This is a freely painted swatow dish with a pair of mandarin duck and flower spray in the centre of the dish, with tendrils around the shallow cavetto and flowers in  More »

This is a freely painted swatow dish with a pair of mandarin duck and flower spray in the centre of the dish, with tendrils around the shallow cavetto and flowers in cartouches on the rim with diaper boarders. The glaze is opaque, thick, and covers the body and foot. There are sand grits around and inside the base of the foot rim. Cir. Late Ming dynasty, 17th century. There is no hairline crack, glaze fritting, chip, repair or restoration. Wear to part of the paint as clearly shown in the photographs. The centre is uneven with minor depressions. This is hard to capture on the photograph The measurement of the swatow wucai dish: Diameter 26.7cm and the Height is 4.1cm. Please refer to our stock # M070811014 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a Northern Song - Jin dynasty cizhou sancai dish with incised lotus design, with green and brown colour enamel. It stands on a short foot rim and then everted into a  More »

This is a Northern Song - Jin dynasty cizhou sancai dish with incised lotus design, with green and brown colour enamel. It stands on a short foot rim and then everted into a u-shaped body. The centre of the dish is incised with a single lotus flower with a large open leaf below it. The lotus is painted with a shade of brown colour on the inner side and the outer side a dark cream colour. The lotus leaf is painted in green colour with brown shading on the inner side. The design is surrounded within two circles, with the outer ring painted in green colour. Oxidation has given the buff color dish a ting of pinkish bloom to the ground color. There is no crack, repair or restoration. There is abrasion, bubble burst and glaze crazing which is quite normal for item of this age. Overall, the lotus design dish is in good condition. . The dimension of the cizhou sancai lotus design dish: The diameter is 16.2cm and the height is 2.9cm. Please refer to our stock # S070625024 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a Yuan dynasty qingpai or yingqing octagonal shaped vase with a cover. It stands on a small flat base rising to a octagonal shaped body and then towards a straight  More »

This is a Yuan dynasty qingpai or yingqing octagonal shaped vase with a cover. It stands on a small flat base rising to a octagonal shaped body and then towards a straight short neck and small mouth rim. The body is divided into three horizontal sections. The octagonal shaped body is sandwich between two horizontal bands of moulded relief of lotus leave. The octagonal body is moulded with alternating moulded relief design of lotus plants with flowers and that of sunflower plant. From the inner body, it can be seen that the vase is luted vertically from two equal half. Only minor abrasion pin holes and manufacturing faults and hairline crack on the glazing as shown in the photograph, otherwise no major crack, repair or restoration. Overall it is in good condition. The measurement of the Yuan dynasty qingpai or yingqing octagonal vase: The height is 22.5cm, and the width is 13.4cm. Please refer to our stock # Y070526013 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a medium height carved cizhou wine jar with thick dark brown glazed from the Yuan dynasty (1277-1367). The vase stand on a recessed foot. The body is curved with two  More »

This is a medium height carved cizhou wine jar with thick dark brown glazed from the Yuan dynasty (1277-1367). The vase stand on a recessed foot. The body is curved with two vertical sets of scroll within a double band.. Only minor abrasion especially on the mouth rim, pin holes and manufacturing faults as shown in the photograph, otherwise no chip, rim fritting, crack, repair or restoration. Overall it is in good condition. The measurement of the Yuan dynasty curved cizhou jar: The height is 16.8cm, and the width is 17.9cm. The mouth rim diameter is 10.7cm. Please refer to our stock # Y070504012 when inquiring.   « Less

A large and nice jun yao bowl of sky blue colour. It stands on a short recessed foot rin and then everted upwards towards a slightly straighten side and then towards the rim  More »

A large and nice jun yao bowl of sky blue colour. It stands on a short recessed foot rin and then everted upwards towards a slightly straighten side and then towards the rim it folds slightly inwards. There is a slight colour variation between the actual bowl glaze and the photograph taken. In good condition. No repair or restoration, there are abrasion, minute bubble burst, pin hole and minute glaze fritting. The measurement of the jun yao bowl: The diameter is 18.5cm and the height is 7.2cm. Please refer to our stock # Y070423011 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a cizhou style wine jar in a baluster shape from the Yuan dynasty (1277-1367 A.D). It stands on a shallow short recessed foot-rim like a stand and then everted  More »

This is a cizhou style wine jar in a baluster shape from the Yuan dynasty (1277-1367 A.D). It stands on a shallow short recessed foot-rim like a stand and then everted outward like a short “C” shaped pedestal and the everted outward and upwards to a baluster shaped body with a flat shoulder and then straight upwards towards a very short neck mouth rim. The jar is divided into four horizontal bands with design in between them. Each horizontal band is separated by a thick ring surrounded by a thinner ring at the top and bottom of it. Starting from the shoulder downward, the first band, has a design that looks like a sun ray or waves like motives. The second horizontal band which covers the baluster shaped body has three scrolls of lotus flowers and foliage. The third horizontal band, near the pedestal has a wavy like design and the fouth band has a two painting of foliage. All the painting is in a mixed black and copper brown or russet colour. The wine cizhou jar is in good condition. No repair or restoration. There is minute glaze fritting, abrasion, oxidization spot and manufacturing fault line between the neck of the mouth rim and the shoulder. The measurement of the wine cizhou jar: The height is 19.3cm and the width is 19.9cm. The mouth rim diameter is 9.9cm and the diameter of the base is 10.7cm. Please refer to our stock # Y070412010 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a pumpkin-shaped teapot made of Yixing clay with a very smooth texture. The lid has a finial simulating a stalk, while the handle and the spout are meticulously  More »

This is a pumpkin-shaped teapot made of Yixing clay with a very smooth texture. The lid has a finial simulating a stalk, while the handle and the spout are meticulously modelled in the form of a stem. On the body near the handle side there is a moulding of tendrils, in relief form, of leave and flower. On the underside of the base is the potter's signature, "Chen Mingyuan" is inscribed. Also, on the inner side of the cover, there is another seal mark bearing his name, “Mingyuan”. This piece is unlikely to be a piece made by Chen Mingyuan himself, although it bears his seal mark. Chen Mingyuan work was in great demand, espcially by the elites, in Shanghai during the early Republic period. This pumpkin shaped teapot is dated to the early Republic (1911–1949) or minguo period. Circa. early 20th century, 1930s-1940s. Chen Mingyuan is a famous yixing or zisha master potter who live during Kangxi reign of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). He is said to have live somewhere between the mid-17th to the early 18th century. Chen Mingyuan created zisha pottery (purple clay) or yixing pottery in the forms of objects for scholar's desk, archaistic vessels, tea wares and trompe l'oeil pieces. Chen Mingyuan is recognized as a great master in this field and his teapots were famous all over the world. His tea pots were collected in many history museums such as Washington Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum.Hong Kong Chinese university Museum, Shanghai Museum, Tian Jing Art Museum and the Yixing Pottery Museum. His work is always in great demand. There is a very well published book on his work by Lai Suk Yee & Terese Tse Bartholomew. The title of the book is Themes and Variations: The Zisha Pottery of Chen Mingyuan. The book is solely dedicated to a single potter and his work. It provides a comprehensive account of his work. The teapot is in good condition. There is no chip, crack, repair or restoration. It has a smooth worn out feeling and look. Overall, a very smooth feel to the pot, the body, base, spout, handle and cover. The smooth ageing shows a high degree of usage of the teapot. Traces of preserved minute tea leave in the pot. The measurement of the pumpkin-shaped yixing teapot: Height 8cm, the Width 7cm and the length is 12.1cm. Please refer to our stock # R070431010 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a late Qing dynasty bamboo design yixing teapot of rectangular shape. It is dated to the Tongzhi period (1862-1874), late Qing dynasty. All the sides are shaped with  More »

This is a late Qing dynasty bamboo design yixing teapot of rectangular shape. It is dated to the Tongzhi period (1862-1874), late Qing dynasty. All the sides are shaped with the bamboo design, including the spout as well as the handle. The cover has two bamboo leave of dark green colour. On the base of the teapot, it shows the Tongzhi reign mark of the Qing dynasty. Also on the cover, it bears the seal mark of either the potter or the seal carver. The teapot is in good condition. There is no chip, crack, repair or restoration. There is only a smooth worn out look due to the high degree of usage. The corners and the foot of the teapot shows a high degree of wear but otherwise it is in good condition. Circa. late 19th century. The measurement of the bamboo design yixing teapot: Height 9.9cm, the Width 6.7cm and the length is 16cm. Please refer to our stock # Q070402053 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a small and square jarlet from the Yuan dynasty (1277-1367). It stands on a flat base and rise straight up to a flat shoulder and then towards a small vertical square  More »

This is a small and square jarlet from the Yuan dynasty (1277-1367). It stands on a flat base and rise straight up to a flat shoulder and then towards a small vertical square mouth rim. There are two small lugs on the opposite side of the shoulder. On all four side of the jarlet, there is a drawing of a single chrysanthemum flower in copper red color. Most of the jarlets found are painted in cobalt blue and it is pretty rare to find them in copper red. The origin of this piece is from South-East Asia. There is no repair or restoration, some abrasion, oxidization spots and on the base and glaze crazing which can be seen on the photos. There is some expected degradation and minor losses. Overall, it is in good condition. The dimension of the square jarlet: The Height is 6.6cm and the base is approximately 5.6cm x 5.6cm. Please refer to our stock # Y070310009 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a thickly potted small vase and slightly heavy for it size. It stands on a short straight foot rim with a recessed base. From the foot rim it everted outward on a  More »

This is a thickly potted small vase and slightly heavy for it size. It stands on a short straight foot rim with a recessed base. From the foot rim it everted outward on a slight flat bottom and then the body rise straight vertically with a flat shoulder and the to a short and straight mouth rim. On the shoulder, there are three small finial shaped like floating clouds. On the body it is painted with with Lanca characters or Sanskrit Scripts. The script is written in 3 horizontal rows and in 12 columns. This is a minyao piece, circa late Ming Dynasty. There is no chip, crack, repair or restoration. Only minute pin holes and bubble burst with a circular firing fault line at the recessed and the rim of the base. Other than that, the vase is in good condition. The measurement of the Lanca Characters Vase: Height is11.2cm and the width is 8cm. Please refer to our stock # M070215013 when inquiring.   « Less