蘭心堂 Ben Cheng Arts

Asian Art Connoisseur

Chinese blue and white hexagonal vase – Qianlong Mark

44cm tall. Good condition. 

March 8, 2017 · Leave a comment

Chinese Ming Dynasty 17th Century Carved Rhinoceros Horn Libation Cup

Chinese Ming Dynasty Rhinoceros Horn Libation Cup.  Most intricate carvings of Lingzhi, Bamboo, and Chi-Long. Circa first half of the 17th century.  Custom made wood stand is from the 18th … Continue reading

September 2, 2015 · Leave a comment

Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue Glaze Porcelain Meiping

Ming Dynasty, China 14th – 15th Century Extremely Rare Blue Glaze Meiping. Unglazed smooth bottom.  Perfect condition 14.5 in. hign

May 26, 2015 · Leave a comment

Chinese Kangxi Period Mirror Black Porcelain Vase

Kangxi Period, China Flattened pear-shape with straight neck and lipped rim, resting on a splayed foot, unglazed foot ring, with a double ring in underglaze blue to the recessed white-glazed … Continue reading

May 26, 2015 · Leave a comment

Chinese Ming Dynasty White Hetian Jade Carved Brush Washer

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) The washer is carved in the form of a flower surrounded by an intricate openwork network of leafy, gnarled branches bearing various flowers and continuing under the … Continue reading

May 25, 2015 · Leave a comment

Chinese Shang Dynasty Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel Gu

SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC The trumpet-shaped neck is undecorated while the middle section, which is set between double bow-string borders, is flat-cast with taotie masks formed by pairs of … Continue reading

May 25, 2015 · Leave a comment

Chinese Song Dynasty Ge Porcelain Tripod Censor

Southern Song Dynasty, China The lobed body supported on three pointed legs, the rim with two closed-loop handles, glazed overall with a smooth gray glaze with golden crackle. Provenance – … Continue reading

May 25, 2015 · Leave a comment

Chinese Song Dynasty Longquan Celadon Porcelain Bottle Vase

  Southern Song Dynasty, China The banded globular body rising to an elongated neck with a gallery mouth opening, on a tall, straight foot, with an overall celadon green glaze … Continue reading

May 25, 2015 · Leave a comment

Pair of Chinese Imperial Guangxu Iron Red Porcelain Bat Dishes

Guangxu mark and period. Iron Red and Blue & White decoration.  Ex. Japanese Collection. 6.25 inches diam.

May 25, 2015 · Leave a comment

Chinese Ming Imperial Carved Longquan Celadon Lotus Charger

Ming Dynasty, 14th-15th Century The lotus-form shallow body raised on a short ring foot, the barbed flared rim enclosing a cavetto carved with a central lotus blossom within key-fret banding, … Continue reading

May 25, 2015 · Leave a comment