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Click here to subscribeA Chinese porcelain ginger jar with cover decorated in over enamels with a bird amongst a flowering tree, blue six character KangXi mark within a double circle to base but later, height 22cm. CONDITION REPORT - minor nibbles/imperfections to foot rim and hairline/firing crack to rim (see images).
Two Worcester blue and white dessert dishes c.1770-80, one a plate painted with the Hundred Antiques pattern, the other of square form and painted with the K'ang Hsi Lotus pattern, each copying an original Chinese pattern from the Kangxi dynasty, 25cm max. (2) Provenance: the John Pinnick Collection.
A Delft plate c.1700, painted with a Chinese gentleman and a young maiden in an interior beneath a large lamp, the rim with five floral panels on a hatched diaper ground, cipher mark to the underside, 22.4cm. The design on this plate directly copies a Chinese Kangxi design which depicts a chapter from The Romance of the Western Chamber.
A selection of seven Chinese tea bowls comprising; A Kangxi blue and white example decorated with chickens and roosters, 3.7cm high, a Doucai enamelled example, 4.5cm high, two famille rose examples, highest 5cm, and two further tea bowls including an orange lustre example, along with a blue and white teacup (7) (at fault)
A CHINESE PORCELAIN PLATE of lotus moulded form, painted with two maidens on a veranda, one a flautist, all within a sprigged border, six character mark in double circle, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722), 26cm dia. Condition report One minor edge chip at a sharp point, otherwise very nice condition.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE EXPORT PORCELAIN CIRCULAR LARGE PLATE painted with flowers issuing from rocks, heightened in gilt, cavetto painted in iron-red with blossoming sprigs, Buddists gong within double circle, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722), 39.5cm. Condition report Gilding heavily rubbed, no chips or cracks.
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN SMALL BOWL internally painted with aquatic plants and birds, with cafe au lait external glaze, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722), 15.5cm diam and a famille rose deep cup, painted with a bird amongst peonies, Yongzheng c.1750, 7cm high. (2) Condition report Bowl: small rim crack. Cup: stain on rim and grazing to rim. Bowl: small rim crack. Cup: stain on rim and grazing to rim.
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TRIPLE-BULB VASES the lower body painted with a scholar and attendant near a pavilion in lakeland landscape, the upper bulbs and neck painted with Buddhistic emblems and archaic motifs, Kangxi (1662-1722), 26.5cm high (2). See illustration. Condition report Vase 1: Large chunk broken from flared rim and crudely re-glued. Slight fritting on basel rim. Vase 2: Neck sheared off and crudely re-glued, two small cracks in rim. Chip off inner foot rim and small firing faults.
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN VASES AND COVERS painted with large repeating ruyi-head lappets enclosing richly blossoming peonies, domed cover with button knop, Kangxi c.1690, 38cm high (2).Condition report Vase 1:rim fritting, numerous stains, scratches and two glaze craters. Vase 2: rim fritting, slight staining, clean break to lid which has been re-glued.
A PAIR OF CHINESE OCTAGONAL PANELLED BLUE AND WHITE VASES each panel painted with a different flowering shrub inhabited by birds and insects, leaves. fruit and flowers to the shoulders, short everted necks, the covers with lotus petal bulbous knops, Kangxi, c. 1700, 52cm and 53cm high. See illustration. Condition report Vase 1: small glaze faults, otherwise in good condition, cover with minor firing faults on rim. Vase 2: good overall condition, cover with two large chunks missing but pieces retained- will restore well.
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN LARGE VASES AND COVERS painted with seven musicians and dancers entertaining a lady of the court with five attendants in a misty landscape with plantain leaves, the domed covers with sleeve dancing boys, Kangxi (1662-1722), 47.5cm and 46cm high. See illustration.Condition report Vase 1: rim crack running 25cm into body. Cover: very large restored section of cover with rim frits. Vase 2: two restored large rim chips and extensive body cracks. Cover: partly lost finial with rim frits.
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN OVOID JARS, each painted with a sage riding a Kylin accompanied by four boy attendants, later adapted with French ormolu mounts to serve as lamps, with open scroll and rocaille bases, early Kangxi (1672-1722), 30cm high. Condition report Drilled bases, all faults.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN VASE of baluster square section, each side painted with a Shou motif within leiwen, dragons to the shoulder band, leaf tips to the neck, bearing six character mark of Kangxi with double circle, Qing dynasty, 19th century, 40cm high, on a wooden standCondition Report Chip on foot rim. Tiny chip on inner rim. Minor glaze faults
A CHINESE BRONZE CENSER with beaded borders and twin lion mask handles, on tripod feet, bearing Xuande six character mark, but probably Kangxi, c.1700, 27.5cm dia. x 10.5cm high, with carved and pierced wood cover. See illustration Provenance: By descent of the family of William Kidner, who worked on Scott's Cathedral, Shanghai. Collected in China c.1860-70. Condition report Censer with good rich patina. Cover damaged and cracked.
A large Chinese Kangxi clobbered baluster jar and cover painted with blue flowers and leaves on a red ground, blue painted double ring and leaf mark to base, on an associated 19th century hardwood stand, height of vase 42cm, overall height 56.5cm. CONDITION REPORT: Two rim chips to the lid, now clearly gilded. Some fritting to the lid rim otherwise appears good with no further obvious faults, damage or restoration..
A Chinese Kangxi Famille Verte dish centred with a basket of flowers within a border of flowering branches and rock work in fan shaped panels, double ring mark and painted leaf mark to the base also bearing a paper label, diameter 38cm. CONDITION REPORT: Section or rim broken in 2 and glued approx 12cm X 4cm. 7cm hairline crack from rim. Fritting to rim.
A late 18th/early 19th century Chinese porcelain plate, painted in underglaze blue with four warriors fighting, within a band of bats on scroll ground, bearing Kangxi four character mark to base, diameter 19.5cm. CONDITION REPORT: There is a chip to the rim and a hairline spreading from it and three other areas of hairlines.
A near pair of 19th century Chinese vases and covers, painted in underglaze blue with two opposing panels depicting battle scenes on a scroll ground within floral bands, with dog of Fo finials, each bearing Kangxi four character mark to base, height 32cm and 33cm (af). CONDITION REPORT: One of the vases has a crudely reglued area to the neck, approx 3cm of losses to the rim. The other vase has a hairline spreading from the rim and an area of firing imperfection, one area of fritting to the rim and some small nibbles to the base and chips to rims of the covers.
A 20th century Chinese porcelain baluster vase with flared rim painted with variously shaped vases to the main body, on green mottled ground, bearing Kangxi six character mark within double ring mark to base, height 43cm. CONDITION REPORT: Appears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration..
A pair of early 19th century Chinese yellow glazed porcelain bowls painted in green enamels with two five clawed dragons chasing the pearl of wisdom amongst clouds and with decorative border to the outside, centred with a character mark to the inside, both bearing six character marks to bases, diameter 10.5cm (one af). CONDITION REPORT: One bowl has a chip to the inside of the upper rim and two areas of major linear firing imperfections to the central section of the main body. Both bowls with traces of surface wear and dirt throughout commensurate with age and usage, also manor areas of firing pitting.The bowls have differing marks - they appear to be Kangxi and Xianfeng.
A late 18th/early 19th century Chinese circular punch bowl painted in underglaze blue with architectural river landscape to the centre and to the outside, within two decorative bands, bearing Kangxi four character mark to base, diameter 37cm (af). CONDITION REPORT: Part of the bowl (approx 1/3) has been broken off and reglued, with two hairlines spreading from the rim, general surface dirt and some wear commensurate with age.
A pair of late 19th century Chinese baluster vases painted in underglaze blue with large jars and covers on stands flanked by two men to both sides on blossoming branch ground, within two ornamental borders and with dog of Fo finials to the covers, (both af), bearing Kangxi four character mark to base, height 27.5cm. CONDITION REPORT: One finial has been broken off with traces of previous regluing, the other has a loss to the head, same cover with a chip to the side. Some fritting to the edges of the vase and one cover.
A SMALL CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON ARCHAISTIC VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 The body moulded in shallow relief with taotie masks beneath a border of ruyi-heads, the rim with a band of lappets, the foot with plantain leaves, 21cm. Provenance: Baerwald Collection, catalogue no.94, purchased from John Sparks by Otto Schiff Esq. on 1st July 1937.
A LARGE AND IMPOSING PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BUDDHIST LION DOGS KANGXI 1662-1722 Powerfully modelled with their heads turned sideways and looking down, the female with her puppy climbing up her front paw, the male with an articulated brocade ball, each raised on a high rectangular plinth and decorated with green, yellow and aubergine enamels on a biscuit porcelain ground, 33cm. (2) Cf. M Pinto de Matos, Chinese Porcelain in the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection, pp.146-147, no.37 for a closely related pair.
A CHINESE YELLOW GROUND ANHUA 'DRAGON' BOWL PROBABLY GUANGXU The exterior finely incised with a pair of dragons chasing flaming pearls above waves and stylised rocks around the foot, the base with a six character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue and a paper label inscribed 'Frank Caro successor to C.T. Loo', 15.1cm.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE YEN YEN VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted in bright underglaze blue with four deer and four cranes in a rocky landscape, the rim and foot with dentil bands, 46.5cm. Cf. Qing Shunzhi Kangxi Chao Qinghua Ci, pp.476-477, nos.307 and 308 and also C Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p.98 no.88 for similar vases.
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DOUBLE-SIDED TILE KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted to one side with a scene from the Romance of the Western Chamber, depicting Cui Yingying and Hong Niang listening to Zhang Gong playing a qin, the reverse with figures in the Kunlun mountains, mounted in a later hardwood frame as a table screen, 26cm x 18cm. Provenance: from the collection of Lady Ottoline and Philip Morrell, and thence by descent.
A CHINESE PORCELAIN INCENSE STICK HOLDER PROBABLY LATE QING Moulded in relief with boys and water buffaloes in a rocky river landscape and with a four character inscription, the base inscribed Dao guang si you chen guo zhi zuo, together with a small blue and white seal paste box and cover decorated with a figure in a mountainous landscape, the base with a six character Kangxi mark, 11.6cm max. (3)
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BAXIAN INCENSE BURNER KANGXI 1662-1722 The cylindrical body painted with a continuous scene of the Eight Immortals celebrating Shoulao's birthday, all with their various attributes, Shoulao sits on a rock with an attendant and a deer, all between chevron borders and raised on three rectangular feet, a reticulated wood stand, 19.8cm. (2) Provenance: a Scottish private collection. Cf. M Butler and Wang Qingzheng, Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collections, p.64 and 65 for another blue and white 'Eight Immortals' incense burner.
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ITEMS KANGXI 1662-1722 Comprising: two of square-section vases, a pair of plates shaped as flowerheads, a fluted bowl and a two-handled bowl and cover, variously decorated with foliate designs, figures, birds and geometric patterns, 25.8cm max. (7) Provenance: from the collection of Lady Ottoline and Philip Morrell, and thence by descent.
λ A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE EWER AND COVER KANGXI 1662-1722 The pear-shaped body decorated with roundels of prunus and other stylised plants on the handle, neck and spout, with an associated stained ivory cover, 17cm. (2) Provenance: a British private collection, purchased by Philip Morrell from Bluett & Sons, London, 29th July 1942 for £8. The original invoice is available.
A MASSIVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISH LATE QING DYNASTY / REPUBLIC PERIOD Painted on the interior with two intertwining prunus branches which extend from the reverse, one branch with white flowers with a greeny-yellow tinge, the other branch with flowers with a pink tinge, two large lingzhi sprays sprout from the base of one branch and are balanced by a flowering peony to the left, the reverse with an apocryphal six character Yongzheng mark, 52.8cm. Provenance: from the estate of Mr Klaus Henrich, purchased in the 1970s. Cf. Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, p.222 no.51 for the Yongzheng prototype of this dish.
Six small objects comprising: a single blue overlay Chinese Snuff Bottle; a blue monochrome bird feeder; a blue and white vase with Kangxi four-character mark; two small 'Dutch decorated' vases; and a small blue and white vase; the last vase 6cm high; Qing Dynasty or later (6) Condition Report Please note that this is a group lot where condition may vary from object to object; the damage includes areas of cracking, repair and deterioration.
A turquoise-blue monochrome, Chinese vase; together with a small saucer dish, 12.5cm diameter, with Daoguang mark but not of the period; and two famille rose tea bowls and saucers (6)Provenance: The Property of a Gentleman. The saucer dish with the Daoguang mark here apparently portrays four of the famous heroes from Classical China (The Wu Shuang Pu) by Jin Gulian in a compilation that first appeared during the Kangxi era in 1694. Of course, both the iconography and colouring of each hero or heroine has been subject to some change, but the four paragons illustrated here may be Chen Tuan, the 9th Century Daoist, Chen Dong (1086-1127) presenting his petition to the Emperor, Qian Liu (852-932) and Cao E, the Han Dynasty heroine. Chen Dong was active in the resistance against those appeasing the invasion by the Jurchen Tartars, an opposition that even questioned the legitimacy and mandate of the Song Emperor, Gaozong Condition Report Please note that this is a group lot where condition may vary from object to object; some areas of damage, chipping and/or cracking are extant.
A pair of doucai style vases with flaring necks and trumpet rims, decorated with formal lotus and scrolling foliage designs; each one about 23cm high; both with Kangxi four-character marks but not of the period (2) Condition Report Please note that there are some areas of wear to the gilding and enamels to this lot.
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