vases and ewers - Chinese ceramics
557 item(s) found, 1-50 shown:
Large Chinese green glazed dragon vase, with raised slip decoration. Showing six reign characters in relief to the shoulder area. 45.5 cm high.…
A large Chinese crackle glaze vase, decorated with four panels of playing Kylin in underglaze blue on a grey crackle glaze body. Low relief black key and leaf borders. Four character mark. Height 45 cm
Chinese Canton Ware famille rose bottle vase Qing Dynasty, c.1840. Height 34.2 cm
Pair 19th century Regency style Chinoiserie vases. Chinese groups on black ground. No makers marks evident. Height 23 cm
An impressive Chinese fencai enamel bottle-vase, 1875-1908, very well decorated with a pair of cranes, deer and bats around a gnarled tree and rockwork, the design symbolising longevity and prosperity, six-character underglaze blue mark. 31.5 cm high.…
A Chinese archaic amphora vase, 8-220ACE, Eastern Han, with burnished black surface, Sichuan province. 17.8 cm high. Provenance: ray Hughes gallery, Sydney, circa 1995
A Chinese blue and white meiping vase, 17th century or earlier, Freely painted in greyish-blue cobalt with boys at play amongst trees and shrubs, between decorative borders, recessed base burnt brick red. 20 cm high. Provenance: A.…
A Chinese exportware platter 18th century of octagonal form, painted and enamelled in famille rose palette with a central vase of flowers within a border delicately decorated with floral swags, 45 cm long, 35 cm high
A large near pair of Chinese baluster vases, Qing Dynasty, 18/19th century, each one decorated in puce enamel with floral lappets above plantain leaves 33 and 35 cm high
A Chinese iron-red vase, 20th century, Qianlong mark. Covered with a tomato red glaze. 15.2 cm high
Two Chinese blue and white transitional vases, 1662-1682, early Kangxi period, each one with lotus design 19.8 cm and 21 cm high (2)
A Chinese transitional blue and white rouleau vase, 1644-1661, Shunzhi period. Decorated in the centre with a continuous peony scroll, the flat base with two character inscription 21.5 cm high
A fine pair of Chinese eggshell porcelain vases, mid-20th century, Qianlong marks, each with a mirror image design in enamels in the style of Castiglione, inscription and seals. 12 cm high. (2) . Provenance: Melbourne private collection
A rare Chinese brown-glazed meiping vase, 1875-1908, Guangxu hall mark and of the period, the chocolate-brown glaze stopped neatly above the foot, six-character mark. 18 cm high. Provenance: R and V Tregaskis, Sydney, 1990's
A Chinese wucai enamel meiping vase, 17th century, early Qing Dynasty. Well decorated with children flying kites beside rocks, the flat base unglazed. 17.4 cm high. Provenance: A. Stuart-Robertson, 22/5/1998
A large Chinese transitional blue and white octagonal vase, 1644-1661, Shunzhi period. Well painted with kingfishers and insects above a pond, the base flat, gold-lacquer repairs. 30.5 cm high.…
A tall Chinese Liao-style green lead-glazed bottle-vase, with the bowl-form mouth mounted on a phoenix, the body incised with peony. 36.5 cm high
A Chinese enamelled rectangular vase, early 20th century, Republic period, each side well decorated with a figure in landscape, iron-red Qianlong mark on the turquoise wooden mounted base, wooden cover. 22 cm high (26.5 with stand and lid) .…
A Chinese Dehua porcelain altar set, early 18th century, Qing Dynasty, comprising a pair of compressed quatrefoil vases and a double-handled censor, each one with a finely moulded archaistic design, the fitted hardwood stands probably original. Fitted box.…
A handsome Chinese polychrome and grisaille baluster vase, mid-20th century, finely painted with a provincial genre scene, four-character iron-red seal mark. ?Jing Shen Tang Zhi? (?hall Where Prudence is Revered?) 32 cm high.…
A Chinese scraffito-ground ruyi-form vase, 18th/19th century, Qing Dynasty, with elephant-head handles, enamelled with flowers on a ruby ground, a carved frieze above the splayed foot, turquoise glaze to base and interior,…
A small Chinese Peking glass bottle-vase, Qianlong period, 1736-1795, the thickly walled vessel of violet-blue colour. 12 cm high Provenance: Japanese collection
A Chinese transitional blue and white ewer, 1628-1644, Chongzhen period. Finely painted with a hunting scene, stylised tulips around the neck. 21.5 cm high. Provenance: R and V Tregaskis, Sydney, 11/2/2000; ex Gladys Shead collection, Sydney
Chinese Hou-Ware type, crackle glaze porcelain vase, of baluster form. Height 19 cm
Pair of Chinese columnar porcelain vases, decorated with women in a landscape
Pair of Chinese square porcelain vases, each with flared rim. Height 25 cm
Brown Qing Dynasty type, Chinese pottery vase,. Height 26 cm
Chinese porcelain baluster vase, with all over bat decoration. Height 53 cm
Collection of Chinese blue and white, comprising ginger jar, bowl with scallop edge, low dish and squat vase (4)
Large Chinese blue and white jardiniere, depicting figures in a landscape together with a Chinese blue and white vase with dragon decoration (2) . Height 40 cm
Pair of Chinese blue and white trumpet vases, together with blue and white cashe pot with footed under dish (4)
A Chinese blue glazed Cong, 1862-1874, Tongzhi mark and period, with two elephant-head handles, covered with an even mazarine blue glaze, six-character mark. 29.5 cm high. Provenance: Canberra private collection; ex Andrew Stuart-Robertson, 21/12/1999.…
A large Chinese moulded twin-handled vase, 20th century, with two landscape panels in puce, against a patterned celadon ground. 42 cm high
A tall waisted Chinese transitional vase, 1628-1644, Chongzhen period. Painted with the 'Hehe erxian', one brother playing the flute, the other playing with a toad, an incised band around the mouth, flat unglazed base. 24.8 cm high, 11.8 cm diameter
A rare Chinese blue and white Imperial dragon vase, 1573-1619, Wanli six-character mark and period. Boldly painted in strong cobalt blue with two writhing dragons, the body bisected by two raised flanges, the neck reduced 22.3 cm high.…
A large Chinese blue and white double-gourd vase, 1522-1566, Jiajing period. Boldly painted with two continuous scenes of immortals divided by a floral band at the centre, seal mark to base. 45 cm high.…
A large Chinese transitional blue and white bottle-vase, mid 17th century, Chongzhen/Shunzhi. Decorated with a scene from a drama, with figures in various pursuits, beside a watercourse, flat unglazed base. 42.5 cm high. Provenance: A.…
A Chinese cylindrical vase, 1875-1908, four-character Guangxu mark and period painted with a Chenjian landscape scene, inscribed, one seal, signed ?Laoren? (Studio name) and ?Chen Zicang? Provenance: Melbourne private collection
A large Chinese transitional gu-shaped vase, 1628-1644, well decorated with a literary scene, depicting a Zhou Emperor and retinue by a large waterfall, pomegranates around the centre, plantain leaves above the base. 44.5 cm high. Provenance: A.…
A Chinese blue and white bottle-vase, 16th/17th century, late Ming. Painted with a pair of fish-dragons amongst stylised waves, seal mark. 33 cm high.…
A Chinese turquoise crackle-glazed baluster vase, the everted foliate rim above a slender neck with a pair of fish handles, the bulbous foot with moulded lotus decoration, on a hardwood stand. Height 40 cm. (vase only)
A Chinese blue and white flask-shaped vase, the neck with a pair of pierced handles above the flattened body painted to each side with a bird on a bamboo stalk, with a signature, the base with a six-character mark. Height 16.5 cm
Chinese blue and white Meiping shaped vase painted with continuous scene of scholars within a landscape, 20th century 33 cm H
A 'Famille-verte' vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, of slender ovoid form, the sides painted in bright enamels with insects hovering over the 'flowers of the four Seasons' in panels reserved on a florette-strewn seeded green ground,…
A blue and white bottle vase, the ovoid body surmounted by a tall slender neck, painted with panels of maidens and boys, apocryphal six-character Kangxi mark within a double circle 45 cm
A pair of lime-green ground 'Famille-rose' vases and covers, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, each of baluster form with short cylindrical neck, the sides painted in bright enamels with a pair of pheasant perched on rockwork among flowering peonies,…
A flambe-glazed vase, Fanghu, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, of archaic bronze form, the pear-shaped body of rectangular section rising from a short straight foot,…
A 'Famille-verte' dish, Kangxi mark and period, painted with three vases of flowering plants encircled around the broad everted rim with a frieze of alternating panels of mythical animals and flowering plants,…
A flambe-glazed vase, Qing Dynasty, the squat globular body standing on a splayed foot and surmounted by a waisted neck with galleried rim, covered with a rich crimson glaze streaked in lavender blue draining to buff around the rim 19 cm
A large 'Longquan' celadon vase, Ming Dynasty, stoutly potted of slender ovoid form surmounted by a short narrow mouth, the sides carved and combed with lozenge diaper between formal borders around the base and shoulders,…