Set of Three Chinese Brass Mounted Blue and White Porcelain Urns

Remarkable pair of diminutive Chinese porcelain Fencai vases featuring beautifully decorated landscape scenes. Vibrant famille rose colors depict a scholar and his attendant offering him a peach with a pine tree and waterfall in the background. Each vase has Chinese script on the back, probably a poem. Each vase stamped with a Tong zhi...

Amazing set of four Chinese Shiwan pottery figures depicting immortal gods or dieties. Beautifully glazed and made on a large scale with fascinating fac...

Chinese Qing dynasty style Blanc de chine porcelain Quan Yin or Guanyin depicted standing in a flowing robe. Constructed of Dehua porcelain fr...

Splendid Chinese porcelain celadon glazed vase mounted as a table lamp by Marbro Lamp Company. Features a 17 inch high celadon or greenware vase su...

Remarkable pair of Chinese glazed ceramic celestial Buddhist Guanyin deities. Featuring two beauties depicted standing in draped robes with casc...

Large, Chinese Longquan style celadon vase with a stunning lotus leaf pattern underglaze and Greek key detail on the perimeter of t...

A set of 3 wonderfully hand-painted Chinese blue & white ceramic spoons circa 1850. They bear double happiness signs and wonderful, sculptural shape. A g...

A wonderfully hand-painted set of 4 Chinese blue & white ceramic spoons circa 1850. They bear double happiness signs and wonderful, sculptural shape. A g...

A set of 3 wonderfully hand-painted Chinese blue & white ceramic spoons circa 1850. They bear a floral pattern design and beautiful, sculptural shape. A ...

A wonderfully hand-painted pair of Chinese blue & white ceramic spoons circa 1850. They bear double happiness signs and wonderful, sculptural shape. A gr...

This large ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the Qing dynasty, rigid headrests such as this were used by upper-class women to protect their elaborate hairstyles by elevating the head during slumber. This example dates to the early 20th century and is glazed in the blue-and-white style with rich, cobalt-blue color. The headrest is decorated on all sides with mythical fu lion dogs playing with ribbon-tied brocade balls, a motif that evokes the idiom "may you and your descendant achieve high rank." A powerful and benevolent guardian, the fu lion (shizi) is the perfect force to protect against nightmares and bad energy. A geometric meander trims the corners and small dragon-like bats frame coin...

Very nice antique Chinese blue and white vase.