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We regularly offer Chinese and Japanese antiques in auctions on both eBay and Catawiki. See the list below for new auctions and products added to our shop this April.
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eBay Auctions and New Arrivals
Antique Chinese Ink Rubbing of Luohan Nakula Stone Stele Commissioned by Emperor Qianlong
Very rare original ink rubbing of a stone stele from the Shengyin Temple (destroyed between 1850-1864 during the Taiping Rebellion). Depicting luohan Nakula, one of the 16 luohans (arhats) originally portrayed by the Chinese painter Guanxiu 貫休 (832-912). Guanxiu’s paintings were already considered rare in 1757, when the Qianlong emperor encountered a set of 16 luohans in a monastery in Hangzhou. To preserve their appearance, the emperor commissioned copies and had them carved in stone so that rubbings like these could be made.
The original paintings and stone steles are now lost, making these copies some of the most important surviving evidence of Guanxiu’s style.
Dimensions: area of the rubbing measures 113×47 cm; overall dimensions are 120×59 cm
References
Harvard Library – object W348704_1 – Sixteen Arhats at Shengyin Temple– the 5th: Nakula Arhat
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art – Object FSC-R-431 (Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection)
Penn Museum – object number 2010-26-5 (Gift of K. Z. Tung, 1918)
Large Chinese Blue & White Export Porcelain Plate With Floral Decoration. 12.5″
Very nicely decorated and well used large 18th century export plate decorated with various floral sprays in underglaze blue and framed within a diaper border. Skilfully drawn example that displays beautifully!
Diameter: 12.5 inches (just under 32 cm)
Antique Chinese 18th Century Clobbered Export Porcelain Dish With Dragons. 9″
Antique 18th century Chinese blue and white export plate that has later been decorated or ‘clobbered’ in England with bright overglaze enamels. Faturing a large central medallion with bamboo, peonies and pierced scholars rock and a cavetto with three dragons and more floral sprays on red and lime green ground. Red pseudo-Chinese mark typical for clobberware of the period.
Diameter: 22.5 cm
Antique Japanese Bronze Silver Inlay Usubata Ikebana Flower Arrangement Vase 6″
Antique Japanese bronze or similar copper alloy usubata vase for ikebana flower arrangement. Beautifully embellished with silver inlaid decoration featuring rolling waves around the foot and floral sprays around the body and inside the neck. Unusual openwork lotus-shaped handles cast in low relief.
Height: 15 cm, diameter: 13 cm
Antique Japanese Kutani Porcelain Koro Incense Burner With Foo Lion Finial
Lovely and colourful Japanese lozenge-shaped Kutani porcelain incense burner with floral decoration. Raised on four feet and covered with a pierced lid featuring a seated blue foo lion (shishi). Signed to the base with green square maker’s mark reminiscent of Fuku or Yoshidaya style marks.
Height: 15 cm
Antique Japanese Gilt Lacquered Jewellery Cabinet With Bird & Flower Decoration. Meiji Period
Lovely Japanese jewellery cabinet featuring one large and six smaller drawers behind hinged doors with beautifully hand-painted panels depicting bird perched on a blossoming tree.
Dimensions: 23x23x11 cm
Antique Japanese Bronze Brass Art Nouveau Style Vase With Lily Pad Handles. Meiji Period
Beautiful decorative Japanese vase in Art Nouveau style with large twin handles in the shape of lily pad leaves. Looks like it originally had typical Japanese bronzed finish that has over the years worn off. Square makers mark and some incised numbers to the base. Nice heavy piece with a lot of character.
Height: 22 cm
Catalogue de la Collection de Porcelaines Anciennes de la Chine et du Japon appartenant à A. Revilliod de Muralt
Published 1901 by CH. EGGIMANN ET CIE. Fantastic antique reference book, profusely illustrated with each photographed piece numbered and described. 192 pages + 40 photographic plates of which 31 represent porcelain. 2461 pieces of Chinese and Japanese porcelain listed in total.
Antique Chinese Painting on Silk With Calligraphy Inscription. Early 20th century
Charming antique Chinese silk painting depicting a scene with three figures on a balcony. Inscription and seal to the upper left corner. Nicely framed and glazed. In good antique condition with some usual browning and signs of aging.
Dimensions: frame 28×23 cm; artwork measures 22×17 cm
Antique Chinese Carved Bamboo Incense Holder. Tongzhi Mark. Qing Dynasty Censer
Very nicely carved Chinese bamboo incense stick holder depicting a congregation of scholars under a large pine tree, some playing Go and others in conversation. They are surrounded by impressive rocky outcrops and openwork carved bamboo groves. Inscribed with Tongzhi reign mark at the top.
Height: 28.5 cm
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