This is a beautiful moulded polychrome porcelain bat or wufu and peach brush washer. The bat or wufu is glazed in a iron brown colour with gold dotting and lining. The pair  More »

This is a beautiful moulded polychrome porcelain bat or wufu and peach brush washer. The bat or wufu is glazed in a iron brown colour with gold dotting and lining. The pair of wings is shown clinching onto the peach and presumably, the bat eating is eating the peach. The peach colour is in the shed from green to dark pink at the tip, with dark green leave and brownish tree trunk. The inside of the brush washer is glazed in turquoise colour. Circa early 20th century, between the late Qing dynasty and early Chinese republic period (1900-1949). The Wufu brush washer has minor glaze fritting as shown in picture no. 2. No crack, chip, restoration or repair. Overall in good condition. The dimension of the blue and white holder: The width is 8.4cm, length is 11.3cm and the height is 7.9cm. Please refer to our stock # QR06121003 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a Qing dynasty porcelain bee hive shaped water pot. It is sometimes referred to taibo zun or qizhao (chicken coop) in Chinese. The only difference for this piece is  More »

This is a Qing dynasty porcelain bee hive shaped water pot. It is sometimes referred to taibo zun or qizhao (chicken coop) in Chinese. The only difference for this piece is that this bee hive water pot does not have a neck with a small mouth. The domed shaped body has a countersunk base which is unglazed exposing the fine white colour porcelain. The pokka dot glazing makes the water pot glazing quite unusual and possibly a scarce item. This piece could also be the pro-type to the beach bloom colour as the lime and apple green glaze has shown that too thick an application of the lime and apple green colour may cause black blotches as the clear glaze just run around it, thus causing it to burn into black colour as shown in Pic 3. Nonethless it still looks pretty attractive. The glassy glazing stop about 1 cm just before the base. Circa 19th century. There is no crack, chip, glaze fritting, repair or restoration. Only minor pin holes and glaze crazing. Overall, the bee hive water pot is in good condition. The dimension of the bee hive water pot: The base diameter is 12.4cm and the height is 7.4cm. Please refer to our stock # Q061210052 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a beautiful pair of small saucer in the motif of a lotus flowers in a pond. On the saucer, it has a outstanding stalk of lotus flower standing upright in full bloom.  More »

This is a beautiful pair of small saucer in the motif of a lotus flowers in a pond. On the saucer, it has a outstanding stalk of lotus flower standing upright in full bloom. Below it, there are also two smaller flowers in full bloom. One of the flowers to the left has the petals dropping off showing the green pod, suggesting that the season is probably near mid summer. Around it, to the left, two butterflies are seen flying around. The pair of saucer has a copper red Hongxian reign mark to the base. This date the pair of saucer to between 1915-1916 or later, to Hongxian’s short monarchy rule of only 83 days. There is no crack, chip, glaze fritting, repair or restoration. Only minor pinholes and a minute pit, here and there, and nick to the base rim. Other than that, the pair of saucer is in good condition. The dimension of the pair of saucer: The diameter is 10.8cm and the height is about 1.8cm Please refer to our stock # R62111009 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a beautiful blue and white medium size brush or joss stick stand. It is decorated with the character “shou” meaning long life in the centre, with two kui  More »

This is a beautiful blue and white medium size brush or joss stick stand. It is decorated with the character “shou” meaning long life in the centre, with two kui dragon with split tails to the left and right of “shou” character, and scrolling foliage all over. The sides is decorated with lotus flower and below it is a ruyi head amidst scrolling foliage. The blue and white brush or joss stick stand has a honorific Qianglong seal mark but is from the early 20th century. Probably between the late Qing dynasty and early Chinese republic period (1900-1949). The blue and white brush or joss stick stand is in good condition. Only minor abrasion on all the edges, wear and firing faults at the base as shown in picture 6 The dimension of the blue and white holder: The width is7.4cm, length is 15.44cm and the height is 13.3cm. Please refer to our stock # QR06111001 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a small porcelain brush washer in the shape of a half persimmon with large scallop rim in mat gold colour. The interior is glazed in uneven turquoise color. This is a  More »

This is a small porcelain brush washer in the shape of a half persimmon with large scallop rim in mat gold colour. The interior is glazed in uneven turquoise color. This is a late Qing dynasty piece probably of the early 20th century. There is no crack, chip, glaze fritting, repair or restoration. There is only a minor firing fault as shown in picture no. 6 and minor bubble burst on one of the bud. Overall, it is in good condition. The dimension of the persimmon brush washer: The base diameter is 7.9cm and the height is 3.7cm. Please refer to our stock # Q061101048 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a piece of fine studio vase from the early republic period. The theme of this vase is that of the baboon monkey in a scenic mountain top of waterfall amid pine tress.  More »

This is a piece of fine studio vase from the early republic period. The theme of this vase is that of the baboon monkey in a scenic mountain top of waterfall amid pine tress. The body is painted with an excellent fine artwork with very minute details. All this has been enlarge to show the intricate painting artwork and the effort put into this piece of vase. The trees, waterfall, hair, eyes facial features of the monkey are all very delicately and realistically painted. The vase has the honorific Qianglong reign mark on the base but it is dated to the early Republic period, probably from1930s -1940s. There is no crack, chip, glaze fritting, repair or restoration. The vase is in good condition. The dimension of the vase: The width is 13.8cm and the height is 25.8cm. Please refer to our stock # R62111008 when inquiring.   « Less

This is an excellent piece of fine studio ovoid vase. It stands on a counter-sunk base with a ring to it. It then rises from the narrow foot base to an ovoid body with a sort  More »

This is an excellent piece of fine studio ovoid vase. It stands on a counter-sunk base with a ring to it. It then rises from the narrow foot base to an ovoid body with a sort neck to an everted straight mouth rim. The body is painted with an excellent fine artwork with very minute details. All this has been enlarge to show the intricate painting artwork and the effort put into this piece of ovoid vase. The hair, eyes facial features and fo lion are all very delicately painted. The painting is likely to be that of a story during the Tang dynasty in which one of the emperor that was haunted by an evil spirit during his sleep. Every night he has a general keeping watch over him to prevent the spirit from haunting him. The priest is the well known monk from India, called Damo. Here, he is seen exorcising the evil spirit in the form of a dragon. Behind the painting is a poem about righteousness and describing the story. The ovoid vase has the Shengde Tang seal mark on the base but it is dated to the early Republic period, 1912-1949. There is no crack, chip, glaze fritting, repair or restoration. The fine ovoid vase is in good condition. The dimension of the fine studio ovoid vase: The width is 14.4cm and the height is 15.2cm. Please refer to our stock # R62111007 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a small and delicately potted decorative porcelain walnut fruit from the Qing dynasty. It is made so realistically that it even has green leaves and three walnut  More »

This is a small and delicately potted decorative porcelain walnut fruit from the Qing dynasty. It is made so realistically that it even has green leaves and three walnut fruits. It is also a fruit with contrast of a green unripe and two drak brown ripen walnuts. A very nice piece. This piece is dated to the Kangxi period (1662-1722) from the Qing dynasty. There is no crack, glaze fritting, repair or restoration. Two small chip to the tip of the leave as shown in picture 5. Overall, the decorative fruit is in good condition. The dimension of the decorative walnut fruit: The length is 5.4cm and the height is 4cm. Please refer to our stock # Q061001045 when inquiring.   « Less

This is a small and delicately potted decorative porcelain fruit from the Qing dynasty. It is made so realistically that it even has green leaves and a small red insect on  More »

This is a small and delicately potted decorative porcelain fruit from the Qing dynasty. It is made so realistically that it even has green leaves and a small red insect on it. It is also a fruit with contrast of green unripe and yellow ripen fruits. Very nice indeed. This piece is dated to the Kangxi period (1662-1722) from the Qing dynasty. There is no chip, crack, glaze fritting, repair or restoration. Overall, the decorative fruit is in very good condition. The dimension of the decorative fruit: The length is 6.2cm and the height is 4cm. Please refer to our stock # Q061001044 when inquiring.   « Less

A Yuan dynasty (1277-1367) ewer with wide splayed mouth and incised handle set opposite the sprout applied with black and brownish glaze falling short of the foot. Only  More »

A Yuan dynasty (1277-1367) ewer with wide splayed mouth and incised handle set opposite the sprout applied with black and brownish glaze falling short of the foot. Only minor abrasion, no chip, crack, repair or restoration. The ewer is In good condition. The measurement of the Yuan dynasty ewer: Height is 15cm, length from mouth tip to handle is 14cm. Please refer to our stock # Y060710005 when inquiring.   « Less