A Chinese cloisonné-enamel 'Shou' pear-shaped wine ewer and coverMing dynasty, 16th/17th centuryFinely enamelled on either side with blue, red, and yellow dragons flanking a peach-shaped 'Shou' medallion amongst polychrome clouds and above a band of breaking waves above the foot, the handle, spout and cover decorated with scrolling flowers, the cover and handle joined by a fine chain, 23.5cm high.明十六/十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯壽字紋執壺Originating in Islamic arts, the shape of ewer of the present lot was widely used in China throughout the Ming dynasty across various mediums, from porcelain to jade and gold; see, for example, several gold, silver and jade ewers, excavated from Ming tombs, illustrated in Yang Zhishui, 'Jinpingmei cihua zhong de jiu shi' [About wine in the novel Jin Ping Mei], Forbidden City, Beijing, 2016, pls. 21, 22 and 31. The peach- or heart-shaped medallion on the body is sometimes described in Chinese literature as representing a ginko leaf.Condition Report: Several areas of chipping and small losses to enamels, including a slightly larger area of enamel loss which had also been infilled; the handle, spout and finial slightly loose in their sockets; one small bruise to mouth. General surface wear with a few areas of fine cracking to enamels and some darkened areas to surface around the base, base of the spout, handle and neck.Weight: 900g.
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A Chinese blue and white tea bowl and pair of saucers, Kangxi period, saucers 12.7cm diam, conch shell in concentric circles in underglaze blue (saucers) and other Chinese blue and white porcelain, 18th c, to include a bowl, three tea bowls and mug and an 18th c English blue and white and enamelled spoon tray (13) Kangxi tea bowl - tiny rim fritting. One saucer with tiny rim chip and crack. The other ware - mug with pinhead sized rim chips; plate chipped; bowl with flea bite on rim. The other items in similar or better condition. Spoon tray - localised wear
A Chinese famille rose porcelain and hardwood table screen, first half 20th c, painted with figures in a garden landscape with poetic inscription, the stand carved with rock work and bamboo, the apron with classic scroll, 70cm h Provenance: anon. sale, Henry Spencer & Sons, auctioneers, Retford, Nottinghamshire, October 1989, to the present vendor In the same good condition as at the time of the 1989 sale
Two Chinese Kraak porcelain blue and white dishes, c1630-1650, painted to the centre with a bird and over arching flowering plants, the border with lotus, lappets or circular framed auspicious objects and sunflowers, 21cm diam Darker coloured dish - a good example with minor, short approx. 2cm descending hairline crack in rim at 4 o'clock. Lighter coloured dish - two hairline cracks in rim at 7 and 8 o'clock. Neither dish chipped nor restored
A Chinese armorial plate, c1770, enamelled with the arms of Peach quartering Small with, in pretence and accollee, Cockburn, 22.3 x 22.3cm, labelled Hassop Hall, Derbyshire From the service described as "unique" (by Howard) amongst armorial services for the depiction of Chinese kite-flyers. The arms are, moreover, marshalled in an unusual manner. The present service was made for Samuel Peach, a Director of the East India Company from 1773-1784. He was the son of John Peach of Chalford, Gloucestershire by his wife Sarah, daughter of John Small of Minchinhampton. See Howard (D S) - Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol I, p.346 Hairline crack at 2 o'clock, several small rim chips, no restoration
A Chinese Kraak porcelain blue and white dish, c1630-1650, painted to the centre with two geese at the waters edge, others in flight, within luxuriant vegetation and border of lotus shaped panels of auspicious objects alternating with a sunflower, 31.5cm diam Hairline crack in border at 8 o'clock and typical fritting around rim. Firing 'cut' in top of border around central reserve glazed over during manufacture, no restoration
A Chinese porcelain grisaille-decorated toy tea bowl and saucer, mid 18th c, pencilled in black with a family group, their features delineated in iron red, in looped line-and-dot border, saucer 70mm diam Provenance: Dr J R Freeman Collection, Derby, his executor's sale in these 'rooms, 1 March 2012, to the present vendor Undamaged
19th century Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain part tea and coffee service and other items typically decorated with panels of figures on terraces, birds, butterflies and flowers, comprising a teapot and cover, a milk jug, two tea cups and saucers, five coffee cups and saucers, and a plate together with a twin handled cup and cover, a pen box and cover and a rectangular dish (qty)teapot handled to spout 22cm., Condition: Condition commensurate with age but generally good. Some rubbing to gilt rims, one small chip to a coffee saucer
A Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain moon flask late 19th / early 20th century of typical from with twin moulded bat form handles, the body with circular reserves, one painted with courtiers and mounted warriors in a landscape, the reverse with pheasants on rockwork with flowers and a magnolia in blossom within dense lotus and scrolling foliate borders on a turquoise ground height 39.5cm.Condition: Good condition. Free from chips, hairlines or restoration. Rubbing to gilt on rim and bat handles
each brightly famille-rose enamelled to the interior with a quatrefoil panel enclosing a seated lady playing a qin, encircled in the well by a grisaille foliate scroll on a dense trellis diaper band, the everted rim with floral cartouches reserved on a silvered ground, 22.7cm diameter Provenance: Acquired from Polly Latham Asian Art, Boston, Massachusetts, 26 August 1999. Footnote: For a similar dish see, William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection, Madrid, 2014, p. 213, no. 73.
A FINE PAIR OF CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN VASES, painted with panels of various figures including two large panels of ladies in courtyard scenes, and further decorated fruits, insects, scrolls, flora and fauna, the shoulder with moulded and gilded chilong, neck with moulded gilt foo dogs, 42cm high.
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