M4843

Pair of Chinese porcelain blue and white kosometsuke small food bowls in the form of jardinières, each painted on the exterior with nine branches of bamboo beneath stylised leaves on the flat everted foliate rim.

5 1/8 inches, 13 cm diameter.

Tianqi, 1621-1627.

Large and substantially potted celadon glazed bowl, moulded on the exterior with a wide band of flowering lotus and camellia on scrolling, leafy branches above a band of stylised leaves and beneath a band of overlapping petals; carved on the interior with a single wide band extending to the base with the reverse technique of the exterior of lotus and camellia, all encircling a flowerhead in the well, the unglazed base burnt red in the firing with an impressed glazed centre.

13 inches, 33 cm diameter.

Ming dynasty, first half of the 15^th century.

Carved wood stand.

Chinese large celadon glazed tripod incense burner modelled in high-relief with a wide central register containing the ‘Eight Trigrams’ between carved leaves and flowers and within relief ribs, all on three cabriole feet and beneath the flat rim, covered overall in a rich and even unctuous celadon glaze extending onto the interior and base, the unglazed centre of the base and interior revealing the burnt-red biscuit body.

Yuan/early Ming dynasty, Longquan kilns, Zhejiang Province, 14th century.

12 inches, 30.5 cm diameter; 9 1/8 inches, 23.2 cm high.