Chinese porcelain

Chinese porcelain remains highly sought-after for its exceptional craftsmanship and artistry. Perfected over centuries, its production combined finely prepared kaolin clay and other porcelain stones with high-temperature firing to create works of remarkable strength and delicacy.

Blue-and-white porcelain is especially prized — across the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in particular, different types of cobalt ore and application methods created distinctive shades of blue. This has become a defining style of Chinese ceramics, with Christie’s having sold a rare early Ming blue-and-white flask for £1.1 million in 2007, highlighting the enduring appeal of these remarkable works.


A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE FIVE PIECE GARNITURE

LATE YONGZHENG PERIOD / EARLY QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1723-1795

A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CELADON PORCELAIN CARP VASES

ALMOST CERTAINLY SUPPLIED BY LAZARE DUVAUX, THE PORCELAIN QIANLONG (1735-1795), THE MOUNTS CIRCA 1750-1755

A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND CHINESE CLAIR DE LUNE CELADON PORCELAIN VASES

THE ORMOLU MOUNTS ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-CLAUDE CHAMBELLAN DUPLESSIS, CIRCA 1760, THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1720-1750

A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CELADON PORCELAIN BAMBOO-FORM BRUSHPOTS

THE PORCELAIN QIANLONG (1735-1795), THE MOUNTS CIRCA 1750

清康熙 灑藍地描金「正氣歌」筆筒 雙圈六字楷書款

KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

清雍正 鬥彩「龍馬負圖」盤 雙圈六字篆書款

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN SEAL SCRIPT IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

清嘉慶 御製粉彩踏雪尋梅鼻煙壺 四字篆書款

IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, JIAQING FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

南宋 青白釉模印花卉紋帶蓋梅瓶

SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

明萬曆 綠地黃彩刻龍鳳呈祥紋罐 雙圈六字楷書款

WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

明弘治 粉彩安居樂業圖盌 雙圈六字楷書款

THE PORCELAIN: HONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1488-1505), THE ENAMELS LATER ADDED

清雍正 粉彩團蝶紋盌 雙圈六字楷書款

THE PORCELAIN: YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735); THE ENAMELS POSSIBLY LATER ADDED

清嘉慶 粉彩胭脂紅地花卉紋小盃 六字篆書款

JIAQING SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

北宋 十一/十二世紀初 青白釉刻花卉紋盌

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-EARLY 12TH CENTURY

宋 十一至十二世紀 青白釉帶蓋執壺

SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

元初 十三世紀末/十四世紀初 青白釉琮式瓶

EARLY YUAN DYNASTY, LATE 13TH-EARLY 14TH CENTURY

清康熙 五彩仕女嬰戲圖蓋罐

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

清康熙 五彩仕女圖蓋罐兩件

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

清康熙 五彩團花紋盤

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

清康熙 五彩花卉紋花觚一對

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

清康熙 青花穆王八駿盤兩件

KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

清乾隆 青釉蓮子盌一對 六字篆書款

QIANLONG SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

清乾隆 青釉刻纏枝花卉紋長頸瓶

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

晚清/民國 德化白釉菩薩像

LATE QING DYNASTY-REPUBLIC PERIOD, SIGNED XU YUNLIN

明嘉靖 五彩魚藻紋蓋罐 六字楷書款

JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

元 青花「錦香亭」圖罐

YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)

明宣德 青花五爪雲龍紋大罐 「宣德年製」四字楷書橫款

XUANDE FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)

A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'BUTTERFLY' DOUBLE-GOURD VASES

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

清乾隆 鬥彩蒼龍教子圖夔龍耳抱月瓶 六字篆書款

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

A SET OF FOUR EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN BALUSTER VASES

THE PORCELAIN JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1821), THE MOUNTS CIRCA 1815

清康熙約六十一年 御製胭脂紅地琺瑯彩千葉蓮紋盌 藍料雙方框「康熙御製」宋體款

KANGXI BLUE-ENAMELLED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD, CIRCA 1722

清乾隆 粉青釉雕海水龍紋梅瓶 六字篆書款

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

明永樂 青花竹石芭蕉圖梅瓶

YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425)

清雍正 釉裏紅波濤錐拱蒼龍教子圖梅瓶 雙圈六字楷書款

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

清雍正 青花九龍鬧海圖天球瓶 六字楷書橫款

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

清乾隆 青花春耕圖雙福如意大抱月瓶 六字篆書款

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

明宣德 青花海水雙龍紋內暗花龍紋高足盌 雙圈六字楷書款

XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)

清乾隆 瓷胎洋彩黃地錦上添花蓮紋長春百子圖雙龍耳瓶 礬紅六字篆書款

QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

A MAGNIFICENT CELADON-GLAZED CARVED BALUSTER VASE

QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

清雍正 青花釉裏紅雲海騰龍紋天球瓶 六字楷書款

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)