PRUNUS BOWL
AS417
AS417
Culture, Origin: China, Qianlong 6-character mark
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 14cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This elegant bowl is beautifully painted in coloured enamels with a central gnarled old prunus tree with creamy white blossoms, between striking red hibiscus shrubs. The base has an underglaze blue seal mark of the emperor Qianlong.
Price: POA
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 14cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This elegant bowl is beautifully painted in coloured enamels with a central gnarled old prunus tree with creamy white blossoms, between striking red hibiscus shrubs. The base has an underglaze blue seal mark of the emperor Qianlong.
Price: POA
TWO FLOWERS BOWL
AS408
AS408
Culture, Origin: China, Jiang Xi Ci Ye Gong Si 6-character mark, c. 1910-1934.
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 13cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This small bowl is painted in coloured enamels with full blown chrysanthemum and peony blossoms supported by small wild flowers. The base with iron red mark of the Jiangxi Porcelain Company.
Price: £595
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 13cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This small bowl is painted in coloured enamels with full blown chrysanthemum and peony blossoms supported by small wild flowers. The base with iron red mark of the Jiangxi Porcelain Company.
Price: £595
MUSICIANS DISH
Culture, Origin: China, 18th Century
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 13cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
NotesThis dish is unusually decorated with an illustration of an ensemble of 7 Tang dynasty female musicians playing traditional instruments, including the qin, pipa, xiao, sheng, yunluo, and ruan, whilst a child merrily dances to the music.
Price: £690
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 13cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
NotesThis dish is unusually decorated with an illustration of an ensemble of 7 Tang dynasty female musicians playing traditional instruments, including the qin, pipa, xiao, sheng, yunluo, and ruan, whilst a child merrily dances to the music.
Price: £690
YATATE
AS412
AS412
Culture, Origin: Japan, Meiji period.
Material: wood
Dimensions: 15cm
Provenance: Private collection, UK
Notes: Carved with lotus leaf and flower. The yatate of ladle type, the fudezutsu (brush holder) with slightly curved handle, terminating in a sumitsubo (inkwell) with a locally repaired, hinged cover. The wood of a rich dark colour.
Price: £590
Material: wood
Dimensions: 15cm
Provenance: Private collection, UK
Notes: Carved with lotus leaf and flower. The yatate of ladle type, the fudezutsu (brush holder) with slightly curved handle, terminating in a sumitsubo (inkwell) with a locally repaired, hinged cover. The wood of a rich dark colour.
Price: £590
MOUSE & EDAMAME NETSUKE
AS407
AS407
Culture, Origin: Nagoya, Japan, late Edo/Meiji period
Material: boxwood, buffalo horn
Dimensions: 4.5cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Price: POA
Material: boxwood, buffalo horn
Dimensions: 4.5cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Price: POA
TOADS & LILY NETSUKE
AS393
AS393
Culture, Origin: Japan, 20th C.
Material: boxwood, horn
Dimensions: 4cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: signed Ishikawa 石川, depicting two toads, one peering through a hole in the lily pad she's wrapped in, the other clambering over.
Price: £200
Material: boxwood, horn
Dimensions: 4cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: signed Ishikawa 石川, depicting two toads, one peering through a hole in the lily pad she's wrapped in, the other clambering over.
Price: £200
QINGBAI CONICAL BOWL
Culture, Origin: Jiangxi Province, China, Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1127-1279)
Material: proto-porcelain
Dimensions: 18.4cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Of conical form rising from a short circular foot, this bowl is beautifully carved and combed to the interior with diffused wave designs and covered in the characteristic smooth, translucent blue-green glaze. Old crack.
Price: £550
Material: proto-porcelain
Dimensions: 18.4cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Of conical form rising from a short circular foot, this bowl is beautifully carved and combed to the interior with diffused wave designs and covered in the characteristic smooth, translucent blue-green glaze. Old crack.
Price: £550
QINGBAI WATER DROPPER
Culture, Origin: China, Song Dynasty (960-1279)
Material: proto-porcelain
Dimensions: 5.5cm H
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Very rare scholar's water dropper in the form of a fruit with textured skin, leaves and stalk. Used to drop water onto freshly ground ink powder for calligraphy or painting.
Price: POA
Material: proto-porcelain
Dimensions: 5.5cm H
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Very rare scholar's water dropper in the form of a fruit with textured skin, leaves and stalk. Used to drop water onto freshly ground ink powder for calligraphy or painting.
Price: POA
Culture, Origin: China, 4-character Qianlong seal mark.
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 27cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Painted in lovely tones of blue with scrolling chrysanthemums, a favourite flower of the Chinese, emblematic of happiness and vitality.
Price: £350
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 27cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Painted in lovely tones of blue with scrolling chrysanthemums, a favourite flower of the Chinese, emblematic of happiness and vitality.
Price: £350
YAOZHOU CELADON BOWL
Culture, Origin: China, Northern Song-Jin Dynasty (960-1234)
Material: stoneware
Dimensions: 11.8cm D
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Of small size, this delightful gently rounded conical bowl is carved in the inside with five scrolling flower heads within a slightly everted rim, and is covered in an olive brown glaze, all raised on a circular foot.
Price: POA
Material: stoneware
Dimensions: 11.8cm D
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Of small size, this delightful gently rounded conical bowl is carved in the inside with five scrolling flower heads within a slightly everted rim, and is covered in an olive brown glaze, all raised on a circular foot.
Price: POA
ARMORIAL PLATE
AS401
AS401
Culture, Origin: China, Yongzheng (1722-1735), c. 1730.
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 22cm diam.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Painted in bright famille rose enamels within a rouge-de-fer and gilt border, the arms are from an unidentified European, probably Dutch family, the crest being a bear's head muzzled in mural coronet. The motifs that decorate the rim refer to the qualities of an official or scholar. The royal umbrella symbolises an incorruptible official, the reeded instrument, known as a sheng, can also mean 'to rise in rank'. Variations of this pattern appear on many armorial wares decorated predominantly in rouge-de-fer and gold, produced in Jingdezhen between 1720 and 1735. The plate has a restored crack.
Price: £590
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 22cm diam.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Painted in bright famille rose enamels within a rouge-de-fer and gilt border, the arms are from an unidentified European, probably Dutch family, the crest being a bear's head muzzled in mural coronet. The motifs that decorate the rim refer to the qualities of an official or scholar. The royal umbrella symbolises an incorruptible official, the reeded instrument, known as a sheng, can also mean 'to rise in rank'. Variations of this pattern appear on many armorial wares decorated predominantly in rouge-de-fer and gold, produced in Jingdezhen between 1720 and 1735. The plate has a restored crack.
Price: £590
CRUET
AS388
AS388
Culture, Origin: China, Qianlong, c. 1750
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: tray 19cm diam., jugs 12.5cm high
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This little cruet set comprises a ewer and a sparrow beaked jug, both with lids and a quatrefoil tray. Beautifully ribbed baluster bodies decorated in bright famille rose enamels dating it to early Qianlong period. The decoration to the centre is of flowering peony branches as aground upon which a blue paulownia leaf panel is superimposed, itself overdecorated with scrolling white chrysanthemum. The borders are of opaque pink diaper with blue flowerheads at the corners, the handles are enamelled in iron red. Used for oil, vinegar, mustard, pepper etc. 18th Century table cruets are extremely rare survivors, and rarely appear on the market.
Price: POA
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: tray 19cm diam., jugs 12.5cm high
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This little cruet set comprises a ewer and a sparrow beaked jug, both with lids and a quatrefoil tray. Beautifully ribbed baluster bodies decorated in bright famille rose enamels dating it to early Qianlong period. The decoration to the centre is of flowering peony branches as aground upon which a blue paulownia leaf panel is superimposed, itself overdecorated with scrolling white chrysanthemum. The borders are of opaque pink diaper with blue flowerheads at the corners, the handles are enamelled in iron red. Used for oil, vinegar, mustard, pepper etc. 18th Century table cruets are extremely rare survivors, and rarely appear on the market.
Price: POA
KO-KUTANI DISH
AS391
AS391
Culture, Origin: Japan, Edo Period, early 19th Century
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 15 x 4cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Decorated in the Yoshidaya style, this charming shallow lobed bowl is painted to the centre with a square landscape depicting two thatched cottages on opposite banks of a river with trees and shrubs, and tall mountains disappearing in the distance. This panel is reserved on a foliate and brocade ground. All rendered in subtle shades of green, aubergine, blue and mustard yellow. The reverse is in bright green with clouds, whilst the unglazed base has the two character mark Fuku drawn as a seal in mustard yellow enamel.
Price: £POA
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 15 x 4cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Decorated in the Yoshidaya style, this charming shallow lobed bowl is painted to the centre with a square landscape depicting two thatched cottages on opposite banks of a river with trees and shrubs, and tall mountains disappearing in the distance. This panel is reserved on a foliate and brocade ground. All rendered in subtle shades of green, aubergine, blue and mustard yellow. The reverse is in bright green with clouds, whilst the unglazed base has the two character mark Fuku drawn as a seal in mustard yellow enamel.
Price: £POA
BOX, kogo
AS9
AS9
Culture, Origin: Kyoto, Japan, Meiji period.
Material: bronze, mixed metal inlay
Dimensions: 12.8 x 11.5 x 5cm
Provenance: Private collection, UK
Notes: The cover decorated with silver and shibuichi in iro-e takazogan, takabori and kebori, with a tori gate behind a pine tree, the inside cover decorated in hirazogan with a moon in wispy clouds. By Jomi Eisuke (1839-1900), with engraved stylised seal mark "Jomi kore o sei" to base. Eisuke was a master craftsman from Kyoto who exhibited extensively at the Domestic Industrial Expositions in 1881, 1890 and 1895 and also won many prizes abroad at the International Expositions in Philadelphia (1876), Paris (1878, 1889 and 1900), Chicago (1893). His son, Einosuke continued to exhibit at St Louis (1904) and the Great Britain-Japan Expo in London (1910).
Price: POA
Material: bronze, mixed metal inlay
Dimensions: 12.8 x 11.5 x 5cm
Provenance: Private collection, UK
Notes: The cover decorated with silver and shibuichi in iro-e takazogan, takabori and kebori, with a tori gate behind a pine tree, the inside cover decorated in hirazogan with a moon in wispy clouds. By Jomi Eisuke (1839-1900), with engraved stylised seal mark "Jomi kore o sei" to base. Eisuke was a master craftsman from Kyoto who exhibited extensively at the Domestic Industrial Expositions in 1881, 1890 and 1895 and also won many prizes abroad at the International Expositions in Philadelphia (1876), Paris (1878, 1889 and 1900), Chicago (1893). His son, Einosuke continued to exhibit at St Louis (1904) and the Great Britain-Japan Expo in London (1910).
Price: POA
SAUCER DISH
AS386
AS386
Culture, Origin: China, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 27cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This dish is appealing to both Chinese Export and Chinese Taste collectors. It is decorated in translucent famille verte enamels and depicts a mother and child being offered a sweet by an attendant. The figures stand beside a pair of cinnebar lacquer stools and hardwood table laden with food, tea, vase with lotus stems and a bronze tripod censer. All this, in an ornamental garden beneath a pale moon, within a border of diaper pattern and reserved panels of butterflies. The base has a double circle in underglaze blue with lotus mark. Rim is fritted.
Price: POA
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 27cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This dish is appealing to both Chinese Export and Chinese Taste collectors. It is decorated in translucent famille verte enamels and depicts a mother and child being offered a sweet by an attendant. The figures stand beside a pair of cinnebar lacquer stools and hardwood table laden with food, tea, vase with lotus stems and a bronze tripod censer. All this, in an ornamental garden beneath a pale moon, within a border of diaper pattern and reserved panels of butterflies. The base has a double circle in underglaze blue with lotus mark. Rim is fritted.
Price: POA
Culture, Origin: Japan, Meiji Era
Material: lacquer, wood, copper
Dimensions: 64 x 28 x 28cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Used for displaying a mirror (kagami) and to contain toilet utensils. This kyodai still contains dressing accessories.
Price: POA
Material: lacquer, wood, copper
Dimensions: 64 x 28 x 28cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Used for displaying a mirror (kagami) and to contain toilet utensils. This kyodai still contains dressing accessories.
Price: POA
SAGE & DOG
AS161
AS161
Culture, Origin: China, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 17cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Very rare model of monk or sage, seated on rockwork in flowing robes, gently holding a Pekinese puppy in his hands. The Buddha encouraged his disciples to show compassion to all animals (Dīgha Nikāya 5). Figures decorated in famille verte enamels on biscuit are usually found on porcelains of the Kangxi period.
Price: POA
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 17cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Very rare model of monk or sage, seated on rockwork in flowing robes, gently holding a Pekinese puppy in his hands. The Buddha encouraged his disciples to show compassion to all animals (Dīgha Nikāya 5). Figures decorated in famille verte enamels on biscuit are usually found on porcelains of the Kangxi period.
Price: POA
PARROT
AS387
AS387
Culture, Origin: China, 19th Century
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 19cm H.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Decorative pairs of birds figures were made for export to the West throughout the 18th and 19th Century, parrots in particular were most popular.
Price: £375
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 19cm H.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Decorative pairs of birds figures were made for export to the West throughout the 18th and 19th Century, parrots in particular were most popular.
Price: £375
SINO-TIBETAN VASE
AS382
AS382
Culture, Origin: China or Himalayas, late Ming Dynasty
Material: bronze
Dimensions: 13.5 x 7cm
Provenance: Private collection, UK
Notes: This charming 17th Century vase probably belonged to a monk or scholar, and sat on his table as a container for implements. The upright rim has a faint diaper pattern, above a slender neck with jewelled collars hung with silk pendants from ruyi heads. The open circlets probably once contained tiny coral or turquoise onrmants. There are twin Baku head mask handles. The shoulder has a lappet collar, and it all resets on a multi-stepped circular foot. Allover is an ancient patina worn away in places.
Price: POA
Material: bronze
Dimensions: 13.5 x 7cm
Provenance: Private collection, UK
Notes: This charming 17th Century vase probably belonged to a monk or scholar, and sat on his table as a container for implements. The upright rim has a faint diaper pattern, above a slender neck with jewelled collars hung with silk pendants from ruyi heads. The open circlets probably once contained tiny coral or turquoise onrmants. There are twin Baku head mask handles. The shoulder has a lappet collar, and it all resets on a multi-stepped circular foot. Allover is an ancient patina worn away in places.
Price: POA
TEAPOT
AS295
AS295
Culture, Origin: China, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Material: Porcelain
Dimensions: 16cm long
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This small early 18th Century teapot is so simply decorated it invites comparison to the Zen aesthetic of Japanese Art. Each side is painted in underglaze blue, overglaze red and gilt highlights with a single branch of flowering prunus, the blossoms in both in bud and full bloom.Further branches appear on the cover, and the spout and handle are decorated with florets. There are iron red 'pinch' marks where the spout and handle join the body.
Price: £775
Material: Porcelain
Dimensions: 16cm long
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This small early 18th Century teapot is so simply decorated it invites comparison to the Zen aesthetic of Japanese Art. Each side is painted in underglaze blue, overglaze red and gilt highlights with a single branch of flowering prunus, the blossoms in both in bud and full bloom.Further branches appear on the cover, and the spout and handle are decorated with florets. There are iron red 'pinch' marks where the spout and handle join the body.
Price: £775
ANCIENT COIN BUCKLE
Culture, Origin: China, Xin Dynasty (9-23AD) and 18th/19th Century
Material: bronze
Dimensions: 11 x 2.8cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This gilt bronze buckle is modelled with the mythical animal mask hook and is mounted with two ancient cast bronze coins. The circular coin is a Wu-Shu (worth 5 Shu) and the rarer spade coin is a Huo-Pu (worth 25 Wu Shu or 125 Shu). The higher denomination coin was minted for only a short period during the Wang Mang interregnum (7-23 AD) between the end of the Eastern Han and beginning of the Western Han Dynasties. The bronze buckle bears an impressed stamp.
Price: £750
Material: bronze
Dimensions: 11 x 2.8cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This gilt bronze buckle is modelled with the mythical animal mask hook and is mounted with two ancient cast bronze coins. The circular coin is a Wu-Shu (worth 5 Shu) and the rarer spade coin is a Huo-Pu (worth 25 Wu Shu or 125 Shu). The higher denomination coin was minted for only a short period during the Wang Mang interregnum (7-23 AD) between the end of the Eastern Han and beginning of the Western Han Dynasties. The bronze buckle bears an impressed stamp.
Price: £750
SPICE BOTTLE
Culture, Origin: China, Kangxi (1661-1722)
Material: porcelain, silver
Dimensions: 11cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Well painted with two elegant women conversing beside a table, a parrot on a swing behind one, a pair of low tables or stands behind the other, divided by an ornamental rock with pine sapling, cloud collar at the shoulder and floral border at the socle foot, mounted with pierced conical silver cap.
Price: £850
Material: porcelain, silver
Dimensions: 11cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Well painted with two elegant women conversing beside a table, a parrot on a swing behind one, a pair of low tables or stands behind the other, divided by an ornamental rock with pine sapling, cloud collar at the shoulder and floral border at the socle foot, mounted with pierced conical silver cap.
Price: £850
GUANYIN BOTTLE VASE
Culture, Origin: China, Republic Period (1912-1949)
Material: Porcelain
Dimensions: 25.4cm H.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Beautifully painted in muted famille rose enamels with Guanyin, the goddess of Mercy, seated on a rock in a river, with one foot resting on a lotus. The reverse with poetic inscription in black characters and three red seals. Base with four character Jurentang mark in red seal script, reading "Hall Where Benevolence Resides".
Price: POA
Material: Porcelain
Dimensions: 25.4cm H.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Beautifully painted in muted famille rose enamels with Guanyin, the goddess of Mercy, seated on a rock in a river, with one foot resting on a lotus. The reverse with poetic inscription in black characters and three red seals. Base with four character Jurentang mark in red seal script, reading "Hall Where Benevolence Resides".
Price: POA
VASE
Culture, Origin: China, Republic (1912-1949)
Material: Porcelain
Dimensions: 11.5cm H.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: The pear-shaped body painted in bright famille rose enamels with a long-tailed bird perched on a flowering camellia beside a peony shrub, below a black ruyi-head and drop pendant collar at the rim. Base with four character Jingdezhen Zhi mark in red seal script.
Price: £450
Material: Porcelain
Dimensions: 11.5cm H.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: The pear-shaped body painted in bright famille rose enamels with a long-tailed bird perched on a flowering camellia beside a peony shrub, below a black ruyi-head and drop pendant collar at the rim. Base with four character Jingdezhen Zhi mark in red seal script.
Price: £450
FLOWERS & INSECTS BOWL
Culture, Origin: China, Tongzhi mark and period (1862-74)
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 12.5cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This chrysanthemum fluted bowl is beautifully painted in muted famille rose enamels with a cricket, grasshopper and cicada perched on flowering chrysanthemum, peony and lotus all beneath a gilt rim, the base is marked in red seal script with six-character Tongzhi reign mark.
Price: £590
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 12.5cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This chrysanthemum fluted bowl is beautifully painted in muted famille rose enamels with a cricket, grasshopper and cicada perched on flowering chrysanthemum, peony and lotus all beneath a gilt rim, the base is marked in red seal script with six-character Tongzhi reign mark.
Price: £590
MILLE FLEURS BOWL
Culture, Origin: China, Republic Period (1912-1949)
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 12.5cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This delightful bowl is densely decorated with the so-called mille fleurs (thousand flowers) pattern in pastel famille rose enamels. the inside is centred with a longevity shou roundel, the base bears a Qianlong six-character mark in red seal script.
Price: £580
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 12.5cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This delightful bowl is densely decorated with the so-called mille fleurs (thousand flowers) pattern in pastel famille rose enamels. the inside is centred with a longevity shou roundel, the base bears a Qianlong six-character mark in red seal script.
Price: £580
LONGEVITY TEAPOT
Culture, Origin: China, Republic (1912-1949)
Material: porcelain, copper wire
Dimensions: 13cm H.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: One side of this teapot is painted in the literati style with an elderly scholar reading a book whilst seated under a pine tree, subjects emblematic of long life. The reverse with seven character poetic inscription and two line signature with red seal mark. Lid with four characters.
Price: £550
Material: porcelain, copper wire
Dimensions: 13cm H.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: One side of this teapot is painted in the literati style with an elderly scholar reading a book whilst seated under a pine tree, subjects emblematic of long life. The reverse with seven character poetic inscription and two line signature with red seal mark. Lid with four characters.
Price: £550
OFFERING DISH
Culture, Origin: China, Guangxu mark but Republic Period (1912-49)
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 12cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This octagonal pedestal dish is painted in the Qianjiang (literati) style with a rural landscape, with thatched cottages nestling in in a hilly valley beside a river with a small stone bridge, within gilt rim. Signed with three characters and artist's seal. Base is marked with red four-character Guangxu reign mark.
Price: £990
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 12cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This octagonal pedestal dish is painted in the Qianjiang (literati) style with a rural landscape, with thatched cottages nestling in in a hilly valley beside a river with a small stone bridge, within gilt rim. Signed with three characters and artist's seal. Base is marked with red four-character Guangxu reign mark.
Price: £990
CRAB & PEONY PLATE
Culture, Origin: China, Yongzheng (1723-1735)
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 23cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: The Chinese words 'crab' (蟹) and 'harmony' (协) are homonyms pronounced 'xie'. Two crabs therefore symbolise marital harmony. The crab is also used to symbolise success in the imperial examination system. The Chinese word for the crab's shell (jia 甲) has the additional meaning of "first" as in achieving the highest score in the examination to become a government official. Peonies symbolise the month of Summer. Compare with a similar plate in the Drayton Hall Collection, South Carolina, USA.
Price: £290
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 23cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: The Chinese words 'crab' (蟹) and 'harmony' (协) are homonyms pronounced 'xie'. Two crabs therefore symbolise marital harmony. The crab is also used to symbolise success in the imperial examination system. The Chinese word for the crab's shell (jia 甲) has the additional meaning of "first" as in achieving the highest score in the examination to become a government official. Peonies symbolise the month of Summer. Compare with a similar plate in the Drayton Hall Collection, South Carolina, USA.
Price: £290
STAR GODS PLATE
Culture, Origin: China, Daoguang.
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 23cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This dish is beautifully enamelled in the famille rose palette with the Three Star Gods and attendants. Each immortal is dressed in flowing robes holding their respective attributes; Fu, the god of happiness holding a ruyi scepter symbolizing all wishes coming true, Lu the god of emoluments holding a scroll symbolizing an official career, and Shou, the god of longevity holding a peach and gnarled staff symbolizing long life. Attended by two maidens, within a gilt band at the rim.
Price: £400
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 23cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This dish is beautifully enamelled in the famille rose palette with the Three Star Gods and attendants. Each immortal is dressed in flowing robes holding their respective attributes; Fu, the god of happiness holding a ruyi scepter symbolizing all wishes coming true, Lu the god of emoluments holding a scroll symbolizing an official career, and Shou, the god of longevity holding a peach and gnarled staff symbolizing long life. Attended by two maidens, within a gilt band at the rim.
Price: £400
ONE HUNDRED ANTIQUES BOWL
Culture, Origin: China, 4-character mark of Jiaqing (1796-1820)
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 14cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Decorated in famille rose enamels in a design known as the 'One Hundred Antiques'. It encapsulates the traditional scholar's interest in collecting objects which symbolised his refinement and education. It was fashionable to use antiques as decoration on porcelain in the late Ming and Qing periods.
Price: £450
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 14cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Decorated in famille rose enamels in a design known as the 'One Hundred Antiques'. It encapsulates the traditional scholar's interest in collecting objects which symbolised his refinement and education. It was fashionable to use antiques as decoration on porcelain in the late Ming and Qing periods.
Price: £450
FLOWERING VASE DISH
Culture, Origin: China, Kangxi.
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 27.6cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Larger than the usual 9in. (23cm) standard dinner plate, this dish is painted in tones of bright blue with a large bronze urn of flowers including lotus and chrysanthemum, within multiple lines at the cavetto and a bold floral border of lotus, peony and chrysanthum.
Price: £950
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 27.6cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Larger than the usual 9in. (23cm) standard dinner plate, this dish is painted in tones of bright blue with a large bronze urn of flowers including lotus and chrysanthemum, within multiple lines at the cavetto and a bold floral border of lotus, peony and chrysanthum.
Price: £950
FLOWERING VASE DISH
Culture, Origin: China, 18th Century
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 23.3m D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This export plate is boldly painted in famille rose (pink) enamels with a bronze urn of flowers including peony with five flying insects, all within a composite border of keyfret diaper panels, formal lotus on waves and lotus swags. Very much in the style of Yongzheng decoration but Qianlong or Jiaqing period.
Price: £350
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 23.3m D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This export plate is boldly painted in famille rose (pink) enamels with a bronze urn of flowers including peony with five flying insects, all within a composite border of keyfret diaper panels, formal lotus on waves and lotus swags. Very much in the style of Yongzheng decoration but Qianlong or Jiaqing period.
Price: £350
TEABOWLbr
Culture, Origin: China, Kangxi (1661-1722)
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 9cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Decorated to the outside in powder blue and gilt with ornamental rockwork and flowers, the inside centred with a small red and gilt flowerhead. Base with underglaze blue Ding mark within a double circle.
Price: £350
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 9cm D.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Decorated to the outside in powder blue and gilt with ornamental rockwork and flowers, the inside centred with a small red and gilt flowerhead. Base with underglaze blue Ding mark within a double circle.
Price: £350
Culture, Origin: China, Qianlong (1735-1795)
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 13cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Export porcelain. Unusually, enamelled in the Meissen-style with vignettes of Chinese figures sitting at a table and taking tea in the European manner.
Price: £575
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: 13cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Export porcelain. Unusually, enamelled in the Meissen-style with vignettes of Chinese figures sitting at a table and taking tea in the European manner.
Price: £575
SPOON DISH
Culture, Origin: Canton (Guangzhou) China, 19th Century
Material: enamel, copper
Dimensions: 9.4 x 9.4cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Price: £375
Material: enamel, copper
Dimensions: 9.4 x 9.4cm
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Price: £375
TEABOWL
AS414
AS414
Culture, Origin: Chinese, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: cm diam
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Painted in shades of bright blue with pine, bamboo, plum and chrysanthemum, between four panels of peony. The inside is painted with a circular panel in the centre depicting a moth resting on grass, within four further flower sprigs and diaper band at the rom. Base with artemesia leaf mark.
Price: £350
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: cm diam
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: Painted in shades of bright blue with pine, bamboo, plum and chrysanthemum, between four panels of peony. The inside is painted with a circular panel in the centre depicting a moth resting on grass, within four further flower sprigs and diaper band at the rom. Base with artemesia leaf mark.
Price: £350
WINE CUP
AS415
AS415
Culture, Origin: Chinese, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: cm high
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This tall cup is elegantly modelled with six sides tapering to a raised circular foot. Painted in shades of bright blue with stylised leaves and petals. Base with stylised character mark.
Price: £325
Material: porcelain
Dimensions: cm high
Provenance: Private Collection, UK
Notes: This tall cup is elegantly modelled with six sides tapering to a raised circular foot. Painted in shades of bright blue with stylised leaves and petals. Base with stylised character mark.
Price: £325
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