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Kangxi Tea Bowl and Saucer Chinese blue and white teabowl and saucer, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with swirls flowers and leaves, diameter 13.5 cm.

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A Nice Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Bowl and Saucer... 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...

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Chinese celadon Bodhisattva made during Mongolian rule

Category : Color Pottery, Green glaze porcelain


Crane and deer are to Han Chinese well wishes for longivety and official career. Also, deer is a totem animal to Mongolian people representing femail ancestral worshipping. The statue was made during Mongolian rule. I guess this is the only celadon ( pale blue 青白釉) statue, Bodhisattva, accompanied by two well wishing animals made under its category during Yuan dynasty.