Thousand Butterfly

Circa 1880 Chinese export porcelain thousand butterfly creamer. Scroll handle with gilding; finely enamelled decoration overall.

A small and finely painted Japanese Satsuma "Thousand Butterflies" Satsuma sake cup, signed Gunkozan (?)

Inside, the bowl features a dense motif of a thousand butterflies, often associated with symbols of transformation and rebirth.

Sam Trophia is the butterfly man of the US. In Key West, you’ll find his butterfly sanctuary which is home to thousands of butterflies.

Chinese thousand butterfly pattern border decorated with fans at center.

This is a wonderful little piece that would be great on a bookshelf or maybe a coffee table. We actually had it in the bathroom. It is such fine quality the polychrome enamels are ...

Typical form but an unusual color and design variant of the thousand butterflies pattern. Orange peel glaze

This plate is marked made in China, which dates it after 1919.

The painting is high art shading, coloration, enameling, raised gilding. Thousands of dots, butterflies swirling around. There is a similar example in DeYoung museum in San Francisc...

A miniature vase in elegant upright form reminiscent of the Chinese imperial Willow Leaf form made by Japanese studio Seikozan circa 1890-1910s (late Meiji Period). One of the many a...

A pair of famille verte porcelain plates, the left made in China during the Kangxi period (r. 1662–1722) and the right a copy by Meissen made circa 1740. Chinese porcelain has alw...

A very good quality pair of 19th century Chinese Cantonese / rose Medallion vases, each having the classical green ground with pink floral decoration, pierced blue handles to either ...

A rare and fine quality large pair of 19th Century Chinese Famille Rose vases, each with wonderful pink petal decoration to the tops, exotic floral decoration to the necks with flowe...

An imposing and very good quality pair of Cantonese / rose medallion vase. Each having wonderful bold colors, the inset hand painted panels depicting interior scenes of courtiers and...

FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING Japanese Satsuma earthenware vase by Koshida, dating to circa 1910. The vase is of elegant hexagonal form with a gently tapering body, finely decorated with ...

These are antique Chinese Famille Rose porcelain vases, often referred to as Rose Medallion. They feature hand-painted enamel courtyard scenes with figures, surrounded by floral and...

GLOBULAR FORM MINIATURE VASE From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to offer this Japanese Satsuma Vase by Kinkozan. The Satsuma Vase made from earthenware pottery is potted...

Famille rose style covered vases on bronze mounts.

A pair of blue and white triple-gourd 'Taotie' vases, Qing Dynasty, 19th century. A pair of blue and white triple-gourd 'taotie' vases. The base of each with an apocryphal Kangxi six...

This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...

A large Chinese Rose Medallion porcelain punch bowl. In the Rose Medallion (Famille Rose) style. The central cartouche of the bowl depicts a court scene. The interior walls of the ...

A Very Fine French 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Figural Mantel Clock, Horloge à Poser, by Henri Picard and Fedinand Barbedienne - ‘F. Barbédienne & Cie. / A Paris’, after the model by É...

A very fine antique Japanese Meiji period Satsuma pottery bowl, circa 1890. The bowl having a lobed rim and finely decorated & gilt to the outside with a 'thousand flowers' decoratio...

An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Chinese Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Vases of traditional baluster outline, of unusually quite good size proportions, (see last image in situ) mid...

This enchanting Chinese plate, known as Canton enamel, evokes the intrigue and exclusivity of the 18th- century Imperial court. Boasting a magnificent famille rose background hue, th...

This antique Chinese ginger jar, from the Qing Dynasty, is beautifully decorated in the Famille Rose palette, known for its delicate pinks, greens, and intricate detailing. The jar d...

Antique Meissen 68-piece floral dinner service German, c. 1900 Largest serving dish: Height 6cm, width 52.5cm, depth 37.5cm Square salad bowl: Height 9.5cm, width 22cm, depth 22cm...

A pair of large moon-shaped "flasks" vases painted in blue and white, each flask decorated with scenes of active characters and surrounded by borders of floral motifs and foliate pat...

An incredible and truly monumental 19th century Meissen Porcelain Covered urn emblematic of autumn. This is one of the most incredible and spectacular displays of Meissen Porcelain w...