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Period: Qing Dynasty, YongZheng Period 1723 - 1735
Dimension: H. 35cm
Price: Price on Inquiry
The body of gently tapered form decorated with enclosing alternating blooms of camellia and peony on long leafy stems vibrantly painted in underglaze-blue, the sloping shoulder with a band of floral scroll. The base inscribed with the six-character seal mark of ‘Da Qing Yong Zheng Nian Zhi’.
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| | Yongle Period Zitan Wood Kuanyin Buddha
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Period: Ming Dynasty, Yongle Period
Dimension: H. 40cm
Price: Not for Sale
A rare Yongle period zitan wood carved Kuanyin buddha.
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| | Rare Jizhou Leaf Temmoku Bowl
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Period: Southern Song Dynasty
Dimension: W. 14.8cm H. 5.7cm
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Well-potted with thin walls rising from a small circular foot, coated with an opaque dark brown glaze, the center decorated with a single leaf with delicate veining over the buttonlike floor, the glaze stopping above the foot fired off-white.
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| | Blue and White Small Cup with Grapes - Jiajing Period
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Period: Ming Dynasty Jiajing Period 16th Century
Dimension: D. 9cm
Price: $10,000
Differing from the usual heavy and thick brush strokes seen on Ming dynasty’s blue and white porcelains, grapes and leaves are vividly painted with fine exquisite lines, probably influenced from famous doucai cup from Chenghua period. Six-character mark on the base, which means ‘Made during the Jiajing period of the great Ming dynasty’.
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| | Fine Blue and White Sleeve Vase - Chongzhen Period
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Period: Ming Dynasty - Chongzhen Period 17th Century
Dimension: H. 20cm
Price: $4,000
This vase is in form of cylindrical form with flat base and tall waisted neck,
finely painted around the exterior in rich cobalt-blue tones with a court lady dancing, a body and old lady watching, all standing within a fenced garden of rocks and plants, divided by swirling mist and with mist engulfed mountains in the distance,
between incised lines at the base and shoulder, the neck with a pendent stiff leaf band.
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| | Bamboo Brush Pot by Wu Zhifan
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Period: Qing Dynasty - 17th Century
Dimension: H. 16.5cm D. 11cm
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By removing most of the background filed to different depths, the carver creates a subtle representation lfeft in shallow relief. On one side, a scholar sits down under a pine tree, on the other side, a poetry along with signature of 'Wu zhifan' were inscribed.
Wu zhifan is one of the best know names in the art of bamboo carving. He was a late seventeenth-century artist from the Jiading district of Jiangsu.
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| | Small Xuande Bird Food Pot
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Period: Ming Dynasty Xuande Period 1426 - 1435
Dimension: D. 7cm
Price: SOLD
Bird fodd pot was used to hang in the bird cage to supply food or water. Pattern of leaves are painted continuously on the pot, leaves themselves are rendered with heavily painted glaze that creates dark black spots, an effect known in English translation from the Chinese as "heap-and-pile."
This pot has been broken in several pieces, and was glued together.
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| | Yaozhou Dish with Dragon - Northern Sung Dynasty
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Period: Northern Sung Dynasty - late 11th century
Dimension: D. 18.9cm
Price: $10,000
This lightweight dish is a rare product of the renowned Yaozhou ware from kilns in northern China's Shanxi province. Its combination of the fish tail dragon with sea waves is a composition seen nowhere else in Sung ceramics. In the west, green-glazed stoneware from the Yahozhou kilns is sometimes refferred to as northern celadon, to distinguish it from the Longquan variety.
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