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Chinese underglaze cobalt blue porcelain
中国青花瓷

Rare Chinese export porcelain beaker, Kangxi

Chinese porcelain cylindrical brush pot (bitong), Kangxi

Chinese porcelain pear-shaped vase elegantly potted with an ovoid body, Kangxi.

Chinese porcelain meiping decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Jiajing

Chinese porcelain bottle vase with tall cylindrical flared neck decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi

Small but very rare qinghua decorated porcelain vase, Wanli.

Chinese export porcelain sauce tureen and stand after a Leeds creamware form, Qianlong.

Chinese porcelain plate decorated with chrysanthemum and poem. Kangxi.

Chinese export porcelain puzzle jug after a Dutch Delft prototype, Kangxi.

Vase for the Asian market, c. 1500, Hongzhi reign, Ming dynasty.

Chinese export porcelain double body teapot and cover (linglong), Kangxi.

Set of five massive chargers, Kangxi.

Chinese porcelain bowl for the Vietnamese market.

Chinese porcelain ewer and cover decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi.

Chinese huashi porcelain tea bowl and saucer showing a Chinese house with a Christian cross, Yongzheng.

Chinese export porcelain vase decorated with seated ladies playing musical instruments, Kangxi.

Seventeenth century silver mounted Chinese porcelain bowl, Jiajing reign, Ming dynasty.

Chinese porcelain tea bowl and saucer, mark "Elegantly made like beautiful jade", Kangxi.

Chinese eggshell porcelain tea bowl and saucer, mark “Elegantly made like beautiful jade”, Kangxi.

Small Chinese export porcelain ovoid vase decorated with ladies in reserves separated by flowers, Kangxi.

Chinese porcelain saucer-dish decorated at the centre with two standing ladies, Kangxi.

Chinese export porcelain saucer-dish decorated at the centre with two standing ladies, Kangxi.

Chinese porcelain barrel-form vessel with a spout made for the Dutch market, Kangxi.

Chinese vase decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with Chinese ladies and flowers, Kangxi

Chinese porcelain beaker vase decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi.

Chinese porcelain scalloped saucer-dish with a hunt scene, Kangxi.

Chinese porcelain brush pot (bitong) decorated with a scene from Journey to the West, Guangxu.

Pair of Chinese export porcelain plates with reticulated borders (linglong), Kangxi.

Chinese export porcelain plate with reticulated border (linglong), Kangxi.

Chinese export porcelain bowl with reticulated walls (linglong), Chongzhen reign, Ming dynasty.

Chinese porcelain dish decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Wanli reign, Ming dynasty.

Large Chinese export porcelain meat dish with the “Dutch folly fort”, Qianlong.

Chinese export porcelain tea canister decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Qianlong.

Chinese export porcelain teapot and cover of rare octagonal form, Kangxi.

Chinese export porcelain dish with the three Friends of winter, Wanli reign, Ming dynasty.

Chinese export porcelain goblet decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi.

small Chinese export porcelain stem cup, Kangxi .

Chinese porcelain teapot decorated in under-glaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi.

Vietnamese ceramic water dropper in the form of a pufferfish kilns in Hai Duong province, north Vietnam, 15th century.

Chinese soft-paste porcelain vase decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with two Chinese ladies, Kangxi/Yongzheng

Chinese soft-paste porcelain teapot and cover decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with Chinese ladies, Kangxi/Yongzheng.

Very rare and fine Chinese soft-paste porcelain cylindrical vase and cover decorated in underglaze cobalt blue

Chinese export porcelain vase and cover, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with standing ladies, Kangxi

Chinese export porcelain vase, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with “long Elisas” in a wall garden setting, Kangxi.

Chinese export porcelain double wall (linglong, little eyes) teapot and cover, Qianlong.

Pair of Chinese export porcelain handled jugs decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) Kangxi.

Chinese export porcelain and bamboo form teapot and cover, Kangxi.

Chinese porcelain cup decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi.

Pair of Chinese porcelain cylindrical vases decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi.

Chinese porcelain vase decorated in bright underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with flowers, Kangxi reign.

Chinese porcelain vase decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with a lady and two rams, Kangxi reign.

Chinese porcelain “garlic head” (suantouping) vase decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), c. 1700, Kangxi reign

Chinese porcelain globular jar decorated with two panels, one with a seated scholar the other an official in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi reign.

Chinese porcelain water-dropper decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with ladies, Kangxi reign.

Chinese porcelain plate decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), the centre divided in two halves, the top shows a pagoda, geese, a lake and a four-character inscription, the bottom part an upside-down scene with flowers, birds and another four-character inscription, Tianqi/Chongzhen reigns, Ming dynasty.

Chinese porcelain dish decorated in under-glaze cobalt blue (qinghua) made for the Vietnamese market decorated with two seals and an inscription reading “No Parallel on Earth, First Branch in the World”, the back with four characters “Ruoshen Collection”, late 19th century.

Chinese porcelain saucer-form dish decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) at the centre a domestic scene within a walled garden, the six-character mark of Kangxi and of the period.

Chinese porcelain vase covered in sacrificial blue glaze with slip carved decoration, Shunzhi reign.

Chinese porcelain vase with cover covered in sacrificial blue glaze, Shunzhi reign.

Pair of Chinese porcelain vases and covers painted in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Artemisia leaf, c. 1710, Kangxi reign.

Pair of Chinese porcelain vases decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with two shaped panels with containing flower sprays and insects; each panel is decorated with antique vessels, books and vases, c. 1700, Kangxi reign.

Chinese porcelain small kendi with bulbous spout decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with trigrams and clouds, Wanli reign, Ming dynasty.

Chinese export porcelain goblet with ribbed and moulded body, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Artemisia leaf, Kangxi reign.

Chinese export porcelain goblet on a tall stem, ribbed body, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi reign.

Chinese export porcelain vase decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with a lady and a little boy, Kangxi reign, old silver mounts.

Pair of Chinese porcelain sprinklers decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with flower heads, Kangxi reign.

Chinese porcelain figure of a man decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Qianlong reign.

Chinese porcelain chargers decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with landscapes, Qianlong reign.

Chinese porcelain bottle with “garlic mouth” covered in sacrificial cobalt blue, decorated with an applied reptile from the Squamata (lizard) class around the neck, Jiajing reign, Ming dynasty.

Chinese porcelain bowl with reticulated wall (linglong) decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Chongzhen reign, Ming dynasty.

Chinese porcelain tankard decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with a scholar and a Buddhist monk , c. 1630, Chongzhen reign, Ming dynasty.

Chinese porcelain tea canister and cover decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi reign.

Chinese porcelain plate decorated
 in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with a lady watching two little boys playing, Kangxi reign.

Chinese porcelain plate decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with two deer and a flying crane, Wanli reign, Ming dynasty.

Chinese porcelain plate decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with white rabbits under a willow tree, c. 1735, Yongzheng reign

Pair of Chinese porcelain salt cellars with honeycomb walls, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi reign.

Chinese stoneware incense burner, Zhengzhou kilns (Swatow ware), decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), mid-Ming dynasty.

Chinese porcelain dish moulded and decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) in the kraak style, Wanli reign

Chinese export porcelain beakers decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi reign.

Chinese porcelain low bowl decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with a classical landscape and an inscription, late Qing dynasty.

Chinese porcelain two-piece cruet and stand, decorated in the Imari palette, Kangxi reign.

Pair of Chinese porcelain scalloped plates for the Japanese market decorated with an open wings crane in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), c. 1645, Shunzhi reign, Ming dynasty.

Three Chinese porcelain deep plate of Dutch “klapmuts” form, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi reign.

Two Chinese porcelain dishes decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with a leaping dragon and a carp, Kangxi reign.

Chinese porcelain dish decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with the “Dutch folly fort”, c. 1780, Qianlong reign.

Chinese porcelain puzzle jug after a Dutch Delft prototype, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi reign.

Vase in Chinese export porcelain for the Asian market, Zhengzhou kilns (Swatow ware), c. 1550, Ming dynasty.

Chinese porcelain beaker decorated
 in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi reign.