porcelain is typical for the 17th Century.
Excellent condition: a small horizontal firing flaw, minute chip at the rim – further only the typical traces of production and use.
Provenance: Collection Lauw
Diameter: ca. 11 x 9 cm
Height: ca. 6,5 cm
Chinese 19th C. Meiping Vase – Ladies
Antique chinese blue & white Meiping Vase, 19th Century, Qianlong Mark
Nice Vase with good underglaze blue decoration of two mirrored ladies under trees on clear white porcelain. On the base a 4-Character Qianlong Mark.
Perfect condition – only the typical traces of production (small flaw at base rim) and use.
Height: ca. 24 cm
Euro 250.-
Chinese 19th C. Ducai Snuff Bottle / Snuff-Jar
Rare chinese Ducai Snuff-Jar, late 19th Century
Perfect shaped and finely painted porcelain snuff-jar with enamelled colours and underglaze blue decoration of 4 boys and a scholar. On the base a 4-Character Mark Chenghua.
Excellent condition – the snuff-jar is perfect, there is only one chip at the cover. Further only the typical traces of production and use.
For a Snuff-Jar of this size please have a look in the British Museum: Museum number PDF,B.678
Height: ca. 7 cm
Euro 450.-
Chinese Imperial Qianlong Snuff Bottle / Snuff-Jar
Extremely Rare chinese Imperial Snuff-Jar, Qianlong Mark & Period (1736-1795)
Perfect shaped and finely painted porcelain snuff-jar with underglaze blue decoration of flowers and bird. On the base the imperial 6-Character Mark Qianlong and of the Period.
Excellent condition – the snuff-jar is perfect, there are only a few chips at the cover. Further only the typical traces of production and use.
! For a similar Snuff-Jar with Qianlong 4-Character Mark and of the Period please have a look in the British Museum: Museum number PDF,B.678 | Qianlong Period | Four-character Qianlong mark in underglaze blue on the base
Height: ca. 6 cm
10th C. Five Dynasties Vase – Lead Glaze
Beautiful chinese Ceramic Vase from the Five Dynasties (907-960)
Extremely rare small fine earthenware vase with heigh quality lead glaze.
Perfect condition, only the typical traces of production and of the age.
Provenance: Edward Pranger | Oriental Art Gallery | Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height: ca. 10,5 cm
Two Chinese 18th C. Saucers – Café-au-lait & Peaches
Two fine Chinese Café-au-lait Porcelain Saucers, 18th Century – peaches
Chinese porcelain dishes with fine decoration in the famille rose pallet – around “Café-au-lait” brown.
Perfect condition: only the typical traces of production and use – no chips, cracks, hairlines or restorations.
Diameter: ca. 10,5 cm
Euro 120.-
18th C. Chinese Kangxi/Yongzheng Plate – Garden
Chinese Porcelain Plate, Kangxi to Yongzheng Period, ca.1720-1730
Fine chinese porcelain dish, beautifully painted in cobalt blue oxide underglaze with a garden scenery.
Very good condition: very small colored? chip at rim – further only the typical traces of production (firing trace on the base ring and on the front).
Diameter: ca. 27,5 cm
Euro 140.-
Chinese 18th/19th C. Ogee Bowl & Cover – Chrysanthemum
Chinese Porcelain Bowl with Cover, 18th/19th Century – 2 x Marked
Large Ogee shaped bowl & cover, decorated in cobalt blue oxide underglaze with stylised chrysanthemums flower surrounded by a leaf spray. The base is glazed and shows the marks.
Perfect condition, only the typical traces of production (firing flaws) and use.
Diameter: ca. 18 cm
Euro 150.-
Chinese Kangxi Porcelain Plate – Bird
Chinese Porcelain Plate, late Kangxi Period, ca. 1710–1720
Fine chinese porcelain dish, beautiful and attractive decorated with chrysanthemum, plum tree and bird in cobalt blue oxide underglaze.
A similar plate, but without bird, you can see in the Britsh Museum: Museum number: Franks.236
Perfect condition: only the typical traces of production and age (few craquele at backside).
Diameter: ca. 22,5 cm
Euro 190.-