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Chinese Wanli Klapmuts Bowl & Silver Handle – Bird
Rare chinese Ming Kraak Klapmuts Bowl/Basket, Wanli Period (1573-1619) – bird on rock
A chinese Kraak ware bowl with dutch silver handle, moulded panels and with everted rim, finely potted and translucent, decorated in underglaze blue colour. The silver is 19th Century dutch and marked.
Ming Dynasty / Wanli Period (1573-1619).
Excellent condition with no restoration. There is a chip at the base rim and some fritting at the rim – see photos. Further only the typical traces of production and use.
Diameter: ca. 14,5 cm
Height: ca. 5 cm
Euro 480.-
Chinese 18th/19th C. Yixing Teapot – Cylindrical Shape
Fine antique chinese Zisha Ware Teapot, 18th/19th Century
Great cylindrical shaped teapot with a slightly recessed base. The teapot bears two marks, one inside the cover, the other one on the base (Yixing Zisha – purble clay of Yixing).
Excellent condition: tiny frits at the rim, some more wear and traces of use. No cracks, chips, hairlines or restorations.
Height: ca. 14 cm
Euro 550.-
Chinese Kangxi Saucer Dish – Morning Glory
Fine antique chinese Porcelain Sauce Dish, Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Unusual and rare chinese porcelain dish, fine decoration of “Morning Glory” flowers (symbolism for trust, respect and deep emotions) and insects in a rock garden – painted in cobalt-blue-oxide underglaze. The backside is marked.
Excellent condition: two small frits at the backside – further only the typical traces of production and use.
Diameter: ca. 13 cm
Euro 220.-
Chinese Kangxi Period Snuff Bottle – Floral
Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Silver, Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
This fine porcelain Snuff Bottle with silver and bone top was made from an Kangxi Miniature Vase (Dollhouse Vase) with underglaze blue floral decoration. The porcelain is Kangxi Period, the silver probably from later time – the spoon is missing.
Perfect condition – only the typical traces of production and use.
Height: ca. 7,5 cm (with stopper)
Chinese Peking Glass Octagonal Vase – Golden Flakes
Blue Peking Glass Vase of octagonal shape, Guangxu Period (1875-1908)
Elegant chinese Peking Glass Vase of octagonal section and pear shape with tall slender neck and raised foot. The glass is made of translucent brilliant deep blue colour with golden flakes inside.
Perfect condition – only the typical traces of production and use.
Height: ca. 24 cm
Chinese 17th C. Kangxi Miniature Vase – Tulip
Small chinese Blue & Red Porcelain Vase, Kangxi Period, late 17th Century
Rare elegant porcelain miniature vase in meiping shape with underglaze blue decoration of tulip flowers and overglaze iron red leafs. The small vases were difficult to make and many were imperfect with many firing deformities.
Perfect condition – only the typical traces of production and age.
Height: ca. 7,5 cm
Chinese 17th C. Kangxi Transitional Wucai Jar – Peony
Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Jar, Shunzhi/Kangxi Period, 17th Century
Nice antique Jar, blue line border enclosing yellow, green and orange enameled peony flowers and leaf scrolls.
Condition: small chip and a short hairline at the lip, inside the base rim is also a chip – further only the typical traces of production (glaze flaw) and use.
Height: ca. 9,5 cm
Euro 200.-
Set 19th C. Chinese Porcelain Vases
A Set of 5 rare small chinese Porcelain Vases, 19th Century
Well-formed and finely painted small porcelain vases with underglaze blue decoration of 2 boys each holding a vase. One vase with a lid.
The 5 vases are in perfect condition, the lid has fritting/chips on the edge, otherwise only the typical traces of manufacture and age – see photos.
Height: from ca. 8 cm – ca. 9 cm (without lid)
Euro 650.-
Chinese Qianlong M&P Bowl – Lemon Yellow
Extraordinary antique Porcelain Bowl – Qianlong Mark & Periode (1736-1795)
The bowl bears foure medalions with flower in the center and leafe scrolls on lemon yellow enameled ground. The rim is in a fine orange-brown coloure painted. Underglaze blue Qianlong Mark (minyao) at the base.
Condition: one chip and a hairline, traces of use inside – further only the typical traces of production and age.
Diameter: ca. 19 cm
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
17th C. chinese Kangxi Plate – Birds & Flowers
Superb chinese Porcelain Plate, Kangxi Period & Mark (1662-1722), 17th Century
Very rare chinese porcelain dish, thin porcelain, extremly fine and rich decorated with flower motifs and birds in the center, painted in cobalt blue oxide underglaze in a shade of intense blue found only in select Kangxi blue and white wares.
Excellent condition, typical Kangxi fritting to rim, short hairline backside – further no chips, cracks, hairlines or restorations. A great collectors piece, hard to find!
! A plate in the same pattern can be found displayed in the Capital Museum, Beijing
Diameter: ca. 28 cm
Height: ca. 2,5 cm
Euro 420.-
17th C. chinese Transitional Wucai Caddy – Lotus
Rare and large chinese Famille Verte Caddy, early Kangxi Period
Large Caddy, orange line border enclosing yellow, green and orange enameled flower and leaf scrolls. Kangxi Period, Transitional, 17th Century.
Excellent condition, old chips at the rim of the lid, two at the rim inside of the caddy, glazeline only inside – further only the typical traces of production.
Hard to find in this size and good condition!
Height: ca. 13,5 cm
Euro 550.-
Large chinese Transitional Bowl – Fishermen
Rare chinese Porcelain Bowl, Transitional, Shunzhi Period (1644-1661) – Chenghua Mark
A fine and very rare large chinese porcelain bowl, beautiful and rich decorated with two fishermen and water landscape motif outside. Painted in cobalt blue oxide underglaze.
Condition: a chip with long fine hairline, frits and an bigger error from production – further only the typical traces of production and use. Still a great piece!
Diameter: ca. 22 cm
Height: ca. 9 cm
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.-
17th C. chinese Kangxi Plate – Boy & Lady
Superb chinese Porcelain Plate with scallop rim, Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Great blue and white chinese porcelain dish, beautiful and rich decorated with a jumping boy and lady in a garten szenery – ladies with flower around the center. Painted in cobalt blue oxide underglaze. Early Kangxi Period, 17th Century – Transitional.
Perfect condition: only the typical traces of production.
! A similar plate is in the British Museum: Museum number: Franks.192 | Kangxi Period
Diameter: ca. 23,5 cm
Small 19th C. chinese Dish – Boys
Antique chinese porcelain dish, 19th Century
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.
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 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