Swatow

A large blue and white Swatow dragon bowl, China, Wanli period. Photo Nagel. Few small rim chips or frits. D. 39,7 cm. Estimate 3000/4000 € Property from an old European private collection, bought in Asia in the 1960's  A lotos-shaped blue and white and iron-red decorated porcelain dish, China, Wanli six-character mark and period. Photo Nagel. Rim restored. D. 17,7 cm. Estimate 1000/1500 € Property from an old German private collection A blue and white porcelain... [Lire la suite]

Large Swatow deep circular dish, Pinghe County, Zhangzhou prefecture, Fujian province. Ming dynasty, circa 1600. Photo courtesy Marchant painted in turquoise, black and iron-red enamel with gently everted rim, painted in the centre with the eight trigrams surrounding a yin yang symbol with a night scene of fishing boats above waves, beside mountains and pavilions, all beneath the stars and the moon within iron-red rings, the cavetto painted with crabs, shrimp, fish, lotus leaves,... [Lire la suite]

  Large Swatow deep circular dish, Pinghe County, Zhangzhou prefecture, Fujian province. Ming dynasty, circa 1600. Photo courtesy Marchant painted in turquoise, black, iron-red and green enamel with gently everted rim, painted in the centre with a barefoot artist wandering in a landscape holding a branch supporting a long-tailed bird, with a rucksack of scrolls and gourd, a further rolled scroll sits on an easel extending from his rucksack, all beside a deer, rockwork, bamboo and beneath a... [Lire la suite]

Large Swatow deep circular dish, Pinghe County, Zhangzhou prefecture, Fujian province. Ming dynasty, circa 1600. Photo courtesy Marchant painted in turquoise, black and iron-red enamels with a large central scene of the ‘split pagoda’, with mountains in the distance, figures crossing a bridge and boats, all above three pagodas on rockwork, surrounded by four ruyi-head flaming medallions of fisherman, two with figures crossing a bridge, one with a fishing boat with one of the fisherman... [Lire la suite]

Chinese "swatow" dish. China, 17th century. Porcelain, painted in overglaze green and black enamels on opaque white glaze. The Aga Khan Museum. Coarsely potted and covered with a thick, crackled glaze, this dish belongs to a distinct group of porcelain, the so-called ‘Swatow wares’. Swatow is a Dutch mistranslation of Shantou, the port from which such ceramics were supposedly exported, although this port was actually not used until the Qing dynasty (1644 –1912). Recent archaeological research by Chinese scholars has established... [Lire la suite]

Coupe lobée. Swatow, XVIe  siècle, époque Ming  (1368-1644). Photo Ader SVV en porcelaine blanche décorée en bleu sous couverte d'un médaillon d'oiseau cerf et biche sous un pin. D. : 42 cm.  Estimation : 1200/1500€ Ader SVV. VENDREDI 2 MARS à 15H00. Drouot Richelieu  Salle 7 75009 Paris. él. : 01.53.40.77.10 - Fax : 01.53.40.77.20 - Email : contact@ader-paris.fr

 Coupe ronde. Swatow. Epoque Ming (1368-1644). Photo Ader SVV en porcelaine blanche décorée en bleu sous couverte d'un médaillon de cerf, grue et oiseau sous les nuages.  D. : 42,5 cm.  Estimation : 1200/1500€ Ader SVV. VENDREDI 2 MARS à 15H00? Drouot Richelieu  Salle 7 75009 Paris. él. : 01.53.40.77.10 - Fax : 01.53.40.77.20 - Email : contact@ader-paris.fr

A Chinese blue and white 'kraak porselein' wine-pot and a cover. Wanli (1573-1619). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 The globular sides painted with a continuous scene of tigers in a fenced garden, applied with upright handle and S-shaped spout, the cover matched, minor chips, frits and baking flaw; 20.4 cm. high - Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 Price Realized €5,000 A Chinese blue and white 'kraak porselein' bowl. Wanli (1573-1619). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 Decorated to the exterior with panels of figures... [Lire la suite]

Chinese Wanli Kraak bowl the exterior with panels contianing emblems seperated by string bows; the interior with a potted plant; diameter: 14.1/4 in. 36.5 cm. condition: rim frits. Price: £5,500.00 Chinese blue and white kraak bottle vase, Wanli (1573-1619) decorated with, height: 11in.; 28 cm. Price: £4,500. Chinese blue and white kraak kendi, 17th century Price: £2,400.00 Chinese kraak square-section flask, Wanli (1573-1619) painted with panels of peony, chrysanthemum and auspicious objects, the... [Lire la suite]

A 'Swatow' polychrome enameled porcelain dish. Late Ming Dynasty The floor of its shallow curving well painted in red, turquise and black enamels with a dissolved landscape view surrounded by rectangular seals alternating with quadrifoil reserves against the celadon glaze layer diaplsying extensive craze lines. 15 1/4in (39cm) diameter - Estimate: $800 - 1,200 Bonhams. Asian Decorative Arts, 28 Jul 2009. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco www.bonhams.com