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 Chinese Export Rose Medallion Famille Rose canton porcelain punch bowl with multiple cartooge panels. The exterior of this gorgeous bowl is decorated with multiple panels which inc...

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 ...

This is a pair of large Chinese Famille Rose style planters. They are hand painted and lined with swimming koi fish. The body is painted with fruit and pastoral scenes. They are in v...

It's always time to entertain! This is one of the most elegant and versatile patterns imaginable in a Classic and rare Minton cobalt blue pattern with raised paste gold on a white gr...

William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1825-1905 French Jeune mère contemplant deux enfants qui s'embrassent (Young Mother Contemplating Two Embracing Children) Signed “W-Bouguereau” (bottom ...

Large 19th Century Canton Famille Rose Chinese Export Porcelain Celadon Platter. Decorated with butterflies , birds and flowers. 9.8 inches diameter.

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...

DEPICTING BISHAMON ONE OF THE SEVEN LUCKY GODS From our Japanese Satsuma collection, we are delighted to offer this Japanese Satsuma Kogo by Taizan. The Satsuma Kogo of petit circul...

A very large Japanese Satsuma Plate of playing boys, Meiji Period. Incredible and very detailed piece. Just superb Condition Perfect, just some usage signs. Size 377x47mm DXH ...

A three-quarter length portrait of Anne, Lady Russell, later Countess of Bedford (1615-1684), in a blue dress. Attributed to Sir Anthony Van Dyck.  Anne Carr, Lady Russell, an estee...

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...

Large Rose Medallion Chinese Export bowl from the late 19th century. Surrounded by classical oriental scenes around the outside and within the centre. Dimensions: 5.75" H x 14.5" D.