ca. 1920s
Republic period
Porcelain with overglaze enamels
H: 14.5 cm
Basically perfect condition: minor original firing flaw to neck (underglaze and difficult to see)
From a New Canaan, CT private collection

The republic period, with its military and political unrest, was nonetheless a golden period for the arts in China...

A Ming dynasty 17th century Chinese bronze figure of multi arms Guanyin, good condition with small old defect on the left arms join, no chip no crack. size 30 cm height with about 4 kg weight.

Excellently potted japanese porcelain dishes, decorated in underglaze Cobalt blue with a nice landscape scenery. Nabeshima - style, Meiji Period 1868 - 1912 ) Diameter : 20,8 cm. Condition : Perfect. Provenance : Old German collection. ( All in all we do have 4 pieces of the same kind of dishes on offer ( 2 pairs )).

A beautiful 19th/20th C. Chinese famille rose porcelain buddha with five boys, in excellent condition. H:9-1/2" Marked.

A very fine quality dish decorated with a pattern of stylised Lotus-mon with three quadrilobed reserves each containing an element of the shochikubai, pine, take, bamboo, matsu, and prunus, ume. The centre decorated with a small central roundel framed by a border of demi-florets containing a Dragon delineated in gilt with green and iron red enamels holding a jewel, tama, in its claw. The rim of the dish is decorated with a border of alternating double crested waves and gilded...

An interesting namasu, serving dish or bowl, decorated entirely with green, aubergine, yellow, black and red enamels. A palette and style of decoration not dissimilar to that used in the mid seventeenth century that covers the whole of the interior of a dish with enamel decoration. In this case the enamelling disguises an unglazed ring to the interior of the bowl that would have enabled another dish to be stacked on it in the saggar...

A very nice Kangxi style 19th C. Chinese Ge-Yao jar with blue flower motif and wooden lid & base. In excellent condition Total H:10"

A rare Transitional Shunzhi Wucai enamel large dragon bowl, rounded side with open wide rin and glazed base, bowl decorated with over glaze Dragon, Phoenix and fish motif at the exterior, inner center with fish and weave motif, on inner rim with classic scroll motif.
Bowl is in good condition no damage, no chip, no crack, no restoration, minor wear on the enamel.
Size: 16.5 cm diameter.

This is a lovely revolving bookcase, circa 1910. It is mahogany, with a shell style inlay on the top. There are two shelves on each of the four sides. The bookcase itself measures 31" high x 19" deep.

A rare northern Song longquan celadon large bowl, rounded side with conical shape and unglazed base, bowl decorated with rare clear carved fish and flower motif at interior, outer wall with clear raising lotus petal motif, bowl covered with deep green glaze.
Bowl is in good condition no chip, no crack, no restoration, crackled at glaze surface.
Size: 18 cm diameter.

 

A Ge-Type Glazed Brush Washer. Diameter approximately 25.5 cm. It has a hairline. In good condition.

This absolutely beautiful set of American carved mahogany chairs is top of the line. They are Chippendale in style, circa 1900. There are acanthus leaves on the knees and ball and claw feet. The two armchairs measure 39" tall x 25 1/2" wide, and the six side chairs measure 39" tall x 22" wide.

A very rare sample of Yuan blue and white large yuhuchun vase, vase decorated with under glaze of Persian blue in watery horse motif. vase is excavated from trowulan east java.
Size: shards is in 21 cm height, if in complete conditon would be around 30 cm height.

A rare Yuan dynasty longquan celadon large carved lobbed rim dish, rounded side with lobbed rim and glazed base with ring for firing, dish decorated with molded flower spray motif on the center, inner wall with carved flower motif and vertical ribbing suggesting flower petal shape, bracket lobbed rim, dish covered with green glaze.
Dish is in good condition with short faint hairline on the rim no chip, no restoration, well balance, good porcelain with high ping with finger tip.
Size: 2...

A very rare of Yuan dynasty blue and white yuhuchun vase with horse motif, rounded side with pear shape body and glazed base, vase decorated with under glaze blue of reverse blue base white horse in three different style motif , vase is excavated from trowulan east java.
Vase condition is broken into several big pieces, re glued / taped, missing upper part, very good sample for any one who interested into early Chinese porcelain.
Size: 22 cm height, if complete would around 29cm.

A Ming dynasty Wanli period blue and white bottle vase, rounded side with straight neck and glazed base, vase decorated with under glaze blue of antiquities and Buddhist emblems motif.
Bottle vase is in good condition, no chip, no crack, no restoration, porcelain with high ping with finger tip.
Size: 24 cm height.

A large Yuan dynasty qingbai white glaze flower ewer, carved flower motif body with dragon head spout, ewer covered with good bluish white qingbai glaze, good condition with upper part, part of spout and handle has been damage and restored, no damage at the body part, size: 26.5 cm height.

A Gorham Sterling Silver Pierced Rim BonBon Dish. Shaped and Footed, with the date mark from 1907. The dimensions are 7.5" x 6" x 1.5" and the weight is 4.0 Troy ounces. Excellent condition (the coloration is due to lighting), no monogram.

19th century
Late Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with celadon glaze
H: 26.7 cm / 10.5 in; W: 20 cm / 7.9 in (at widest point)
Jar: perfect condition; Lid: 2 cm chip and 3 cm hairline
From a Marine County private collection


A 19th century celadon jar and cover, with carved underglazed decorations featuring ruyi medallions and two dragons "piercing" through vines; all covered with a nice, tender celadon glaze.

Bowl with central figure of a dog. Porcelanous ware with a geen glaze and iron brown spots. Eastern Jin Dynasty ( 317 - 420 ) Zhejiang. Diameter : 10,2 cm. Condition : Perfect

Rare late Ming - early Qing dynasty 17 - 18th century Dehua Blanc de Chine figure of Ang Hai Jie, standing with three legged frog on the shoulder, good condition no chip no crack no restoration, small defect coin ornament on left hand, inner part got thick glaze up to the head, large size in 33 cm height.

Chinese wucai large plate decorated with twin phoenix motive. Kangxi period. 35 cm diameter. Good conditions.

A Rare Song - Five dynasty Yue Yao Lotus Shape globular jar, jar decorated with carved lotus petal motif and covered with grayish green glaze with the lid. Jar condition with minor degradation glaze at the body,and chipped at he mouth, no crack, no restoration. Size: 12.5 cm high.10cm body diameter.

Small globular jar form with a short cylindrical lipped neck and two horizontal lugs on the shoulder.With six panels by vertical lines of applied,decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a chrysanthemum flower.Size: 8,4cm high. Condition has glaze star crack at the body and small fritting at the mouth rim.Free from restorations.

Large Tang Dynasty Changsha ware bowl.( 9th century ) Stoneware body decorated with a calligraphic floral motive in brown and green under a yellow ash glaze. Changsha type Henan. Found in a shipwreck near Belitung island, Palembang, Sumatra. D : 8 inc. Some glaze corroded.

Excellently, very thinly potted and superbly decorated in underglaze Cobalt - blue with a scenery with geese and water plants. Underglaze Jiangxi Ciye Gongsi Mark to the base of the vase ...

A sample or Yuan blue and white large bowl, rounded side with everted rim and unglazed base, bowl decorated with under glaze blue of flower scroll motif at exterior, inner part with lotus flower motif. Condition see at the photo,no restorations. size: 16,5 cm diameter.

Nineteenth century, Yongzheng Mark. Excellent potted body, pale Celadon glaze with a brilliantly enamelled, superb executed Famille Rose decoration.( Please regard the enlargements ) H : 24,2 cm. Condition : Excellent. Provenance : Old south German collection.

Punchbowl with pheasants and flora
Mid-18th century
Late Yongzheng - Qianlong period, Qing dynasty
Porcelain with famille rose enamels; Jingdezhen ware
D: 26.2 cm H: 11 cm
Three repaired hairlines in the back unpainted section of the bowl
From an old Brunswick, Maine estate near Bowdoin college


Description & Notes

Punchbowls such as this would have been status symbols for wealthy society wives in America and Europe during the 18th century...

A Yuan Qingbai Ewer. Height approximately 8.8 cm and length approximately 10.2 cm (the tipspout to the handle). The handle has been glued with original part. Few soft tiny chips at the rim. A soft tiny chip at the tipspout. Good condition.

Gilt Chinoserie decoration on a deep blue ground; 2 5/8" tall by 2 5/8" diameter; very, very minimal gilt rubbing in a few spots at the bottom, of much less import than the photos indicate

This pair of early 20th century Famille Verte plates are 1 inch deep and 8 ½ inches in diameter. They depict two ladies in a garden. One lady is dressed in green and is holding a fan; the other lady is in pink and is holding a round mirror. The outer rim is decorated with pink mums and a green brocade pattern. The gold edging on the plates has worn off slightly. We have four identical plates. We can sell as a pair or singly. A single plate is $175.00; a pair is $320.00...

Fine Chelsea Red Anchor period dish moulded with vines and grapes and decorated with floral sprays. Unmarked base with three spur marks. C1755. L.9 3/4", (24.7cm). Condition; a little wear to moulded grapes and leaf. A 0.3 cm frit and a 0.9cm fine hairline crack to rim (see image)

Rare Five dynasty Yue Yao bowl decorated with molded lotus leave at the outer wall.covered with gray green glaze.Glazed base.Bowl in good condition wit just has degradation glaze because found from under the river (Musi river at south Sumatra).no chipped,no hairline,free from any restorations.13cm diameter.5cm high.

An Extremely Rare Reverse Glass Ukiyo-e Beauty Painting: Japan, 18th –early 19th C. with Original lacquered wood frame The artist name singned with a square red seal on lower right. Offered Here is an extremely rare reverse painting of a whole figure of standing beauty painted on reverse glass, This type of Japanese Ukiyo-e painting of a beauty is rarely existed in markets now...