decorated with panels of people in the house scene alternating with panels of of birds, butterflies and flowers.
Age: Chinese, Qing dynasty, circa 19th century
Measurement: Diameter 28 C.M. / Height 11.3 C.M.
Condition: Cracked to the exterior bottom, with m... Click for details
A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE VERTE PLATES, KANGXI, CIRCA 1700.
Each dish decorated with a flowering prunus and bamboo in a Chinese garden including a fence and an eccentric rock. The reverse with a shop mark within double circles. The plates were made specifically for export to the West at the end of the 17th century.
with everted rim, decorated on the interior with mirror-shaped
panels of flowers and cane baskets, all on the chequered
background, the exterior painted with small mirror-shaped
panels of flowers.
The Binh Thuan shipwreck was excavated in early 2001. The majority of the
pieces from this wreck are blue-and-white and overglazed enamelled Zhangzhou
ceramics which are better known as Swatow (Shantou) wares.
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A RARE CHINESE EXPORT CUSTARD CUP, LATE 18TH CENTURY.
Possibly based on a European model the cup is moulded as an organic form rather like a Jerusalem artichoke. Of Chinese manufacture and made specifically for export to the West.
Approximately 4 inches (21.1 cm) high. Except for a couple of tiny glaze frits to the pet... Click for details
Circa 1745 Chinese export grisaille plate, painted with central cartouche depicting an elderly man introducing a young man to two ladies, whose servant holds a parasol over their head. Diameter 9 in (22.8 cm) Fine condition, some wear due to the age.
The engraving is after the painting "Les Oies de Frere Phillipe' (The Geese of Brother Philip) by Nicolas Lancret, and illustrates La Fontaine's fable, which was inspired... Click for details
with Yu-i head handles, painted with lively female immortals riding on the horses
in a tree-strewn landscape, the bottom with the stamped mark of the trader who ordered it.
Age: Chinese, Qing Dynasty, Circa 19th century
Measurement: Diameter 6.5 C.M. / Height 13.5 C.M.
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DESCRIPTION: A large Chinese famille rose export figure of the god of longevity, Shou Lao. Here he is depicted in the traditional manner as an old man with a long white beard and a high, bald forehead holding his gnarled staff in one hand and the peach of immortality in the other, also a symbol of longevity. On his yellow robe appears multiples of the Chinese character, “Ji” meaning good luck. The maker’s mark is found on the base. From a long held Florida collection, this figure dates from ... Click for details
decorated with panels of people in the house scene alternating with panels of of birds, butterflies and flowers.
Age: Chinese, Qing dynasty, circa 19th century
Measurement: Diameter (measuring at mouth) 28.7 C.M. / Height 18 C.M.
Condition: No crack or repa... Click for details
each with a high neck and slightly flared mouth, painted with panels of people in the house scene, with gilded Chinese foo dogs and dragons on the
neck and the shoulder.
(Please refer to H5969_2 for the complete pair).
