20

BOWL .      16 cm.

Blue/ white. Small size " klapmuts model . On the exterior a continuous natural scene with mothers and their sons . Mark & period  Kangxi .

Period :        KANGXI  :    1662 - 1723 .

Perfect  condition .

35. 

PLAQUETTE.        20 x 28 cm.

Painted in brilliant   FAMILLE  VERTE .  Illustrating a scene taken from the woodblock prints of " The Romance of the Western Chamber " : a family scene with a mandarin and his court-woman, 2 attendants and a playing boy , before an autel.

Period :          KANGXI  :       1662 - 1723 .

Refer.:    "  Recent Acquisitions  2004 " ,  cat.  R. Marchant ( London ) , 17.

Perfect condition .
 

Very  rare  moulded  LONGQUAN  CELADON  BRUSH HOLDER .   h : 10 cm.

The cylindrical body divided into 6 lobes and supported on a stepped plinth. Moulded on the exterior with 3 dragons amongst bloomy leafy lotus. The top pierced with 6 circular apertures .  Covered all around in a sea-green  craqueled glaze.

Period :      MING  dynasty :   15th - 16th Century .

Refer.:  " The HONG RUI TANG Collection " , Sotheby's London,
                05/ 12 / 1995 ,  n° 380 .

Very rare collector's object ,  perfect condition.

49. 

PLATE .       25 cm.

Very finely modelled in the shape of flower :   chrysantemum , with a very dense " dentelle" border .   Painted in  FAMILLE  VERTE  " semi- chinese taste " ,  illustrating a pheasant sitting on a rockwork, eyeing another pheasant  in flight ; all in a natural scene with flowering bamboo and peony  branches .

Period  :         KANGXI  :        1662 - 1723 .

Refer.:  " Ceramics from the G.Reitlinger Collection ", catal. Ashmolean
               Museum ,   n° 1987 .
             " 2000 Years of Chinese Porcelain ",  R. Marhcant , 1989 , n° 55.

Very rare  dish,  perfect  condition .

Glazed Biscuit   STATUE .      h :   36 cm.

Capital  and impressif  figure in  " GLAZED  BISCUIT  FAMILLE  VERTE " .
Very elaborate and extremely well detailed representation of the legendary  : "
 "   GOD OF WAR  :   GUANDI   " .   Seated on a rockwork throne ; one hand resting on the left knee, the other raised to hold his long  beard between his fingers . He is  dressed in official military armor, his upper-dress very well  detailed  with a dragon ,clouds etc... the face is extremely-well modelled with all possible details  ( as in real )  .

Period:       mid  QING  dynasty  .

Provenance:     from the collection of the late mrs. L.Michiels ( important  dealer and expert in Belgium in the '60 -'80 ), who bought the figure  in  1968  by Sidney L. Moss ( label n° 01456 ) .

Refer.:  " Chinese Ceramic Art " , M. Weisbrod catalogue 1988, n°55.
             " The HODROFF Collection " , catal. 2007 , n° 27.
             " The TAFT Museum of Art ", Cincinnati  Ohio  1904, n° 58.
             " Chinese Porcelain ", Gorer & Blacker ,( 1911 ) vol. I , pl.77.

Enamel on biscuit ( biscuit émaillé ) is a technique ,where the enamel glazes were applied on prefired and unglazed porcelain bodies. They were the fired a second time at lower t° . This technique was well suited to fine modeling and complexe shapes, as the present figure .
 

100% in perfect  condition .

12.

BOWL .        21 cm.

Very finely  potted ,and painted in deep underglaze- cobaltblue. The underside with a continuous row of 16  petal-shaped small panels in relief, with floral design. Above, a continuous scene  with 4  views of each time 2 ladies,  on daily activities  .  Mark  and period Kangxi .

Period  :          KANGXI  :     1662 - 1723 .

Perfect  condition .

23. 

PAIR   OF   SHALLOW  BOWLS .       21 cm.
Perfectly painted in underglaze-blue. Each with shallow rounded sides rising to a wide everted rim with petal-lobed edge ; the interior illustrating 2  riders on horseback, in military attire chasing each other in a combat . The exterior divided into 6 lobes,each alternativily filled in with the same warriors , and flowers .  6 -charactermarks of Kangxi :  mark and period .

Period :         KANGXI   :    1662 - 1723 .

The scene illustrates a battle from the Yüan dynasty tale of the Romance of the Western Chambers, in which general Du routs general Sun, who was attacking the temple of Puji .

Both in perfect condition .

PLATE .    diam :  22 cm.
Executed  in  EGG-SHELL ( coquille d' oeuf/eierschaal) . Painted in a very simple style, the so-called refined  Chinese  Taste .  The peony and chrysantemum blossoms are done in subtil  pure  Famille Rose enamels  . Furthermore, a hoving butterfly .

period :    early   QIANLONG   ,  ca.  1735 .
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It is rare to find perfect egg-shell chinese taste  plates like this one !

Refer.:   " Chnese Export Porcelain ", Luns. SCHEURLEER , , n° 87.

31.  

CUP  &  SAUCER .

Enamelled in   FAMILLE  ROSE .   In the center a lady seated on a rockwork bench  below a flowering peach tree . The large border in  " faceted Harlequin" style.

Period :        early   QIANLONG ,     ca.  1740 .

Provenance :     " The A. DREESMAN Collection ", Christie's London  ,
                             10/04/2002 .

Perfect  condition .

14. 

BOWL .      21 cm.

"  Klapmuts " model .   very finely painted in excellent underglaze-blue . On the exterior a very unusual and rarely seen  episode : a mandarin on horseback is killing another mandarin  with an arrow, watched by his servant.
Apocryf 6-caractermark of Chenghua .

Period  :          KANGXI  :      1662 - 1723 .

Perfect condition ; very rare decoration, never seen before.

E  12.500-

DISH ,   48cm diam.

  LONGQUAN CELADON , incised motif of the 
lotus- blossom.      

Period :    MING dynasty ,  ca. 1400 .

Provenance:   Ig. VOK Collection.
                     Dr. Hans Schneider, Meran.
                     Dr. Teddy Hahn.
Refer.  :          Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, 1986 , n° 319.

Perfect condition.  Great quality,rare dish .

4. 

BOWL .         diam : 20 cm.

Very finely potted , with gently curved rim- border.  Painted in excellent  underglaze- cobalt blue. On the outside a continuous scene with musicians  and tea-drinking mandarins .  Apocryf 6-caracter Chenghua mark.

Period :          KANGXI  :    1662 - 1723 .

Provenance:   the  F. Desmet Collection ( Aalst ) ,  n°  87.

This bowl of exceptional quality is in 100% mint condition .

13.  

PAIR    OF     BOWLS .       20 cm.

Blue/ white.  Very special model, " à ombélique " .In the interior 4 depictions of Xu Miao carrying a corbeil of herbs on their backs, on their way to the heavenly party,attended by all the other gods . All 4 walking around a raised central  boss. Between,  the 8 Precious Objects . The outer border carved in a variation of the pierced  Linglong technique . Below the 1,5 cm  band,  the 4  flowers representing the 4 Seasons.

Period :            KANGXI  :     1662 - 1723 .

Refer.:   " Pronken met Oosters Porselein ", S. Hartog  ( 1990 ) ,  pl.  49.
              " Blue & White Porcelain  of China " ,  B. McEney ( 1992 ) , n° 55.

Very rare and unusual bowls ;  perfect condition ( except 1 kilnfault on 1 ).

9. 

BOWL.        24 cm.

Very finely potted , painted in perfect  underglaze-blue. 

On the exterior, a continuous row of 12  panels,  illustrating each time a court-lady in different attitude . All above another continuous row of 12 petal-shaped reserves in relief, illustrating  the " aster -flower " . On the inside a very large rim-decoration with stilysed aster-motif .

Period  :         KANGXI  :    1662 - 1723 .

Perfect  condition .

Vase  with superb  " BRINJAL "  glaze .  h  21 cm.
Pear-shaped,with narrow neck; the top formed like a garlic bulb : " suantouping " .
Very evenly applied with a shiny  aubergine ( brinjal ) glaze .

Period :   KANGXI :  1662 - 1723 .

Exhibited :  in the  well-known " chinese monchrome glazes " exhibition  held in 1956 in the Cleveland Museum of Art , invent. 16299/160.1  ( labelled).
Aubergine is a descriptive name of purple enamel colour on chinese porcelain. This name was given after the eggplant : the aubergine. The basic chemical substantial for this glaze was " magnesium"  ( mg0) .
This vessel of very rare model, with a superb shiny glaze .

Perfect condition.

5. 

SQUARE  BOWL .      19 x 19 cm.

Painted in excellent underglaze-blue. Square body with rounded edges and slightly everted rim. On the outside 4 panels with each time a different scene of figures on a terrace, taken from a romance or play . Apocryf Chenghua mark.

Period :         KANGXI :    1662 - 1723 .

Refer.:    " Chinese Ceramics in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam " , C. Jörg, 
                 99 .

Perfect  condition .
 

E  12.500-

LARGE  CARVED  LONGQUAN  CELADON  CHARGER .    diam: 46 cm.
Studily potted and fluidly carved in the centre withlotus blossoms, the backside with incised floral motifs encircling the low foot ring , the underside base with an unglazed circle burnt orange in the firing.  All covered in a very rich, shiny olive-green celadon glaze .

Period :    very early MING :  15th Century.

Refer.:  " Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul " ,  R. Krahl, London 1986 ,  p.  316.

This very rare charger has  great  provenances :
- dr. Hans Schneider, Meran, who owned this charger in the 1950's .
- dr. Ignazio VOK  Collection,sold at Lempertz Köln:27/11/1998, n° 21.

Great and rare quality ,  perfect condition.
 

47. 

LARGE   BOWL .          34 cm.

Painted on the in- and outside with brilliant   FAMILLE  ROSE .

On the exterior  a pair  of very well detailed birds on a peony branch  ,  and  a mandarin  on his donkey, in company of 3 attendants .   On the inside a court-lady and her 2 sons in an interior . 

Period :          YONGZHENG  :       1723 - 1735 .

Unrecorded and very rare bowl ,  in perfect  condition .

Ewer.    h :  18cm.

Blue/white ;  pear-shaped body with C- handle ;  vertically-twisted body, C-handle and matching  domed lid ; decorated with sprays of blossoms and fruit .  2-character mark on the base :  I Yü , meaning " exquisite gem " .

Period :     KANGXI :  1662 - 1723 .
Refer.  :     " l' odysée de la porcelaine de Chine " Musée National de Limoges, 2003, n° 86.
                    " Oriental Porcelain : a  Choice from the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum
                       Collection ",  C. Jörg  ,  1992  n° 40.

This model is clearly inspired by the  french " faîence de Rouen"   ( or  dutch Delft ). Later ,arrived in France or in  the Netherlands, the mug was fitted with a silver mount : a small hole for attaching the mount had already been made in China,before the piece was fired.

52. 

DISH .           22 cm.

" Semi - Eggshell "  pure  white porcelain . Decorated in "semi-chinese taste"  style , in the open center a court-lady with her son holding a peach , on a terrace .  On the rim 3 flowering branches .

Period :            YONGZHENG  :       1723 - 1735 .

Perfect  condition .