R9948

A Chinese Yaozhou monochrome deep bowl with conical sides and upright ribbed rim carved on the interior with three chrysanthemum blossoms on a continuous single scrolling branch amongst large leaves, the underside plain, covered overall in an even olive-green glaze falling short of the unglazed biscuit foot rim revealing the high-fired stoneware body.

7 1⁄2 inches, 19 cm diameter.

Northern Song Dynasty, Yaozhou kilns, Shanxi Province, 11th – 12th century.

A pair of Chinese porcelain blue and white ‘Master of the Rocks’ large plates, each painted with a seated scholar on a rocky promontory in a mountainous river landscape scene, one with migrating birds, the other with a fisherman in his boat, each encircled by a wide continuous landscape border, with scholars, rock work, willow and houses, the underside of each with two bamboo branches, the base of each with a six – character mark of Xuande within a double ring in underglaze blue.

10 3/8 inches, 26.3 cm diameter.

Kangxi, 1662-1722.

Chinese Blanc de Chine Buddha seated in meditation with his legs crossed in padmasana, the lotus posture, with both feet exposed, his hands resting on his feet in dhyanamudra, wearing loose robes draped over the shoulders and tied above the waist exposing his chest, with a central wan character and elaborate necklace, the placid face with eyes looking down between elongated earlobes and broad nostrils beneath an urna on his forehead and an intricate mass of tight curls covering the head, all on a stylised lotus form base, covered in a rich cream glaze.

10 1/4 inches, 26 cm high.

Late Ming dynasty, circa 1630.