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Click here to subscribeA Chinese famille noire enamelled biscuit baluster vase and cover, 19th century, decorated in Kangxi style with panels of blossoming branches and rockwork, 47cm highCONDITION: There is a crack to the neck which has some restoration to that immediate area on the inside of the neck and the crack is visible on the exterior, otherwise in reasonable condition with no chips and minor scratching detected.
CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN BOWL AND COVER, Kangxi, of deep U-shape painted with elegant maidens ('lange leizen') in conversation and playing Go beside palm tree and ornamental rock, the shallow domed cover painted with five boys at play, artemesia leaf mark, 10.5cm diam. x 12cm high Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Cardiff office Condition Report: cover with small rim chip, bowl with small glaze blister.
PAIR FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN OVIFORM JARS, probably Samson c. 1900, enamelled in the Kangxi style with panels of insects and flowering shrubs, beneath diaper shoulder band with reserves of conch, fan and ruyi sceptre, unglazed necks and feet, 15cms high (2) Provenance: property of a gentleman, Vale of Glamorgan Condition Report: each with tiny enamel chips.
CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN 'SCHOLARS AND LANDSCAPE' JAR, Kangxi, of ovoid form, painted with a broad continuous frieze depicting two figures in an extensive mountainous landscape with river and pavilions, cloud collar to the shoulder, base with double circle, later pierced hardwood cover, 22cm high, 25cm with cover Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Cardiff office Condition Report: small firing crack extending to small hairline, tiny footring nibbles.
CHINESE BLUE & WHITE 'AUDIENCE' BALUSTER JAR, Kangxi, well painted in shades of blue with an entourage bearing banners, standards and cloth wrapped gifts, and a scholar holding a Hu tablet addressing a dignatory in an interior, beneath wispy clouds and beside a garden of palm trees, shrubs and ornamental Taihu rocks, base with six character Chenghua mark within a double circle, 20cms high Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Cardiff office Condition Report: rim with chip and crack, lacks cover.
CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN '100 ANTIQUES' HAWTHORN JAR, 19th Century, painted in the Kangxi style with three cusped panels of Chinese antiques and precious objects, reserved on a cracked ice and prunus blossom ground, base with double circle, later shou-character pierced hardwood cover, 20.5cms high, 22cms with covers Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Cardiff office Condition Report: body crack and iron oxide glaze blister, cover cracked.
CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN '100 ANTIQUES' HAWTHORN JAR, 19th Century, painted in the Kangxi style with three quatrefoil panels of Chinese antiques and precious objects, reserved on a cracked ice and prunus blossom ground, base with double circle, later shou-character pierced hardwood cover, 19.8cms high, 21.5cms with cover Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Cardiff office Condition Report: surface scratches.
GROUP OF CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN HAWTHORN JARS, Qing Dynasty and later, all decorated with prunus blossom on a cracked ice ground, one probably Kangxi period with later wood cover, all around 17cms high (5) Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Cardiff office Condition Report: jar with cover has foot ring chip, others good condition.
CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN 'DRAGON & PHOENIX' LANTERN JAR AND COVER, 19th Century, painted with four roundels of dragons and phoenixes chasing flaming pearls, divided by winged dragons amid scrollwork and between cloud collar and and lappet borders, short foliate neck and foot, flat cover painted with winged dragon and ruyi scepter handle, base with 4-character Kangxi mark, 27cms high Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Cardiff office Condition Report: minute chip to inside rim. a few small iron oxide bleeds into glaze
CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN 'LOTUS' JAR, Kangxi, of slender ovoid form, painted with continuous frieze of densely scrolling lotus, beneath diaper collar, short tapering neck, base with 6-character Chenghua mark in a double circle, gold wax Duveen seal, 16cms high Provenance: J. M. Duveen & Sons, Liverpool; private collection, consigned via our Cardiff office Auctioneer's Note: Legendary Dutch dealer Joseph Duveen set up shop in Hull in 1866, followed by Liverpool, and eventually as his empire grew, in London, Paris and finally New York, where his dealership was patronised by the millionaire elite of American society. His canny marketing ensured that the collecting of antique blue and white delft, Chinese Kangxi porcelain and Old master paintings became extremely fashionable, and he dominated the art market around the turn of the 19th Century. Cf. Duveen: The Story of the Most Spectacular Art Dealer of All Time, by S. N. Behrman, London, Hamish Hamilton, 1952 and J. H. Duveen, The Rise of the House of Duveen, London, Longmans, 1957. Condition Report: hairline cracks to neck.
TWO CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN VASES, 18th/19th Century, comprising a Kangxi period slender ovoid vase painted with three cusped panels of cross-hatched shrubs (lacks cover), 14.5cms high; and a 19th Century bottle vase, painted in the Kangxi style with four Bodhi leaf-shaped panels of scrolling foliage, beneath keyfret and cloud-collar, stiff leaves with florets to the tapering neck, base with double circle, 21cms high (2) Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Cardiff office Condition Report: ovoid vase with very small interior rim chip, fritting around the foot collar, no cover; bottle vase with some minute glaze blisters and iron oxide bleeds.
UNUSUAL CHINESE BLUE & WHITE SOLDIER-TYPE VASE, late Qing Dynasty, of tapering shouldered form with waisted neck, painted in the Kangxi style with two large panels divided by narrow borders of scrolling morning glory, each panel depicting scenes of boys at play behind fences watching two jousting mounted warriors, above and below zigzag cross-hatched band and demi-flower heads, and a border below enclosing roundels reserved on a cracked-ice ground above pendent stiff leaves and a narrow band of zigzag cross-hatched design, the neck with upright and pendant lobed petals, base with artemesia leaf mark within a double circle, 57cms high Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Cardiff office Auctioneer's Note: The design and shape of this vase follows closely that found on a number of similar large vases standing over a metre tall that were 'exchanged' for a regiment of 600 dragoons by Augustus the Strong, King of Saxony and the King of Poland in 1717. These large so-called 'soldier' or 'dragoon' vases now in several collections including pairs of jars with covers in The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, possibly brought to England from Germany with George I, and another pair now in the collection of The National Trust at Petworth House, West Sussex. Condition Report: glaze to rim edge worn with some small chips, minor glaze imperfections, and a few minor surface scratches.
PAIR CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN '100 ANTIQUES' HAWTHORN JARDINIERES, 19th Century, painted in the Kangxi style with cusped panels of Chinese antiques, and precious objects, reserved on a cracked ice and prunus blossom ground, bases pierced for drainage, 15.5cms high x 23.5cms diam. (2) Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Cardiff office. Condition Report: one with rim chip, the other with firing crack to base and small rim chip
PAIR CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN PLATES, Kangxi, centres decorated with golden pheasants on rockwork with large peonies, butterfly above, lotus and prunus border, indented rims, base with square seal character in a double circle, 27cms diam. (2) Provenance: Deceased estate, South Wales. Condition Report: rims fritted, small chips, glaze worn in cavetto
Chinese blue and white bowl, probably 18th century, of bulbous form with later mounted twin handles, decorated with figural scenes of Guanyin, with concentric circle mark beneath and label inscribed Kangxi, rim D20cmClick here to view further images, condition reports, sale times & delivery costs for this lot.
TWO CHINESE PORCELAIN VASES OF BALUSTER FORM each with underglaze blue painted decoration of figures in garden setting, 12cm and 11.5cm high, each bearing four character Kangxi marks Condition Report : the lightly larger with fritting to top and foot rim, the other with a slight spot at shoulder, which could be a glaze bubble rather than knock Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
A pair of 19th century Chinese blue and white baluster vases with domed covers surmounted by guardian lion finials, painted in rich tones of underglaze blue with landscapes, horses and military figures, probably a narrative scene, between decorative key-fret, ruyi-head and lappet bands, each base with four-character Kangxi mark, 38.5 cm high o/aOne vase has damaged cover and neck with glued repairs, chips on the cover and around the base, the other has a vertical hairline in the neck and glaze chips around the base
A plateChinese export porcelain Blue decoration of central armorial shield for Manuel Álvares Pinto framed by Greek key border Gadrooned and scalloped lip of profuse foliage decorated frames and geometric motifs to rim Flowering branches and foliage decoration to back Kangxi reign, ca. 1690 (minor losses to rim glaze)Literature: João Rodrigues Calvão (coord.), "Caminhos da Porcelana - Dinastia Ming e Qing, Fundação Oriente, pp. 204-205; Nuno Castro, "A Porcelana Chinesa e os Brasões do Império", p. 42; Rui Guedes (org.), "Companhia das Índias", p. 23; David Howard, John Ayers, "China for the West", vol. I, p.63; Maria Antónia Pinto de Matos, "Cerâmica da China - Colecção RA", vol.III, pp. 14-15.Diam.: 21,5 cm
A pair of Chinese famille verte porcelain tapering baluster vases, painted with peonies, cherry blossom, butterflies, and rocky outcrops in tones of red, blue, yellow, black and green polychrome enamels, the shoulders with chrysanthemums on diaper borders, the bases with lappets, lift-off white metal covers European monogrammed, 21cm high, Kangxi concentric circles, 18th or 19th century
A rare First Period Worcester sucrier and cover: the domed ogee cover with pointed finial, painted in the 'Eloping Bride' pattern [I.A.20] in Kangxi style, pseudo Chinese mark within double circles, circa 1765-70, 13cm.* Provenance Sotheby's February 1993 lot 297 'The late Alison Bremner Collection'. Christie's 1995 lot 22. Steppes Hill Farm Antiques.
A mixed lot of Oriental porcelain: including a pair of Chinese blue and white soft paste small circular boxes and covers, six-character Kangxi marks, 7cm diameter; a Chinese famille rose hexagonal lantern base painted with peonies, 12cm wide; a Chinese square box and cover painted with a lady in a garden, 7cm on wood stand; and a Japanese Imari wall pocket in the form of a vase supported by two boys, 19cm [5]..
A group of Chinese porcelain, comprising a floral decorated Chinese Imari bowl decorated with flowers, a twin mouthed sauce boat with ear handles decorated in blue and white with flower sprays and diaper borders, possibly 18thC; a blue and white bowl of tapering form, 15cm diameter; a Kangxi style blue and white bowl decorated with flowers with an outer Greek key pattern border and spurious Kangxi six character seal mark, and two tea bowls enamelled with flowers in famille rose palette, probably 18thC. (a quantity) The sauce boat has restoration on one of the handles, the blue and white externally patterned bowl has two firing faults to the interior, the blue and white bowl with blue exterior has a small amount of nibbling to the rim and there is a hairline crack running approximately 3 inches from the outer circumference, the blue/red/gold bowl again has minor rim nibbling, but appears to be otherwise in good order on initial inspection.
A Chinese porcelain blue and white porcelain tea canister, decorated with shaped panels of figures, buildings, trees and mountains, with floral spandrels, six character Kangxi mark to one side, probably 20thC, 28cm high. On initial inspection there is a small crack to the edge of the top rim, possibly in the firing.
A Chinese porcelain blue and white rouleau vase, 19th century, the body with zhuan shu style character decoration between a wufu border and a scrolling lishui wave, on raised unglazed foot rim with Kangxi mark to base, 26.5cm high For condition information please view this lot on our website HERE.Please note: We do not publish any condition reports on the-saleroom.com, all requested condition reports will be available to view at trevanion.com once a request has been submitted.Please only bid if you are entirely satisfied with the condition of your lot. The absence of a condition report does not guarantee that the lot is free from faults or defects.
A mixed group of ceramics, including a Worcester transfer decorated Fisherman and Cormorant pattern tea bowl with crescent mark to base, diameter 7.4cm, an 18th century Chinese Kangxi period saucer with grasshopper within double ring mark to base, diameter 11.2cm (af), a 19th century saucer and three tea bowls and further later blue and white decorative ceramics, including two figures, one depicting lady wearing hat, height 24.5cm, also a large foliate decorated green glass dish and two coloured wine glasses.Additional Information18th century Chinese saucer with chip to rim, the other saucer staple repaired, so af. Tea bowls with some fritting, one with chip and crack, Worcester tea bowl again with some glaze losses and nibbles to the rim, further wear throughout. Too many items to further individualise, the figure of the lady has lost a finger, assume some further losses to apendages and/or moulded foliage.
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