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Click here to subscribeA pair of 19th Century Kangxi mark Chinese blue & white hand painted porcelain ginger jars decorated in the prunus floral pattern. Panel border to rim & neck with blossoming branches and blue Kangxi marks to bases. Measures approx; 15cm. Some glaze faults & hairline crack runs throughout one jar.
A 19th Century Chinese blue and white porcelain double gourd vase. The vase having a white ground with hand painted blue and white decoration depicting provincial figures and landscape scenes. The vase with smaller top section and rim above a larger bulbous body over a small circular foot. Measures approx; 22cm tall. Good condition with no visible signs of major damage.
A pair of 20th Century Chinese porcelain vases and covers. Both decorated in the scrolling leaves pattern with white cartouche panels depicting figures and children. Pink ground with polychrome enamel borders. The lids having matching decoration and Foo dog finial lids. Painted / stamped marks to bases. Restoration to one lid. Measures approx; 21cm tall.
A 20th Century Chinese Republic period Oriental porcelain bowl having a plain glazed interior with intricate Wucai polychrome enamel decoration to the body with a duck egg teal blue glaze. Botanical decoration throughout with floral medallions and scrolling leaves. The bowl of ogee shape with small circular foot decorated with a Famille Jaune Greek Key border. Four character Kaishu script mark to base in underglaze ochre. Measures approx; 5cm x 14.5cm. No visible damage.
A 19th Century Chinese Kangxi mark blue and white porcelain tea bowl having hand painted decoration depicting dragons among flaming clouds with central decoration to the well of the bowl depicting another image of an imperial dragon. Six character Kangxi mark to base. Measures approx; 9.5cm wide. Some minor chips to rim.
An 18th Century Chinese Qianlong period porcelain bowl having hand painted decoration in polychrome enamels depicting garden fence and blossoming botanical sprays. The borders with turquoise and pink geometric decoration. The bowl raised on a small circular foot. Chip and crack present. Measures approx; 26cm wide.
A 19th Century Chinese blue and white porcelain vase having hand painted decoration depicting children playing and figures seated and table. The white cartouche panels depicting many domestic / court scenes. The vase set to a good carved lid & stand. Concentric blue circle marks to base. Measures approx; 39cm. No visible signs of major damage.
A 19th Century Chinese Qianlong mark porcelain brush pot vase having hand painted decoration depicting an elder, woman and many children in an exterior setting with table and jardiniere among trees and flowers. Four character Qianlong seal mark to base in ochre. No visible signs of major damage. Measures approx; 10cm x 9cm.
A 19th Century Chinese blue and white porcelain moon flask vase of circular shape. Hand painted decoration with central scene depicting performers / figures within a white cartouche panels. The vase body decorated with panels & repeating botanical details. The neck set with two dragons / lizards. No visible signs of major damage. Measures approx; 26cm.
A 20th century Chinese blue and white porcelain vase / lamp having hand painted decoration depicting scrolling leaves and featuring double happiness medallions. Panel borders to neck and base. Complete with shade and raised on a wooden stand. The vase itself measures 33cm tall. No visible signs of any major damage.
An early 20th Century Chinese Republic Period porcelain incense burner with wax seal to base. The piece decorated in a blue and white palette depicting an seated man with wine glass raised to a scroll over a table. The reverse having a poem / script pertaining to a Wu Chang District Wine Show Tasting. Small hole to top for incense stick and ochre seal to base. No visible damage. Measures approx; 6cm.
A pair of 20th Century Chinese Republic Period Jiaqing mark Oriental porcelain tea bowls / prayer bowls of ogee shape having hand painted botanical decoration depicting scrolling leaves and floral medallions. Raised on a small circular foot. The underside bearing six character Jiaqing (1796-1820) reign mark in underglaze blue Kaishu script. Measures approx; 5cm x 11.5cm. No visible damage.
A 19th Century Chinese Kangxi mark blue and white porcelain sleeve vase. The vase of cylindrical form with hand painted decoration depicting dragons among flowers and leaves. Repeating panel border to base. Four character Kangxi mark to base in blue. Appears in good condition with no visible damage. Measures approx; 22cm.
A large pair of early 20th Century Chinese Republic period Oriental porcelain figurines of Emperors / elders. One in a red robe with crowned hat holding a fan and the other in blue robe holding a calligraphy set. Both with imperial dragons to the robe and set to green porcelain plinth bases. Character marks stamped to undersides. Measures approx; 54cm tall. Some minor wear commensurate with age but no visible signs of major damage or restoration.
A Chinese Kangxi blue and white porcelain lidded censer, of bulbous circular form, with painted designs of ceramics and ornaments, original carved and pierced wood cover with jade figural knop, with hardwood stand (stand A/F), rim diameter 22cm, overall diameter 24cm, bowl height 14cm Bowl is in very good original condition, no chips cracks or restoration, a few very minor surface glaze scratches and marks but no damage, lid is in good condition, and jade figure is perfect, the stand is broken but complete and needs restoring. Provenance: from a local private deceased estate
The hexagonal panelled bulbous body resembling a ripened fruit painted with panels of chrysanthemum, peonies and bamboo issuing from rock work, the slender spout naturalistically painted to resemble a leafy stalk attached to the fruit, the slender neck open to a crisply accentuated mouth representing the fruits hexagonal stamen cluster, painted with a bird perched in a prunus tree beneath a crescent moon within stiff-leaved and key fret bordersHeight: 20cmProvenance: Harrisons, Jubilee Auctions Pewsey, 8th July 2013A very similar ewer in the Foundation Custodia (Coll.F.Lugt), Institute Neerlandais, Paris, is illustrated Maura Rinaldi in Kraak Porcelain, A Moment in the History of Trade, London, 1989, pl.227, page 178, where the author suggests a date circa 1595-1610相似一例見Custodia巴黎基金會藏，著陸於《Maura Rinaldi 克拉克瓷，貿易史上的一刻》倫敦，1989，圖227頁178. 1595-1610.For a similar ewer sold see Christie’s New York, An Era of Inspiration: 17th-Century Chinese Porcelains from the Collection of Julia and John Curtis, 16th March 2015, lot 3500相似一例售於紐約佳士得2015年3月16日拍品號3500Condition ReportThe ewer has some minor restoration to the petal shaped part of the neck, otherwise it is in good condition. It is a good example in terms of crispness and colour.
The cylindrical vessel in two distinct sections, the upper section with a flattened rim supported on a arrangement of six grotesque long-haired guardian figures, Yakshas, the lower section with an elegant splayed foot, decorated overall with a splashed tortoiseshell like glaze in ochre, brown and green, falling short of the base, exposing the buff coloured body Height: 10cm Diameter: 13.5cm Sancai censers with legs in the form of Yakshas guardians are rare. Two related pieces, one excavated from a tomb in Luoyang, are illustrated in Zhongguo gu ciyao daxi. Zhongguo Gongyi yao/Series of China’s Ancient Porcelain Kiln Sites. Gong Kiln of China, Beijing, 2011, p.428, centre. Another is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu/ Ceramic Art of the World, vol.11, For another similar incense burner, see The Sze Yuan Tang Collection, Important Chinese Art, London, 4th November 2020 三彩力士足香爐十分少見，相似兩例，其中之一於洛陽出土見《中國古瓷窯大係—中國鞏義窯》北京2011，頁428. 另一例見《世界陶瓷藝術》十一卷。 另一件為思源堂舊藏於2020年11月4日售於倫敦佳士得Condition ReportA 4.5cm section of the rim restored. The Yakshas have been broken and re-stuck, with minor elements missing. See additional lot photos
Each painted with the ‘pencilled bridge landscape’ pattern Diameter: tea bowl 7cm, saucer 11.5cm Provenance: 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 ReportTea bowls: All with minor frits and ‘nicks’ which is to be expected with ship wreck porcelains. Saucers: one chipped, two chipped with short hairlines, some warping and staining. Highly translucent. Overall degradation of the glaze and some staining to be expected
Each modelled standing wearing long flowering robes, their clothes and hair coloured in cold-painted enamel, probably in AugsbergHeight: 54cmProvenance: Sotheby’s London, 13th May 2009, lot 161來源：售於2009年5月13日倫敦蘇富比，拍品號161.Similar figures with European cold-painted enamel decoration may be found in the Royal Collections of Europe. According to Bo Gyllensvard, in The Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm, Malmo, 1972 ‘In the 1690’s Hedvig Eleonora purchased in Holland a great many figures in blanc de Chine from Fukien. These she placed in her apartments in Drottningholm…. and other palaces, on mantle-pieces, tables or wall-consoles. She was not always satisfied with the white porcelain, and therefore provided them with bright supplementary colours’An identical figure is illustrated on page 159, top row, C.相似一例見Bo Gyllensvard著《歐洲皇室收藏》頁159Condition ReportEach figure with a modern replacement right hand, which has discoloured. Other minor discolouration/restoration along the right hand sleeves of each figure. The left hand figure in the catalogue photograph with a sprayed central panel to the rear beneath her shoulders, disguising a firing fault and later plug, which is evident under strong light to the interior of the figure. Obvious flaking to cold-painted European enamels
Modelled in the form of a double gourd, painted in iron-red, green and turquoise enamels, with naturalistic leaves and tendrils, on a later wooden standHeight: 4cmLength: 10cmThe imperial kilns at Jingdezhen undertook the simulation in porcelain of all kinds of materials for the Qianlong Emperor, but gourds are surprisingly rareA similar example is illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang collection, London 1994-2010, vol.2景德鎮官窯在乾隆時期創燒了許多仿生瓷，葫蘆形仿生瓷極為少見，備受乾隆皇帝喜愛。相似類型的葫蘆形筆洗見 康蕊君著 《玫茵堂 中國瓷器》，第二卷，倫敦，1994-2010年。Condition ReportOverall in good condition. Minor wear to gilt rim. The feet un-glazed. A small enamel flake to turquoise enamel to the centre of one leaf
Each modelled standing, their plumage picked out in red, blue, grey and white enamels, the feathers finely incised, on later naturalistic gilt-metal legs, pierced and carved rosewood cloud-scroll standsHeight: 38.5cmIn Chinese mythology the Crane symbolises immortality, as well as being a symbol for high rank and is the chosen mount for the immortals仙鶴在中國神話中象徵長壽和地位。Condition ReportThe pair present well, the gilt-metal legs and wooden bases provide an interesting contrast to the porcelain birds themselves. A very unusual mode. The left hand bird: 2.5cm of the beak restored.The right hand bird: 2cm of the beak restored
The hinged lid decorated with Chinese landscape scenes, with a fitted interior, containing vials of original Chinese pigments and porcelain mixing dishes, brushes, an ivory seal and seal paste, on paw feetHeight: 12.6cmLength: 35.6cmDepth: 23.5cmProvenance: The Canterbury Auction Galleries, 11th June 2013, lot 872來源：2013年6月11日售於坎特伯雷拍賣行 拍品號872For a similar painter’s box of almost identical proportions see A Tale of Three Cities, Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, David. S. Howard, Sotheby’s, London, 1997, cat. no. 243, page 185.相似一例見 《A Tale of Three Cities, Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong》大衛 霍華德 倫敦蘇富比1997年圖243頁185Condition ReportCrack to cover, in two places running with grain of wood, visible to exterior and interior. Some wear to gilt decoration. The gilt-metal lion paw feet added in EuropePlease note the illustration in the printed catalogue is incorrectly numbered, as is the whole page. 200, and 203, and 204
Painted to the centre with a green and brown five-clawed dragon contesting a flaming pearl, reserved within black borders, against a yellow ground, the reverse with a border of cranes and cloud scrolls, the foot rim inscribed with a six-character mark of Yongzheng within a double-circle Diameter: 14cm Provenance: Recorded in an old inventory valuation, 14th April 1967, cat. no. 119, updated by James Spencer, Christie’s, 3rd June 1976 來源：家族舊物帳中編號119，估價於1967年4月14日。James Spencer，Christie’s 於1976年6月3日為此重新估價。 See a similar Kangxi dish in the Percival David Collection, British Museum, illustrated by Margaret Medley in Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Polychrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, no. PDF. 777, p.46, no. 146. Another similar dish was included by C.S. Tam in The Wonders of the Potter’s Palette, Qing Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, no. 24, pp. 58/9. 類似一件 清康熙黃地紫綠彩穿雲游龍紋盤，為大英博物館大衛德基金會所藏，著錄於 瑪格麗特《大衛德基金會藏明代彩瓷》藏品編號 777， 圖146， 頁46。 另一相似黃地紫綠彩穿雲游龍紋盤見 談志誠著《清瓷薈錦 香港藝術館清代陶瓷》 ，圖24 頁 58-59。 It is rare to find a dish of this design with a Yongzheng six-character mark and with a change in design to the reverse of the dish, away from the frequently found ‘grape’ border on Kangxi and other later Imperial wares of this type. The crane motif was a popular design used on other Yongzheng yellow and green porcelain wares from the Forbidden City. See a pair of bowls from the collection of Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, now in the British Museum, Franks.70.a. 此件雍正楷書款黃地紫綠彩穿雲游龍紋盤較為少見，且背面裝飾雲鶴紋。此類型瓷器多出現於清宮舊藏。 另相似兩例現藏於大英博物館弗蘭克斯舊藏，藏品編號70.a。Condition ReportAs one can clearly see from the catalogue photos and images online, this dish has been broken into seven pieces with a riveted repair. There is also a scale chip to the rim, approx 5mm
Two 18th century English porcelain teabowls and saucers. One other 18th century saucer. A Japanese bowl circa 1910 decorated with elephants, a Japanese teabowl, a Kutani saucer and a 19th century Chinese painted wood small tea chestCondition report: Blue and white tea bowl and saucer with birds: Bowl chipped to base, saucer also chippedThe other blue and white tea bowl and saucer: bowl has nibble chips to lip rim and chipping to the base, saucer chipped to the base edgeBlue bowl with horses has multiple chips to the lip rimSaucer with man holding bird multiple chipsBowl with elephants has moderate scratching and rubbed to gilt
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