All the attributes of 000, 222 and 777 all wrapped up into one handy sized 999
Qing Dynasty Qianlong Reign Bowls
Price Guide
£200 to £500 each
The first Dutch ship
Celebrating the arrival of the first Dutch trading ship to the Pearl River Estuary.
With 4 character Qianlong Reign mark with Artists mark; 18th Century Celadon Glaze Blue & White bowl
19th Century Chrysanthemum Crested Stork 8.5" Plate
£500.00
Japanese Arita Imari dish plate with Sei Ji Kai Sha mark dated to 1879ce
19th Century Chrysanthemum Floral 8.5" Plate
£1,500.00
Mark: Koransha, with impressed Fukagawa Orchid mark. Written in katagana, right to left. A company/kiln still producing high quality porcelain, from Arita in western Japan. Tentative date; Mid to late 19th century.
19th Century figurative 10" Charger Plate
£5,000.00
Japanese Arita Imari figurative pet dog at play Charger plate with mark: Sei Ji Kai Sha - (Pure Water Company) 1879ce
And now the Ko Imari Collection
A rare 10" diameter lightly gilded floral silks Ko Imari dish plate of circa late 17th Century. Price Guide £1,000 to £5,000
11.25" Octagonal Charger Plate in gilt Verde Floral and Bird design. Eiwa Kinsei appears to be mostly an export ware dating from the 1950s and later. The oldest marks are black and gold marks found on lithophane Geisha wares. Blue and red seal marks occurs later. Price Guide £100 to £300 (Not Ko Imari though, i just plonked it here as it was in the stack)
17th Century Ko Sometsuke Arita Imari Nabershima Ware 7.5" charger plate with original Arita marks on reverse. Price Guide £40,000 to £80,000 each as i have a pair of them.
And now for some of the rarer Chinese Stuff
It's got a hairline crack in it, five toe Emperor Dragon Bowl rice glaze pattern Guide Price £100 to £500
This Charger plate carries the peach mark which safely dates it to either shortly before or early Kangxi - beginning of the Qing Dynasty but the Artists mark firmly places it's date to Changhua Reign - Ming Dynasty. One of the Originals that inspired later Korean, Japanese and Chinese Kangxi and later Export Imari's. Price Guide £50,000 to £100,000
Flaming Lotus Wheel Wan Li Reign, Ming Dynasty blue and white with old style imperial kiln mark. Guide Price £2,000 to £10,000
Five Toed Emperor Dragon, Blue and White with Qianlong Imperial Kiln mark placing it within the 18th Century Qing Dynasty but it's not Chinese; it's British, it was produced by a Staffordshire Pottery specialising in Lithographical transfer, you can see one of the overlaps mid body. Guide Price £2,000 to £10,000
15th Century Ming Dynasty but not one of the posh artistic masterpieces as it carries the commoners mark. Price Guide £2,000 to £10,000 because it's so bloody old.
Early Kangxi Reign Qing Dynasty, a privately commission pair carrying red imperial kiln mark depicting three of the Emperors Concubines relaxing in a private courtyard within the walls of the imperial palace in the Forbidden City. Price Guide £10,000 to £50,000
1950's PROC
Guide Price £200 to £500
Guide Price £200 to £500
Guide Price £200 to £500
Guide Price £200 to £500