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Period: 17th Century
Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenaghen Scandinavian Midcentury Ceramic Bowl, 1950s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Scandinavian green ceramic bowl serie Aluminia Marselis designed by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenaghen, Denmark, 1950s.
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Louis XIV marble herbalist, France 17th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Rare Marble herbalist to hold salt, moon and stars carved on the wavy front. The lid is lead, with the image of the sun and lions. Louis XIV period, France 1600.
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French Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble, Pewter

Antique Ming Kosometsuke Chinese Porcelain Dish Literati Hongwu Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A chinese Tianqi period, 17th century dish, Jingdezhen Kilns. Diameter: 17 CM This porcelain dish is depicting motif of Coin 洪武通宝 Hong Wu Tong Bao (coin of Emperor Hongwu) and auspi...
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Chinese Ming Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Jacques Callot - Set of 2 Engravings : "Les Gueux" - 17th Century - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
These engravings are part of a series of 25 prints called "les gueux" or "les mendiants", "les barons", "les barons". Numbered 12 and 16, they were published with the 23 others betwe...
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French Louis XIII Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Paper

17th Century 'Florence Fragment' Candlestick Base with Rutile Quartz Crystal
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian candlestick base fragment from Tuscany mounted with a rutile quartz crystal. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the Florence...
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Italian Rococo Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal, Quartz, Gold Leaf

17th Century Granite Rose Mortar from Brittany, France
Located in Dallas, TX
This granite rose mortar was hand-carved in Northern Brittany, France during the 1600’s. Granite is formed when magma is cooled underground, which causes various minerals to become e...
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French Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Granite

Antique Chinese 17C Porcelain Ming/Transitional Dish Green Glaze Carved
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated plate with beautiful Green Glaze and a carved underglaze scene of flowers. Possibly Dated to the late Ming or transitional period. But could also be around 17...
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Chinese Ming Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Antique Dutch bronze Candlestick 17th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
A Dutch bronze candlestick from the 1st half of the 17th century. Aged patina Never repaired Height 19 cm
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Dutch Baroque Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Pair of French Louis XIV Period 1690s Carved Cherub Appliques from Strasbourg
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Louis XIV period late 17th century carved cherub appliques from Strasbourg, with scrolling design. Born in the Alsacien city of Strasbourg in 1690s (which was annexe...
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French Louis XIV Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Wood

Italian Antique 17th Century Hand carved wood Candelabra on a Renaissance base.
Located in Encinitas, CA
An Italian Antique 17th Century "Mecca" gilding Wood Hand carved Bear "Orso" Candelabra on Renaissance base. The base and the bear are gilded with Mecca, a silver gilt technique that...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Giltwood

Late 17th Century Carved Spanish Sculpture of Saint Margaret and Medieval Dragon
Located in Encinitas, CA
Spanish Santa Margherita with Dragon hand carved wood sculpture. Beautiful original polychrome especially on the dog figure which is an example of a mythical Renaissance medieval dragon...
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Spanish Renaissance Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Pair of 2 Antique Japanese Ming Style Porcelain Ghendis Arita Kraak, Ca 1670
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nice edo period, 1670-1680 examples. With a landscape scene. The rim beautifully painted. The base is blank. Unmarked at base Arita ware, also known as A...
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Ming Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Rare And Exceptional Pair Of Charles II Trumpet Form Brass Candlesticks
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A pair of rare and fine Candlesticks dating to the 17th Century. Resting on circular bases which give rise to upper circular wax drip cups which rise upwards in undulating columnar f...
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English Charles II Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Bronze Figures of Apollo and Vulcan
Located in Hudson, NY
Highly animated bronzes of Apollo (left) and Vulcan (right). 17th century bronze copies of 16th century Venetian marbles by Alessandro Vittoria. Patina is a rich nut brown. Apollo...
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Italian Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Antique Venetian Limestone Head of Scaramouch Venice Early 17th century
Located in Doha, QA
This incredible one of a kind hand crafted limestone Head of Commedia dell’arte character Scaramouche was found many years ago by an archeologist in Venice Plaza San Polo by Rialto Bridge. The head is masterfully and very detailed hand crafted out of limestone and placed on a pedestal with an ivory marble base. A truly unique part of Venetian History and an important figure in the world famous Italian Commedia...
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Italian Baroque Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Limestone, Marble

Incised Pair of 17th Century Ottoman Bronze Candlesticks
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Beautiful and rare museum quality pair of incised of 17th Century Ottoman bronze candlesticks. They are virtually identical to the one pictured on...
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Turkish Moorish Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Pair of French Cast Bronze Louis XIII Period Candlesticks, 17th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Robustly cast with stepped bases baluster form bodies and large bobeches, retaining original iron prickets
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French Louis XIII Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Antique Arita Japanese 19C Meiji Armorial plate with fine details ARMS OF POWEL
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this magnificent lovely plate from the late 19th century, with high quality painting. It's an armorial dish with the arms of Powell. The text says; Pro patria semper...
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Japanese Meiji Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Japanese Arita Porcelain Bowl Japan Top Quality, ca 1670-1690
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A lovely antique bowl from Arita, Japan. The outside wall with an ongoing landscape scene and the inside also with a nice landscape scene in a circle. Additional information: Materi...
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Japanese Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese Porcelain Kangxi Blue & White Plate Xieyi Landscape, ca 1700
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated plate with a landscape Scene. Kangxi period. Great decoration in Late Ming style. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Decoration Type / Co...
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Chinese Qing Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Brass Low Bell Base Candlestick Spanish, circa 1680-1730
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Large brass low bell base candlestick, Spanish, circa 1680-1730 Measures: 24 cm high diameter base 16 cm. Free shipping.
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Spanish Louis XIV Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

17th Century 'Florence Fragment' with Wulfenite on a Fishtail Selenite Base
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian fragment with wulfenite on a fishtail selenite base This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from t...
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Italian Rococo Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal

Antique 17th Century Dutch or English Bronze Candlestick/Candleholder
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique bronze candlestick. Dating from the end of the 17th century. Likely Dutch or English. With a slightly orange hue a...
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Dutch Baroque Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Rare Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Large Dish with Pagode Balcony or Wall Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous quality blue and white porcelain large dish, Chenghua mark at the base but of later Kangxi period (1662-1722). The dish is decorated with a beautiful and highly unusual sce...
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Chinese Qing Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Porcelain Dish Riot of Rotterdam/Kostermann Blue White Yu Marked, ca1690
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Set of small saucer dishes with the well known and interesting scene of the Kostermann riot / Riot of Rotterdam (some historical information below with also an original print of the ...
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Chinese Qing Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

17th Century and later carved oak overmantle
Located in Martlesham, GB
A large 17th Century and later carved oak overmantle, consisting of two moulded front panels with intricate carved leaf and fluted decoration, carved fi...
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British Jacobean Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Oak

Lacquered wood sculpture depicting St. Philip Neri
Located in Milano, IT
St. Philip Neri (Florence, 1515 - Rome, 1595) moved to Rome at a very young age and would remain there for the rest of his life. He took courses in theology and philosophy at La Sapi...
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Italian Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood, Fir

Blue and White 'Cranes in pond' Dish, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Era, Circa 1690
Located in seoul, KR
At the center, it features five elegant cranes depicted against a pond setting, each portrayed in varying postures. The background harmoniously incorporates lotus flowers and other aquatic plants. Cranes in East Asian culture symbolize purity, longevity, and loyalty, and their depiction here enhances the themes of peace and harmony. The outer rim of the plate is encircled by a continuous lattice border, within which are alternately placed floral and geometric patterns, delicately executed. Period : Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period Production Date : 1690-1699 Made in : Jingdezhen Destination : Netherland Found/Acquired : Southeast Asia , South China Sea, Vung Tau ship Size : 20cm (Diameter) x 3.5cm (Height) Condition : Excellent Reference : Double checked with reference to the original catalogues 1) Christies Amsterdam 1992 - Vung Tau Cargo / Christies 2) Qing Dynasty Export Blue and White(淸代外销靑花瓷) - Vung Tau Cargo Catalogue / Guangxi Fine Art Publishing House 3) Asian Ceramic Found along Maritime Silk Route / National Maritime Museum of Korea * Vung Tau Cargo Porcelain...
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Vietnamese Qing Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

South American Madonna Carved Relief Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
South American Carved Wood Madonna Relief Sculpture, 17th century, the Madonna with silver halo and gilding to robes, encased in silver frame with scroll form decoration. 11" H x 9.2...
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South American Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Chinese Ming Dynasty Hand Carved Stone Monkey Sculpture with Infant Monkey
Located in Yonkers, NY
A 19th century Chinese Ming dynasty hand carved stone monkey sculpture. This Chinese sculpture features a monkey figure, sitting on a rock formation, holding a square item, perhaps a...
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Chinese Ming Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Stone

Antique Ming Period Chinese Porcelain Dish Kosometsuke Fisherman
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this nice Chinese porcelain dish from the early 17th century. Once again Jingdezhen made but for the Japanese market, Kosomets...
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Chinese Ming Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Two Famille Rose Cosmetic Boxes, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Period
Located in seoul, KR
Circular form with flattened doomed covers, the covers with a medallion of flower with full bloom, the bowls with two round borders. Period : Qing Dynasty, Kangxi-Yongzheng Period P...
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Vietnamese Chinese Export Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, Plaquette After Riccio, Italian 17th Century
By Andrea Briosco (Riccio)
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Judith with the head of Holofernes, unsigned rectangular cast bronze plaquette, by Andrea Briosco, called Riccio (1470-1532), Judith...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Dish Charger Arita Fuku Mark, 17/18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very nice edo period (17th century or early 18th c) example in nice condition. Larger sized Marked at the base with a Fuku mark. Additional information: Ma...
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Japanese Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese Porcelain Master of the Rocks Bowl, Early Kangxi Period, 1660-70
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing this fantastic early Kangxi bowl 17th century. Decorated to the exterior with fishermen in an extensive river landscape, the base marked ‘Guang Yu...
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Chinese Qing Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Edo Imari Japanese Porcelain Bowl Arita Japan Crams, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A nice and beautiful bowl, restored with crams. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Bowls Region of Origin: Japan Period: 17th century Age: 17/18th Century O...
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Japanese Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Gold Ornaments of Antique Chinese Buddha Statues / 17th-19th Centuries
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is thought to be part of the decoration of a gilt-bronze Buddha made in ancient China, from the late Ming to the Qing dynasties. It is thought that it is probably an ornament t...
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Chinese Ming Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Copper

17th Century Italian Gold Leaf Fragment with Calcite Crystals in Matrix
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian gold leaf fragment with calcite crystals in a rock matrix with gold leaf crystal quartz and mounted on a rock coral base. This fragment was originally part of a...
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Italian Baroque Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Rock Crystal, Quartz, Gold Leaf

Antique Chinese Porcelain Late Ming Tianqi Chongzhen Landscape, 1600-1640
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Blue & White Ko-sometsuke plate with a lovely landscape scene A rare plate Chinesische Porzellane des 17. Jahrhunderts für Japan Sammlung Georg Weishaupt, Berlin Additional info...
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Chinese Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Antique Kangxi Porcelain Plate Marked Landscape Copper Red, ca 1680
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely early Kangxi period chinese porcelain plate. Great style of painting. Very high quality. Lovely Japanese Arita porcelain plate. Great sty...
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Chinese Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Antique Bronze / Copper Cloisonné Koro with Foo Lion shape Japan 19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice Quality with superb decoration. Condition Some usual age signs like ware and the foo lion is loose. Size 27x18CM HeightxDiameter Period 19th century 20th century
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Chinese Meiji Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Antique 1670-1680 Japanese Nangawara Kakiemon Dish with Pine and rock Flowers
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very happy with this new arrival. Lobed Arita kakiemon deep dish of unusual shape and design. Possibly a base of a tureen? Period; ca 1680 Condition ...
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Chinese Edo Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Antique Wanli Ming Chinese Porcelain Kraak Plate Fenghuang and Pagoda
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely potted and painted kraak plate of a desirable cobalt blue! Stunning piece with beautiful and rare scene. Absolute top Quality kraak ware Condition some fritting to r...
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Chinese Ming Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Antique Wooden Figure, Probably 17th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique wooden figure. Probably 17th century. Age-related condition.
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Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Wood

Tall Mid Century Glazed Art Pottery Vessel Attributed To Robert Turner
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Believed to be by the iconic and justly celebrated American Ceramicist Robert Turner (1913-2005), this massive vessel certainly embodies the artist’s es...
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American Mid-Century Modern Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Clay

Chinese Carved Wood Bodhisattva Guanyin, Late Ming Dynasty, 17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An attractive carved wood figure of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, known as Guanyin in China, late Ming Dynasty, early 17th century, China. Guanyi...
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Chinese Ming Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Gesso, Wood

17th Century French Stone Bust
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An extremely rare 17th Century French life size headless bust of a robed male mounted on a steel base. This bust has had a small amount of restoration, ...
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French Folk Art Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Stone

Keith Murray - Moonstone Glaze Vase for Wedgwood, Model Number 3802 Circa 1935
Located in CA, CA
Keith Murray Moonstone Vase, by Wedgwood, Model Number 3802 Circa 1935 An Earthenware, "moonstone" glaze, globe vase with circular undulating ridged de...
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British Art Deco Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Earthenware, Ceramic

A Pair of Rare Chinese Porcelain Imari Flat Plates Kangxi Period Floral Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated and potted Chinese Porcelain plates. Absolutely beautiful pieces. Both with a nice mark at the base, 1 of them below the hanger. Additional information: Mate...
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Chinese Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Rare Japanese Porcelain Dish Floral Bird Objects Kakiemon Rock, 1660-1670
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely little dish from the second half of the 17th century. It is painted in overglaze enamels in the style of a Chinese Kraak dish. Visible is a typical Kraak scene with a bird on a rock...
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Japanese Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Antique Ming Period Chinese Porcelain Dish Kosometsuke Fisherman
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this nice Chinese porcelain dish from the early 17th century. Once again Jingdezhen made but for the Japanese market, Kosometsuke. Visible is a landscape scene with ...
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Ming Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Chinese Kangxi Period Porcelain Dish Romand of Western Chamber Marked, 17th C.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very nice dish with a beautifully painted scene of the Romance of the Western Chamber. We think this is the story of Yinying receiving good news delivered by the page boy. This is a...
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Chinese Qing Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Pair 17th Century Candlesticks Candle Holder Light in Brass Antique Gift Object
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pair 17th Century Candlesticks Candle Holder Light in Brass Antique Gift Object . A Very beautiful Simple lines Baroque continental Candle ho...
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European Baroque Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Brass

Tianqi Mountain Landscape Kosometsuke Antique Chinese Porcelain Ming, 17th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this beautiful Kaiseki dish with a yuan style literati mountain landscape including bamboo and clouds and a hut on a ledge. Very nicely painted. These kind of dishe...
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Chinese Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Tianqi Mountain Landscape Kosometsuke Antique Chinese Porcelain Ming Dynasty
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this beautiful Kaiseki dish with a yuan style literati mountain landscape including bamboo and clouds and a hut on a ledge. Very nicely painted. These kind of dishe...
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Chinese Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Frame. Carved wood. 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Frame. Carved wood. 17th century. It has faults. Rectangular frame made of carved wood that still retains part of its original polychromy. As was usual in various European schools ...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Other

Ming Period Antique Arabesque Chinese Porcelain Dish Sacred Mushroom
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely potted and painted blue and white Kosometsuke plate of a desirable cobalt blue! Stunning piece with design of Turkish style Arabesque pattern and central a Lingzhi Fung...
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Asian Ming Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

Antique Chinese Porcelain Kosometsuke Old Pine and Traveller, 17th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated plate with a scene of an old and Gnarled pine tree and traveller. The subject of this motiff is that the literatus is always travelling, trying to discover th...
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Chinese Antique 17th Century Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

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