Antique Chinese porcelain vase, with very fine detailed cobalt blue underglaze designs with flora around the vase's rim, sides, and bordering many panels with incredible paintings (in a famille de rose color palette) of brightly clothed people in bustling city scenes, as well as lovely scenes of nature. The vase has a lid just as wonderfully decorated as the body with cobalt pigment floral designs and detailed paintings, topped with a fu dog lacquered with red, blue, green, and gold...

DESCRIPTION: An extraordinary Chinese tray, its rectangular form crafted from one slab of huanghuali wood that has been skillfully hollowed to expose the beautiful grain and form the graceful, curved edges. This elegant tray highlights the incredible beauty of this favored Chinese wood and virtually shimmers in the light. Excellent condition with a nice weight to it; from a private collection. DIMENSIONS: 13 1/2" wide (34.2 cm) x 9" deep (22.8 cm).

Pair of Chinese Republic period porcelain vases densely decorated in famille rose enamels with a continuous central figural panel holding scholars playing wieqi (go) in a garden setting. The shoulder, neck, and base are covered in a dense pattern of lotus leaves and scrolling foliage. The high recessed base bears a square iron red apocryphal four-character Qianlong mark...

Charming round monochrome vase with gorgeous rich oxblood/cranberry colored small speckled glaze. Lip has slight white ring, adding character to this small decorative piece.

18th Century (Qing Dynasty)

Dimensions: 3" High X 4" Diameter

Antique Chinese lapis bottle, with detailed carvings of a beautiful woman in flowing robes standing beside a small boy holding a peach, who appears to be handing the woman a leaf. The flip side of the container is carved with a long-stemmed sunflower and puffs of smoke. The lid has reticulated carvings of a sunflower and stems with two birds perched upon it. circa 19 century Size: 4" height, 2.5" width

Wonderful pair of Chinese cloisonne elephants, each one sits on it's rear end with trunk high in the air, decorated all over with beautiful cloisonne motifs, these pieces are actually containers! The heads come off to reveal little domed lids, these also come off to reveal containers! Each elephant sits on a stand. Beautiful and charming! Early 20th century. Size of each: 13 3/4" high (12 1/2" high without stand) x 5" wide x 6" deep.

Antique Chinese lapis bottle with raised carvings of a taotie motif over squared spiral designs with dragon heads, and pierced spiraling dragons on the bottles' sides. There are carved downwards pointing leaves near the top with two handles in the form of beast heads and carved rings. The lid has an artichoke shaped finial. Comes with a delicate hardwood stand with silver inlay.

18th/19th century circa 1800

Size: 7" height (8.5" w/ stand), 4.5" width

Antique Chinese scroll painting of two beautiful birds with brightly colored feathers and long, striped tails, with resemblance to a cockatiel. One runs along the ground, gazing at nearby dandelions, its long tail feather arching gracefully above its body, and one sits perched amidst foliage with its neck feathers blowing in the wind like golden hair. A tall branch extends upwards into the painting, sprouting white peonies and pink chrysanthemums...

Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Censer, 3 1/4" high, 7" diameter-top rim, 3 5/8" diameter-bottom rim, Ca. between 1880 - 1920, with underglaze blue bands of geometric Chinese symbol decoration outside, inside half way down is unglazed. Bottom outside is unglazed with some black script. The condition is good, no damage.

Fine Chinese enameled porcelain plate, decorated with pheasant in landscape and surrounded by bats in flight, late 19th/early 20th century period, base bears two blue rings. Size; Diameter of plate is 9.5 inches. Condition Report; No condition concerns.

Antique Chinese Zitan stand in Great condition, with beautiful symmetric design. 19th Century Dimensions: 20.25" Tall X 6" Width

19th / 20th century
Yixing zisha stoneware
Height: 8 cm, diameter: 7 cm (at widest point)
From the Seattle, WA estate of a diplomat's wife, who'd acquired her Yixing collection in the 1930s and 40s.

Condition: Perfect, with age-related patina to surface. [Please examine all photos carefully, as they are part of the condition report.]

Late 19th – early 20th century
Late Qing Dynasty – Republic period
Porcelain with monochrome blue glaze
Height: 28.5 cm / 11.2 in, Width: 18.3 cm / 7.2 in (at widest point)
From a Northern California private collection

A late Qing / Republic anarchistic vase, shaped after “hu” bronze vessels. Its glaze is a semi-translucent bubbly blue, thinning near edges to create beautifully pale contours all around the piece...

Two Sectioned hardwood Chinese Stand. Finely carved and beautiful with oriental designs along sides and bottom of stand. Functional two tiers are pedestaled in square shapes. Circa 19th Century Dimensions: 11.5" Long, 5.5" High, 5" in Width

DESCRIPTION: A finely carved celadon nephrite jade plaque, one side depicting a child attendant with crane holding a large fan over the head of an immortal. Three lines of raised calligraphy are on the reverse. Excellent condition, late 19th or early 20th century, Qing Dynasty. DIMENSIONS: 2" long (5 cm) x 1 3/4" wide (7 cm).

Chinese famille verte porcelain stick neck vase, with a lady reading a book in the court yard followed by an attendant, the base with apocryphal Yongzheng mark. Size; Height of vase is 9 inches, no condition concerns.

Antique Chinese carved Rock crystal snuff bottle, with a double happiness symbol carved over a background of squared spirals on its front and back. Image of a face with a gaping mouth on both of its sides. It has an agate topper with a finial and a carved horn spoon. Perfect Condition. Circa 19th Century Size: 2.75" height, 1.75" width

Adorable Soap stone carving of Fu dogs on wooden Stand. One large fu dog dominates as a small dog is perched on back, and two climb and encircle the large dog. Intricate detail in the bodies of dogs, showing fluidity and movement. Soapstone is set on a flat wood carved stand of lilies and branches. Republic Period (circa 1920) Dimensions: 9" Long, 6.5" Tall, 4" Deep