Qianlong Famille Rose Export Plate with a Mantis (QFM1104)
ca. 1740-50s, mid 18th century
Qianlong Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
Diameter: 22.8 cm / 8.9 in
Property of an English lady

A charming mid 18th c Qianlong famille rose export plate of harmonious and balanced design, featuring lush famille rose floral sprays interspersed with more traditional Chinese motifs such as prunus, pine, and bamboo sprigs drawn in mocai gris...

Qianlong Famille Rose 'Squirrels' Soup Plate(QFM1107)
ca. 1750s, 18th century
Qianlong Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
Diameter: 22.5 cm / 8.9 in
Height: 4 cm / 1.6 in
From a Dutch private collection

A lovely Qianlong famille rose export plate, decorated in a profusion of pastel colors, featuring squirrels climbing flowering branches. The plate border is an interesting combination of Baroque-style scrolls draped with ...

Yongzheng Famille Rose Landscape Plate (YFM1008)
ca. 1720-30s, early 18th century
Yongzheng - early Qianlong period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
Diameter: 22.5 cm / 8.86 in
From a Dutch private collection

A wonderful Yongzheng famille rose export plate, decorated with a landscape scene within an ogival cartouche framed by draping floral sprigs and a diamond diaper border. The reverse is painted with lingzhi fungi in iron red.
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17th c KANGXI BLUE AND WHITE PHEASANT PLATE (KBW021426)
ca. 1690-1700s, late 17th century
Mid Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty Porcelain with
underglaze cobalt blue Diameter: 28 cm / 11 in
From an Dorset, UK estate

A large 11-inch 1690s Kangxi blue and white “pheasants” plate, decorated in a shade of intense blue found only in select Kangxi blue and white wares, and covered with extremely fine luminous glaze. The painting brushwork is loose but vigorous, providing a...

17th c KANGXI BLUE AND WHITE PHEASANT PLATE (KBW021427)
ca. 1690-1700s, late 17th century
Mid Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
Diameter: 27.8 cm / 10.9 in
From an Dorset, UK estate

A large 1690s Kangxi blue and white “pheasants” plate, decorated in a shade of intense blue found only in select Kangxi blue and white wares, and covered with extremely fine luminous glaze. The painting brushwork is loose but vigorous, provid...

Monochrome Celadon Vase (LQC031406)
19th century
Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with celadon glaze
Height: 23.1 cm / 9 in
From an east coast, USA private collection

A nice mid-size 19th c celadon vase, with a well-proportioned form and lovely light bluish-green glaze. The trumpet-neck and ribbed body copies an earlier Southern Song kinuta celadon vases.

Condition: Perfect antique condition. Original firing flaws to the inside of the vase neck. [Please exam...

Kangxi Blue and White Dish with Buddhist Treasures (KBW011425)
ca. 1700-1720, early 18th century
Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze cobalt blue; Jindezhen ware
Diameter: 21.5 cm / 8.5 in
Height: 3.4 cm / 1.3 in
From a Paris metropolitan area estate

A fine Chinese-taste Kangxi blue and white circular dish, with a brilliantly glazed body and everted lips, underglaze-painted with buddhist treasures amongst floral scrolls. The reverse is al...

19th c Flambe Hu Vase (LQF051302)
Ca. 1880 – 1900
Late Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with transmutation flambé glaze
H: 28.7 cm
From an English private collection

An elegant late Qing “Hu” vase, tight and compact in form, and covered with flambé glaze of an intense red. The archaic “hu” form is based on Shang bronze prototypes, which were originally ritual vessels used in the heating and pouring of wine.

The Qing flambe glaze is rooted in ...

LATE MING LONGQUAN CELADON CHARGER (MLQ041410)
late 16th- 17th century
Late Ming Dynasty
Porcelain with a lime-alkali glaze; Longquan celadon ware
Diameter: 33.8 cm / 13.3 in
Height: 7 cm / 2.8 in
From a Long Island, NY estate

A late Ming Longquan celadon charger, decorated with a freely carved peony spray and a diaper-patterned cavetto. The glaze is a deep glassy green.

Chargers such as this are amongst the last produced at Longquan. Historic...

Qianlong Famille Rose Coffee Pot (GFM091314)
Ca. 1730-50s, 18th century
Early Qianlong period, Qing dynasty
Hard-paste porcelain with famille rose enamels
Height: 13 cm / 5.1 in
Width: 15.5 cm / 6.1 in (from handle to spout)
From an Argentinian private collection of export ware

A very rare early Qianlong famille rose coffee pot, of cylindrical barrel form with a bird-headed spout and a dragon’s-tail handle; decorated on both sides with European gentl...

A very rare and unusual lotus form bowl on three lotus bud and seed pod feet very finely painted to the interior with vibrant Famille Rose enamels depicting bats and lotus amongst multiple sylized flower scrolls on a turquoise ground. This item was made in China during the reign of the Jiaqing Emperor (1796-1820) or late in the reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795). Condition: excellent - no damages and no repairs or restoration. 7.8cm (3 inches) high; 21cm (8.3 inches) across. <...

A rare "famille rose" dragon and phoenix decorated bowl with an inscription dedicating it as a 60th birthday gift from Ma Tao Yu to Xiong Gong - otherwise known as Chen Zhao Ying (1888-1977), who was a senior military leader of the Guo Min-dang (Kuomintang) between the years 1911 to 1932 and who was very close to Sun Zhong-shan and Jiǎng Jièshí (Chiang Kai-shek). From 1944 to 1948, Chen Zhao Ying was the chief of the Jiangxi Province Guo Min-dang Party committee and the minister of Audit ...

Antique Chinese chingbai porcelain bowl, eggshell thin, very pale blue green glaze with crackle and incised wispy designs on the inside. Four sleeping boys can be seen within the design. It has a slightly flared rim and short foot with rough texture. Dates from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) Size: 8.25" diameter, 2.75" height

Large 19th c Bronze Handwarmer with Reticulated Cover (LQB061402)
19th century
Mid - late Qing Dynasty
Bronze
Diameter: 27.9 cm / 11 in (at widest point)
Height: 28 cm / 11 in (handle extended upright), 16 cm / 6.3 in (handle down)
Weight: 9 lb 15 oz / 4.5 kg
From a Seattle, WA estate

A rare and unusually large 19th c bronze handwarmer or incense burner, with a circular ribbed body, leather covered handles, and a magnificent reticulated cover feat...

Kangxi Famille Verte Penjing Plate (KWC1101)
ca. 1720s, early 18th century
Late Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille verte enamels
Diameter: 22.8 cm / 9 in
From a St. Columb, UK private collection

A nice late Kangxi famille verte export porcelain plate, possibly for the French market, featuring a bold pine tree rising out of a penjing jardiniere with lingzhi fungi and scholar's rocks. Despite the rococo sensibility of the floral border...

ca. 1790 - 1810
Late Qianlong - Jiaqing Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
Width: 29.5 cm / 11.6 in
Length: 23 cm / 9 in
Height: 4.7 cm / 1.9 in
From a Paris, France metropolitan area estate

A truly wonderful ca. 1790 - 1810 Qianlong - Jiaqing period Canton enameled deep platter dish, decorated with thick, pastel famille rose enamels with a landscape scene depicting five figures in poses of confrontation, with a man and h...

VASE WITH WIFE & NINE SONS (TFM081301)
ca. 1860-90s, latter half of the 19th century
Tongzhi-Guangxu Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
Height: 36 cm / 14.2 in
From a Greenwich, CT estate

This vase is lavishly painted with a young wife and nine sons in a garden, flanked with landscape scenes, dragons in relief, and a faux wrapped cloth. The number of boys painted – nine in total – symbolizes “eternity” or “everl...

Lime Green Ground Famille Rose Sgraffito Baluster Jar (QLG101201)
ca. 1790-1820, late 18th - early 19th century
Late Qianlong - Jiaqing Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
Height: 41 cm / 16.1 in
Width: 26 cm / 10.2 in (at widest point)
Weight: 6kg / 13.4 lb (most of this weight is from the bronze ormolu mounts)
From a Belgian private collection

A magnificent late Qianlong - Jiaqing period baluster jar vase, mounte...