Fine quality 18th century Chinese plate

Quality 18th Century Chinese plate having a quality 18th century Chinese plate decorated to the centre with houses and trees and the outer panel with flow...

Fine quality antique Japanese imari large square plate having a shaped scalloped edge with quality hand painted panels depicting butterflies, flow...

Antique Chinese quality famille rose hand painted plate having wonderful hand painted decorated panels with flowers, figures, birds and leaves in wonderful green, red, white, yellow,...

Quality antique Japanese Imari plate having a quality antique Japanese Imari plate decorated with birds and flowers hand painted in vibrant red, green, blue and white colours.

Quality antique Japanese Imari charger having wonderful hand painted decoration with flowers, leaves, trees and birds in Red, Blue, Green, White and Gold colours.

Unusual quality antique Japanese ribbon plate having a unusual quality antique Japanese ribbon plate decorated in flowers and leaves hand painted in wonde...

A beautiful large antique Kangxi (1662-1722) dish decorated in the centre with a brightly-coloured scene of a different kind of flowers, rocks and a butterfly. The rim is decorated w...

Superb quality piece from the Qianlong period. High quality scene of a garden scene with landscape. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Plates Color: Blue &...

A very nicely decorated plate with central. scene of a flower. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Plates Color: Blue & White Region of Origin: China Period:...

A very nice, richly decorated deep plate. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Plates Color: Blue & White Region of Origin: China Emperor: Qianlong (1735-1796...

A very nicely richly decorated plate with floral design. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Plates Color: Blue & White Region of Origin: China Emperor: Qian...

A very nicely made pair of two 18th century Amsterdam Bont porcelain dishes. Most probably Qianlong period blue and white dishes with Amsterdam bont over-decoration of flowers, quails and parrrots. Truly museum pieces. We take a look at Amsterdams Bont porcelain from China. A relatively unknown niche of Chinese porcelain from ca 1680-1740 that was partly decorated in Europe. Because mainstream Chinese collectors have yet to discover the historical significance of these wares they are relatively easy to find in Holland. While also being highly interesting and of often super quality and with an amazing array of decorations. Amsterdams Bont is a name given to porcelain partly decorated in the Netherlands (most likely in cities like Delft, Haarlem, Makkum). Because Amsterdam was at this moment in time the trade centre of the western world and also of the porcelain trade a lot of this over enamelling was probably commissioned by Amsterdam merchants, to reap higher profits on otherwise boring Chinese wares. The name Amsterdam Bont probably derives from the fact that these type of decorated ware was sold by Amsterdam Merchants. Amsterdam Bont consists of either blanc or under glaze blue decorated Chinese porcelain of basic quality, that was later enhanced with red and sometimes other colours in the Netherlands. It must not be mistaken for other type of Chinese & Japanese blanc wares decorated in Europe. Those we simply call European Decorated Chinese porcelain. Amsterdam Bont really is easily recognisable by its colour and style. An interesting side note is that a similar process of overdecorating with red was done in London in more or less the same colours. Method of manufacturing. This enhancemend was done on “petit feux” or small fire at a lower temperature. This technique of baking enamels on a lower temperature that was perfected in the Delft around 1670-1680 to compete with the colourfull Japanese porcelain of the time. At the turn of the 17th c Chinese porcelain...