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Large antique blue-and-white Chinese porcelain vase owned by Gordon and Ann Getty. A treasured find for collectors and enthusiasts of unique and one-of-a-kind pieces with a story to tell! Ann Getty was a paleoanthropologist, arts patron, interior designer, author, and one of America’s legendary tastemakers. She married Gordon Getty, the 4th son of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, billionaire philanthropist and classical music composer. They were chic intellectual San Francisco socialites who spent a lifetime supporting and advocating for the arts, music, science, and education. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center, and Getty Villa exhibit J. Paul Getty’s private art and antiquity collections, the J. Paul Getty Trust fund is the world’s wealthiest art institution. Anne was raised on a farm in northern California, then graduated from UC Berkeley with dual degrees in Biology and Anthropology. She wholeheartedly worked on and supported archaeological digs in Ethiopia and Turkey, searching for human fossils and artifacts, studying genetics and DNA structures. She was unpretentious and hands on, physically and intellectually in synch with scholarly scientists, craftsmen and artists. There’s a photo of her restoring an ancient buffalo’s fossilized horns at the National Museum of Ethiopia. These very same personality traits and mannerisms, her curiosity, keen eye and great attention to detail are apparent in her approach to collecting furniture, art, textiles, pottery, etc. Ann spent decades fully immersing herself studying art and antiques, first a student, then connoisseur. She knew the provenance and story behind every piece she bought. She taught herself by observing, experimenting and absorbing everything. She employed artists that became her great teachers. Before launching her interior design firm she hired legendary designers Albert Hadley and Sister Parish, then John Stefanidis to design her Pacific Heights estate, an early 1900’s sprawling Italianate mansion with views of the Golden Gate Bridge, designed by architect Willis Polk. The estate was nicknamed the “San Francisco Embassy” for its lavish political and cultural parties. Shortly after opening her interior design firm she launched "The Ann Getty House Collection," offering original and authentic furniture reproductions from her own collections and inspiration produced by Luis Rossi of L. Rossi Antiques...

This piece is a white porcelain vessel from the Joseon Dynasty, believed to have been produced in the 15th century. It represents one of the typical examples from the early Joseon pe...

This series of ceramics are unique work by Norihiko Terayama. He broke ceramic at first, and make it into a lot of fragment. He rasp some of fragmen...

Miniature 17th century blue and white mallet-shaped vase. This miniature vase was part of a hoard recovered by Captain Michael Hatcher from the wreck of a ship that sunk in the Sou...

Sotheby's: Important Chinese Ceramics from the J. M. Hu Family Collection, June 4, 1985. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Important and catalog feat...

Chinese ceramics: The Koger Collection by John Ayers. Sotheby's Publications, New York London, 1985. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. In 1973 Mr and...

Nice « Blanc Bleu » porcelain plate dating from XIX th century. Blue and white porcelain soup plate. White and blue plate with a couple of peacocks flying through plants and flowers. This porcelain is characteristic of the blue family. The arrival of porcelain in Europe was linked to the development of shipping and international trade. Porcelain was very popular in Europe because of its lightness and its durability. The import from China is linked to the lack of mastery of this technique by the Europeans. The French, Dutch and British East India...

The Hardy Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art From the Sze Yuan Tang: Sale #8218, with original printed invitation. Christie's New Y...

Quality collection of five antique Japanese imari plates, having a quality collection of five fantastic quality antique Japanese imari plates decorated with flowers, birds, insects, ...

A milky white dish with slight scalloped rim and decorated with cobalt blue iron red and green enamel over glaze, this delicate piece in Kakiemon Style was dated at least to the earl...

Antique ceramic covered box from the Sawankhalok kilns, Thailand of squat globular persimmon form with pinched sepal ridge and curled stem finial top decorated in a caramel brown and translucent white glaze on the stoneware biscuit in a saw tooth design at the shoulder and foliate vine scroll pattern on the body, two incised bands near the foot with a trimmed countersunk unglazed base with traces of the pontil firing scar. The interior of the base with a thin translucent glaze the interior of the lid unglazed. Tight fit of top to bottom. Evidence of a repair to a large chip to the interior rim of the base and two further small chips unrestored, the top clean without any restorations, overall fine condition. Measuring 2-3/4 in. high x 4” in diameter. (7cm x 10.2cm) Weight: 11 oz. (300g.) 14th/15th century. Ex Collection: by descent, Don Christensen, Penang, Malaysia. For similar examples see: Siamese Pottery...

Antique ceramic box with cover from the Sawankhalok kilns, Thailand of shouldered globular form with a flat top having incised foliate vine plant d...