Lot 811. A rare blue and white porcelain pilgrim flask probably made for the Ottoman market on a wooden stand, Ming dynasty, 15th_16th century. H. 26,3 cm (o.S.). Sold: €1 500 EUR (Est: €800 EUR - €1 200 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Mouth bulb and handles old rest. and overpainted, stabilized crack to the lower wall

Provenance: From old German diplomatic property, by inheritance to the present owners.

Lot 812. An underglaze blue decorated box and cover for writing utensils made of porcelain for the Ottoman market with insert, Hongzhi period (1488 - 1505). L. 18,5/ 12,5 cm. Sold: €650 EUR (Est: €500 EUR - €800 EUR) © NagelAuction

Partly restored very small chips to the rim.

Provenance: From an old German diplomat's estate, by inheritance to the present owners.

Lot 813. A fine porcelain box and cover decorated in underglaze blue for the Japanese market, 17th century, 12 x 13,5 x 13,5 cm. Sold: €1 600 EUR (Est: €1 200 EUR - €1 800 EUR) © Nagel Auction

The cover restored, the base with a short crack to the rim.

Provenance: Important Spanish private collection, assembled since the 1970s.

Lot 814. A pair of small moulded fish bowls and underglaze blue decoration, late 14th-early 15th century. D. 12,5 cm. Sold: €360 EUR (Est: €400 EUR - €600 EUR) © Nagel Auction
 

Minor old restorations on the edges.
 

Provenance: From old German diplomatic property, inherited by the present owners.

Lot 815. A fine and rare so-called 'windswept' porcelain meiping, Ming dynasty, 15th century. H. 31,3 cm. Sold: €28 000 EUR (Est: €8 000 EUR - €12 000 EUR) © Nagel Auction

The slender body, rising from a broad foot to a rounded shoulder and a short, narrow, tapering neck, is freely painted in a windswept style around the outside with an immortal in a landscape beneath a band of rolling foliage and above a band of rising leaves (Restored drilled hole in the base, very short hairline crack on the inside of the mouth).

Provenance: From an important Spanish private collection, acquired at Sotheby's London, 10.11.2010, lot 29.

Note: The painting style on this vase is the well-known 'windswept' style. A smaller meiping with a similar design is in the Shanghai Museum, and is illustrated in Lustre Revealed: Jingdezhen Porcelain Wares in the Mid Fifteenth Century China, Shanghai, 2019, p. 336, no. 236. Another example with a similar scene beneath a band of mythological animals and waves from the Tianjin Museum is illustrated ibid., p. 337, no. 237.

Lot 816. An underglaze blue decorated meiping with phoenix decoration above waves, Wanli period. H. 30 cm. Sold: €1 100 EUR (Est: €600 EUR - €1 000 EUR) © Nagel Auction

The mouth restored, partly stabilized cracks and a chip to the wall.

Provenance: From old German diplomatic property, by inheritance to the present owners.

Lot 817. A good blue and white meiping with figural scene, 16th-17th century. H. 23,5 cm. Sold: €1 900 EUR (Est: €800 EUR - €1 200 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Very small crack to the inside of the mouth

Provenance: From old German diplomatic property, by inheritance to the present owners.

Lot 818: A blue and white Kraak figural porcelain charger, Wanli period. D. 36,5 cm.Sold: €1 100 EUR (Est: €1 500 EUR - €2 500 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Minor glaze frits and small polished chip to the rim.

Provenance: Old European private collection.

Lot 819. An underglaze blue gourd-shaped vase with hare motifs, 17th century. H. 22,5 cm. Sold: €700 EUR (Est: €500 EUR - €800 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Minim. traces of age. Short hairline to the rim.

Provenance: European private property.

Lot 820: A double gourd vase with underglaze blue decoration of leaping horses over waves, flowers and fruits, Wanli period. H. 24,5 cm. Sold: €2 400 EUR (Est: €1 500 EUR - €2 500 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Hairline cracks in the base, mouth reduced.

Provenance: From an old North German private collection, collected from the 1920s onwards.

Lot 821. A blue and white Kraak figural porcelain charger, Wanli period. D. 36 cm. Sold: €1 000 EUR (Est: €1 500 EUR - €2 500 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Chip, three cracks, and minor glaze frits to the rim.

Provenance: Old European private collection.

Lot 822. A Kraak plate decorated in underglaze blue with scholars and servant boys, Wanli period. D. 48,2 cm. Sold: €900 EUR (Est: €1 500 EUR - €2 500 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Glaze frits and small chips around the rim, the footrim slightly chipped.

Provenance : From an old Bavarian private collection, acquired before 2000

Lot 823. A blue and white porcelain plate with scholarly scenes, 17th century. D. 32,2 cm. Sold: €1 500 EUR (Est: €2 000 EUR - €3 000 EUR) 

A 9 cm crack to the rim, minor retouched chips around the rim.

Provenance : From an old European private collection.

Lot 824. A large blue and white 'Kraak' charger with decoration of scholars and servant boy and reserves with tulips and flowers, Wanli period. D. 50,3 cm. Sold: €1 000 EUR (Est: €1 200 EUR - €1 800 EUR) 

Firing crack with cracks at the base, glaze frits or very small chips to rim.

Provenance : European private property.

Lot 825. A large porcelain 'Kraak' charger decorated in underglaze blue with ducks and flowers, Wanli period. D. 50,5 cm. Sold: €800 EUR (Est: €1 200 EUR - €1 800 EUR) 

Crack at the rim, small glaze chips and small frits at the rim.

Provenance : European private property.

Lot 826. A blue and white decorated porcelain kendi in the shape of an elephant, Wanli period. H. 18,4 cm. Sold: €2 000 EUR (Est: €1 200 EUR - €1 800 EUR)

The kendi is modelled in the shape of a reclining elephant wearing a saddle cloth and jewelled tassels on the back of a vase that is still expanding at the top. Partly stabilized hairlines to the body and bottom, restored chip to the right tooth.

Provenance : From old German diplomatic property, inherited by the present owners.

Lot 827. A blue and white elephant-form porcelain kendi, Ming dynasty, Wanli period. H. 19,5 cm. Sold: €4 000 EUR (Est: €1 200 EUR - €1 800 EUR) 

Restored break to the neck, restored chip to the left tooth, stabilized hairlines to the bottom.

Provenance : From an old German diplomatic estate, by inheritance to the present owners.

Lot 833. A fine decorated porcelain bowl with ducks in a lotus pond in strong underglaze blue, Wanli period. D. 21,3 cm. Sold: €450 EUR (Est: €800 EUR - €1 200 EUR) 

Partly restored chips and cracks to the rim.

Provenance : From an old German diplomat's estate, by inheritance to the present owners.

Lot 834. A porcelain inkstone with underglaze-blue decoration of lotus and foliage with Daoist treasures, base marked: Made in the third year of the Jiajing period of the Ming dynasty, noted by Jiang. D. 18,6 cm, m. Sold: €800 EUR (Est: €1 200 EUR - €1 800 EUR) 

Provenance : From an old German diplomat's estate, by inheritance to the present owners.

Lot 835. Two jars decorated with dragons or melons in underglaze blue with wooden covers, one marked Fugui jiaqi, Wanli period. H. 14,2/ 15,5 cm. Sold: €1 300 EUR (Est: €800 EUR - €1 200 EUR) 

Minor glaze frits to the rim, cracks.

Provenance : From an old German diplomat's estate, by inheritance to the present owners.

Lot 837. A group of five porcelain plates decorated in underglaze blue, partly Kraak ware, Wanli period and 17th century. D. 19,5-21 cm. Sold: €300 EUR (Est: €300 EUR - €500 EUR)

Partly restored cracks, breaks and small chips to the rim.

Provenance : From an old German diplomat‘s estate, by inheritance to the current owners.

Lot 838. Four porcelain kendi decorated in underglaze blue, all with silver/metal lids, Wanli period and 17th century. H. 16,5 - 22,5 cm (one cover). Sold: €1 000 EUR (Est: €800 EUR - €1 200 EUR) 

The kendi with chrysanthemums restored at the spout and neck, the two smallest ones restored at the neck, minor glaze frits.

Provenance : From an old German diplomat‘s estate, by inheritance to the current owners.

Lot 839. Two bowls, a vase and a jar, all with underglaze blue decoration, Wanli period and 17th century, the larger bowl marked Fugui jiaqi. D. 21,5/ 27,8 cm/ H. 12/ 26 cm. Sold: €550 EUR (Est: €800 EUR - €1 200 EUR) 

Both bowls with old restorations and partly overpainted chips and cracks, later metal mounting on the neck of the double-gourd vase, the smaller vase restored at the neck.

Provenance : From an old German diplomat‘s estate, by inheritance to the current owners.

Lot 840. Two stemcups, a kendi and a cover made of porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, Wanli period and later. H. 6-18 cm. Partly restored. Sold: €700 EUR (Est: €600 EUR - €1 000 EUR) 

Provenance : From an old German diplomat‘s estate, by inheritance to the current owners.

Lot 842. A porcelain tile decorated with a banana plant in underglaze blue, ca, 16th-17th century, 19,5 x 19,3 x 3,5 cm. Sold: €800 EUR (Est: €800 EUR - €1 200 EUR) 

Provenance : From a German private collection

Lot 846. Three porcelain bottle vases decorated in underglaze blue, one with an Ottoman lid, partly decorated in the Kraak style, Wanli period. H. 28,5-30 cm. Sold: €5 500 EUR (Est: €1 500 EUR - €2 500 EUR) 

One vase with a short hairline to the bottom, one vase with a short hairline to the neck.

Provenance : From an old German diplomat‘s estate, by inheritance to the current owners.

Lot 849. Two fine underglaze blue porcelain bottle vases, Chongzhen period. H. 41,5-42 cm. Sold: €6 000 EUR (Est: €6 000 EUR - €10 000 EUR) 

Decor of various flowers and foliage in graduated underglaze blue. The mouths very slightly chipped, one vase with a firing crack to the base.

Provenance : From an old German diplomatic estate.

Lot 853. A fine porcelain bottle vase decorated in underglaze blue with a figural scene, Chongzhen period (1628 - 1644). H. 36,2 cm. Sold: €5 000 EUR (Est: €3 000 EUR - €5 000 EUR) 

Small restored chip and two short hairlines to the mouth.

Provenance : Important Spanish private collection, assembled since the 1970s, label on the bottom "Member of the British Antique Dealers Association"

Lot 845. Two porcelain jars and a ewer with underglaze blue decoration, Transitional period and 17th century. H. 14,7 - 16,5 cm. Sold: €800 EUR (Est: €400 EUR - €600 EUR) 

The ewer with restored breaks to the handle and spout, both vases restored at the mouths.

Provenance : From an old German diplomatic estate, by inheritance to the present owners.

Lot 847. Two small sleeve vases and a porcelain bottle vase with underglaze blue decoration, Transitional period. H. 19,5-27,5 cm. Sold: €1 000 EUR (Est: €600 EUR - €1 000 EUR) 

The neck of the bottle vase shortened and supplemented with silver-plated mounting, the larger sleeve vase with cracks around the wall and a small drill hole to the bottom.

Provenance : From an old German diplomatic estate, by inheritance to the present owners.

Lot 848. Two porcelain vases decorated in underglaze blue with bird/flower decoration, Transitional period. H. 14,3-16 cm. Sold: €4 500 EUR (Est: €900 EUR - €1 500 EUR) 

The larger vase with a stabilized crack, two holes at the neck for suspension.

Provenance : From an old German diplomatic estate, by inheritance to the present owners.

Lot 852. A good Transitional porcelain sleeve vase with underglaze blue decoration of a novel scene, Transitional period, mid-17th century. Height 43 cm (Restored). Sold: €8,500 EUR (Est: €3,000 EUR - €5,000 EUR) 

The tall, cylindrical sides are painted with a scene depicting numerous officials and servants in a rocky terraced garden with bamboo, pines, and banana trees; on the back, the motif is interrupted by swirls of clouds obscuring high rock formations; the slightly retracted neck is surrounded by a row of drooping, tapering leaves. 

Provenance : Important Spanish private collection, acquired at Christie 's Amsterdam , December 16, 2008 , lot 138 (copy of invoice preserved). 

Nagel Auction. Fine Asian Art II, Stuttgart, 14 July 2026