Asian art auctions

See what’s been happening on our website and on eBay this month. Up for auction is a beautiful and rare Japanese shin-hanga woodblock print by Kawase Hasui and we’ve also added some new interesting Buy It Now items to our eBay shop. Read the full list below.

Asian Art Curator page has been expanded and now includes many more featured auctions. These are being updated throughout the week so make sure to stay up to date!

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Kawase Hasui – Rainy Night at Maekawa. Original Japanese Shin-hanga Woodblock Print

Beautiful original Japanese shin-hanga woodblock print ‘Rainy Night at Maekawa’ by Hasui Kawase (1883 – 1957). Inscribed along the right edge. Signed in the lower left corner and marked with two red seals – one belongs to the artist and the other one presumably belongs to the publisher Watanabe (?). Lovely print with nice strong colours. Comes framed and glazed – print can easily be taken out of the frame if necessary. Frame shows some signs of age.

Dimensions: 
Area of the print is 36×23.7 cm
Frame measures 49×37 cm, visible area of the print is 34×22 cm

川瀬 巴水 相州前川の雨 

eBay auction closing 31 July 2022

Antique Chinese Blue & White Export Porcelain Dish Plate With Floral Decoration

Charming 18th century export porcelain dish with underglaze blue decoration featuring parasol tree and peonies among scholar’s rocks with additional sprays of peonies along the border. Very skilfully decorated with excellent use of negative space!

Diameter: 23 cm

Antique French Porcelain Plate in Japanese Kakiemon Style by Gabriel Fourmaintraux

Very rare early 20th century dish by French artist Gabriel Fourmaintraux (1886-1984). Decorated in Kakiemon style with a scene featuring dragon coiled around a bamboo and a tiger gazing up to the sky. This pattern was copied either from the original 17th century Japanese Arita piece or from one of the later European copies of this type (such as those produced by Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory during the mid-18th century). Marked with Sun symbol to the base with initials GF inside and inscribed Desvres France 20500.

Diameter: 22.7 cm

Antique Japanese Miniature Cloisonne Teapot. Style of Takahara Komajiro, Meiji Period

Fine Japanese miniature cloisonne teapot in the manner of Takahara Komajiro, embellished with colourful floral medallions set against a black spiral diaper ground. Charming example of its type and a great addition to any collection.

Height: 7 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Fine Chinese or Japanese Celadon Glazed Vase. Unusual Form

Stunning and beautifully potted celadon glazed vase of unusual form with long neck, flared lip and wide foot with a groove designed to collect drips of glaze flowing from the bulbous body. Very skilfully made example and a rare find. Of unknown origin but most probably a 20th century piece from China or Japan. 

Height: 19 cm

Antique Worcester Porcelain Teacup & Saucer Fence Pattern Dr Wall Period c. 1770

Great 18th century Worcester blue and white porcelain cup and saucer in the Chinese-style ‘Fence’ pattern depicting a continuous scene with two birds flying above a landscape with oversized flowers and scholars rocks behind a fence and with a building on an island in the distance. Both marked to the base with underglaze blue crescent moon mark (cup also with an additional letter E), dating these examples to pre-1783 ‘first period’ also known as ‘Dr .Wall period’, c. 1770.

Dimensions:
Saucer – diameter 12 cm
Cup – diameter 7.5 cm; height 4 cm

Antique Chinese 18th Century Clobbered Qianlong Export Porcelain Dish. 9″

Antique 18th century Chinese blue and white Qianlong export porcelain plate that has later been decorated or ‘clobbered’ in England with bright overglaze enamels. Featuring a large central medallion with willow, peonies and pierced scholars rock, bordered by radiating panels with four dragons and additional floral motifs. Red pseudo-Chinese mark typical for clobberware of the period.

Diameter: 23 cm

Antique Chinese Yongzheng Period Export Famille Rose Porcelain Cup With Ormolu Mounts

Gorgeous 18th century Yongzheng period Chinese Famille Rose porcelain cup in later French ormolu mounts. Great decorative piece!

Diameter of the cup is approx. 8 cm
Measures 12 cm tall and 12 cm in diameter with mounts included

We’ve updated our website and added some great new resources for dealers, collectors and anyone else interested in Asian art. These include:

Chinese marks identification page with a simple guide on how to read and identify reign marks on antique Chinese porcelain,
Terminology of Asian art page with a glossary of frequently used terms and their meaning, and
Japanese marks identification database that has been greatly expanded and now also includes links to examples of ceramics for each mark.

Asian Art Curator page has also been streamlined and now includes special group searches for misspelled eBay listings, as well as direct access to all the resources mentioned above.

We’ve added many new interesting objects to our eBay shop this month.
See the list below for current auctions and new Buy It Now items.

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eBay Auction – Fine Chinese Cloisonne Round Covered Box With Buddhist Symbols and Carved Jade Plaque

Fantastic large Chinese covered cloisonné bowl decorated with auspicious symbols including eight Buddhist precious objects (Ashtamangala), Shou characters and bats on a blue ground with clouds. Interior of both bowl and cover fully enamelled with central floral design surrounded by foliate scrolls. Round openwork carved jade plaque at the top of the lid featuring Fenghuang (phoenix) bird.

Diameter: 29 cm

eBay auction closing 3 July 2022

Fine Antique Japanese Silver Wire Cloisonne Jardiniere Planter. Meiji Period

Fine antique Japanese blue-ground silver wire cloisonne jardiniere / plant pot depicting various flowers and a flying bird. Very nicely done with beautiful details and colours all around.

Diameter: 17 cm
Height: 12.5 cm

Fine Antique Chinese Fish Scale Cloisonne Calligraphy Brush Washer Bowl. Apocryphal Ming Mark

Fine early 20th century Chinese black monochrome cloisonné brush washer with beautiful even fish-scale pattern all over with ruyi-head border along the outside of the rim and geometric central medallion with floral design on the inside. Inside of the foot enamelled blue with cloud pattern and apocryphal four-character Ming mark inside red square.

Diameter: 19.5 cm

Antique Chinese Swatow Zhangzhou Ware Blue and White Porcelain Dish Ming Dynasty

Charming late Ming Dynasty 17th century Swatow (Zhangzhou) ware blue and white plate. Large central medallion depicting three birds flying among clouds and framed by a typical fish scale pattern border with four smaller floral medallions.

Diameter: 17 cm

Antique Chinese 18th Century Kraak Shipwreck Porcelain Saucer Dish

Antique Chinese blue and white Kraak porcelain saucer dish. Without any label but wear to the glaze and remnants of sea creatures on the reverse indicate that this came from a shipwreck – same type of saucer was found in Ca Mau shipwreck dated c. 1725, Yongzheng period but it’s not clear whether this example belong to that particular shipwreck.

Diameter: 16 cm

Antique Chinese 18th Century Export Porcelain Saucer With Landscape Painting

Fine 18th century Chinese export blue and white porcelain saucer with nicely painted river or lake landscape with two figures in boats between islands with trees and small huts. Framed by a typical diaper border along the rim. Really beautiful example!

Diameter: 12.5 cm

Tibetan Buddhist Silver Repoussé and Iron Personal Seal With Dragon and Lotus

Fine Tibetan personal seal with silver repoussé decoration featuring coiling dragon and stylised lotus flowers. Same lotus symbol is repeated on the iron base with remnants of pigment still visible in the grooves.

Height: 7 cm

Fine Antique Japanese Satsuma Pottery Dish Marked Kinzan 錦山 Meiji Period

Fine Japanese Satsuma pottery dish decorated with beautifully hand-painted figural temple scene framed by a gilt geometric border. Marked Kinzan 錦山 to the base.

Diameter: 19 cm

Fine Antique Japanese Satsuma Pottery Bowl Marked Choshuzan 長州山 Meiji Period

Fine Japanese Satsuma pottery bowl decorated with beautifully hand-painted figural scene on the inside and stunning floral decoration on the outside. Marked Choshuzan 長州山 to the base.

Diameter: 12.5 cm

Antique Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle Black Grisaille Figural Scene. Seal Mark

Rare Chinese porcelain snuff bottle painted en grisaille on iridescent black-enamel ground with a continuous scene of Han Yu riding on the horseback crossing a bridge, with his attendant following behind and holding a prunus branch. Base inscribed with four-character seal mark – possibly apocryphal Ming mark.

Height: 8.5 cm
Diameter: 3 cm

This month we are launching our new Asian Art Curator page where we will feature selected Asian art auctions currently on eBay, as well as other resources for eBay buyers including saved searches and recommended sellers. We hope that our curator’s corner will help dealers and collectors navigate through this very busy marketplace. Let us know your thoughts and suggestions!

We are also happy to announce our participation in this year’s Asia Week Paris in collaboration with Catawiki. Auctions will be published 8 July.

See the list below for current eBay auctions and a selection of recently sold Catawiki items.

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eBay auction – Antique Chinese 18th Century Export Porcelain Dish With Geese. Qianlong Period

Wonderful Qianlong period porcelain dish with grisaille and gilt decorated central scene featuring eight geese, framed by cavetto with nicely preserved floral sprays in blue enamels and with gilt border running along the rim. For similar example decorated with goldfish see collection of The Metropolitan Museum in New York – object 79.2.721.

Diameter: 23 cm

eBay auction closing 5 July 2022

Original woodblock print – Paper – Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) – Pampas Grass – Ichikawa Kuzo III as Hakamadare no Yasusuke – Japan – 1865

Beautiful rare original Japanese woodblock print by Toyohara Kunichika – Pampas Grass (Obana): Actor Ichikawa Kuzô III as Hakamadare no Yasusuke, from the series Thirty-six Selected Flowers and Grasses (Sanjûrokkasô no uchi), 1865. In good antique condition with only minor signs of aging as per photographs.

Porcelain Brush Rest Depicting a Horse Among Rolling Waves – China – Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)

Fantastic Chinese porcelain brush rest in the form of a reclining horse among rolling waves. In excellent condition with only some minor original firing flaws and iron oxide marks. Height: 6 cm; length: 9 cm.

Original Chinese Stone Rubbing of Yangzhi Guanyin Stele From Putuoshan Fayu Temple – China – 20th century

Beautiful and rare original ink rubbing of Yangzhi Guanyin 楊枝觀音 taken from a stone stele dating to the Wanli Period, Ming Dynasty and based on a painting by Tang Dynasty mater Yan Liben. Very nice example mounted on a silk hanging scroll. Dimensions: scroll measures 183×63 cm, area of the rubbing is 116×52 cm

Antique Japanese Sukashi Openwork Iron Tsuba With Gilt Decoration – Japan – Edo Period (1600-1868)

Fine Japanese sukashi tsuba of quatrefoil form depicting intertwined flowers or branches with buds and further embellished with gold. Unsigned. In very good condition with some age-related marks and minor wear to gilt decoration as per photographs. Dimensions: 6.9×6.2 cm

Large Pair of Chinese Original Paintings on Silk. Framed and Glazed – China – 19th century

Lovely pair of large Chinese original paintings on silk depicting maidens and immortals emerging from the mountain fog. Nicely framed and glazed. Dimensions: each frame measures 57×19 cm; each artwork measures 43×10 cm.

Antique Japanese Gilt Lacquer Game Storage Box with Original Lacquered Stand. Meiji period (1868-1912)

Beautifully shaped Japanese black lacquered box finely decorated with subtle gilded floral motifs and insects. Domed lid features partially gilded design with flowers, butterflies and miniature framed scene. Complete set of removable compartments inside. Originally intended for storing playing cards but would make a great jewellery or trinket box. Comes with its original detachable and fully lacquered stand. Very elegant example of Japanese lacquerware.

Large Antique Japanese Natural Form Burr Wood ‘Tabako-bon’ Holder. 19th century

Stunning antique Japanese scholar’s object made out of solid burr wood with beautiful surface texture and dark patina. Originally designed to hold smoking implements of traditional ‘Tabako bon’ set: hi’ire – container for lit charcoal and haifuki – tall container or a piece of bamboo for used tobacco ash. Could be also used for calligraphy brush pots or as a display stand for other scholar’s objects. Apocryphal Chinese four-character ‘Da Qing Qian Long’ mark carved to the base.