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    01 Pair of blanc de chine ewers and covers
circa 1640-1660
applied on each side with flowering prunus branches
Height 11 cm

SOLD
 
    02 Blanc de chine Guanyin
18th/19th century
Standing on waves clad in flowing robes, double-gourd and square marks on the back
Height 26,5 cm
 
    03 Blanc de chine double-walled bowl
circa 1640
the outer wall carved with three open-work peony flower heads and foliage, the base with reticulated cash motif

Provenance: Marchant & Son, June 1994
Formerly in the collection of the Earls of Stanhope, Chevening. For a similar piece see Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, pl 30B.
 
     
 
    04 Pair of blanc de chine incense-stick holders
mid 17th century
Of square form, each with small aperture in the upper drip basin, the lower sides moulded with scroll motif
Height 8,4 cm

Provenance: Marchant & Son and published and discussed in the catalogue Exhibition of Blanc de Chine, London 1985. Illustrated by Rose Kerr & John Ayers, Blanc de Chine, Porcelain from Dehua, 2002, pl. 92.
 
    05 Large blanc de chine libation cup
circa 1630-1650
Applied with a dragon and clouds, the reverse with a stag beneath a pine tree and a crane in flight
14,3 wide
Provenance: Marchant & Son, 1998
 
    06 Lime-green vase
Yongzheng
Covered with an even lime-green glaze, the base unglazed
Height 18 cm
 
    07 Copper-red glazed vase
18th century
Covered with an even deep red glaze
20 cm
 
    08 Large guan-type glazed vase, meiping
19th century
covered overall with a greyish-blue glaze with wide russet crackles, the base with four-character mark of Chenghua carved through brown-washed square reserved on a light brown crackled glaze
39 cm
 
    09 Coral-red glazed vase, meiping
18th century
Glazed overall with an even coral-red glaze, the bi-disc shaped foot unglazed encircling the white-glazed base
Height 24 cm
 
    10 Puce-enamelled bowl
Hongxian mark, circa 1916
The outside covered with an even deep pink glaze with fine orange-peel texture, the interior glazed white
Diam 12,5 cm
 
    11 Celadon-glazed bowl
Guangxu mark and period
The in- and outside covered with an even pale bluish celadon glaze six-character mark in underglaze blue
15,7 cm

Ex: Weishaupt Collection
Illustrated by Avitabile, From the DragonÕs Treasure, 1987, pl. 139
 
     
 
    12 Guan-type censer
19th century
Of bombe shape, moulded with shaped handles covered with a guan-type glaze suffused with dark grey and golden crackle, six spur marks on the recessed base
16 cm wide
 
    13 A Wucai bowl
Shunzhi
Painted in underglaze-blue, and green,red and yellow enamels with orchids and chrysanthemum, the base with three character mark Song shi zhai in underglaze- blue
11,5 cm diam.
Ex: Butler Collection, Illustrated by Kilburn in: Transitional Wares and their forerunners, Exhibition by The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Cat. no 168
 
    13 B
 
    14 Small doucai saucer dish
Wanli (1573-1620)
Painted with two insects above fruiting persimmon, the exterior with emblems
9,6 cm

Sold at SothebyÕs London, 7th December 1993,lot no. 238
 
    15 Pair of 'Egg and Spinach' bowls
Kangxi
Covered overall with white, green and yellow splashes
11,5 cm
 
    16 'Egg and Spinach' bowl Kangxi
covered overall with white, green and yellow splashes, underglaze-blue
shop mark
 
    17 A pair of verte-Imari ewers
Kangxi
Pear shape with curved spouts and strap handles, painted in underglaze Ðblue, green and iron-red and gilt with flowering branches of prunus
Height 17,5 cm SOLD
 
    18 Enamelled spoontray
Early Qianlong (1736-1795)
Painted in blue enamel, gilt and black with a lady and boy on a terrace near a pond
12,7 cm
 
    19 Pair of 'famille rose' saucers
Yongzheng
painted with to ladies in a garden, one holding a fish basket, the other a fish, the reverse with three branches of fruit
Diam. 11 cm
 
    20 'Famille rose' teapot and cover
Early Qianlong
Applied at the lower part and base with flowering branches, the sides painted with cockerels amongst flowering branches
Height 11 cm
 
    21 Yellow-ground Dayazhai grisaille-decorated Empress Dowager bowl
Guangxu
Finely painted in shades of grisaille with entwined vine suspending large clusters wisteria, with iron-red mark Dayazhai in a line and oval panel inscribed in red Tian di yi jia chun, the base with the mark Yong Qing Chang Chun in iron-red
Diam. 14,8 cm
 
     
 
    22 Small 'famille rose' bowl
19th century
finely painted with boys around a table eating nuts, watching another boy running carrying a load of fresh nuts in his clothes. Four character mark in red enamel
Height 6 cm
 
     
 
    23 A fine lemon-ground 'famille rose' vase
Shende tang mark, 19th/ 20th century
Well painted on the finely incised feathery lemon ground with flowering branches of prunus, magnolia, chrysanthemum, a bird seated on a prunus branch watching another bird in flight, the interior of the waisted neck and base glazed turquoise, iron-red shende tang mark.
Height 23 cm
 
     
 
    24 Puce-enamelled covered bowl
Daoguang seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period
Painted in puce enamel with phoenix roundels repeated in the interior.

Sold at Sotheby's Amsterdam, October 1993, lot. Ex: Weishaupt Collection. Illustrated by Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, no 71
 
     
 
    25 Pair of 'famille rose' yellow-ground spoons
Jiaqing mark and period
Painted on the back with four medallions enclosing the characters wan shou wu jiang mongst ribboned Buddhist symbols, the interior and handle ending in a ruyi head with scattered flower sprays below a meandering border
19,8 cm

Sold at Sotheby's Amsterdam, October 1995, lot no. 168, Ex: Weishaupt Collection, Illustrated by Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, no 9
SOLD
 
    26 'Famille rose' scroll-shaped brush rest
Jiaqing sealmark in iron-red and of the period
painted with a scholar and attendant in a garden, the sides in underglaze-blue with a geometric pattern. The underside with iron-red sealmark on a turquoise ground.
8 cm wide
 
    27 A 'famille rose' bowl
iron-red Jiaqing mark
Moulded and outlined in underglaze-blue with swirling panels enclosing a flowering branch, all above a moulded petal border enclosing an iron-red lotus head , the interior with a roundel of peach, pomegranate and Buddha's hand citrus enclosing three bats.
Diam. 12,7 cm
 
    28 Large 'famille rose' dish
Guangxu mark and of the period
Painted with the Eight Buddhist symbols encircling a green roundel of a central lotus head encircled by further entwined lotus, the reverse with scrolling lotus, six-character mark in underglae blue
Diam. 37,8 cm
 
    29 A large ruby-ground 'famille rose' medaillion bowl
19th century
Painted with three medallions of flowering and fruiting branches reserved on a puce ground incised with feathery scrolls enriched with scattered flowersprays.
iron-red hall mark
Diam 19 cm
 
     
 
    30 A 'famille rose' saucer dish
Guangxu mark and period
Painted with a confronting dragon and phoenis in flight amongst clouds and flames below a meander border encircling the rim, the reverse with four flower scrolls, iron-red six-character mark.
Diam. 18,5 cm
 
    32 A pair of 'famille rose' dishes
Hongxian marks, circa 1916
painted with a central roundel of numerous butterflies encircled by five various branches of fruit iron-red Hongxian marks
Diam 22 cm
 
    33 Pair of 'famille rose' vases and covers
19th century
painted in bright enmels with birds amongst flowering branches of peony repeated on the dome covers
Height 54 cm

SOLD
 
    34 A pair of enameled wine cups
19th century
each painted with lively sea battle scene
Diam. 6 cm
 
    35 Small biscuit 'famille noire' vase
19th century
Well modeled, the slender neck set with elephant head handles, painted on the black ground in green,yellow and aubergine enamels with lizards amongst leafy lotus heads
Height 10 cm
 
    36 A very fine small eggshell vase
Period of Cultural Revolution, circa 1966-1969
The slender oviform body surmounted by a long waisted neck with gilt rim, painted in soft colours with female soldiers exercising in a landscape the base with iron red sealmark Zhongguo Jingdezhen zhi.
Height 12 cm

Published: Prof.Dr. H.A. van Oort, Chinese Kunst, 1980, p.183