Porcelain Ceramics

A striking pair of Vintage Chinese turquoise glazed porcelain foo dogs or guardian lions, circa 1980s. The pair of lions, modeled after t...

Pair of Japanese porcelain scroll weights (fuchin), extremely intricately gilded and hand painted on a beautiful square-shaped body in "chibu" technique in dark blue on the top and a...

Pair of Japanese porcelain scroll weights (fuchin), extremely intricately gilded and hand painted on a beautiful square-shaped body in "chibu" technique in dark blue. First developed in the early years of the 19th century, the “chibu” technique tasks the artist with painstakingly creating patterns with minute raised pigmented drops of equal size placed at precise intervals to generate a highly textured and mesmerizing field of raised dots that are most frequently done in a bluish-green hue as in the piece, but also in white and gold. This pair is from the Kutani region of Japan and each piece bears the mark of Kutani on the reverse side. Traditional Japanese rooms are often decorated with scrolls. A “fuchin” or scroll weight is a pair of tasseled weights made of porcelain or stone that is hung on the scroll's bottom end roller to straighten the scroll and steady it in the breeze. Fuchin also accentuates the beauty of the scroll. Fuchins are used as curtain tie-backs and look stunning hanging on the knobs, keys and locks of armoires and cabinets...

Pair of Japanese porcelain scroll weights (fuchin), intricately hand painted on a beautiful egg-shaped body in green, purple and yellow, from the five d...

Blue and white Qing dynasty style Chinese covered vases painted in deep cobalt blue with a design of Tibetan flowers.