Fine Chinese Qing Dynasty Nonya Porcelain Bowl - Peony / Phoenix

This very fine and highly-decorative porcelain bowl was made in the late 19th century, during the Guangxu reign (1875 - 1908) of the Qing Dynasty. The decoration, in many different brightly-coloured enamels, comprises many elements, the most prominent being the phoenix, representing peace and prosperity, and the peony, the emblem of spring and representing wealth, honour, love, affection and beauty...

Fine Chinese Qing Dynasty Nonya Porcelain Bowl - Phoenix / Peony

This very fine and highly-decorative porcelain bowl was made in the late 19th century, during the Guangxu reign (1875 - 1908) of the Qing Dynasty. The decoration, in many different brightly-coloured enamels, comprises many elements, the most prominent being the phoenix, representing peace and prosperity, and the peony, the emblem of spring and representing wealth, honour, love, affection and beauty...

Fine Chinese Qing Dynasty Nonya Porcelain Dish - Phoenix / Peony

This very fine and highly-decorative porcelain dish was made in the late 19th century, during the Guangxu reign (1875 - 1908) of the Qing Dynasty. The decoration, in many different brightly-coloured enamels, comprises many elements, the most prominent being the standing phoenix, representing peace and prosperity. Next to the phoenix is the peony, the emblem of spring and representing wealth, honour, love, affection and beauty...

Fine Chinese Qing Dynasty Nonya Porcelain Dish - Phoenix / Peony

This very fine and highly-decorative porcelain dish was made in the late 19th century, during the Guangxu reign (1875 - 1908) of the Qing Dynasty. The decoration, in many different brightly-coloured enamels, comprises many elements, the most prominent being the standing phoenix, representing peace and prosperity. Next to the phoenix is the peony, the emblem of spring and representing wealth, honour, love, affection and beauty...

A Chinese Agate Snuff Bottle, 19th Century

19th century, the pear shaped body suffused with 'moss' type and rutile striations, the coral stopper has a silver spoon.

7cm high overall...

A Chinese porcelain snuff bottle, XUANTONG reign mark

A six character Xuantong mark to the base, decorated with underglaze blue and red with a phoenix amongst flowers, clouds to the shoulders, 9.5cm overall...

Chinese Song Dynasty Qingbai Glazed Porcelain Dish

This fine-quality porcelain dish was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279). It has a foliated rim, a lobed body and the inner surface is decorated with a carved peony, representing spring, wealth, honour, love, affection and beauty. It is coated in a greenish-blue qingbai glaze of very good colour...

Chinese Song Dynasty Qingbai Glazed Porcelain Bowl

This fine-quality porcelain bowl was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279). Its thin body is particularly translucent when held against a light source. The inner surface is decorated with incised floral patterns and it is coated in a greenish-blue qingbai glaze of very good colour...

Fine Large Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Saddled Horse with Oxford TL Test

This nicely-modelled pottery horse was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is quite "heavily-potted" and made from a reddish pottery. The horse stands "four square" with its head turned to its left, mouth open. Its back incorporates a blanket and saddle. The surface has been "cold-painted" in grey, white, black and orange pigments. Note the detail especially to the horse's head and the saddle...

Small Chinese Qianlong / 18th Century Blue & White Porcelain Dish

This small porcelain dish, was made in the 18th century during the Qianlong reign (1735 - 1796) of the Qing Dynasty. It is attractively decorated in underglaze blue of good colour. The pattern features in its centre a pagoda, two phoenixes in flight and water. This pattern is known by some as the "Cuckoo in the House" pattern.

Diameter 13.25 cm...

Large Chinese Yuan / Early Ming Dynasty Longquan Celadon Dish

This large and attractive porcelain dish was made during the 14th century at the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province. It is "heavily-potted" with repeated incised vertical lines around the cavetto. It is coated in thick green glaze of very good colour. The unglazed recessed base has fired to a reddish-brown colour.

Diameter 28.5 cm (11.25 inches). Overall condition is very good...

1900's Chinese Phoenix Silver (tested silver with silver test kit) Kingfisher Feather Gilt Hairpin

Over all is 11 inches (28 cm) in length. The bird is 4.5 inches (11.5 cm) long by 3.3 inches (8.5 cm) wide. It is 56.7 gram.

It has missing feathers, bent stick, loss of gilding, and tarnished silver (as seen in the photos).

1751960514625vin

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1930's Chinese Herb Medicine (Medicine Contains Chenxiang) Carved Prayer Beads Necklace Marked Silver

It is 29.5 inches (75.1 cm) in circumference. The medicine bead is 6.2 mm- 7.1 mm. The green bead is 8.6 mm- 9.8 mm. The yellow color bead is 8.7-8.9 mm long. It is 29.8 gram.

Some beads have surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Fine Chinese Song or Liao Dynasty Cizhou Stoneware Bottle

This fine and attractive small bottle was made at one of the Cizhou kilns in the north of China during either the Liao Dynasty (AD 907 - 1125) or the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279). It is "heavily-potted" with a wide body and a narrow ribbed neck. The body has been coated in a white slip on top of which is a slightly honey-coloured clear glaze that is very finely-crackled. The glaze falls short of the base and sturdy foot revealing the ...

Rare Chinese Song Dynasty Qingbai Glazed Water Pot

This jar, a water pot, was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279). The outer surface is coated in a finely-crackled pale greenish Qingbai type of glaze. In places are dark "iron spots" within the glaze. The foot remains unglazed revealing the pale grey porcelaneous body.

Diameter 11 cm, height 7.5 cm. It is in fine condition with no restoration or repair.

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Rare Chinese Tang Dynasty Changsha Glazed Stoneware Ewer

This rare stoneware ewer was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906) at the Changsha kilns, Hunan province, generally accepted to be the first kilns to produce underglaze polychrome decorated ceramics. This example has a lobed body (four vertical indentations around the body) To the shoulder is a short facetted spout and three thin loop handles. The body is decorated with three "circles" in a golden-brown glaze whilst the rest of t...

A fine large Chinese gilt-bronze tripod ding, Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century. Height 22cms, width 18cms. Provenance: Sotheby Parke Burnett, Hong Kong, 12th May 1983. The Law Collection.

The embroidery depicts a procession, likely a wedding one. The sumptuous garments, the profusion of jewelry, the standards, and the parasols should herald an imperial wedding. The quality of the weaving is superb; the stitches are tiny and astonishingly regular. This is an exceptionally excellent embroidery, created in one of the best weaving workshops in southern China. The vivid colors allow us to date the work to the second half of the 19th century, during the Cixi period. Good condition, pe...