Pair of Chinese Pink Porcelain Bowls A pair of pink and white glaze Chinese bowls, measuring 4 x 2 1/2 ins., dating to the 20th century.</b> Each bowl has impressed or hidden outer designs of auspicious Buddhist symbols under a lustrous pink glaze. The inner surface of the white porcelain body is covered with a pure white glaze. The bases bear the factory marks and the words Made in China.
 

Chinese Blue & White 17th c. Bowl <p><b>A fine Chinese blue and white bowl, measuring 7 X 2 3/4 ins., dating to the 17th century. </b>The bowl is decorated with underglaze blue that has a distinctly purple color. Flowers are painted on the cavetto and center; landscape scenes are painted on the exterior. The bowl has a typical orange peel feel and the footrim shows a orange clay. The rim shows <i>mushikui</i>, or a moth-eaten appearance. This is typical of ko-sometsuke, or old Chinese blue and white wares shipped to Japan as well as better quality Chinese domestic wares made in the Ming Tiangi period (1621-27). There is one old 1/4 in. rim chip. This is a recent acquisition from the estate of Helen Tukey, auctioned by Freeman’s of Philadelphia in a catalogued sale. The bowl was vetted by the Freeman’s staff for this sale. It is in fine and original condition.
 

19th cent. Chinese Dragon and Pearl Bowl <p><b>A fine Chinese porcelain bowl designed with four roundels of stylized dragons chasing flaming pearls and a central inner medallion of a flaming pearl in overglaze green, orange and white enamels, dating to the late 19th to early 20th century.</b> The bowl has a four-character hallmark on the base in orange. It is smudged and hard to read. The bottom left character looks like Chinese for prosperity. The bowl is in fine and original condition with one firing defect in the center that shows the underlying orange-brown clay body. There is some pitting of the white glaze.
 

Chinese Clobbered Guang Xu Coffeepot <p><b>A fine and rare Chinese underglaze blue on white porcelain coffepot with top, measuring 4 3/4 ins. in height by 3 1/2 ins. at its widest, bearing a Guangxu reign mark (1875-1908) in overglaze red.</b> The design is of a three-toed dragon. The spout and rim areas have been clobbered, or enhanced with gold. The design of the item as a miniature coffeepot leads me to believe that this was meant to be part of a child’s set. The coffeepot is in original and excellent condition with no evidence of damage or repairs. A fine, period example of late 19th century Chinese export porcelain.
 

Chinese Tongzhi (1862-74) Dish <p><b>This lovely Chinese dish dates from 1862 to 1874, the reign of the Tongzhi emperor.</b> It is lobulated in design and measures 4” across and is 2 ins. high. The porcelain is of high quality and has a bluish tinge with few imperfections. The dish is decorated around three-quarters of the circumference with a charming family scene in the famille rose palette. There is a four-character Tongzhi mark in seal script on the base, making this “of the mark and period.” <p>The period before Tongzhi’s reign was marked by civil war in China that led to the destruction of the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen in the 1850’s. Most porcelain produced from this time until that of the Guangzu emperor at the end of the century was of poor quality. This piece is the exception that proves the rule. It is not imperial but represents the fine porcelain pieces done after the kiln was rebuilt or by remaining artisans. Porcelain of this quality with this reign mark is hard to find.
 

Chinese 19th c. Blanc de Chine Brush Washer <p><b>A beautifully simple and rare, melon ribbed blanc de chine brush washer, measuring 2 1/2 X 3 ins., dating to late 18th - early 19th century. </b> This type of footrim and glaze can be found on Kang Hsi wares, and the piece probably dates to that era. The brush washer comes with its own stand that appears to be a later addition. A beautiful Chinese monochrome for the collector of items for the scholar’s desk or fine antique porcelain.
 

19th c. Chinese Famille Verte Charger An exceptional Chinese round charger done in Famille Verte colors with a central painting of maidens and children in a garden scene, bordered by a wide, multicolor overglaze enamel diaper, measuring 13 1/4 ins. in diameter, dating to the mid to late 19th century. The reverse shows a speckled white glaze on a white porcelain body, gray footrim and pontil marks characteristic of late Ching Dynasty porcelain. Some of the colors of the robes have faded from use over time but there is no other structural damage. An exceptional and unusual charger in this palette.