Category : Pottery
Category : Blue and white porcelain, White porcelain, White Pottery
Chinese blue and white teabowl and saucer, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with swirls flowers and leaves, diameter 13.5 cm.
Category : White porcelain, White Pottery
Very nice Chinese porcelain famille rose foliated bowl and rare pierced saucer. The bowl is decorated with elegant ladies at leisure and qilin upon outdoor terrace and within a fenced garden. The high footed saucer is decorated with boys playing and floral design, both has gilded edge. The base of the bowl is with a four characters Tongzhi square mark (Tong Zhi Nian Zhi) in iron red and dated of the Tongzhi period (1862-1874). The bowl measures 12 cm (4.7 inches) in diameter and 5.6 cm (2.2 inches) high; the saucer measures 12.9 cm (5 inches) in diameter and 2.9 cm (1.15inches) high. Both of them are in a very good condition, no restoration or repair. Shipping extra.
Chinese blue and white stem cup Kangxi (1662-1722), the octagonal cup well painted alternating panels of plants, the interior rim a leaf band, height: 12 cm.
It has 7 layers of petals as compared with 5 layers found on the one with National Museum of Korea. Most likely produced around 12th century or during Koryo period.
Once owned most probably by a prince during waring period in a nation called Chu in southern part of China. Will elaborate later.
Category : Red glaze porcelain, Red pottery
Carved out design in much the same way as what craftsman did on jade stone. Completed with coating of glassy enamel in ruby-red on its surface. Glass bottles processed this way are very rare. China was then still relied on foreign colored enamel made in Europe. So awefully expensive the finished bottle cost as dearly as gold.
King Yungzheng ruled China between 1723 and 1735 A.D.
Ancient Chinese God of Earth had its chin not showing implying that creatures would get swallowed once it did.
The artifact shown above is depicting that the God of Earth is glowing in flames burning King Tang (商湯) who was the founding father of Chinese Shang dynasty. According to Chinese mythology King Qi sacrificed by torching himself in a rain praying ceremony. As a result people finally saved from starvation due to heavy rainfall that came timely to drive draught devils away.