| Chinese Ming & Earlier Ceramics & Works of Art |  | This section covers everything Ming and pre Ming. Currently our earliest piece is a bronze from the Warring States(480BC-221BC) . Here you will also find many Wanli (1573-1619) pieces of porcelain. celadons and miscellaneous works of art. There are a number of Chinese Wanli Kraak dishes and Wucai pieces to be found on the pages in this section.
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| | Chinese Famille-Verte Porcelain |  | The Chinese Kangxi famille-verte porcelain in this section holds a variety of shapes and designs. In the last couple of years the prices of Kangxi famille-verte, Kangxi blue and white has esculated to new levels. We nevertheless continue to offer very good value. In our opinion Kangxi famille-verte is still very cheap compared to many other ceramics both Chinese and European
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| Chinese Kangxi Blue and White |  | The most sophisticated blue and white wares were produced during the Kangxi period (1662-1722). The drawing can be very detailed and fluid, some of the original designs very imaginative and the underglaze blue can be a brilliant sapphire colour. A great many of the designs on Qing porcelain were inspired by novels such as 'The Three Kingdoms'. from the Ming period.
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| Chinese Imari |  | This section contains a number of interesting Chinese Imari pieces from the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong periods. |
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| | Chinese Porcelain with Armorials and European Designs |  | This section contains Chinese armorial porcelain and Chinese porcelain with European decoration.
The best reference books on English armorials on Chinese porcelain are 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain' by David Sanctuary Howard, published by Faber and Faber, 1974 and Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume II, published by Heirloom & Howard, 2003. Some of our stock items were listed in each of these volumes
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| Chinese Famille-Rose Porcelain |  | This section includes Chinese famille-rose from both the Qianlong and Yongzheng periods
The icon shows an important pair of Qianlong (1736-1795) Famille-rose hawks
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| | Chinese Famille-Rose Tea Wares |  | This section contains a large quantity of Chinese famille-rose tea wares, which for the most part compared with early European ceramics are still incredably cheap and very decorative. We can supply special teabow and saucer stands enabling very decorative displays to be made for a comparatively small sum of money. Like most Chinese famille-rose wares the best pieces were made during the the first half of the 18th century. |
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| Chinese Blue & White Qing Porcelain |  | This section comprises mainly of pieces from the Qianlong period (1736-1795). At this time vast quantities of Chinese porcelain were being exported to Europe. The Chinese port of Nanking gives its name to many of the later blue and white pieces. A popular theme for these pieces was known as the 'Willow Pattern' which shows lakeside landscapes with pagodas, houses and trees. This design was widely used on English pottery and porcelain in the first half of the 19th century. |
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| | Chinese Qing Blue and White Tea Wares |  | Chinese late 17th and 18th century teabowls and saucers were copied by nearly every European factory. Curiously enough the copies are often many times the price of the originals. It is still possible to buy a very fine Kangxi blue and white teabowl and saucer for a little as £200 to £300. It is currently a very good area to collect at modest prices. In our opinion prices for such items will go up considerably in the next few years.
We can supply specially-designed display stands.
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| | Chinese Snuff Bottles |  | This section contains various snuff bottles, mainly of Chinese origin. The icon shows a Chinese hair crystal snuff bottle, 19th century. |
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| Chinese Drawings |  | This section contains Chinese drawings, the majority on pith paper. |
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| | Japanese Porcelain |  | Page Icon: Magnificent Japanese blue and white bottle vase, Edo period (late 17th century), the tall pear-shape body decorated in underglaze blue with flowering plum tree and paulownia among rockwork and grasses the slender neck with a trailing karakusa pattern |
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| Japanese Works of Art |  | This section contains Japanese Works of Art. The icon shows a superb Japanese rectangular Suzuribako with rounded corners Edo period circa 1800, , the nashiji ground decorated in hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and hirame and inlaid with silver metal, the top with a waterfall cascading between rocks, the inner lid with two rocks of Futami-g-ura against a large full moon, fitted with a tray around the slate inkstone and with a silver 'peony' water dropper
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| | European Porcelain & Glass |  | This section contains a wide selection of European porcelain and glass, including Meissen, Worcester,English glass,Dutch glass |
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| European Pottery |  | This section includes early Medieval English Pottery, and European and English pottery from 16th to 18th century including Italian maiolica, Hispano-moresque, French faience, German saltglaze and German faience, creamware. The best pottery was produced in Itlay and Near East between 1450 and 1540
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| | Dutch Delft |  | Section Icon: Dutch polychrome figure of a fisherman, circa 1760
Technical Note on Dutch Delft
It is worth noting that kilns of a new design were introduced into the Netherlands in the middle of the 18th century. These kilns did away with a lot of the kiln faults and also enabled coal to be used instead of wood. Nearly all the delft from about 1750 onwards has a fairly even glaze.
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| Tiles |  | This section contains primarily Dutch delft tiles but also one or two English tiles. Most of these tiles date from the 17th and 18th century.
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Delft tiles were first made in England by two immigrant Dutch potters called Jacob Janson and Jasper Andries who settled in Norwich 1567, and shortly afterwards moved to Aldegate in London
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| | Arts and Crafts |  | This section will contain comtemporary items including paintings and pottery. |
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| Antique Jewellery |  | Click on the icon of the antique diamond star shape brooch circa 1820, to see a selection of antique jewellery, including brooches and necklaces. For earrings see the section below
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| | Books |  | Click on the icon of the Eumorfopoulos Collection by R. L. Hobson to view various books relating to ceramics which will be avaliable for sale |
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| Sold |  | This icon shows a Persian 17th century Safavid dish |
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