Antique Kingdom

Printed in color in London in 1911 for Bernard Quaritch, this original antique plate shows one of a pair of famille verte triple gourd bottles with a beaker neck. The lower bulbs car...

Printed in color in London in 1911 for Bernard Quaritch, this original antique plate shows a tall apple green ground vase with a beaker neck, marked Ch'eng Hua under the base. A wint...

An original antique color plate from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, London, 1911, this sheet shows a tall octagonal vase with four wide and four narrow faces on a transparent dar...

This antique color plate is Plate 36 of Gorer and Blacker's Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, 1911. It shows a cylindrical vase on a fine mottled green ground with prunus and bamboo...

This is Plate 28 from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original 1911 color plate of Chinese porcelain showing a large apple green beaker vase with two four-clawed dragons among ...

An original color plate of 1911 from Gorer and Blacker's book of Chinese ceramic art, this sheet is given over to a tall famille noire beaker marked Ch'eng Hua, known as a black hawt...

An original antique color plate from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, London, 1911, this sheet shows a standing figure of Shou Lao, god of longevity, on a stand, holding a peach an...

Plate 85 of the 1911 book Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original color plate of Chinese porcelain, illustrates a group of three seated figures: one carrying a lotus bowl that...

An original color plate of 1911 from Gorer and Blacker's book of Chinese ceramic art, this sheet is given over to a pair of cylindrical club-shaped rouleau vases with reserved panels...

This is Plate 88 from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original 1911 color plate of Chinese porcelain showing a pair of wine pots of uncommon form modeled as standing boys on lo...

Printed in color in London in 1911 for Bernard Quaritch, this original antique plate shows a pair of figures of pheasants standing on rocks splashed with various colors. Each red cre...

An original color plate of 1911 from Gorer and Blacker's book of Chinese ceramic art, this sheet is given over to a quadrangular beaker with a raised square central band, painted in ...

This antique color plate is Plate 120 of Gorer and Blacker's Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, 1911. It shows a white-ground baluster vase and a stippled green cylindro-ovoid vase w...

An original color plate of 1911 from Gorer and Blacker's book of Chinese ceramic art, this sheet is given over to a figure of Kuan Ti, god of war, mounted on an aubergine horse. The ...

Printed in color in London in 1911 for Bernard Quaritch, this original antique plate shows a group of three horsemen on pierced stands, two mounted and one dismounted beside a horse ...

An original color plate of 1911 from Gorer and Blacker's book of Chinese ceramic art, this sheet is given over to a figure of Kuan Ti, god of war, mounted on a horse, enameled on the...

Plate 97 of the 1911 book Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original color plate of Chinese porcelain, illustrates a magnificent pair of feng huang, the mythical phoenix, standin...

This is Plate 94 from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original 1911 color plate of Chinese porcelain showing a group of three figures: Bodhidharma standing on a reed, a mounted...

An original antique color plate from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, London, 1911, this sheet shows a pair of cylindrical white-ground vases with large panels of court ladies. Lar...

Plate 91 of the 1911 book Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original color plate of Chinese porcelain, illustrates a figure of Kuan Yin seated on lotus petals with a child and tw...

An original color plate of 1911 from Gorer and Blacker's book of Chinese ceramic art, this sheet is given over to a cylindrical or club-shaped vase in famille verte enamels with pane...

This is Plate 112 from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original 1911 color plate of Chinese porcelain showing a group of two cylindrical famille verte vases with grounds broken...

Printed in color in London in 1911 for Bernard Quaritch, this original antique plate shows a cylindrical rouleau vase of great rarity, its surface left unglazed except under the rim....

An original antique color plate from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, London, 1911, this sheet shows a large pair of kilins, or dogs of Fu, male and female, on biscuit stands set o...

Printed in color in London in 1911 for Bernard Quaritch, this original antique plate shows a group of a standing Kuan Ti, a black ground cup and saucer, and a standing court lady. Ku...

An original antique color plate from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, London, 1911, this sheet shows a pair of figures of the Ho Ho Erh Hsien, twin gods of union and harmony, each ...

An original color plate of 1911 from Gorer and Blacker's book of Chinese ceramic art, this sheet is given over to a pair of figures of ducks, emblems of wedded happiness, standing on...

This is Plate 82 from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original 1911 color plate of Chinese porcelain showing a rare seated figure of an emperor in imperial robes, shown with a ...

This antique color plate is Plate 84 of Gorer and Blacker's Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, 1911. It shows a group of three seated figures of the Shang Ti, the Taoist trinity, eac...

Printed in color in London in 1911 for Bernard Quaritch, this original antique plate shows one of a pair of long-necked bottles with lions and brocaded balls, and a stippled green ba...

An original color plate of 1911 from Gorer and Blacker's book of Chinese ceramic art, this sheet is given over to a famille noire baluster vase decorated in enamel colors with flower...

Plate 31 of the 1911 book Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original color plate of Chinese porcelain, illustrates a baluster vase on a brilliant apple green ground with plum tre...

An original antique color plate from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, London, 1911, this sheet shows a very tall famille noire beaker vase painted with nine four clawed dragons. Th...

This is Plate 34 from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original 1911 color plate of Chinese porcelain showing a quadrangular vase with a pyramidal base, each side in panels of y...

This antique color plate is Plate 12 of Gorer and Blacker's Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, 1911. It shows a tall quadrangular famille noire vase on a pyramidal base, each side in...

Printed in color in London in 1911 for Bernard Quaritch, this original antique plate shows a group of two vases, a baluster and a beaker, on a delicate green ground with hawthorn and...

Plate 1 of the 1911 book Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original color plate of Chinese porcelain, illustrates a tall cylindrical famille noire jar or vase, one of a set of fo...

This is Plate 22 from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original 1911 color plate of Chinese porcelain showing a black ground bowl with an olive green overglaze in place of the u...

Plate 13 of the 1911 book Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original color plate of Chinese porcelain, illustrates a quadrangular famille noire vase on a pyramidal base, enameled...

An original antique color plate from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, London, 1911, this sheet shows a famille noire baluster vase, the black ground under brilliant green enamel. P...

This antique color plate is Plate 18 of Gorer and Blacker's Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, 1911. It shows two famille noire baluster vases, the black ground covered with a thin b...

Printed in color in London in 1911 for Bernard Quaritch, this original antique plate shows a tall, slightly ovoid cylindrical famille noire vase. A leafless prunus with white flowers...

Printed in color in London in 1911 for Bernard Quaritch, this original antique plate shows a bulbous vase with a short beaker neck on a dark green ground, decorated in relief. Brown ...

This is Plate 10 from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original 1911 color plate of Chinese porcelain showing a very large famille noire beaker vase bearing the Ch'eng Hua mark ...

Plate 37 of the 1911 book Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original color plate of Chinese porcelain, illustrates a pair of square vases tapering toward the base, with trumpet n...

An original color plate of 1911 from Gorer and Blacker's book of Chinese ceramic art, this sheet is given over to a group of two long-necked bottles and a gourd-shaped vase on an app...

An original color plate of 1911 from Gorer and Blacker's book of Chinese ceramic art, this sheet is given over to three vases: an ovoid black ground vase, a long necked black ground ...

This antique color plate is Plate 72 of Gorer and Blacker's Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, 1911. It shows a standing figure of Kuan Yin. The skirt shows lotus in aubergine, yello...

Printed in color in London in 1911 for Bernard Quaritch, this original antique plate shows a triple gourd vase and a baluster vase, each with white floral scrolls reserved on brillia...

This is Plate 16 from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original 1911 color plate of Chinese porcelain showing a famille noire beaker of extraordinary size, the black covered wit...

An original color plate of 1911 from Gorer and Blacker's book of Chinese ceramic art, this sheet is given over to a pair of famille noire beakers with a median band, the black enamel...

This antique color plate is Plate 42 of Gorer and Blacker's Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, 1911. It shows a group of two pieces, a porcelain pillow with yellow ground reserves an...

Plate 19 of the 1911 book Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original color plate of Chinese porcelain, illustrates a square famille noire beaker of bronze shape with a raised cen...

Printed in color in London in 1911 for Bernard Quaritch, this original antique plate shows a saucer shaped famille noire plate, the black ground under brilliant green, with a Ch'eng ...

Printed in color in London in 1911 for Bernard Quaritch, this original antique plate shows a pair of bottles flanking a small square tabaret, or stand. The bottles have a green and y...

This antique color plate is Plate 6 of Gorer and Blacker's Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, 1911. It shows two famille noire square bottles with cylindrical necks, each side a pane...

This is Plate 52 from Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original 1911 color plate of Chinese porcelain showing a cylindro-ovoid vase on an apple green ground, decorated in underg...

This antique color plate is Plate 48 of Gorer and Blacker's Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, 1911. It shows a quadrangular vase or square bottle with a mottled green neck and a see...

Plate 73 of the 1911 book Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original color plate of Chinese porcelain, illustrates a seated figure of Wen-chu, god of wisdom. The apple green robe...

Plate 55 of the 1911 book Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, an original color plate of Chinese porcelain, illustrates a yellow ground baluster vase of archaic bronze form. Two four-...