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Chinese 19th C. Soapstone Figurine – Shouxing
Chinese Soapstone Statue of Shouxing, 19th Century
Finely hand carved figurine of the “god for the long life” (Shouxing) with little polychrome painted decoration.
Excellent condition: typical traces of age and use – see photos.
Height: ca. 12 cm
20th C. chinese Yixing Teapot – Baggage-Form
Fine and rare chinese Zisha ware, 20th Century – two impressed Marks
The teapot is made in the shape of a baggage with a fine “leather surface”.
Perfect condition, only some traces of use.
Length: ca. 14 cm
Height: ca. 8 cm
Euro 450.-
Chinese Yongzheng Period Saucer – Amsterdam Bont
Rare chinese porcelain saucer, Amsterdam Bont, Yongzheng Period (1723-1735)
Fine antique porcelain saucer dish made of very thin porcelain, painted in cobalt blue oxide underglaze in China – beautiful overdecorated in the Netherlands with flying bees around the flower baskets.
Excellent condition: some colour is missing – further only the typical traces of production and use.
Diameter: ca. 11 cm
Euro 220.-
Small 17th C. chinese Transitional Dish – Boys
Antique chinese porcelain dish, Transitional Period (1620-1683)
Extremely rare small plate, fine decorated with two boys sitting in a rock garden surounded from plants. The backside is also decorated in cobalt blue oxide underglaze. Transitional / early Kangxi Period.
Perfect condition
Diameter: ca. 9,3 cm
Pair chinese 18th C. Libation Cups – Dehua
Two chinese Porcelain Libation Cups, probably late Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Heigh quality thin molded “Blanc de Chine” porcelain Libation Cups, with a fine relif of dragons. The base ist marked “tai” what can be translated as “greatest”.
Both in perfect condition – only the typical traces of production and use.
Height: ca. 4 cm
Chinese Kangxi Period Plate – Floral Motif
Antique chinese Porcelain Plate, Kangxi Period & Mark (1662-1722)
Nice Chinese porcelain plate, beautifully decorated with flowers and blossoms, painted in cobalt blue oxide underglaze. The back side is Kangxi marked “Lozenge” (represents “victory”) in a double circle.
Good condition: one nick back side at the rim, one hairline – further only the typical traces of production.
Diameter: ca. 22 cm
Euro 160.-
Chinese Tang Dynasty Jarlet – Yue Ware
Small antique chinese Ceramic Jar, Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Rare greyish green glazed Yue Ware Jarlet from good shape made in the early Tang Dynasty.
Perfect condition: only the typical traces of production (small flaws in the glaze and at the rim) and age.
Height: ca. 4,5 cm
Chinese Guangxu Period Bronze Vase – 2 Dragons
Antique Chinese Bronze Vase with Taotie Masks, Guangxu Period (1875-1908)
Graceful chinese bronze vase, featuring an archaistic dragon decoration to both sides. The two ring handles are in the shape of taotie in archaic style.
Perfect condition: only the typical traces of production and age.
Height: ca. 14 cm
Euro 250.-
Chinese Pair High Feeted 19th C. Miniature Dishes
Two rare small chinese Porcelain Dishes, 19th Century
Very fine and rare chinese high feeted porcelain dishes, beautiful and rich decorated in blue underglaze. In the medallion a group of three gentlemen and a lady under a pinetree, surroundet from a finely painted “broken ice” pattern. The backside is decorated with three bats and the base is bearing a dopple ring in underglaze.
One is in perfect condition, the other one has a small chip to the rim – further only the typical traces of production and use.
Diameter: ca. 7,2 cm
Euro 450.-
Chinese 18th/19th C. Bamboo Water Dropper – Monkey
Chinese wooden Water Dropper, 18th/19th Century
Finely hand-carved Bamboo Water Dropper wich is held by a Monkey (emblem of long life and healthyness).
Condition: typical traces of age and use, see photos
Length: ca. 10,5 cm
Wide: ca.8,5 cm
Chinese Tang Dynasty Yaozhou Bowl – Flowerhead
Extremelly rare brown glazed Bowl, Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Monochrome high fired Tang dynasty Yaozhou brown glazed bowl, decorated with stylized flowerhead in the center.
Excellent condition. Only the typical traces of production and some traces of use.
Provenance: Collection Lauw
Diameter: ca. 11,5 cm
Height: ca. 4,5 cm
Chinese Ming Dynasty Bronze Vase – Pear-Shaped
Antique chinese Bronze Vase, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Elegant small pear-shaped (Yuhuchunping) bronze vase on an integrated three feet base.
Excellent condition: small nick at the top rim – further only the typical traces of production and use.
Height: ca. 14 cm
Euro 650.-
6 x chinese Kangxi Period Cup & Saucer – Floral
Six antique chinese porcelain cups and saucers – Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
All are fine painted with plum blossoms (for winter) and chrysanthemums (for autumn) in cobalt blue underglaze. The backside of the saucers and the inside of the cups is also decorated and all pieces are marked.
Almost all in perfect condition: one saucer with a hard to see glazeline at the back side and one cup with a small chip inside the base rim – further just the typical traces of production and use.
Saucers: Diameter ca. 13,5 cm
Cups: Height ca. 5,5 cm
Euro 950.-
Chinese Lead Glazed Tang Dynasty Jar – “hua you”
Antique chinese three Handles Ceramic Jar, Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Rare brownish black lead glazed earthenware Jar with addition of whitish blue splashes – in China called “hua you”. A precursor of the Song Jun wares.
Condition: chips at top rim – further only the typical traces of production and age.
Height: ca. 18,5 cm
Chinese Kangxi Doll House Vase – Square Shape
Small chinese blue & white square Vase, Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Extremely rare square porcelain dollhouse vase with underglaze blue decoration of a rider, a walker, a wise man and a seated person. Early Kangxi Period, 17th Century.
Very good condition – the base rim with chips. Further only the typical traces of production and age.
Height: ca. 4 cm
Pair Chinese Qianlong Enamel Cups – Lady & Gentleman
Two small Antique chinese Cloisonne Enamel Cups, Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
Both cups are decorated in polychrome enamels with a matching design of a lady and gentleman seated in a landscape, the other sides are decorated with a gardensit and a tree. The inner surface of fine white enamel.
Condition: the left cup has two hairlines inside, the right one has a hairline inside and a small part missing on the ege outside – further only the typical traces of production and age.
Provenance: Collection Lauw
Diameter: ca. 4,5 cm
Height: ca. 3 cm
Euro 200.-
19th C. Thai Rattanakosin Bronze Buddha – Gilded
Fine gilded seated Buddha, Rattanakosin Period (1782–1932), Thailand
Southeast Asia, Thailand, lacquer and gilt bronze Buddha seated in half lotus position, signifying meditation, with both hands in his lap, atop a three-tiered, flame spiked throne. Thailand, Rattanakosin Period, early 19th century.
Very good condition: some gilding and red lacquer is lost in couse of use
Height: ca. 13 cm
Euro 180.-
Chinese Kangxi Plate – “The suffering of Christ”
Fine chinese Porcelain Plate, late Kangxi Period (1662-1722), 1700-1720
Unusual chinese porcelain dish representing a wreath and is known as “the suffering of Christ”. Painted in cobalt blue oxide underglaze – a rare type of Chine de commande.
Perfect condition, only the typical traces of the production and use. A great collectors piece!
A similar plate is to see in the “Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden”
Inventarnummer: PO 1367 | China, Jingdezhen, Qing-Zeit (1644 – 1911), Ära Kangxi (1662 – 1722), 1700 – 1720
Diameter: ca. 22 cm
Euro 320.-
Chinese Ming Sacrificial Models – Mingqi
Chinese Sancai-Glazed pottery Models, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Mingqi miniatures ceramic models such as this 15 examples were made for use in the afterlife and were placed in the tombs of wealthy Chinese aristocrats to accompany them into the next world. Sancai lead glaze on low fired pottery.
Excellent condition: few wear and traces of the age. The wine vessel on the right at the first photo seems to have an old restoration.
Provenance: Collection Lauw
Height: between 1,5 cm and 11 cm
Euro 1100.- (for all 15 models together)
Chinese Kangxi Plate – Basket & Symbols
Superb Chinese Porcelain Plate, Kangxi Period (1662-1722) – Flowerbasket & Symbols
A very fine Chinese porcelain Kangxi plate, around 1720, beautifully and very rich painted with a cobalt blue underglaze – Buddhist symbols and a basket full of flowers.
Excellent condition: one tiny frit at the top rim – further only the typical traces of production and age.
! The same you can find in the Flipje en Streekmuseum Tiel, Collectie Hoogenboom, number 0234-04162
Diameter: ca. 23 cm
Height: ca. 2,6 cm
Euro 220.-