Ming Dynasty Art For Sale

within a double circle, and of the period, finely incised overall with an elegant flowering lotus scroll, across the centre and the curved well an...

the seated Bodhisattva with hand raised in benediction, dark patina, and the standing acolyte bearing a small chest, dark patina, The acolyte H:2...

the powerfully modelled muscular beast well carved sitting upright, wearing collar and bell, his head, back and tail carved from a brownish area o...

A Black and Celadon Jade Cylinder carved with Chilong, Ming dynasty, densely carved over the exterior in low relief with a pair of chilong crawli...

of circular shape, painted with a hen and six chicks, with a lotus, in underglaze blue and white, six character mark of Chenghua within a double-...

A Grey and Black Jade Dragon Belt Plaque, Ming dynasty, of rectangular form, well carved in relief against a flat countersunk field with the writh...

Of ovoid form, standing on a high foot, the shoulders with double moulded archaic mask handles below the waisted neck, and finely decorated in ric...

the censer of bombe form, standing on a ring foot, the loop handles formed as two well modelled horned archaic chilong grasping the rim, their bif...

following a Han dynasty original, standing on a tall foot, the bombe sides with moulded double archaistic taotie mask handles at the shoulder, sus...

the elegant dark patinated and thinly cast vessel almost undecorated except for a raised double bowstring line just below the flared mouth, set wi...

of slender upright form, standing on legs of triangular section, with a low relief leiwen and taotie band around the middle beneath loop handle w...

comprising a celadon jade rectangular plaque carved in low relief with two writhing chilong; and a thinner brown jade belt plaque with a running b...

in Ming style, sitting foursquare with hooves tucked beneath, the almost spinach green stone with extensive brown inclusions, L:15.5cm. Good cond...

the slender baluster vase with good dark patination, standing on a square four legged integral base and set at the shoulders with double bird head...

imitating a Zhou dynasty original, cast on each side with formal rows of raised nipples and scrollwork above confronted scrollwork dragons, with g...

the massively cast vase of slender baluster form with smooth undecorated body and light brown patina, standing on a wide integral base of hexagona...

the cylindrical vessel with applied peony scroll, set upon three sturdy cabriole legs, the vessel covered with a thick bubble-suffused glaze of c...

Seated in the lotus posture with robe open at the front to expose her Bodhisattva jewels, and pulled up in a hood over the head, almost covering h...

the serene Goddess wearing her mantle drawn up in a hood over the tiara, and wearing bodhisattva jewels and fluttering celestial scarves on the ch...

in long flowing robes, with hands clasped before him holding the hu tablet, the emblem of high office, the face with serene expression beneath the...

the entirely undecorated body with good dark patina, with short straight neck, and standing on tripod cabriole feet, H:8cm. Ok, firing fault shoul...

with rounded sides resting on a thick short foot,with a rounded shallow gallery around the centre, covered overall in translucent pale green glaz...

the compressed body rising from three splayed cylindrical legs to a constricted neck and everted rim set with two upright loop handles, the body d...

the dramatically marked stone very finely carved in low relief with a five clawed dragon on one white side, clasping at a 'Pearl' borne on a cloud...

raised on three splayed monster mask feet, carved with flowers on the exterior, the rounded body with constricted neck and everted rim, covered i...

with the central medallion slightly domed and painted in soft blue with a lotus flower, within a scroll border on the well, the base with four cha...

of pear shape, covered with a rich black glaze, H:17.8cm, good condition

probably representing Samantabhadra, representing kindness or happiness, moulded seated on the elephant flanked by acolytes before a grotto, the b...

of oval section with undecorated rounded sides and swing handle, the flat cover pierced with fine hexagonal wan diaper panels around a central sta...