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Chinese underglaze cobalt blue porcelain
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Very rare Chinese export porcelain goblet on a tall stem, ribbed and moulded body, c.1690, Kangxi.

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 bottle decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) in the kraak pattern, Wanli

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 octagonal dish decorated with the “Dutch folly fort”, Qianlong.

Two Chinese porcelain “herring” dishes, after Dutch Delft faience with one herring each, Kangxi.

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 porcelain octagonal box and cover with dog finial, Qianlong.

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

Set of five massive chargers, Kangxi.

Large pair of baluster vases, Kangxi.

Chinese porcelain bowl for the Vietnamese market.

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

Chinese export porcelain hanging flower basket, Daoguang.

Chinese porcelain jar decorated with a scholar offering a jue to a dignitary, Kangxi.

Chinese porcelain bottle decorated in the kraak pattern with flowers and flying horses, Wanli reign, Ming dynasty.

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

Chinese porcelain stand on three lion legs and paw feet after a European silver model, Kangxi.

Chinese porcelain tea canister decorated in underglaze blue (qinghua) iron-red and gilt, Kangxi.

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

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

Very rare and large Chinese export porcelain soup tureen decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Qianlong.

Set of knives and forks with Chinese export porcelain handles after European silver, Qianlong.

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 tray, after a European form, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Qianlong.

Chinese porcelain plate decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with deer and ducks, 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.

Chinese export porcelain ewer decorated in cobalt blue (qinghua) with a European figure. 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 vines, Kangxi reign.

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

Pair of Chinese export porcelain vases decorated in under-glaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with central panels showing a domestic scene with ladies, Kangxi reign.

Chinese porcelain vase of gu form decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), 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 export porcelain bottle-vase (shangping) decorated with a blue glaze, Qianlong 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.

Chinese porcelain from Dehua kilns (blanc-de-chine) with bisected foot rim modelled with branches, Ming dynasty.

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 vase decorated with a rich sacrificial blue glaze, Qing dynasty.

Chinese porcelain shell-shaped basin decorated in the traditional Imari palette, Kangxi reign.

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

Chinese porcelain vase, decorated in gilt with a domestic hunting scene with a rifle, on underglaze cobalt (qinghua) powder-blue ground, Kangxi/Yongzheng reigns.

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 sauce tureen, crown finial and mask handles after a Meissen original, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) of a boy riding a water buffalo, Qianlong 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

Chinese porcelain box after a European original, decorated in the Imari palette, Kangxi reign.

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

Chinese porcelain cruet decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) after a European form, 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 export porcelain spittoon (zhadou) or “slop vase” 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 bottles, 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 garniture composed of two baluster vases and covers and two beakers decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi reign.

Pair of Chinese porcelain pomegranate tureens with stands, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Qianlong reign.

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

Two Chinese export porcelain “herring” dishes, after Dutch Delft faience, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), c. 1720, Kangxi reign.

Chinese porcelain tureen after a Leeds creamware form, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Qianlong reign.

Very rare Chinese porcelain tray after European silver form, Qianlong

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

Chinese porcelain vase with garlic mouth decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Kangxi reign, period European gilt.

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

Set of Chinese porcelain leaf-shaped dishes decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua), Qianlong reign.

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