Chinese ceramics, pot pourri and jars - price guide and values

Famille Rose Brush Pot with Jiaqing Mark and Landscapes

A Chinese hexagonal famille rose brush pot, Six character red Jiaqing mark against a turquoise ground standing on six ruyi-shaped feet, the mouth rim, feet, and the flanges with gilded outlines against a red ground, each side painted in a small central…

Qing Dynasty Blue & White Porcelain Brush Pot

Chinese Qing Dynasty blue and white porcelain brush pot, of cylindrical form, decorated with a continuous landscape of bridge and river, height 15 cm and diameter 21 cm

Wucai Karako Lidded Jar on Wooden Stand

A Chinese Wucai lidded jar with wooden stand, baluster in form, with an enamelled karako children scene to jar and lid, the jar and cover 39 cm high

Hand Painted Chinese Ceramic Pot with Wood Stand and Lid

Chinese hand painted ceramic pot & stand hand painted blossom decoration, with carved wood lid, on fitted carved wood stand, height 31 cm, total.

Antique Chinese Lacquer Ginger Jar with Ming Mark

Antique Chinese lacquer ginger jar (with lid) constructed on a metal base, deeply carved with floral motifs and a mountain pagoda scene. The base bearing a gilded six character Ming dynasty Jiajing reign mark (1522?1566). The date of manufacture is…

Qing Dynasty Jichimu Brush Pot, 21.6cm Diameter

A Jichimu brush pot, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 21.6 cm diameter. Provenance: purchased in London. The Durwin Tang collection, early 2000's. 2000

Kangxi Blue and White Swallow Jar with Cover

A Chinese large blue and white ovoid jar and original cover, Kangxi period (1662-1722), Very well decorated with a family of swallows in a large mandarin prunus tree, 30 cm high (with cover). Provenance: Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne, 1980

Chinese Majiayao Culture Painted Pottery Storage Jar

A large Chinese painted Pottery storage jar, Majiayao culture (3300-2000BC), Machang phase (2300-2000BC), of globular form with two small strap handles around the middle, with black painted decoration to the shoulder of linked spirals, 41 cm high, 42 cm…

Angkor Period Black Glazed Stoneware Jar

A large Khmer black glazed stoneware jar, Angkor period (802-1431), 12th/13th century, the large stoneware jar in baluster form with a widely everted mouth rim, decorated with horizontal lines and combed patterns, four lug handles, the whole covered in a…

Qing Dynasty Dragon & Phoenix Jar with Stand

A Chinese blue and white dragon and phoenix jar, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 18th/19th century, finely decorated to the sides with dragon and phoenix roundels interspersed with tassels containing precious objects. Together with later hardwood lid and stand,…

Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Collection

A collection of Chinese famille rose porcelain, 18th century and later comprising a tall, pierced vase, a covered jar, a pair of saucer dishes, a single saucer dish and a cafe au lait cup the vase 29 cm high

Chinese Stone-Imitating Flower Pot with Qianlong Mark

A Chinese stone-imitating square flower pot, Qianlong six-character iron-red seal mark, 26.6 cm wide, 17.5 cm deep, 6.6 cm high

Kangxi Blue and White Ovoid Jar with Cover

A fine blue and white ovoid jar and cover, Kangxi, circa 1670, very well decorated with rocks, flowering and fruiting trees, all in vivid indigo blue, 30 cm high

16th Century Chinese Blue and White Duck Water Pot

A Chinese blue and white covered water pot, in the form of two mandarin ducks, 16th century, 9 cm high and 12 cm long. Provenance: Rustam, Ujung Pandang, late 1960's

Iron-Red Lotus Jar with Shende Tang Mark

An iron-red decorated jar and cover of ovoid form, painted with stylised lotus sprays, bats and gilt shou characters between bands of ruyi heads below the short waisted mouth and upright lappets at the base, the knopped and domed cover similarly decorated…

Chinese Dragon Jar with Clouds - 40cm Height

Large Chinese blue and white jar, decorated with two large dragons amount stylised clouds, six character mark to body, height 40 cm

Qing Blue and White Fish Jar

A Chinese Qing period blue and white jar, painted with alternating stylised sprays and fish, between ruyi head and double ring border. Kangxi period 18th century. 18 cm high

Ming Dynasty Blue & White Unicorn Jar

Large Chinese blue and white jar, Ming Dynasty, horizontal bands of flying cranes and Buddhist motifs, a central motif of a unicorn, height 36 cm

Green and Red Deer Pot with Bali Metal Lid

Possibly Jingdezhen, covered pot, decorated in green and red enamels on whitish glaze with deer in central band and floral scroll pattern on shoulder. The decorative metal base and lid were made in Bali, 24 cm height

Guan-style Celadon Glaze Jar with Crackling Glaze

A Guan-style celadon glaze jar the cylindrical neck and everted rim on a short tapering foot with all-over crackling to the glaze and burnt orange unglazed footrim 11 cm diameter note for a similar example see Sotheby's Australia, fine Asian, Australian &…

18th Century Rust-Glazed Chinese Porcelain Jar

A rust-glazed jar, 18th century, 8.5 cm high. Provenance: George de Menasce Collection, nos. 418, E. T. Hall Collection, nos. 292, Christie's, The E.T. Hall Collection of Chinese Monochrome Porcelains, London, 7 June 2004, lot 214, George de Menasce418, E…

Crackled Guan-style jar with bluish-green glaze

A 'Guan'-style jar, with squat rounded sides rising to a wide cylindrical neck with lipped rim, and standing on a short tapering foot, covered overall with a faintly crackled bluish-green glaze, the unglazed footrim burnt orange in the firing, 12.7 cm…

Qing Dynasty Blue and White Three Friends Jar

A Chinese blue and white jar, early Qing Dynasty, 18th century, painted with the 'three friends', pine, prunus and bamboo, birds and a rockwork, 16.6 cm high, wooden cover and base

Chinese Blue and White Lidded Jar - 32 cm Height

A Chinese blue and white lidded jar, height 32 cm

Chenghua Tian Mark Doucai Porcelain Jar

Chinese porcelain ovoid jar. With underglaze and overglaze enamel in 'Doucai' style. Low inward tapering neck, rounded shoulders and a narrow footring. Chenghua style 'Tian' heaven mark, early Ching. Ex Ray Tregaskis Oriental Art height 8 cm

Qing Dynasty Dragon Water Pot

Chinese Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period porcelain water pot, accented with a raised dragon and three dragon roundels in cobalt on a clair-de-lune glaze, on a circular foot, with Kangxi six character mark to base, with ceramics Collectors Society exhibition…

Qing Dynasty Peach Bloom Glaze Water Pot

Chinese peach bloom glaze water pot. Qing Dynasty, with blue double circle mark to base. Height 6 cm

18th Century Chinese Blue and White Prunus Jar

A Chinese blue and white prunus jar, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 18th century, decorated with flowering plum branches against a blue ground. Together with a later hardwood lid and stand, 20.5 cm high, 20 cm diameter. Provenance: Private Collection,…

18th Century Blue & White Ginger Jar with Scholarly Objects

A Chinese export blue and white porcelain ginger jar, 18th century, with underglaze decoration of scholars objects, with later pierced and carved wooden lid, height 25 cm

Blue Prunus Porcelain Jar with Lid

A Chinese porcelain jar and cover, ovoid shape with circular top, decorated in underglaze blue with prunus blossom on a 'cracked ice' ground. An old label under the lid marked 'Shelby, London 1924'. Height 28 cm

Cizhou Iron Brown Wasted Jar, Yuan-Ming Dynasty

A Cizhou wasted jar, Yuan-Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century, decorated with stylized motifs in iron brown, 22 x 13 cm

Qing Dynasty Famille-Verte Jar and Cover

A 'famille-verte' jar and cover Qing dynasty, late 19th century of ovoid form, brightly enamelled with panels of precious objects, birds on blossoming trees and flowering plants, all reserved on the iron-red floral scroll ground bearing green flowerheads…

Chinese Dragon Jars with Foo Dog Covers

Pair of Chinese jars and covers, each baluster jar decorated with dragon flying amidst pink chrysanthemums and leaves against a turquoise ground, the domed covers surmounted by a Foo dog, red seal marks to undersides, one cover restored (2), height 50 cm.…

Antique Chinese Porcelain Collection

Selection of antique Chinese porcelain, blanc de chine figure group, porcelain cylinder brush pot, sauce dish etc (4)

Siwa Culture Pottery Jar with Boat-Shaped Mouth

A Chinese pottery two-handled jar, Siwa culture (14th-11th century BC), circa 1350BC, with two handles emanating from the characteristically boat-shaped mouth, a generously bulging body with a burnished surface, 32 cm high, 27 cm diameter. Provenance:…

Yaozhou Iron-Decorated Jar from Five Dynasties Period

A Chinese Yaozhou iron-decorated jar five Dynasties (907-960) decorated to the exterior with five ovoid shapes in iron brown against a white slip ground. R & V Tregaskis label to base. R & V Tregaskis Oriental Antiques 6 cm high, 12 cm diameter.…

Ming-style blue and white 'Qinlin' jar

A Chinese Ming-style blue and white 'Qinlin' jar, height 25.5 cm, diameter 23.5 cm

Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Set

Three pieces of Chinese blue and white porcelain, 20th century comprising a dish, a two-handled censer and a small jar the dish 18.5 cm diameter, the jar 8 cm high

Chinese Kangxi Dragon Beehive Water Pot

A Chinese carved white-glaze ' kui -dragon' beehive water pot, Kangxi six-character underglaze blue mark 9 cm high. Provenance: Private collection Victoria

Famille Rose Jar with Continuous Relief Decoration

Large Cantonese export floor standing jar & cover continuous relief decoration of urns, flowers, scattered insects & emblems in famille rose palette on bright yellow ground, 46 cm height, 33 cm lid diameter (damage & repair)

Longquan Celadon Jar with Cover and Provenance

Good Chinese Longquan celadon jar and cover, of baluster form, with finial to cover, set with lug handles, and line work on a spreading foot, height 15 cm. Provenance: Purchased between 1938- 1970, the Estate of the late Walter Hochstadter, hence by…

Chinese Wucai Transitional Baluster Jar with Carved Cover & Base

A Chinese wucai large jar with carved wood cover and base, in transitional style of baluster shape vase, decorated with various figures, rocky outcrops and symbols with stiff leaves

Famille Rose Brush Pot with Immortal Figures & Symbols

A Chinese famille rose brush pot, decorated with eight immortal figures upon a bouldery ground, highlighted with auspicious symbols. Height 170. Diameter 16 cm.

Antique Chinese Blue & White Ginger Jar with Carved Base

19th century, 24 cm high overall a antique Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar with carved timber base, 18th century, 24 cm high overall

Famille Rose Water Pot with Crane Pattern - Qing Dynasty

A Chinese famille rose water pot with crane pattern (Qing Dynsty Guangxu mark), (, height 5.5 cm, depth 26 cm

Ming-style Blue and White Fisherman Jar

A Ming style Chinese blue and white jar decorated with a fisherman in a rural landscape. Height 16 cm

Chinese Doucai Sanduo Jar, Qianlong Mark, 19th Century

A Chinese Doucai Sanduo jar, Qianlong mark, late Qing, 19th century, 21.5 cm high

Chinese Polychrome Jar with Lid

Large Chinese polychrome lidded jar 50 cm high approx

Ming/Qing Celadon Jar with Stylised Flowers

A Chinese celadon jar, late Ming/early Qing, 17th century, incised with stylised flowers under a translucent pale green crackled glaze kiln grit to the base. 21.5 cm high

Wucai Enamel Jar with Umbrella-Holding Figures

A Wucai enamel jar, Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911, decorated with a group of figures holding umbrellas, divided by a ruyi shaped cloud, eight shaped medallions around the shoulder, a rabbit under the base in under-glaze blue, 22 cm high. Wood stand. Provenance:…

Chinese Ge Ware Brush Pot with Crackle Glaze

Chinese Ge Ware brush pot, of cylindrical form with a flattened rim, with a crackle glaze on a pale green ground, raised on three short feet, height 17.5 cm and diameter 14 cm

Chinese Porcelain Brush Pot with Floral and Calligraphy Panels

Delightful Chinese porcelain brush pot, of stepped form, painted with panels of flowers and calligraphy, surrounded by an orange ground accented with gilt floral scrolls and crackle ice, raised on six feet, with seal mark and turquoise surround, 11 cm x 9…

Famille Rose Chinese Porcelain Water Pot with Daoguang Mark

Chinese porcelain water pot. With famille rose overglazed decoration of figures in a house. Six lines of script verso. Bears iron red Daoguang mark to base. Height 5.5 cm

Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Jar with Peony Scroll Decor

Large Chinese blue and white porcelain jar, of baluster form, decorated with trailing peony scroll, flanked by borders of palmettes, six character marks to upper shoulder, height 35 cm

Kangxi Period Gilt Dragon Jar

A Chinese powder blue ovoid jar, Kangxi period(1662-1722), Gilt decorated with three flying dragons amongst clouds beneath a ruyi band on the shoulder, wood cover, 23.5 cm high. Provenance: David Ho Oriental Art, 1989

Chinese Qianlong Copper-Red Glazed Pot with Fitted Stand

A Chinese copper-red glazed pot, Qianlong seal mark, early 20th century, with inverted mouth, all under a good even bubble-suffused rich liver red glaze stopping neatly around the foot, box and fitted stand, 12.3 x 20.5 cm

Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Lamp and Vase Set

A Chinese blue and white porcelain lamp and vase garniture, 20th century, comprising three covered jars, one converted as a lamp, each on a hardwood stand, 47 cm high (jar and stand only)

Qing Green Ground Pot with Phoenix & Peony Design

Straits Chinese green ground pot, Qing period 10.5 cm high. Phoenix & peony design.

Guangxu Dragon Water Pot

A famille-rose 'dragon' water pot, Guangxu six-character iron red mark 14 cm diam, 9.5 cm high

Late Ming Blue and White Peony Jar

A blue and white jar late Ming dynasty of ovoid form, the exterior painted with a frieze of peony medallions interspersed with scroll motifs, between lappet borders around the base and shoulders, the base with rectangular seal mark 16.5 cm high

Blue-Glazed Guan Jar with Bovine Mask Handles

A blue-glazed Guan jar, the baluster body waisted below the wide neck and set on the shoulders with a pair of bovine mask handles, the exterior covered with a glaze of violet blue tone, the rim and interior glazed in white, 32.3 cm high

Famille Rose Ginger Jar with Walled Garden Scene

An old Chinese famille rose ginger jar, decorated with multiple figures within a walled garden, precious objects to the top border band, no lid, height 23 cm.

Polychrome Goat Scene Brush Pot

A Chinese large decorative brush pot with polychrome enamel goat scene. Height 15.5 cm. Depth 14 cm

Kangxi porcelain jar with kylin and phoenix decoration

Chinese Kangxi period porcelain jar and wooden cover, of baluster form, decorated with kylin and phoenix in landscape, surrounded by a border of ruyi heads and flowers, in tones of green, blue, yellow and red, on circular foot, with double ring marks to…

Blue and White Qing Dynasty Pot with Figures

A blue and white glazed pot, Qing Dynasty, Guangzu period, 1875-1908, the oviform pot with an inverted rim underglaze decorated throughout with figures engaged in pursuits punctuated by rockwork and vegetation, six character mark underside, height 11.5 cm…

Kangxi Porcelain Jar with Phoenix and Flowers

Good Chinese Kangxi period porcelain jar and cover, of baluster form, decorated with phoenix amongst flowers and trees, in tones of green, orange, yellow and underglaze blue, double rings to base, height 21 cm. Provenance: The Ivan Ban collection

Famille Verte Dragon Pot with Rosewood Cover

An antique famille verte dragon pot with a rosewood cover, of ovoid form and well decorated with writhing dragons chasing a flaming, pearl amidst clouds, the collar embellished with Daoist emblems and a ruyi, border, a band of lappets to the foot, bearing…

Blue and White Chinese Porcelain Brush Pot with Seal Mark

Chinese porcelain brush pot, of square form, decorated with panels of flowers and landscapes, surrounded by underglaze blue foliage, raised on four feet, seal mark to base, height 12.5 cm

Ming Blue and White Porcelain Jar with Lid

A blue and white porcelain jar, Ming period bulbous jar form with hat shape lid, decorated with blue glaze foliage on white ground, 19 cm high

Chinese Cloisonné Leys Jar with Maker's Mark

A Chinese Cloisonn enamel Leys jar bearing makers mark to base, height 7 cm, diameter 18.5 cm

Famille Rose Eight Immortals Flower Pot with Stand

A Qing Dynasty Tongzhi period famille rose 'Eight Immortals' hexagonal shape flower pot with stand, the hexagonal body supported by six low bracket feet, the sides finishing in an everted flat rim. Finely painted with eight immortals in famille rose.…

Chinese Blue and White Aster Flower Covered Jar

Large Chinese blue and white porcelain covered jar, Qing Dynasty, possibly Kangxi period, densely painted all over with aster flowers in a tight leafy meander, with four character mark within double circle to base, height 45 cm

Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue and White Figural Jar

A Chinese blue and white 'Figural' jar (Da Ming Wanli Nian Zhi mark), height 38 cm, diameter 36 cm

Qing Dynasty Huanghuali Wood Scroll Pot

A large Qing Dynasty huanghuali wood scroll pot, cylindrical form with thick sides. The amber brown wood with subtle and attractive streaked grain, 23 cm diameter, 24 cm height

Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Jar with Pewter Lid

A Chinese blue and white porcelain jar depicting birds and landscape scene with pewter lid height 27.8 cm

Chinese Famille Rose Brush Pot with Quails and Chrysanthemum

A Chinese famille rose brush pot, 20th century, decorated with quails and chrysanthemum, bearing a four character mark in iron red to the base, height 12.5 cm, diameter 10 cm

Qing Dynasty Blue and White Landscape Pot

An underglaze blue and white pot, possibly late Qing dynasty decorated with a continuous frieze of figures and scholars in a landscape within cloud scroll and diaper borders 21 cm diameter

Blue and White Boys Playing Jar

A large blue and white jar and cover, late 19th century decorated with a continuous scene of boys playing at various games and pursuits in a landscape setting 29 cm high

Qing Dynasty Blue and White Dragon Jar

Chinese Qing Dynasty blue and white porcelain jar, of robust form with a short cylindrical neck, decorated continuously with dragons, between ruyi head and lappet borders, with earlier six character mark to base, height 19 cm

Chinese Blue and White Shishi Lidded Pot

A 19th century Chinese blue and white lidded pot, with shishi finial, finely painted with leafy tendrils, the handle lugs with captured wire handles, diameter 16.5 cm, height 16.5 cm

Chinese Polychrome Porcelain Jar with Imperial Figures

An antique Chinese polychrome-decorated porcelain baluster jar and cover, 19th century, decorated all round in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels with scenes of Imperial figures and attendants in interiors, an apocryphal Kangxi mark to the underside,…

Sino-Arab Blue & White Oil Jar with Arabic Text

Sino-Arab export ware blue & white oil jar each side with Arabic text, flowers & banana leaves, height 45.8 cm

Famille Rose Brush Pot with Children and Landscapes

Unusual Chinese porcelain brush pot, in the form of two conjoined rectangles, decorated to front and back with rectangular famille rose panels depicting young children at leisure in a garden, set beside another panel with poem inscription, with depictions…

Qing Dynasty Blue Glazed Porcelain Jar with Cover and Stand

Chinese Qing Dynasty porcelain jar, of bulbous form, in a mottled blue glaze, double rings to base, with wooden cover, height 23 cm, together with a carved wooden stand (2)

Lavender Glazed Chinese Porcelain Brush Pot

Chinese porcelain brush pot, of cylindrical form, the exterior in a lavender glaze with cafe au lait rim, seal mark to base, height 14.5 cm

Ming Dragon Jar with Cover

A Chinese blue-and-white 'dragon' jar with cover, Late Ming dynasty 19.5 cm high (2). Provenance: NSW Private Collection. Raymond and Victoria Tregaskis (label)

Blue & White Chinese Ginger Jar with Rosewood Cover

Large 19th century Chinese blue & white ginger jar baluster shape, decorated with a continuous panel of figures in a landscape with domed rosewood cover, 38 cm height

Ming Dynasty Jun Glaze Jar with Cover

Good Chinese Ming Dynasty 15th century Jun splash glaze jar and cover, with slightly domed cover, above baluster meiping body, in jun glaze with slight purple splash exposed on shoulders, the thick glaze exposed from inside lip and lower foot, a/f, height…

Chinese Blanc de Chine Dragon Brush Pot

Impressive Chinese blanc de chine, brush pot, worked in relief with dragons, flaming pearls on a seascape ground, approx 18 cm high, 20 cm diameter

Chinese Porcelain Ginger Jar with Mythical Creatures

A large Chinese yellow ground porcelain ginger jar and cover decorated throughout with mythical creatures among clouds and flaming pearls 44.5 cm high. Provenance: The collection of the late Ross Gordon (2002) with an earlier collection number to the base.