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Click here to subscribeFOUR CHINESE ENAMELLED PORCELAIN ‘BUDDHIST’ PANELS, MOUNTED AS A TABLE SCREEN, 20TH CENTURY清 二十世纪 罗汉圖纹桌屏 一组四件Each rectangular panel enamelled with a seated Luohan, seal mark of Xinzhai, mounted in a wood four-fold screenThe porcelain: 19.5cm by 8.5cmCondition ReportExamined framed, some chips to the extremities of the porcelain panels, light rubbing and loss to the enamels on the second to left panel (as illustrated in the catalogue).
A RARE CHINESE ‘FAMILLE-NOIRE’ PORCELAIN JARDINIERE, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 - 1722 清 康熙墨彩四季花卉紋花盆一件 The square flaring body rising from four ruyi-shaped feet to an everted rim, brightly glazed to each face with one of the flowers of the four seasonsHeight: 13.5cmWidth 12cmCondition ReportThe biscuit base and feet of the jardiniere are a marriage to the flared body, and possibly date to the 19th Century. Extensive scratches to the glaze on the main body and traces of a metal liner in the base of the vessel.
A CHINESE ‘FAMILLE-VERTE’ PORCELAIN ‘G’ BOTTLE VASE, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 – 1722清 康熙 素三彩缠枝花卉纹瓶The globular body rising from a recessed base to a tall narrow neck, enamelled around the exterior with a stylised floral scroll divided at the shoulder with a floral strapwork band and a diaper band at the rimHeight: 24.8cmFor a similar ‘G’ marked vase, see John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, London, 1989, pl. 11, and Michel Beurdeley and Guy Raindre, Qing Porcelain, London, 1987, col. pl. 47.Condition ReportThe bottle vase has a circa 20cm hairline body crack running over the base and up the sides and an associated 8cm glaze crack, light glaze crazing.
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED CACHEPOT, MING DYNASTY, WANLI PERIOD, 1572 – 1620明 萬曆 青花荷塘蓮花紋卷缸鑲法式铜鎏金雙山羊首環形銅扣The porcelain Ming dynasty, Wanli period, 1572 – 1620, the ormolu mounts, French, in the Regence style, 19th centuryThe ovoid jar painted in underglaze-blue with panels including a lotus pond and peonies issuing from rock work, all set within gilt-bronze gadrooned mounts with goat’s head mask and ring handlesHeight: 35cmDiameter: 41cmProvenance: Sotheby’s Olympia, 15th July 2003, lot 155, purchased for £3,705Condition ReportExamined with mounts attached, the vessel has been reduced in height, there is a break around the luting line, there is a circa 5cm wide four-pointed glaze star crack to the interior, and glaze scratches to the interior and exterior.
A CHINESE ‘FAMILLE-VERTE’ PORCELAIN BOX AND COVER, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 – 1722清 康熙 素三彩 山水圖纹盖盒The rectangular box with internal partition raised on four bracket feet, brightly enamelled to each face with a quatrefoil landscape panel reserved on a dense diaper ground, the flat cover enamelled with a river landscape (2)Length: 15.4cmWidth: 8cmCondition ReportThe cover has five shallow circa 3mm chips to the edge of the rim and a 5cm hairline rim crack, the box has a 5cm hairline rim crack and a circa 7cm wide U-shaped crack to the rim, extensive fritting down three exterior corners, the box and cover would benefit from cleaning.
* TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE *A CHINESE IRON-RED PORCELAIN ‘PEACOCK' DISH, LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY明 十六世紀 紅綠彩孔雀花卉圖紋碟 Painted in red, ochre and green with two peacocks amongst peonies, the cavetto with a floral scrolling meander, barbed rim, the underside decorated with a further pair of phoenix and chrysanthemums, four-character mark in iron-redDiameter: 32cmCondition ReportThe dish has six areas of over-painting at the rim and extending down into the well
Ω A CHINESE ‘FAMILLE-VERTE’ PORCELAIN ROULEAU VASE, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 - 1722清 康熙 三彩花卉圖纹瓶The cylindrical body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall ribbed neck with everted rim, brightly enamelled around the exterior with two long-tailed phoenix amidst peony blooms, further pairs of birds in flight and perched on blossoming branches, all below a band of flower-filled oval cartouches on a diaper ground at the shoulder and a classic scroll band at the rimHeight: 46.5cmCondition ReportThe rouleau has a 2.5cm wide flake to the side of the foot ring and some flaking and rubbing to the key-fret band around the rim.
A CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE-VERTE’ PORCELAIN WALL FOUNTAIN AND COVER, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 – 1722清 康熙三彩壁瓶及盖The lobed, pear-shaped flat-back body rising from a short spreading foot to an everted rim, the flat back extending above the rim with a fan-shaped panel flanked by a pair of dolphins, moulded in high relief to the front of the lower body with lion mask fitted with a metal tap, brightly enamelled with birds perched on prunus branches and in flight, all between bands of cartouches enclosing marine life and reserved on a green seed ground, the domed cover with flat back and surmounted by a lotus finial (2)Height: 46cmLength: 23cmWidth: 20cmCondition ReportThe fountain has a body crack running horizontally across the middle of the back and in a deep U-shape around the front and under the mask, and overpainting to the lower half of the back, the cover with restoration to the right side corner of the rim and encircling the knop.
A CHINESE EXPORT ‘DUTCH-MARKET’ PORCELAIN ARMORIAL TEA BOWL AND SAUCER, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1745清 乾隆粉彩外销 纹章瓷盤The saucer brightly enamelled and gilt to the interior with a medallion enclosing the arms of Theodorus Van Reverhorst, all within a gilt floral scroll at the rim, the cup similarly decorated (2)Cup height: 4cmCup diameter: 7.7cmSaucer diameter: 12 cmCondition ReportThe tea bowl has a 5mm hairline rim crack; the saucer has been restored with over-spray covering approximately 75%.
A RARE CHINESE EXPORT GRISAILLE-DECORATED ‘SWEDISH BANK NOTE’ PORCELAIN PUNCHBOWL, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1762清 乾隆欧洲风格潘趣盌The deep rounded sides rising from a short foot, the exterior decorated in grisaille with loose bouquets and floral sprigs, the interior as a Swedish banknote with two bianco-sopra-bianco Swedish seals and dated 1762Height: 13cmDiameter: 31cmFor a similar bowl in the Mottahedeh Collection, see Howard and Ayers, China for the West, Chinese Porcelain and other Decorative Arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection, vol. ll, no.455.Condition ReportThe punchbowl has been broken in half and restored, and has two further circa 9 x 6cm areas of over-painting to the rim.
A CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN PLATE, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD, 1723 – 1735清 雍正 花鸟纹盤Painted to the centre with a pheasant amongst peony and rockwork, the border with eight alternating panels of peony and lotus reserved on a diaper groundDiameter: 22.5cmCondition ReportThe dish has five circa 0.5cm areas of re-touching to the pink enamel on the large peony and the body of the bird.
A CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN PLATE, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD, 1723 – 1735清 雍正 粉彩‘博古图’纹盤Enamelled to the interior with a basket of peonies encircled by a scrolling floral band at the well, the flaring rim with eight quatrefoil panels enclosing ‘Precious Objects’ and flowers reserved on a diaper groundDiameter: 22.5cmCondition ReportThe plate is in good condition.
A CHINESE ‘FAMILLE-VERTE’ PORCELAIN ‘STANISLAW’ PATTERN PLATE, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, CIRCA 1715 – 1720清康熙 粉彩开光花鸟纹盤Brightly decorated in underglaze cobalt-blue, overglaze enamels and gold with a central medallion enclosing a large vase of flowers in a fenced garden, encircled at the rim by three asymmetrical panels enclosing birds and insects amidst peony, all reserved on a blue ground with scattered chrysanthemum heads, the exterior with three stylised peony sprays and a narrow band of six oval panels enclosing insects and fish at the rimDiameter: 22.5cmCondition ReportThe dish is in good condition with the exception of a 1cm long three-pointed glaze firing line to the base.
A CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN PLATE, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD, 1723 – 1735清雍正 粉彩缠枝花卉纹盤Brightly enamelled to the interior with antiques amidst composite floral sprays, encircled at the rim with a geometric cloud collar reserved on a whorl ground with peony bloomsDiameter: 23cmCondition ReportThe plate has a 4mm wide rim chip, three tiny nicks to the underside of the rim and a 1cm diameter area of rubbing to the iron-red whorl ground at the rim.
A CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN PLATE, QING DYNASTY, LATE KANGXI/EARLY YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1723清 康熙/雍正 粉彩鱼纹盤Unusually painted in underglaze-blue, iron-red and famille-rose enamels with four carp to the centre, the rim and cavetto with a floral designDiameter: 22 cmCondition ReportThe plate is in good condition.
A CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN PLATE, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD, 1723 – 1735清 雍正粉彩洞石花鸟纹盤Brightly enamelled to the interior with an open scroll depicting a pair of long-tailed birds perched on branches of peony issuing from rockwork, all reserved on a dense whorl ground with scattered floral sprigsDiameter: 22.5cmCondition ReportThe plate has some wear and rubbing to the blue and black enamels.
A CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN PLATE, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD, 1723 – 1735清 雍正花鸟圖纹盤The interior with a leaf-shaped panel enclosing a pair of love birds perched on a peony branch, all within a geometric band at the rimDiameter: 22.5 cmCondition ReportThe plate is in good condition.
* TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE *A CHINESE 'BIANCO-SOPRA-BIANCO' PORCELAIN CHARGER, QING DYNASTY, CIRCA 1740清1740 鎏金花卉圖纹盤Painted in white enamel and gilt with peony, lotus and chrysanthemumsDiameter: 39cmCondition ReportThe dish has fritting to approximately half of the rim, there are two flakes to the underside of the rim (5 and 8mm) and a 10mm flake to the bottom of the foot ring
A CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN PART SERVICE, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, 1736 – 1795清 乾隆粉彩洞石花卉纹盘一组 四件Comprising: four dinner plates and a large dish, each enamelled and gilt to the interior with an iron-red and gilt chain medallion enclosing a pair of cockerel by a fenced garden, all within a leafy floral scroll band at the everted broad rim (5)Large dish diameter: 32cmCondition ReportOne plate has a 7.5cm hairline rim crack; another plate has a 5cm hairline rim crack; another plate has a shallow 2cm wide area of misfire to the rim; and another plate is in good condition. The larger dish is in good condition save for some light glaze scratches.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘EGRET AND LOTUS POND’ BOTTLE VASE, MING DYNASTY, WANLI PERIOD, 1573 – 1620明 萬曆青花蓮紋蒜頭瓶 The pear-shaped body rising from a short tapering foot to a tall narrow neck with garlic mouth, painted around the exterior with three egrets in a lotus pond, the neck with a sinuous chilong amidst scrolling lotusHeight: 28cmLength: 13cmA similar bottle vase sold at Sotheby’s London, 14 May 2014, lot 213 for £5,000Condition ReportThe bottle has a 2cm hairline rim crack, a c.12cm glaze hairline to the lower body and light glaze scratches.
A PAIR OF CHINESE ‘LAUGHING BOYS’ PORCELAIN FIGURES, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 – 1722清 康熙童子像一对Modelled in mirror image, standing smiling wearing a brightly enamelled green, red and yellow tunic and holding a vase issuing lotus, all supported on a rectangular base (2)Height: 28.5cmLength: 9.5cmWidth: 7cmCondition ReportAs illustrated, the boy to the left has over-painting to the vase of flowers and left arm and to the top edge of the base, the other boy has overpainting to fritting around the top edge of the stand, some firing cracks and a 5cm., glaze crack to the inside right leg and partial overpainting to the inside right leg.
* TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE *A SAMSON ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN ‘EROTIC’ SAUCERSamson 粉彩情色圖纹大盤After the fable by Jean de La Fontaine, ‘The milkmaid and the milk jug’, painted with a milk maid, the underside with her skirt hitched revealing her derrièreDiameter: 11cmProvenance: The Mujintang collection, TaipeiA similar Chinese export saucer is illustrated by Hervouët & Bruneau in La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, plates 7.111 (rear) and plate 9.19, pages 179 & 200Condition ReportThe saucer has rubbing to the black band at the edge of the rim.
A CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN PLATE, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD, 1723 – 1735清 雍正粉彩花鸟圖纹盤Asymmetrically enamelled to the interior with an open scroll depicting a pheasant perched on a blossoming peony branch with a butterfly above, the broad flaring rim with peony spraysDiameter: 22.5cmCondition ReportThe plate has a 5mm wide flake to the underside of the rim and some rubbing to the enamels on the interior.
A CHINESE ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN TEABOWL AND SAUCER, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD, 1723 – 1735 清 雍正 粉彩花鸟纹茶杯及茶托The cup of conical tapering form, finely painted with two song birds amongst prunus and peony issuing from a fenced rocky garden (2)The saucer diameter: 10cmThe cup diameter: 6.5cmCondition ReportThe saucer has misfire to three of the pink-enamelled petals on the large peony.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN WINE COOLER, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, 1736 - 1795清 乾隆青花山水纹冰酒器The bombe-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot to a short flaring neck, painted around the exterior with a continuous river landscape divided by high relief lion mask handles, the interior and exterior of the neck with a Fitzhugh-style bandWidth: 39cmCondition ReportThe wine cooler has a 6-pointed star crack covering the base of the e=vessel and extending up the sides of the foot with old riveted (24 rivets) repair and some minor rim fritting.
A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN SPOON TRAYS, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, 1736 – 1795清 乾隆 粉彩缠枝花卉纹盤一对Of oval shape, painted with floral sprays within swagged borders to the rims, highlighted in gilt (2)Length: 11.5cmWidth: 8.3cmCondition ReportBoth spoon trays have rubbing to two circa 1.5cm sections of the iron-red and gilt spearhead band in the well.
A CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN CREAM JUG AND COVER, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD, 1723 – 1735清 雍正粉彩花卉纹杯及盖Of fluted form, painted with leaf-shaped panels with daisies and peonies, pink-diaper borders (2)Height: 12.5cmLength: 10cmCondition ReportThe jug has a 2mm shallow chip to the edge of the foot ring and the knop of the cover has glaze flaking.
A VERY RARE CHINESE ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN TEAPOT, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, 1736 – 1795清 乾隆 粉彩茶壶After David Teniers the Younger, the globular body painted to each side with a scene of the card players, divided to one side by a short spout and to the other by a loop handleLength: 19.5cmCondition ReportThe teapot has two three-pointed body star cracks (circa 3 and 5cm long overall)
A CHINESE ‘FAMILLE-VERTE’ PORCELAIN CUP AND SAUCER, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 - 1722清 康熙素三彩 洞石花卉纹杯碟一组The cup with deep radiating lobed sides, brightly enamelled to each lobe with flowers issuing from rockwork, the saucer with similar radiating lobed rim encircling a medallion of flowers issuing from rockwork (2)The saucer diameter: 13cmCondition ReportThe cup has a 3.5cm hairline rim crack, the saucer has a restored 4cm wide crescent-shaped break at the rim and two circa 3cm long restored hairline rim cracks and a 6mm wide gold-lacquer repaired rim chip.
A CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN PLATE, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD, 1723 – 1735清 雍正粉彩洞石花鸟纹盤Painted to the well with a leaf shaped panel enclosing a classical Chinese landscape with scholars crossing a bridge, the rim with a pink diaper border enclosing peonies the underside with three lingzhi sprigs in iron redDiameter: 22.5cmCondition ReportThe plate has some stacking rubbing to the enamels and glaze on the interior.
A CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN LEAF-SHAPED DISH, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, 1736 – 1795清 乾隆粉彩叶型碟Naturalistically modelled as a large leaf with a gnarled stem forming the handle, brightly enamelled to the interior with composite floral sprays within an iron-red and gilt chain band at the rimHeight: 9.5cmLength: 31.5cmWidth: 27cmCondition ReportThe tray has three areas of restoration to the underside of the rim (2.5 3 and 4cm wide) a restored 7cm hairline rim crack, and some tiny enamel flakes.
A CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN CREAM JUG AND COVER, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD, 1723 – 1735清 雍正 粉彩人物纹杯及盖Painted with a Chinese lady and gentleman in front of a pagoda, accompanied by a female attendant, with pale blue diaper borders (2)Height: 11.3cmLength: 9cmCondition ReportThe jug and cover are in good condition.
A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT ‘FAMILLE-ROSE’ PORCELAIN SMALL TUREENS AND COVERS, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, 1736 – 1795清 乾隆粉彩大盆 及盖Each of canted rectangular form, with lotus knops and handles, well painted with figural scenes in fenced gardens, within underglaze-blue cartouches, highlighted in gilding (4)Height: 19.5cmLength: 18.5cmWidth: 11.3cmCondition ReportOne cover with restoration to the dark green foliage of the knop and a 6mm wide chip to the inner flange, minor fritting to the handles of one tureen, the other tureen with two tiny chips to one handle.
A CHINESE ‘FAMILLE-VERTE’ PORCELAIN ‘HUNTING SCENE’ LOBED DISH, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 - 1722清 康熙素三彩狩猎圖碟The interior brightly enamelled with a medallion enclosing equestrian figures hunting rabbits, the petal-moulded rim with panels of insects, birds and antiquesDiameter: 21cmCondition ReportThe dish is in good condition.
A CHINESE ‘FAMILLE-VERTE’ PORCELAIN OVAL TWO-HANDLED BASIN, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 – 1722清 康熙粉彩岁寒三友圖纹盆The straight-sided oval body rising from a flat base to an everted rim, set to either end with a loop handle and all supported on three conical feet, decorated in overglaze famille-verte enamels and gold to the base of the interior with a phoenix in flight over the ‘Three Friends of Winter’, encircled at the sides by floral sprays and insects, each side of the exterior with an open scroll, one enclosing a phoenix above a peony spray and the other with a mandarin duck in a lotus pond, all reserved on a green seed groundHeight: 11.5cmLength: 34cmWidth: 24cmCondition ReportThis brightly enamelled basin has fritting to the rim with associated minor flakes to the rim, restoration to the bottom of each foot, a glaze hairline and a firing line to one handle, a 5mm hairline rim crack and light glaze scratches to the base of the interior.
A LARGE CHINESE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND ‘FAMILLE-VERTE’ PORCELAIN PUNCHBOWL, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY清 十九世纪 青花及五彩 潘趣大碗The exterior brightly enamelled with four fan-shaped panels enclosing figures in landscapes, all reserved on a dense underglaze-blue seed ground with butterflies and flowers, the interior with a landscape medallion encircled at the rim by four quatrefoil panels reserved on a green trellis ground bandDiameter: 37cmCondition ReportThe punchbowl has a 2.5 x 0.5cm area of misfire to the black pigment on one of the sections of diaper band on the interior.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN DEEP DISH, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 – 1722清 康熙仕女游园圖纹盤Well painted with a lady and boy in a fenced garden beneath a willow tree, the rim with a further four alternating panels of ladies and prunus blossom, the underside with ruyi head panelsHeight: 5cmDiameter: 21.5cmCondition ReportThe dish has a circa 3.5cm wide hairline body crack to the well and some very minor rim fritting.
* TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE *A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BODHIDHARMA DISH, MING DYNASTY, TIANQI PERIOD, 1621 – 1627明天晵 青花达摩一苇渡江纹盤The rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a slightly everted rim, painted to the interior with Bodhidharma standing on a reed, his arms tucked into his long robe and his head framed with a mandorla, Japanese wood box (2)Diameter: 21.2cmProvenance: Mujintang Collection, purchased in Tokyo 2013Exhibited: Robert Bradlow Fine Art, Reflecting Nature, 17th Century Chinese Ceramics for the Japanese Market: Kosometsuke & Koake, Catalogue no.11.Condition ReportThe dish has a circa 8cm hairline crack to the well, kiln grit adhered to the foot ring, rim fritting to approximately two thirds of the rim, scattered tiny iron spots and light glaze scratches.
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN DISH, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 – 1722清 康熙西厢记圖纹盤The interior painted with a medallion enclosing a scene from the ‘Romance of the Western Chamber’ with military figures and a maiden in a rocky landscape, all within a broad flaring rim painted with six flower-filled quatrefoil panels reserved on a dense diaper ground, the exterior with two stylised landscape scenes, the base inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character markDiameter: 32.5cmCondition ReportThe dish has two circa 5cm glaze firing lines to the interior and one 3.5cm line to the base, a 5mm diameter area of glaze misfire to the interior and light glaze scratches.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘PHOENIX’ DEEP DISH, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 – 1722清 康熙青花双凤圖纹盤The deep rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a broad everted barbed rim, painted to the interior in rich cobalt-blue tones with a pair of phoenix, one perched on a branch of peony, the other standing next to the tree, all encircled by six large lotus lappet panels alternately enclosing antiques and flowers, all reserved on a trellis diaper ground, the exterior with stylised ruyi heads and floral spraysHeight: 6 cmDiameter: 27cmCondition ReportThe deep dish has light fritting to the rim.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN PLATE, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 – 1722清 康熙青花西厢记圖纹盤Painted in underglaze-blue to the interior with a scene from the ‘Romance of the Western Chamber’ with an equestrian figure and his entourage meeting a young maiden, encircled at the flaring rim with lotus and peony sprays, the exterior with fruit spraysDiameter: 22cmCondition ReportThe plate has an 8mm shallow flake to the underside of the rim and light glaze scratches.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SAUCER DISH, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD, 1662 – 1722清 康熙青花高仕纹盤The rounded lobed sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, painted to the interior with a medallion enclosing a scholar and his attendant in a fenced garden, encircled at the well by a broad lotus strapwork band, the exterior with a stylised flower on each lobeDiameter: 20 cmCondition ReportThe dish has a 2 and a 4mm wide rim chip, and light glaze scratches.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘EGGSHELL’ WINE CUP, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 – 1722清 康熙青花仿古杯大明成化年至After a Chenghua Ming dynasty example, delicately potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short narrow spreading foot to a slightly everted rim, painted in soft cobalt-blue tones to the exterior with a narrow classic scroll and dot band at the rim, the convex base inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character markHeight: 3.7 cmDiameter: 5.5 cmCondition ReportThe cup is in good condition.
A GOOD CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘EIGHTEEN SCHOLARS’ BOWL, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 – 1722清 康熙 青花十八學士奕棋圖纹盌 大明成化年至款 Of shaped ogee form, superbly painted in underglaze-blue with eighteen scholars on a garden terrace, engaged in literati pursuits, playing the qin, looking at paintings, reading, and playing ‘go’, the interior with a bonsai pine tree, diaper rim containing panels of bamboo, peony, prunus and pine branches, the base with a six-character Chenghua markHeight: 9.5cmDiameter: 19.5cmThe eighteen scholars were specifically chosen by Emperor Taizong (626 - 649) to promote interests in culture and literature.A similarly decorated blue and white bowl with a Kangxi mark in the Rijksmuseum, illustrated by C.J.A. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1997, no.97, p.105, where the author dates this type as circa 1700. Another similar bowl (damaged) was sold at Christie’s Paris, from the collection of Count Thierry de Ganay, 25th of June 2021, lot 383, for 3,750 euros.Condition ReportThe bowl has a 3mm wide shallow flake to the inside edge of the foot ring, three minute nicks to the rim and light glaze scratches.
* TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE *A RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN CIRCULAR ‘LAOZI AND OX’ DISH, MING DYNASTY, TIANQI PERIOD, 1621 – 1627明天晵 青花老子出关圖纹碟The rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a slightly everted rim, the interior painted with Laozi riding an ox against Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper, Japanese wood box (2)Diameter: 20.6cmProvenance: Mujintang Collection, purchased in Tokyo 2013Exhibited: Robert Bradlow Fine Art, Reflecting Nature, 17th Century Chinese Ceramics for the Japanese Market: Kosometsuke & Koake, Catalogue no.2.Condition ReportThe dish has a 2cm wide glaze firing line to the well, rim fritting covering most of the rim, minor burst bubbles and iron spots and light glaze scratches.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘PHOENIX AND BAMBOO’ CUP, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 – 1722清 康熙 淡描青花凤凰与竹叶纹盏大明成化年制款The ogee-shaped body with widely flaring rim, painted to the exterior and over the rim with stems of bamboo and a long-tailed phoenix, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character markDiameter: 11.5cmCondition ReportThe cup has some minor fritting to the rim and glaze scratches to the interior and exterior.
λ A RARE SET OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘SILK PRODUCTION’ PANELS, MOUNTED AS A SIX-FOLD SCREEN, THE PORCELAIN QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY清 十九世纪青花瓷屏嵌丝制工藝场景瓷板一組Each of the twenty-four porcelain panels finely painted in rich cobalt-blue tones with a scene of silk production, each leaf of the rosewood screen inset with a fan-shaped, square, quatrefoil and circular panelEach folding panel of the screen:Height: 181cmWidth: 44cmWhile rearing silkworms was women’s work inside the house, men cultivated grain outside in the fields. In accordance with theories of Chinese classical government, every year the emperor and empress would open the season for agriculture and sericulture in state rituals. The scenes are part of an album Yuzhi gengzhi tu (Imperially Commissioned Illustrations of Agriculture and Sericulture)with 46 illustrations on the cultivation of grain and silk ,commissioned by the Kangxi emperor (1662 - 1722). Based on a 12th-century version, the Kangxi edition includes poetic verses by the emperor, and bears three of his seal impressions in red中國古代婦女擅長於在屋內養蠶，而男子則外出在田間種地。按照中國傳統的治國理論，皇帝和皇后每年都會在農業和蠶桑的季節進行特定的國家祭典。這些場景是康熙皇帝（1662 - 1722 年）特殊託製的一冊《御製耕蠶圖》的一部分，該冊有 46 幅關於種植糧食和絲綢的插圖。康熙時期的版本以 12 世紀的版本為基礎，康熙時期的版本包括皇帝御題詩句，以及他的三個御用印章。Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including rosewood. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarise themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country準買家應注意，一些國家禁止進口含有濒危物種材料的財産，包括红木。因此有意購買此件拍品并有意愿运至其他國家的凖買家應在竸投前熟悉相闗海闗规定Condition Report Overall the screen is in good condition in keeping with its age. All of the porcelain panels are in good condition. The rosewood frame overall is good, however there is some movement/shrinkage to the panels in keeping with its age: Panel 1: left to right 1: Fan shaped panel, 26cm by 14cm approx, in good condition, age related crack to rosewood panel 2: Square shaped panel, two ladies and a child sorting silk cocoons, 21cm by 22cm, in good condition, splits to rosewood panel. 3: Quatre-lobed panel, depicting two women and a child, with trays of cocoons, beside a river, man crossing a bridge, 19cm by 26cm, rosewood panel slightly slipped in frame. 4: Circular panel depicting a riverside pagoda, with three ladies and two boys, inspecting yarn hung from rafters, 25cm by 25cm, two old splits to left hand side of panel Reverse: splits evident and some shrinkage to frame work. Panel 2 5: Fan shaped panel depicting two men operating an archenemies screw, another man emptying water from pond, rosewood panel slipped down from top edge. 6: Square panel, courtyard scene, two ladies sifting cocoons, yarn hung behind, a female attendant approaches with two bolts of silk under her arm, two old splits to rosewood. 7: Quatre-lobed panel, lady on day bed, with two others inspecting trays of silk worms by candlelight, panel slipped in frame, two old age cracks to right hand side. 8: Circular panel, three ladies inspecting trays in a pagoda, another two bringing a jar from bamboo grove, old splits to rosewood to either side, 26cm by 26cm Panel 3 9: Three workmen thrashing leaves accompanied by one other seated, old split to left hand side of panel, 27cm by 14cm 10: Square panel depicting ladies by candlelight inspecting trays of cocoons, four old splits to rosewood panel. 11: Quatre-lobed panel, depicting two men and water buffalo in a field, one old split to rosewood panel, 25cm by 18cm 12: Circular panel depicting two ladies on a terrace inspecting baskets of cocoons 24cm by 24cm, the rosewood ok. Rear: each panel showing old age related splits, top panel slipped in frame, third and fourth too. Panel 4 13: Fan shaped, depicting a lady and child, drying yarn, a boy and water buffalo. Rosewood panel slipped in frame. 14: Square shaped, depicting two ladies on a terrace with two workers transplanting rice in a field, moulding to frame re-stuck, old age crack to rosewood on the right hand side, 22cm by 22cm 15: Quatre-lobed, depicting a man and water buffalo in a field, compound behind, 25cm by 18cm, rosewood with old split to right hand side. 16: Circular panel, with three men working in a field, section of rosewood moulding missing to mount. Two old age cracks to panel. Rear: each panel with age related splits….top panel slipped in frame. Panel 5 17: Fan shaped panel, three male figures loading baskets in warehouse, rosewood panel slipped, old age crack to left side, 26cm by 14cm 18: Square shaped, depicting a lady in interior with two boys at a table, 21cm by 21cm, two old age cracks to rosewood panel. 19: Quatre-lobed panel depicting two ladies and a boy winding yarn, rosewood panel slipped in frame. 20: Circular depicting a man and buffalo, 26cm by 26cm, two related age cracks to rosewood panel, slipped to left side of frame. Rear: each of the rear panels with age related splits, the top panel slipped, likewise the third. Panel 6 21: Fan shaped, three ladies winding silk yarn, 26cm by 14cm, rosewood panel slipped in frame, one age related crack to right hand side. 22: Square shaped panel depicting lady and attendant inspecting a basket and yarn. 22cm by 22cm, slip to rosewood panel, two old age related cracks to rosewood. 23: Quatre-lobed panel, depicting two men loading baskets, watched by a lady and dog, 26 by 19cm, slip to rosewood panel in frame, one age related crack to left side. 24: Circular panel depicting man tending a rice field watched by a woman and child. 26 by 26cm, the rosewood with one old age related crack to right side. The rear on panel top panel slipped in frame, an age related crack to left side, the second panel slipped in frame, an age related crack to right side of frame, the third and fourth panel slipped in frames. Overall in good condition, for its age and weight!
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN TEA BOWL AND SAUCER, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 – 1722清 康熙青花人物紋杯碟 The bowl with deep rounded sides painted in rich cobalt-blue tones with military figures, the interior of the saucer similarly decorated, the exterior with two simple floral spraysCup height: 3.7cmCup diameter: 6.4cmSaucer diameter: 10.2 cmCondition ReportThe tea bowl has a tiny shallow rim chip.
THREE CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SHELL-SHAPED DISHES, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, 1736 – 1795清 乾隆青花贝壳型盤一组Each painted in underglaze-blue, two with floral sprays, one with a river landscape (7)Together with four Chinese export blue and white porcelain cupsThe largest: 15.cmCondition ReportThe large shell-shaped dish has some rim fritting, the small shell-shaped dish has two circa 5mm wide shallow rim chips, the four cups have minor rim frits and one cup has a 3cm hairline rim crack.
A SET OF FOUR CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN PLATES, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 – 1722清 康熙 青花蟹藻纹碟 一组Each of fluted form, painted with crabs within seaweed fronds, the rims each with four carp, the underside with four floral sprigs, one marked (4)Diameter: 20cmCondition ReportAll the plates have rim fritting and one also has a shallow 1cm wide flake to the underside of the rim.
TWELVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN TEA BOWLS AND SAUCERS, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, 1662 – 1722清 康熙 青花人物山水紋杯碟十二組Each painted with the ‘pencilled bridge landscape’ pattern (24)Diameter: tea bowl 7cm, saucer 11.5cmProvenance: Sotheby’s, Amsterdam, 31st January 2007, lot 1034. This three-day auction of 76,000 pieces of Chinese export porcelain from the Ca Mau shipwreck, conducted in 5 sessions on 29th, 30th and 31st January 2007 at Sotheby’s in Amsterdam, raised a total of €3,046,716來源：2007年1月31日售於蘇富比阿姆斯特丹，拍品號1034。此組拍品來自於蘇富比阿姆斯特丹為期三天Ca Mau沉船打撈拍賣，售出金額共達3,046,716歐元。Condition ReportAll the tea bowls and saucers have glaze degradation and discolouration consistent with burial at sea; the tea bowls have minor fritting and two bowls have 3cm hairline rim cracks, one bowl has a 3mm rim chip, another bowl has a 3 and an 8mm rim chip, one saucer has a circa 2mm rim chip and one saucer has a 1cm hairline rim crack.
* TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE *A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN CIRCULAR ‘SHELL AND WAVE’ DISH, MING DYNASTY, TIANQI PERIOD, 1621 – 1627明天晵 青花海水螺纹碟The rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, painted to the interior with breaking waves below a full moon, depicted in the fukizumi ink blown technique, Japanese wood box (2)Diameter: 17.5cmProvenance: Mujintang Collection, purchased in Tokyo 2013Exhibited: Robert Bradlow Fine Art, Reflecting Nature, 17th Century Chinese Ceramics for the Japanese Market: Kosometsuke & Koake, Catalogue no.16.Condition ReportThe dish has rim fritting to approximately three quarters of the rim, small areas of kiln grit adhered to the foot ring and light glaze scratches.
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