Late 19th century
Guangxu Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze painting in grisaille, gilt, and enamel
d: 25 cm
Three glaze lines, visible only on the back
From a Marin County, California estate

In the scholarship, late 19th century is often regarded as a period of decline, during which potters produced inferior, derivative imitations of earlier wares...

Early 18th century
Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
h: 3.8 cm d: 7 cm
Perfect condition
From a Dutch collection

This pair of wine cups are small but absolutely beautiful. The workmanship shows off the impeccable finesse with which Kangxi potters made their wares. The cobalt blue is true and vibrant, the painting bold, and the molded shape (two layers of lotus petals!) charming.

Early 18th century
Kangxi period, Qing dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue & overglaze famille verte enamels
d: 22.5 cm
Nearly perfect condition (some tiny flea bits to rim, and one chip to backside)
From a Netherlands estate

Beautiful antique Chinese monochrome porcelain vase of baluster form, ox-blood glaze with white rim and underside. Age: Qing Dynasty (18th/19th century). Size: 13.75" height x 9" diameter.

Beautiful pale-green porcelain vase with multi-color beautiful degraded colors; yellow, orange, pink, blue with black outline for figures. Rounded body with curved flaring neck and stylized scepter with tassel. Stylized lotus and floral pattern and lapids medallion encircling the neck and curving neck. Bat and cloud design on foot. Turquoise interior and bottom glaze. The base bearing a six-character Qianlong underglaze blue and white seal mark. Republic period...

Early 18th century
Yongzheng Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
h: 6.5 cm (cup 1); h: 6.2 cm (cup 2)
Perfect condition, age wear to enamels
From a Delaware, USA collection

This pair of cups belong to superior class of delicately enameled Yongzheng export wares. There's a bowl and saucer in the same pattern in the collection of King Augustus the Strong (see last photo).

Early 18th century
Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
d: 28.3 cm
Perfect condition, some rim fritting typical of Kangxi wares
From a Swedish collector.

This is one of the most well painted Kangxi "flower basket" plates I've seen, in an excellent shade of Kangxi cobalt blue. Please compare with a similar "flower basket" plate in the British Museum (Franks.221).

Late 19th - early 20th century
Guangxu - Republic period
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose
enamels and underglaze cobalt blue
h: 22 cm, w: 14.6 cm
Perfect condition, age wear to enamels and wearing of gilt near rim
From a Asheville, North Carolina private collection

The shape and underglaze blue decorations of this vase are all taken from archiac bronze work, while the famille rose "boys at play" images evoke Qianlong imperial wares...

Large Chinese Qing dynasty Qianlong period hexagonal form Yixing pottery tea caddy or canister. The flat panels are decorated with four moulded vertical stylized "dan" (tranquility) characters flanked by two bats each, symbolizing happiness and joy. The curved shoulder is encircled with small, impressed flowers. The bottom corners extend onto short, flat feet along the edge of the base. The lid is metal. 8” high x about 6” diameter. 18th century. Very good overall condition...

Four Chinese Ming dynasty green and amber lead-glazed pottery funerary figures with separately moulded removable heads, each standing on a hexagonal waisted plinth. The figures are accented with “cold painted” (unfired) red, white, and black pigments on the unglazed surfaces. The taller personal attendants are dressed in layered robes with long sleeves. The male figure has a square official’s hat and holds a makeup box...

Early 19th century Jiaqing-Daoguang Period, Qing Dynasty Porcelain with overglaze famille rose / Canton enamels
d: 20.4 cm
One small, tight hairline with associated small chip
From a Somerset, UK estate

mid-late 19th century Tongzhi-Guangxu Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille verte / Canton Enamels
w: 27 cm, l: 22.5 cm
Perfect condition
From a Netherlands collection

Elegant Chinese famille rose enameled porcelain vase, trumpet neck above a tapering body. Decorated with pink and lavender peonies and fruiting vines. Qianlong mark (1736-1795), but I believe 19th century. Size: 9 3/8" height, 3.25" diameter.

A Chinese qinhua or blue and white vase, beautifully painted, in the form often seen in archaic bronzes known as a gu, or a wine vessel. The vase is decorated with framed sections of views of landscapes and scholars near an embankment. The images are surrounded by cloud patterns with the character longevity done in the seal script. The vase has a Kangxi mark, but most likely republic period. Size: diameter 4.2 in. height 9 in.

Early 18th century
Mid-late Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
d: 15.7 cm
Nearly perfect condition: one very tiny, almost invisible hairline
From a Massachusettes, USA estate

This rare Kangxi period dish illustrates a scene from Romance of the Western Chamber, a story about the secret love affair between Zhang Sheng, a young scholar, and Cui Yingying, the daughter of a chief minister of the Tang court...

Early 20th century
Republic Period
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
d: 16.8 cm (dish 1), d: 17 cm (dish 2)
Nearly perfect condition: no hairlines or repairs, tiny chip to rim of one dish
From a Monterrey, California estate

This dish bears a six character Guangxu kaishu reign mark in iron-red, but in our opinion, the glaze and enamels suggest early 20th century republic period.

Early 20th century
Republic period
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose / qianjiang enamels
h: 24.2 cm w: 9 cm (each)
Perfect condition
From an English estate

Early 18th century
Late Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
d: 21 cm, h: 3.2 cm
Perfect condition
From an English estate

The painted central field is quite interesting: two sages play weiqi (Chinese chess) while a fisherman watches on...