https://patergratiaorientalart.com/ Pater Gratia Oriental Art Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:48:57 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-33188 206 B.C. - A.D. 220 Han dynasty   220 - 580 Six dynasties period   581 - 618 Sui dynasty   618 - 906 Tang dynasty   907 - 960 Five dynasties   960 - 1279 Song dynasty   1280 - 1368 Yuan dynasty    1368 - 1644 Ming dynasty   1368 - 1398 Hongwu 1399 - 1402 Jianwen 1403 - 1424 Yongle 1425 - 1425 Hongxi 1426 - 1435 Xuande 1436 - 1449 Zhengtong 1450 - 1456 Jingtai 1457 - 1464 Tianshun 1465 - 1487 Chenghua 1488 - 1505 Hongzhi 1506 - 1521 Zhengde 1522 - 1566 Jiajing 1567 - 1572 Longqing 1573 - 1620 Wanli 1620 - 1620 Taichang 1621 - 1627 Tianqi 1628 - 1644 Chongzhen    1644 - 1911 Qing dynasty   1644 - 1661 Shunzhi 1662 - 1722 Kangxi 1723 - 1735 Yongzheng 1736 - 1795 Qianlong 1796 - 1820 Jiaqing 1821 - 1850 Daoguang 1851 - 1861 Xianfeng 1862 - 1874 Tongzhi 1875 - 1908 Guangxu 1909 - 1911 Xuantong   1912 - 1949 Republic   1949 -         People's Republic Chinese Chronology and Marks Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:48:57 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45409  Japanese Kakiemon / Japanese Kakiemon-style wares - Japanese Kakiemon   Object 2012732   Teapot   Japan (Kakiemon)   1670-1690   Height with cover 91 mm (3.58 inch), height without cover 64 mm (2.52 inch), diameter handle to spout 145 mm (5.71 inch), dimensions of oval mouth 62 mm (2.44 inch) x 50 mm (1.97 inch), dimensions of oval foot 66 mm (2.60 inch) x 50 mm (1.97 inch), weight with cover 201 grams (7.09 ounce (oz.)), weight cover 13 grams (0.46 ounce (oz.))   Lobed teapot of compressed oval, decagonally-lobed shape on a low footring of the same shape. Bend spout. The original handle and cover are missing and replaced by a moulded metal / tin handle and cover with a wooden knob. Kakiemon decorated in enamels with a blossoming prunus growing from rocks and swirling cloud scrolls. On the shoulder a ruyi-border, round the mouthrim a border of small upturned pointed leaves. Fitted with a 19th / 20th century metal / tin mount and cover, the cover with a wooden knob.   Kakiemon teapots occur in various shapes and sizes, this ribbed form being one of the most refined. At the end of the 17th century tea drinking had become all the rage in the Netherlands, as elsewhere in Europe, and there was a great demand for porcelain tea things, preferably the fashionable new coloured varieties. Cups and saucers were obtainable in Chinese famille verte porcelain, thus they are relatively rare in Japanese porcelain. Famille verte teapots were scarcer (Chinese wine pots were sometimes used instead), so that alongside Blanc de Chine  and Yixing tea pots examples in Japanese porcelain were assured of a market. However, such Kakiemon examples were already rare at that time and belonged among the costliest pieces. (Jörg 1984, pp.124-125, cat. 78)   This well-known type of Kakiemon teapot is very elegant and carefully moulded. Curiously, teapots are not mentioned in the list of porcelain shipped to The Netherlands, but a considerable number must have been bought privately by the Dutch on Deshima or were sold via the Chinese. This teapot is small, as tea was still expensive at the time and only offered in small quantities. At tea parties, each guestt was often given a teapot with the tea he or she had selected, which was strongly brewed and diluted with hot water in the cup. Similar examples are often embellished with gold mounts, not only to emphasise their luxuriousness, but also to serve a practical purpose by preventing the cover from falling off when pouring tea. (Jörg 2003/1, p.194, cat. 241)   This Japanese Kakiemon decocrated teapot is special and interesting because it shows contrast. During the 17th and 18th centuries Kakiemon porcelain was extremely sought-after and valuable in Europe.  Aristocrats and royal houses collected Kakiemon decorated objects and damaged or precious pieces were often fitted with gold or gilded silver mounts specially to underline their value and to protect or "complete" the object (for example, a missing lid or a broken handle or spout). A cheap metal / tin mount from the 19th/20th century doesn't fit that picture of pure luxury - and that's exactly the point. Such a simple repair usually indicates that, at some point, the teapot was no longer in the hands of a wealthy collector or goldsmith, but with an owner who simply wanted to repair it for everyday use, without the money or access to a gold- or silversmith. The precious Japanese porcelain was thus given a makeshift solution made from an everyday material. As a result, this object tells two stories at once: the story of international trade, luxury, and status (the Kakiemon decorated porcelain itself), and the story of practical use, wear, and pragmatic care by a later, less wealthy owner (the metal / tin mount). That tension between high-end art and a humble, improvised repair often makes such an object more valuable for research into an object's "biography" than an undamaged, 'perfectly' mounted example - it shows how the object was actually lived with and used, rather than only how it was originally intended.   Jorg states that it is interesting to compare this example decorated only in underglaze blue-and-white with the Kakiemon teapot. The shapes are almost identical and may have been made at the same (Kakiemon?) workshop, but the decorations are completely different, illustrating the variety within this limited group.(Jörg 2003/1, p.193, cat. 240)     Teapot, Japan, c.1670-1690, Prinsenhof Museum, Delft, The Netherlands, No.1286 (not included in this sale/offer) (Reproduced from: Fine & Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (C.J.A. Jörg, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam 2003), p.193, cat. 240. (Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by the publisher or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved)   A rather exact copy of this teapot was made at the Bow factory about 1753. (Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990, p.142, cat. 103)   For identically shaped, sized and decorated teapots, please see: Chinesisches und japanisches Porzellan in europäischen Fassungen, (D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Verlag Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig,1980), p.430, cat. 491. Interaction in Ceramics. Oriental porcelain and Delftware. (C.J.A. Jörg, Hong Kong, 1984), pp.124-125, cat. 78. Porcelain for Palaces. The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, (J. Ayers, O. Impey & J.V.G. Mallet, Oriental Ceramic Society & The British Museum, London 1990), p.142, cat. 103. Eastern Ceramics and other works of art from the collection of Gerald Reitlinger, (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1981), p.73, cat. 181. Porzellan aus China und Japan. Die Porzellangalerie der Landgrafen von Hessen-Kassel, (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Kassel, Berlin 1990), p.439, cat. 217. Japanese Export Porcelain. Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, (O. Impey, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam, 2002), p.86, cat. 82. Fine & Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (C.J.A. Jörg, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam 2003), p.194, cat. 241. Condition: Wear to the decoration, a missing handle and cover, a hairline and a chip to the rim, a missing metal / tin rib.   References: Lunsingh Scheurleer 1980, cat. 491 Jörg 1984, cat. 78 Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990, cat. 103 Oxford 1981, cat. 181 Kassel 1990, cat. 217 Impey 2002, cat. 82 Jörg 2003/1, cat. 240 & 241   Price: € 749 Currency Converter   More pictures >> Recent Acquisitions Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:55:40 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-705 On this page you'll find my latest acquisitions.   This way you can quickly browse through my recently acquired objects without having to browse through all the various categories.   After some time, each object in 'Recent Acquisitions' will be moved to their specific category.   Latest update: Recent Acquisitions; August 30, 2026. Recent Acquisitions Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:53:47 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45001 Sold Ceramics - Sold Chine de commande - Armorial / Pseudo-Armorial wares 1700-1800 - Armorial - Dutch - Page 1   Object 2012533   Coffee cup and saucer   China   c.1746-1750   Height of coffee cup 71 mm (2.80 inch), diameter of rim 70 mm (2.76 inch), diameter of footring 39 mm (1.54 inch), weight 111 grams (3.92 ounce (oz.)) Height of saucer 26 mm (1.02 inch), diameter of rim 135 mm (5.31 inch), diameter of footring 79 mm (3.11 inch), weight 82 grams (2.89 ounce (oz.))   Published: Handel in Batavia - Teekultur aus fernen Lande / Trade in Batavia - Tea culture from a Faraway Land, exhibition catalogue Ostfriesisches Teemuseum Norden. (D. Suebsman, Norden 2023), pp.110-111, cat. 41, Schitterende Scherven. Archeologie, stillevens en verzamelingen, Held from 6 October 2024 to 9 February 2025 at the Veenkoloniaal Museum Veendam, The Netherlands, p.42, Afb. 24.   Exhibited: Handel in Batavia - Teekultur aus fernen Lande / Trade in Batavia - Tea culture from a Faraway Land held from 13 May 2023 to 31 October 2023 at the Ostfriesisches Teemuseum Norden Germany, Schitterende Scherven. Archeologie, stillevens en verzamelingen, Held from 6 October 2024 to 9 February 2025 at the Veenkoloniaal Museum Veendam, The Netherlands.   Coffee cup and saucer on footrings, slightly everted rims, handle missing on cup. Decorated in various overglaze enamels, iron-red, black and gold with a two large coats of arms accollé. Round the rim a spearhead border. The coffee cup is decorated en suite with two extra flower prays.    The dexter arms are in an asymmetrical rococo style shield: on a blue background a black (oxidized silver) walking paschal lamb with cross and banner; the crest a coronet surmounted by a pair of blue wings. The sinister arms are painted in an oval shield: on a blue background a black (oxidized silver) bent and armoured arm holding a gold ring in its hand, emerging from a black cloud at the sinister side of the shield; the crest a coronet with a similar upright arm and ring between a pair of blue and grey (silver?) trunks. Rocaillerie scrollwork in black and blue enamels surrounds both shields and underneath there are two tasseled ropes and banderoles inscribed: 'WOLTHERS' at the dexter and 'CONRING' at the sinister side. (Kroes 2007, p.404)    The arms of the Wolthers family from Groningen arms are not recorded before the late 18th century, but they probably originate before this. The Conring(h) arms were recorded in the 1660s in Emden Germany from where this family originated. This service was ordered for Harmen Wolthers (1721-1788) and Louisa Christina Conring(h) (1727-1766) on the occasion of their marriage in Groningen on 23 January 1746 and was thus probably made in the late 1740s. (Kroes 2007, p.404)       Harmen Wolthers (1721-1788)                                 Louisa Christina Conring(h) (1727-1766)   (Source: www.openarch.nl en www.genealogieonline.nl)   The Wolthers family was a leading one in the city of Groningen from the early 17th until the late 18th century. Harmen's father, Wolther Wolthers (1696-1728), was Burgomaster of Groningen; he married Clara van Buttingha (1695-1722) and Harmen was their only child.   Wolter Wolthers (1696-1728)                                      Clara van Buttingha (1695-1722)  (Source: Groninger Museum)                                     (Source: Groninger Museum)   Harmen Wolthers (born Groningen, 8 October 1721; died Groningen 26 March 1788) began his public career in Groningen as gezworene or member of the city council (1748-1768), later raadsheer en taalman, councillor and/or alderman (1773-1786), but he was never appointed burgomaster. In addition, he held various other posts in regional and national government, such as delegate to the States General (1763), member of the Provincial Audit Office (1770-), councillor of the Admiralty of Harlingen (1775,1778) and member of the Provincial Executive (1784). In the late 18th century, he was known to sympathize with the patriotic cause. He was a member of several cultural societies, such as the Leesgezelschap, a reading circle in Groningen (1783). In 1785 he was one of the highest taxpayers in the city, living at the Vismarkt South Side at the time.  Harmen's wife Louisa Conring(h) (born Groningen, 22 August 1727; died Groningen, 29 April 1766) was the daughter of the city councillor Andreas Conring(h) (1696-1754) and Christina Elisabeth Sichterman (1710-1730). Conring(h) was born in Emden, East Friesland, where his ancestors were recorded as early as the mid-16th century with several family members holding senior positions in the church and public office. (Kroes 2007, pp.404-405)    Baptism of Louisa Christina Conring on August 22, 1727 in Groningen; Martinikerk (Netherlands) (Source: www.openarch.nl en www.genealogieonline.nl)    Andreas Conring(h) (1696-1754)                    Christina Elisabeth Sichterman (1710-1730).   Oosterstraat 44, Groningen, the house where Andreas Conring(h) (1696-1754) and Christina Elisabeth Sichterman (1710-1730) lived. (Source: Groninger Archieven)   Louisa's mother Christina Elisabeth Sichterman (1710-1730) was the daughter of Gerrit Sichterman, the brother of Jan Albert Sichterman, who ordered a remarkable quantity of armorial porcelain. Harmen Wolthers had eight children of whom one son, Wolther Wolthers (1756-1811), had a public career like his father, being trustee of the orphanage and raadsheer or city councillor. Four of their daughters married into principal Groningen families: Trip (1768), Alberda van Bloemersma (1777). Lewe (1781), Van der Hoop (1774), De Sandra Veltman (1768) and Van Vierssen (1779). As mentioned earlier a considerable part of this service descended to the Van der Hoop family.  (Kroes 2007, pp.405)   Suebsman states that it is unknown, whether the service, of which merely a tea set exists, was commissioned by Dutch East India Company, (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC) representatives of Amsterdam or by members of the Royal Prussian Asian Company (Königlich- Preussische Asiatische Handelscompagnie (KPACVE)) of Emden for a future anniversary. (Suebsman 2023, p.110)   When the tea service was made for the occasion of the wedding in 1746 than the order must have gone through Amsterdam by the Dutch East India Company, (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC). However, if one assumes that the Royal Prussian Asian Company in Emden carried out the order, then the porcelain would have been ordered between 1752 and 1756, the period in which the Company in Emden was active and imported porcelain from China through the Emden merchants themselves. The yet unknown shape and size of this recently discovered coffee cup (with the larger saucer 135 mm (5.31 inch), compared to the saucer of the tea set 120 mm (4.72 inch), indicates that besides a tea service there must also have been a coffee service. (Ramm, pp.17-19)   For an identically decorated tea bowl and saucer, please see: Toelichtende beschrijving van de verzameling Chineesch en Japansch porselein, Chineesch en Europeesch rood steengoed en aardewerk, aanwezig in het Groningsch Museum / Catalogue of Oriental Ceramics and European Earthenware in the Collection of the Groninger Museum, (M.A. de Visser, Groningen, 1930), cat. 43. Chineesche Ceramiek. Handboek. Geschreven naar aanleiding van de verzameling in het museum het Princessehof te Leeuwarden, (N. Ottema, N.V. Drukkerij en Uitgeverij J.H. de Bussy, Amsterdam 1943), p.226, cat. 267. Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market, Chinese Porcelain with Coats of Arms of Dutch Families, (J. Kroes, Waanders Publishers, Zwolle, 2007), pp.404-405, cat.no. 322. Toelichtende beschrijving van de verzameling Chineesch en Japansch porselein, Chineesch en Europeesch rood steengoed en aardewerk, aanwezig in het Groningsch Museum / Catalogue of Oriental Ceramics and European Earthenware in the Collection of the Groninger Museum, (M.A. de Visser, Groninger Museum, Groningen, 2015), p.154, afb. 43.  Groningen Museum Object number: 0000.4086.A. For an identically decorated tea caddy in the collection of the Groninger Museum, please see: Groningen Museum Object number: 0000.4086.B. Condition coffee cup: Missing handle and a frit to the rim. Condition saucer: Restored rim.   References: Visser 1930, cat. 43 Ottema 1943, cat. 267 Kroes 2007, cat.no. 281a, cat.no. 281 & cat.no. 376 Visser, 2015, afb. 43.  Suebsman 2023, cat. 41 Ramm, pp.17-19 Vister - van Riemsdijk 2024, Afb. 24 www.openarch.nl Groninger Archieven   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:50:15 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45431 Visser 2015 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:45:00 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45430 Catalogue   Author: Visser, M.A. de (with an introduction by D. A. Campbell)   Title: Toelichtende beschrijving van de verzameling Chineesch en Japansch porselein, Chineesch en Europeesch rood steengoed en aardewerk, aanwezig in het Groningsch Museum / Catalogue of Oriental Ceramics and European Earthenware in the Collection of the Groninger Museum.   Exhibition catalogue, Breekbaar Goed. Een eerbetoon aan Minke A. de Visser (1898-1966), Groninger Museum 20 March 2015 - 15 March 2016.    Publisher: Groninger Museum, Groningen, 2015   Details: Hard cover with all colour illustrations.   Pages: 176 pp.   ISBN 13: 978-90-71361-76-8   Language: Dutch.   Dimensions: 245 mm (9.6 inch) x 175 mm (6.9 inch) x 20 mm (0.8 inch).   Condition: Good.   Private copy (not for sale).   (copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by the publisher or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved) Visser 2015 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:44:11 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45428 Sold Ceramics - Sold Shipwreck Porcelains - The Vung Tau Cargo, c.1690 - Page 1   Object 2012137   Cup    China   c.1690   Provenance: The Vung Tau Cargo. Chinese Export Porcelain sale, Christie's Amsterdam, 7-8 April 1992.   Height 41 mm (1.61 inch), diameter of rim 75 mm (2.95 inch), diameter of footring 28 mm (1.10 inch), weight 52 grams (1.83 ounce (oz.))   A Fujian, of blanc-de-Chine porcelain, small cup on a low footring with spreading sides and a flaring rim. On the cup the original Christie's 'Vung Tau Cargo' sale lot label proving it has been one of 100 small cups sold in lot 510. (Amsterdam 1992, pp.65-66)    Until recently, all unpainted, white pieces with a creamy, smooth glaze that is well fused with the body, were named blanc-de-Chine and supposed to have been made in the kilns of Dehua in Fujian province. The figures of Guanyin, of immortals, sages and others were highly appreciated in the West, in particular for adorning the interior. As the Hatcher wreck has shown, figurines and other blanc-de-Chine wares were already part of the export assortment in the mid-17th century, while English East India Company papers document their popularity in Europe around 1700. Such pieces fitted excellently into the demand for curious, new and exotic pieces, and for rarities and thus delivered good profits to their importers. Gradually, however, more information has become available about the complexity of the Dehua production, the many kilns that produced these wares in a wide area around Dehua, the differences in quality and the imitations made elsewhere. The Vung Tau cargo has simply added another piece or two to the puzzle, making us realise once again that blanc de Chine is only a very generic name and that. in fact, we know little about these wares. (Jörg & Flecker 2001, p.85)   Two varieties of blanc-de-Chine cups, one in two sizes the other in three all undecorated, were salvaged, which were most likely teacups,   The first variety is small on a low footring, has spreading sides and a flaring rim.   The first type of this first variety measures 60 mm (2.36 inch) in diameter and 35 mm (1.37 inch) in height, in total only 108 of these 60 mm (2.36 inch) small (tea)cups were sold divided over the lots; 508 (60 items) and 509 (48 items). For an example of this (tea)cup, please see: Shipwreck Porcelains - The Vung Tau Cargo, c.1690 - Object 2010656. The second type of this first variety measures 75 mm (2.95 inch) in diameter and 40 mm (1.57 inch) in height, in total only 385 of these 75 mm (2.95 inch) small (tea)cups were sold divided over the lots; 510 (100 items), 511 (100 items). 512 (100 items), 513 (60 items) and 514 (25 items). For an example of this (tea) cup, please see: Shipwreck Porcelains - The Vung Tau Cargo, c.1690 - Object 2012137.  The second variety has a thick higher footring and is deeper with steep straight sides.   The first type of this second variety measures 70 mm (2.36 inch) in diameter and 50 mm (1.37 inch) in height, in total only 66 of these 70 mm (2.76 inch) small (tea)cups were sold divided over the lots; 506 (36 items) and 507 (30 items). For an example of this (tea)cup, please see: Shipwreck Porcelains - The Vung Tau Cargo, c.1690 - Object 2010657.   The second type of the second variety measures 60 mm (2.36 inch) in diameter and 37 mm (1.37 inch) in height, in total only 302 of these 70 mm (2.76 inch) small (tea)cups were sold divided over the lots; 515 (100 items), 516 (100 items). 517 (60 items) and 518 (42 items). For an example of this (tea)cup, please see: The Vung Tau Cargo. Chinese Export Porcelain, auction catalogue Christie’s Amsterdam, 7/8 April 1992, pp.65-67, lots 515-519. The third type of this second variety measures 45 mm (1.77 inch) in diameter and 25 mm (0.98 inch) in height, in total only 523 of these 45 mm (1.77 inch) small (tea)cups were sold divided over the lots; 519 (100 items), 520 (100 items). 521 (100 items), 522 (100 items), 523 (60 items), 524 (36 items) and 525 (27 items). For an example of this (tea)cup, please see: The Vung Tau Cargo. Chinese Export Porcelain, auction catalogue Christie’s Amsterdam, 7/8 April 1992, pp.65-67, lots 519-525. Condition: Some firing flaws around the outer and inner footring.   References: Jongsma 1992, pp.453-456 Amsterdam 1992, lots 510-514 Jörg & Flecker 2001, pp.66-67, p.85 & fig. 92   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:06:27 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-42844 Sold Ceramics - Sold Shipwreck Porcelains - The Vung Tau Cargo, c.1690 - Page 1   Objects 2010768 and 2010769   Two milk jugs   China   c.1690   Provenance: The Vung Tau Cargo. Chinese Export Porcelain sale, Christie's Amsterdam, 7-8 April 1992.   2010768: height with cover 148 mm (5.83 inch), diameter 84 mm (3.31 inch), diameter of mouthrim 70 mm, (2.76 inch), diameter footring 45 mm (1.77 inch) 2010769: height with cover 132 mm (5.20 inch), diameter 78 mm (3.07 inch), diameter of mouthrim 68 mm, (2.68 inch), diameter footring 42 mm (1.65 inch), weight including cover 309 grams (9.17 ounce (oz.)), weight cover 49 grams (1.73 ounce (oz.))   Two milk jugs on footrings, pear shaped bodies, missing handles and tall wide necks with short spouts on the rims, flattened domed covers with knobs, decorated in underglaze blue, one with honeycomb panels filled with a tree painted in so-called, criss-cross hatching lines technique, the other is decorated with spiralling panels with the same design. The covers are decorated en suite. On both milk jugs the original Christie's "Vung Tau Cargo" sale label and the original Christie's lot 247 label.   The Vung Tau Cargo yielded only three examples of what nowadays is called a milk jug. These have the shape of a mug with a short spout under the ribbed mouthrim, a flat loop handle and a domed cover with a pear-shaped knob. The decoration of one milk jug is in honeycomb panels with a hatch-line painting of a tree, the other two milk jugs show spiralling panels with the same design, Although we have no proof about their use, these could well be milk or cream jugs. The custom to serve tea with milk came from France, where the combination was invented by the Marquise de la Sabliére. In about 1680 the habit spread to the Netherlands, and so a special piece of porcelain was needed on the tea tray to serve milk with tea. It's doubtful, however that it belonged to a couple of matching cups and saucers. Actual sets of tea wares, teapots, tea caddies, milk jugs, sugar pots and slop bowls all painted with the same design, were not made in Chinese porcelain until the 1720s following the European fashion. The milk jugs represent European shapes and obviously are made to order and styled after silver and pewter models. (Jörg & Flecker 2001, pp.64-65)   The discovery of these three milk jugs in the cargo of the Vung Tau shipwreck is, from a historic perspective, important for two reasons:   1. It clearly shows that the Vung Tau shipwreck was a commercial trading vessel, carrying Chine the commande objects to the port of Batavia in c.1690.   2. These three milk jugs are the earliest recorded, special pieces of Chine de commande porcelain needed on the tea tray to serve milk with tea, dating from the Kangxi period, c.1690.   The previous, and first, owner of all three milk jugs, switched covers of the milk jugs, this is why the photographed milk jugs in, The Vung Tau Cargo, sale catalogue Christie's Amsterdam, 7/8 April 1992, or in  C.J.A. Jörg & M. Flecker's book, Porcelain from the Vung Tau Wreck. The Hallstrom Excavation, seem to have different covers.   In total only three milk jugs and covers were sold by Christie's Amsterdam on 7 and 8 April 1992 as lot 247 in "The Vung Tau Cargo. Chinese Export Porcelain". (Amsterdam 1992)   For the milk jugs, please see; Porcelain from the Vung Tau Wreck. The Hallstrom Excavation, (C.J.A. Jörg & M. Flecker, United Kingdom 2001), pp.64-65, Fig. 50a. The Vung Tau Cargo. Chinese Export Porcelain, auction catalogue Christie’s Amsterdam, 7/8 April 1992, p.42, lot 247. Condition: 2010768 : A missing handle. 2010769 : A missing handle, a hairline and a piece of the knob is missing.   References: Jongsma 1992, pp.453-456 Amsterdam 1992, lots 247 Jörg & Flecker 2001, fig. 50a   Price: 2010768: Sold. 2010769: Sold.   More pictures object 2010768 >> More pictures object 2010769 >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:00:59 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45427 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese wares with Western Designs 1653-1800 - Frederik van Frijtom   Object 2012716   Saucer   Japan   c.1700   Height 24 mm (0.94 inch), diameter of rim 125 mm (4.92 inch), diameter of footring 60 mm, (2.36 inch), weight 111 grams (3.91 ounce (oz.))   Saucer on footring with a narrow flat rim and a slightly upturned edge. Decorated in underglaze blue with a European river scene showing a boat with three figures, another figure is standing near a tree on the river-bank. On the opposite bank a house and a church. Curling clouds in the sky. Round the rim a blue border. On the base a six-character Chenghua mark.   The decoration on this saucer imitated the Delftware model in the Prinsenhof Museum, Delft. Sherds of saucers with this design have been found at Deshima. Twickel Castle in Delden has five identically shaped, sized and decorated tea bowls and saucers. (Arita 2000, cat. 73), (Jörg 2003/1, p.246, cat, 317)   The Frederik van Frijtom (c.1632-1702) style.   The Groninger Museum has two interesting, very rare early plates, each with a design clearly taken from a Delftware example, and it is tempting to connect them to the models brought over from The Netherlands in 1662. The Japanese copied not only the decoration from the Delft pieces, but also the flat base without a footring. They may represent a short-lived fashion, as it is difficult to find other examples of Dutch style decorations in the second half of the 17th century, apart from the pieces mentioned above.  Then, unexpectedly, there was a varied output of pieces painted with Dutch landscapes, ships and harbour scenes in underglaze blue - no polychrome examples are known. Shapes include teapots. teacups and saucers, pattipans (saucers for teapots and milk jugs), plates and bowls. This type of decoration has been labelled the 'Frijtom' style.   It is a curiosity that these Japanese dishes / saucers were in turn copied in England at the Bow factory from c.1752 and there is even a Chinese version in the Ashmolean Collection. (Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990, p.114, Impey 2002, p.228 )   For identically shaped, sized and decorated (tea bowls) and saucers, please see: Frederik van Frytom 1632-1702. Life and work of a Delft pottery-decorator. (A. Vecht, Scheltema & Holkema N.V., Amsterdam, 1968), p.77, cat. 44. The Wrestling Boys. Chinese and Japanese Ceramics from the 16th to the 18th Century in the Collection at Burghley House, (The Trustees of Burghley House, Stamford 1981), p.13, cat. 38. The Burghley Porcelains: An Exhibition from the Burghley House Collection and based on the 1688 Inventory and 1690 Devonshire Schedule (Japan Society Gallery, New York in collaboration with the Burghley House Preservation Trust Ldt., June 1986), pp.158-159, cat. 56. The Voyage of Old-Imari Porcelains, (Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Arita 2000), p.49, cat. 73. Fine & Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (C.J.A. Jörg, Hotei publishing, Amsterdam, 2003), p.246, cat. 317. Condition: A frit to the footring.   References: Vecht 1968, cat. 44 Stamford 1981, cat. 38 New York 1986, cat. 56  Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990, p.114 Arita 2000, cat. 73 Impey 2002, p.228  Jörg 2003/1, cat. 317   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:54:35 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45425 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese wares with Western Designs 1653-1800 - Frederik van Frijtom   Object 2012717   Tea bowl   Japan   c.1700   Height 42 mm (1.65 inch), diameter of rim 75 mm (2.95 inch), diameter of footring 33 mm, (1.30 inch), weight 50 grams (1.76 ounce (oz.))   Tea bowl on footring, spreading sides, everted rim. Decorated in underglaze blue with a European dune landscape showing a horseman and two travellers on foot crossing a heath. Round the rim a wavy blue border that is repeated on the inside. In the centre a house with a pine tree. On the base a four-character Chenghua mark.   he Frederik van Frijtom (c.1632-1702) style.   The Groninger Museum has two interesting, very rare early plates, each with a design clearly taken from a Delftware example, and it is tempting to connect them to the models brought over from The Netherlands in 1662. The Japanese copied not only the decoration from the Delft pieces, but also the flat base without a footring. They may represent a short-lived fashion, as it is difficult to find other examples of Dutch style decorations in the second half of the 17th century, apart from the pieces mentioned above.  Then, unexpectedly, there was a varied output of pieces painted with Dutch landscapes, ships and harbour scenes in underglaze blue - no polychrome examples are known. Shapes include teapots. teacups and saucers, pattipans (saucers for teapots and milk jugs), plates and bowls. This type of decoration has been labelled the 'Frijtom' style.   This saucer or pattipan (a stand for a teapot or milk jug, or used as spoon tray) belongs to another category within the 'Frijtom' Group. The shape and decoration imitate a Delftware model in the Prinsenhof Museum, Delf, painted in the Frijtom style and dated to 1684, as part of a set of five different saucers. The motif of the horseman, the main element of the design, is also seen on other export ware. Two teacups with this design are in the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum (Arita 2000, cat.70); two others from the Gerry Collection are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Ford 1989).     In his Fine & Curious on page 244, cat. 314a Jörg shows an example of an Dutch Delftware saucer, on the flat surface, within a blue line, a water landscape with a wooden bridge on which there is a horseman followed by two other men. To the right in the distance tall trees and a farmhouse. Blue border. Marked on the base: MB 1684, Prinsenhof Museum, Delft TDA126c. Reproduced from: Fine & Curious. Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (C.J.A. Jörg, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam, 2003), p.244, cat. 314a. This saucer is not included in this sale/offer. (copyright in bibliographic data and images is held by the publisher or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved)    It is a curiosity that these Japanese dishes / saucers were in turn copied in England at the Bow factory from c.1752 and there is even a Chinese version in the Ashmolean Collection. (Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990, p.114, Impey 2002, p.228 )   For identically shaped, sized and decorated tea bowls, please see: Frederik van Frytom 1632-1702. Life and work of a Delft pottery-decorator. (A. Vecht, Scheltema & Holkema N.V., Amsterdam, 1968), p.77, cat. 44. The Wrestling Boys. Chinese and Japanese Ceramics from the 16th to the 18th Century in the Collection at Burghley House, (The Trustees of Burghley House, Stamford 1981), p.15, cat. 42. The Burghley Porcelains: An Exhibition from the Burghley House Collection and based on the 1688 Inventory and 1690 Devonshire Schedule (Japan Society Gallery, New York in collaboration with the Burghley House Preservation Trust Ldt., June 1986), pp.158-159, cat. 54.  The Voyage of Old-Imari Porcelains, (Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Arita 2000), p.48, cat. 70. Condition: A frit to the footring.   References: Vecht 1968, p.26 Stamford 1981, cat. 42 New York 1986, cat. 54  Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990, p.114 Arita 2000, cat. 70 Impey 2002, p.228  Jörg 2003/1, p.211   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:53:32 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-41951 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Tea, Coffee and Chocolate wares 18th Century - Page 1   Objects 2011995, 2011998 & 2011998A   Three teacups and saucers   Japan   1700-1720   2011995: Height of teacup 51 mm (2.01 inch), diameter of rim 82 mm (3.23 inch), diameter of footring: 31 mm (1.22 inch), weight 67 grams (2.37 ounce (oz.)) Height of saucer 30 mm (1.18 inch), diameter of rim 142 mm (5.59 inch), diameter of footring 75 mm (2.95 inch), weight 137 grams (4.83 ounce (oz.))   2011998: Height of teacup 50 mm (1.97 inch), diameter of rim 83 mm (3.27 inch), diameter of footring: 33 mm (1.30 inch), weight 65 grams (2.29 ounce (oz.)) Height of saucer 34 mm (1.34 inch), diameter of rim 138 mm (5.43 inch), diameter of footring 71 mm (2.80 inch), weight 133 grams (4.96 ounce (oz.))   2011998A Height of teacup 49 mm (1.93 inch), diameter of rim 81 mm (3.19 inch), diameter of footring: 34 mm (1.33 inch), weight 68 grams (2.40 ounce (oz.)) Height of saucer 29 mm (1.14 inch), diameter of rim 126 mm (4.96 inch), diameter of footring 63 mm (2.48 inch), weight 107 grams (3.77 ounce (oz.))   Three teacups and saucers on footrings with everted rims. Imari decorated in underglaze blue, overglaze iron-red, green, yellow, light aubergine, black enamel and gold. In the centre a standing female figure, facing left, wearing a red kimono dress. She is standing in front of a closed zig-zag shaped garden fence, which reaches to her middle. To her right an open building with wooden roof, with a seated figure. In the foreground of this building a large cherry tree, with a curved trunk, branches and finely painted grains. The tree has red cherry blossoms. To the left of the central figure two birds flying above a fence from left to right. In the foreground some flowers growing from pierced rockwork. The rim is decorated with a dark blue border with golden scrollwork. The reverse is decorated with three stylized flowering plants. On the base a single concentric band. The teacups are decorated en suite.   These teacups and saucers belong to the so-called five colour Imari group (gosai). This colour scheme consists of red, green, purple (aubergine) and/or yellow enamels with gold and underglaze blue. Soame Jenyns proposes that the lavish use of golden detailing on the underglaze blue was perhaps meant to hide the imperfections caused by blurring in the firing, a common characteristic of Japanese porcelain. Arts states (he quotes Soame Jenyns on this) that landscapes and human figures are less commonly found on five colour Imari.   Suchomel illustrates an Imari bowl with lid decorated with a very similar blossoming cherry tree motif (sakura). The cherry blossom is regarded as the most important flower of Japan, together with the chrysanthemum. One of the names of Japan is in fact "land of the cherry blossom". The cherry blossom is emblematic of purity of life and the samurai spirit.    Jörg states that It is often not easy to distinguish between export and non-export wares, Imari was certainly not exclusively made for export. This particular type of Imari porcelain was highly esteemed in Japan. In this case, the existence of an identical decorated saucer in a Japanese collection could signify that these saucers were originally meant for the Japanese home market.   For this identically decorated saucer, please see: Arita, Kutani: Nihon No Yakimono, (T. Nagatake, Tokyo 1991), cat.18 Allthough the cups have roughly the same height and diameter, the diameter and the height of the saucers vary considerably (please see sizes above). Differences in measurements between the same plates or sets are not uncommon in Japanese porcelain. However, another interesting possiblity is that the sets with small size saucers might have been used for serving tea while the larger versions were used for serving coffee.   Interestingly the design was also used for overdecorating in the Netherlands, 'Amsterdams Bont' in the early 18th century, Espir shows a plain white Chinese chocolate cup and saucer overdecorated 1708-1720 with the original Japanese design in a Kakiemon style, for this chocolate cup and saucer please see: European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain 1700-1830, (H. Espir, Jorge Welsh Books, London, UK, 2005), p.61, cat 14. SKD Online collection, PO. 3159. A very similar decorated small plate, again with a blossoming cherry tree, fenced garden and identical blue rim with golden scrollwork, however without the exceptional Japanese figures, is described in Impey’s 'Japanese Export Porcelain', cat. 330. Interestingly, he mentions that the Ashmolean Museum also has a Worcester cup and saucer of that same pattern in the Marshall collection.   Impey records a very similar decorated small plate, again with a blossoming cherry tree, fenced garden and identical blue rim with golden scrollwork, however without the exceptional Japanese figures. Interestingly, he mentions that the Ashmolean Museum also has a Worcester cup and saucer of that same pattern in the Marshall collection   Conditions:   2011995 Teacup: Perfect. Saucer: Perfect.   2011998: Teacup: A fleabite to the rim. Saucer: Shallow fleabites and a chip to the footring.    2011998A: Teacup: Perfect. Saucer: Perfect.    References: Jenyns 1979, p.52 & p.54 Arts 1983, p.58 & p.141 Nagatake 1991, cat.18 Suchomel 1997, cat. 232 Impey 2002, cat. 330 Jörg 2003/1, p.91 Espir 2005, cat 14 SKD Online collection, PO. 3159   Price: 2011995: Sold. 2011998: Sold. 2011998A: Sold.   More pictures 2011995 >> More pictures 2011998 >> More pictures 2011998A >> More pictures of object 2011470 another identically shaped and decorated, sold saucer >> More pictures of object 2012713 another identically shaped and decorated, sold saucer >> More pictures of object 2012381 another identically shaped and decorated, sold tea bowl >> More pictures of objects 2012687 & 2012688 two other identically shaped and decorated, sold saucers >> More pictures of objects 2012720 & 2012721 two other identically shaped and decorated, sold saucers >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:48:56 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45426 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - 'Gold' Imari - Page 2   Object 2012715   Saucer   Japan   1700-1720   Height 34 mm (1.34 inch), diameter of rim 113 mm (4.45 inch), diameter of footring 59 mm or (2.32 inch), weight 90 grams (3.17 ounce (oz.))   Saucer on a wide flat unglazed footring with three small outward turned tapering feet ending in a globule, lobed sides and everted fluted rims. Imari decorated in, iron-red and gold with a flower spray in a central double outlined roundel on the sides groups of flowering plants and grasses with various crawling and flying insects and a millet and quail. The reverse is undecorated.    Robert McPherson states on his website in the references of his sold object 23586 that, as far as he is aware of, there are no published examples of saucers with legs, either in Japanese or Chinese porcelain.    At first it was considered that the saucer might in fact have been a leak tray for a milk jug or a small teapot and that the tea bowl together with a matching saucer, without three small feet, once belonged to the same tea service.     Delving some more into the occurrence of ‘small feet’ in Japanese porcelain, various larger Japanese porcelain objects came to light with all kinds of differently shaped feet or legs. Recorded in literature are items such as kakiemon incense burners (koro) (Impey 2002, cat. 272;  Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990, cat. 104; Arts 1983, cat. 35), Imari boxes with covers (Jörg 2003/1 cat. 103, 105, 106; Arita 2000, cat. 216) [, a blue and white tripod dish (Kyushu 1998, p.53, cat. 84) and even larger and rare milk bowls, probably made after European earthenware models (Jörg 2003/1, cat. 212/213; Arita 2000, cat. 123 t/m 125).    More comparable because of its small size is an odd Ko-Imari pouring vessel with gilded handles and tripod feet in the collection of Burghley House (The Burghley Porcelains ,1986, p. 264, cat. 116) However, even more interesting for comparison is a kakiemon saucer (diameter 124 mm (4.88 inch)) with three bracket-feet, which was surely at one time accompanied by a matching cup. When discussing this saucer Impey states that while larger pieces with bracket-feet are well known, they are very rare in this small size (Impey 2002, p. 166 cat. 255; The Burghley Porcelains, 1986, p. 258 cat. 112). Another  kakiemon tripod saucer dish (diameter 145 mm (5.70 inch)) with outward turned feet which resemble the ones on this set very closely, can be found at McPherson Antiques, London, sold stock number 23586.   Two other designs, on this very rare three legged saucer, are known. One also only decorated in iron-red and gold the other only in polychrome enamels.   Earlier sold object 2012143 also only decorated in iron-red and gold. (not included in this sale/offer)       Earlier sold object 2012689 only decorated in polychrome enamels. (not included in this sale/offer)    Condition: Perfect.   References: Arts 1983, cat. 35 The Burghley House Porcelains 1986, cat. 112 & 116 Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990 , cat.104 Kyushu 1998, p.53, cat. 84 Arita 2000, cat.123 t/m 125, cat. 216 Impey 2002, cat. 255 & 272 Jörg 2003/1, cat. 103, 105/106, 212/213 McPherson Antiques, London, sold stock number 23586    Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:41:45 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-43764 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - 'Gold' Imari - Page 2   Object 2012143   Teacup and saucer   Japan   1710-1715   Height of teacup 39 mm (1.53 inch), diameter of rim 73 mm (2.87 inch), diameter of footring 29 mm (1.14 inch), weight 42 grams (1.48 ounce (oz.)) Height of saucer 38 mm (1.50 inch), diameter of rim 116 mm (4.57 inch), diameter of footring 62 mm or (2.44 inch), weight 91 grams (3.21 ounce (oz.))   Teacup on footring and saucer on a wide flat unglazed footring with three small outward turned tapering feet ending in a globule, lobed sides and everted fluted rims. 'Gold' Imari, decorated in gold, iron-red and a light-pinkish gold wash with a single flower spray on the sides and reserves filled with flowering plants alternating with a pagoda near a pine tree in a mountainous landscape. The reverse is undecorated. The teacup is decorated en suite.   The saucer with small feet is very unusual. Apparently, no other published examples are known, which makes this an extremely rare set. At first it was considered that the saucer might in fact have been a leak tray for a milk jug or a small teapot and that the teacup together with a matching saucer, without three small feet, once belonged to the same tea service.     Delving some more into the occurrence of ‘small feet’ in Japanese porcelain, various larger Japanese porcelain objects came to light with all kinds of differently shaped feet or legs. Recorded in literature are items such as kakiemon incense burners (koro) (Impey 2002, cat. 272;  Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990, cat. 104; Arts 1983, cat. 35), Imari boxes with covers (Jörg 2003/1 cat. 103, 105, 106; Arita 2000, cat. 216) [, a blue and white tripod dish (Kyushu 1998, p.53, cat. 84) and even larger and rare milk bowls, probably made after European earthenware models (Jörg 2003/1, cat. 212/213; Arita 2000, cat. 123 t/m 125).    More comparable because of its small size is an odd Ko-Imari pouring vessel with gilded handles and tripod feet in the collection of Burghley House (The Burghley Porcelains ,1986, p. 264, cat. 116) However, even more interesting for comparison is a kakiemon saucer (diameter 124 mm (4.88 inch)) with three bracket-feet, which was surely at one time accompanied by a matching cup. When discussing this saucer Impey states that while larger pieces with bracket-feet are well known, they are very rare in this small size (Impey 2002, p. 166 cat. 255; The Burghley Porcelains, 1986, p. 258 cat. 112). Another  kakiemon tripod saucer dish (diameter 145 mm (5.70 inch)) with outward turned feet which resemble the ones on this set very closely, can be found at McPherson Antiques, London, sold stock number 23586.   Unexpectedly, two other 'Gold' Imari teacups and tripod saucers came to light, both decorated with the well-known quail pattern, clearly proving that this set doesn’t stand on its own but has other counterparts, rare as they may be. These three sets, all yet to be published, are part of two distinguished British private collections. Two of these sets may be shown here for comparison.      Two Japanese 'Gold' Imari teacups with legged saucers, c.1710-20, private British collection (not included in this sale).   These unusual and very rare sets must have been part of a private order, made in small series, most likely by a specialised kiln.    Condition: Teacup: Perfect. Saucer: Two tiny fleabites to the rim.    References: Arts 1983, cat. 35 The Burghley House Porcelains 1986, cat. 112 & 116 Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990 , cat.104 Kyushu 1998, p.53, cat. 84 Arita 2000, cat.123 t/m 125, cat. 216 Impey 2002, cat. 255 & 272 Jörg 2003/1, cat. 103, 105/106, 212/213 McPherson Antiques, London, sold stock number 23586    Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:40:50 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45424 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Blue and White wares 17th Century - Other wares - Page 1   Object 2012733a   A small covered jar   Japan   1670-1690   Height with cover 65 mm (2.56 inch), height without cover 43 mm (1.69 inch), diameter of rim 62 mm (2.44 inch), diameter of footring 29 mm (1.14 inch), weight with cover 96 grams (3.39 ounce (oz.)), weight cover 39 grams (1.38 ounce (oz.))   Cylindrical jar on footring. Domed cover with flattened knob. Decorated in underglaze blue with a large tree near zig-zag plank bridges (yatsuhashi) alternating with a tree growing from rockwork. The cover, with a contemporary steel mount, is decorated en suite.    In Arita this type of covered jar was obviously made for export and adapted to meet Dutch demands. Therefore this type of covered jar can be categorized as a Western shape. They are were made in more or less fixed sizes. This small size seems to be rare as no other similar sized example seems to be recorded in lliterature.   Condition: Jar: Perfect. Cover: A chip to the inner rim and a restoration to the rim.   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:21:06 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45423 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Blue and White wares 18th Century - Other wares - Page 1   Object 2012719   Dish   Japan   1750-1760   Height 38 mm (1.50 inch), diameter of rim 273 mm (10.75 inch), diameter of footring 141 mm (5.55 inch), weight 838 grams (29.56 ounce (oz.))   Dish on footring, flat rim. On the base seven spur-marks. Decorated in underglaze blue with two ducks in flight and two near a shore in a marshy landscape with various flowering plants encircled by an eight pointed scalloped medallion. On the a diaper-pattern border and on the rim three wide spread flower sprays. The reverse is undecorated.   The design on this dish is clearly derives from a Chinese original dating from around 1750. Similarly decorated Chinese dishes were found amongst the cargo of the Dutch East India Company, (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC) vessel Geldermalsen, that struck a reef on Monday January 3, 1752 on her return journey to the Netherlands and sank in the South China Sea.   (Reproduced from; The Geldermalsen. History and Porcelain, (C.J.A. Jörg, Groningen 1986), p.74, fig. 61.)   For a similarly shaped and decorated, earlier sold, dish please see: Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Blue and White wares 18th Century - Other wares - Page 1 - Object 2012410.  Condition: A firing flaw on the base.   Reference: Jörg 1986/1, fig. 61   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:14:43 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-44545 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Blue and White wares 18th Century - Other wares - Page 1   Object 2012410   Dish   Japan   1750-1760   Height 40 mm (1.57 inch), diameter of rim 238 mm (9.37 inch), diameter of footring 122 mm (4.80 inch), weight 547 grams (19.29 ounce (oz.))   Dish on footring, flat rim. On the base four spur-marks. Decorated in underglaze blue with various flowering plants, grasses and rocks on poles encircled by an eight pointed scalloped medallion. The sides are left blank, on the rim three wide spread flower sprays. The reverse is undecorated.   The design on this dish is clearly derives from a Chinese original dating from around 1750. Similarly decorated Chinese dishes were found amongst the cargo of the Dutch East India Company, (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC) vessel Geldermalsen, that struck a reef on Monday January 3, 1752 on her return journey to the Netherlands and sank in the South China Sea.     (Reproduced from; The Geldermalsen. History and Porcelain, (C.J.A. Jörg, Groningen 1986), p.74, fig. 61.)   Condition: A restored chip to the reverse rim.   Reference: Jörg 1986/1, fig. 61   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:14:04 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45422 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - Other wares - Page 1   Object 2012731   Bowl   Japan   c.1700   Height 117 mm (4.61 inch), diameter 265 mm (10.43 inch), diameter of footring 107 mm (4.21 inch), weight 1,157 grams (40.81 ounce (oz.))   Bowl on footring, straight sides with a slightly flaring rim and edge. A single spur-mark on the base. Imari, decorated in underglaze blue, iron red, green, turquoise, aubergine, black, yellow and gold. In the centre a flowering Camelia Japonica flower spray. On the sides two wide spread flower sprays. Round the rim a geometrical pattern border in underglaze blue with four reserves filled with a flower spray in reverse decoration on an iron-red ground. The outside with three outlined reserves filled with flowering chrysanthemum plants growing from behind bounded hedges. In between the panels flowering peony plants and wide spread flowering cherry trees. Round the foot a circular geometrical pattern border in underglaze blue and on the foot a continuous floral scroll in iron-red. On the base a large Artemisia leaf in underglaze blue outlined in gold.    With sets of under dish, bowl and cover, the decoration of the trunks continue on the matching cover and under dish. These covers and under dishes are now mostly missing. It is rare to see complete sets. Here you can see an example of a complete set with matching decoration on the cover and under dish. This example was found in England and is in an English private collection.      Condition: A firing flaw to the inner wall and some loss of enamel.   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:59:01 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45289 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - Other wares - Page 1   Object 2012662   Vase   Japan   1700-1720   Height 210 mm (8.26 inch), diameter of rim 62 mm (2.44 inch), diameter of footring 75 mm (2.95 inch), weight 709 grams (25.00 ounce (oz.))   Cylindrical vase on footring with narrowing shoulder, wide neck and spreading mouthrim. Imari, decorated in underglaze blue, iron red and gold. Two reserves filled with flowering chrysanthemums, some are moulded in low relief, some leaves are outlined in underglaze blue, reserved on an underglaze blue ground with floral scrolls in gold. The reserves are flanked by lozenge shaped reserves filled with a flower head in iron-red and gold or a golden flower head on an underglaze blue ground. Round the foot and top a band in underglaze blue with floral scrolls in gold. On the shoulder, neck and inside the rim chrysanthemum and lotus scrolls in iron-red and gold.    In his Fine & Curious on page 100, cat. 99 Jörg shows this identically shaped and similarly decorated vase. Reproduced from: Fine & Curious. Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (C.J.A. Jörg, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam, 2003), p.100, cat. 99. This vase is not included in this sale/offer. (copyright in bibliographic data and images is held by the publisher or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved)   Vases of this shape can be used for many purposes, and one would expect a wide variety, but they are surprisingly rare. There are two related bottles with a narrow neck in the Dresden collection. (Jörg 2003/1, p.100, cat. 99)   The blue outlines on the leaves are unusual. (Jörg 2003/1, p.100, cat. 99)   Condition: A small restoration to the rim.   Reference:  Jörg 2003/1, cat. 100    Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:58:18 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45421 Sold Ceramics - Sold Chine de commande - Western Subjects 1680-1800 - Western Designers - Page 1 Pronk, Cornelis (1691-1759)   Object 2012722   Dish   China   c.1750   Height 44 mm (1.73 inch), diameter of rim 279 mm (10.98 inch), diameter of footring 166 mm (6.54 inch), weight 672 grams (13.70 ounce (oz.))   Dish on footring, straight rim. Decorated in underglaze blue with a scene reminiscent of Pronk's 'Parasol Lady' design, with a lady standing in a garden near a waterfront gesturing at three cranes in front of her and one in flight while her attendant is holding a tasselled parasol. Various plants and trees are growing near the waterfront. the central scene is outlined by a spiralling border. On the sides flower sprays hanging down from a honeycomb diaper-pattern border. The reverse is undecorated.   The design on this dish is an excellent example of an interpretation of Pronk's 'Parasol Lady' design by the Chinese porcelain painters themselves, maybe meant for the own domestic market as an exotic item, an 'Europeanerie'. In this case the waterbirds beside marsh grasses have been replaced by pheasants, while the insects on the reverse have been deleted. Furthermore, the design was also widely copied in Europe, for example by the Venetian Porcelain Factory Cozzi, the Dutch Ouder-Amstel Porcelain Factory and Delft factories. At Delft, there were plain white objects decorated with the Chinese version of the Parasol Ladies. Until the mid to late 19th century the pattern of the 'Parasol Lady' was still used on European porcelain, for example at the famous Herendt Factory in Hungary and at the Porcelain Factory of Maastricht, the Netherlands.   Condition: Restored.   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:40:35 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45386 Sold Ceramics - Sold Chine de commande - Western Subjects 1680-1800 - Western Designers - Page 1 Pronk, Cornelis (1691-1759)   Object 2012055   Dish   China   c.1750   Height 31 mm (1.22 inch), diameter of rim 228 mm (8.98 inch), diameter of footring 117 mm (4.61 inch), weight 343 grams (12.10 ounce (oz.))   Dish on footring, flat rim. Decorated in various famille rose enamels and gold with a scene reminiscent of Pronk's 'Parasol Lady' design, with a lady standing in a fenced garden gesturing at two pheasants in front of her and her attendant holding a tasselled parasol. Various flowering plants are growing from behind the fence. On the sides a stylised border and on the rim three sprays with flowering plants and fruiting pomegranate and Buddha's hand citron (Citrus medica). The reverse is undecorated.     As mentioned Pronk's design of the 'Parasol Lady' was also used on Japanese porcelain. It was not ordered by the Dutch East India Company, (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC) but commissioned by private Dutch traders. On Japanese pieces, the Chinese ladies have become Japanese with their characteristic hairstyles and kimonos. Pronk designs were still in great demand, particularly the Parasol Lady, when VOC orders for this type of porcelain declined. Simplified versions were made at the artists' initiative, where both early Chinese and Japanese versions were used as models. This dish is such late Chinese variant decorated in famille rose enamels.   The design on this dish is an excellent example of an interpretation of Pronk's 'Parasol Lady' design by the Chinese porcelain painters themselves, maybe meant for the own domestic market as an exotic item, an 'Europeanerie'. In this case the waterbirds beside marsh grasses have been replaced by pheasants in a fenced peony garden, while the insects on the reverse have been deleted. Furthermore, the design was also widely copied in Europe, for example by the Venetian Porcelain Factory Cozzi, the Dutch Ouder-Amstel Porcelain Factory and Delft factories. At Delft, there were plain white objects decorated with the Chinese version of the Parasol Ladies. Until the mid to late 19th century the pattern of the 'Parasol Lady' was still used on European porcelain, for example at the famous Herendt Factory in Hungary and at the Porcelain Factory of Maastricht, the Netherlands.   For identically decorated dishes with this Chinese variant of Pronk's the 'Parasol Lady' design, please see: The Hodroff Collection, Part II, auction catalogue Christie’s New York, 23th of  January  2008, sale 1958, p.19, lot 253. Hit & Myth, exhibition / sale catalogue Cohen & Cohen, London 30 October - 8 November 2014, p.78, cat.44. For other objects decorated with a Chinese variant of Pronk's the 'Parasol Lady' design, please see: Chine de commande - Western Subjects 1680-1800 - Western Designers - Pronk, Cornelis (1691-1759) - Object 2011964.  Sold Ceramics - Sold Chine de commande - Western Subjects 1680-1800 - Western Designers - Pronk, Cornelis (1691-1759) -  Object 2010190. Sold Ceramics - Sold Chine de commande - Western Subjects 1680-1800 - Western Designers - Pronk, Cornelis (1691-1759) - Object 2010106. Sold Ceramics - Sold Chine de commande - Western Subjects 1680-1800 - Western Designers - Pronk, Cornelis (1691-1759) - Object 2011527. Sold Ceramics - Sold Chine de commande - Western Subjects 1680-1800 - Western Designers - Pronk, Cornelis (1691-1759) - Object 201098. Sold Ceramics - Sold Chine de commande - Western Subjects 1680-1800 - Western Designers - Pronk, Cornelis (1691-1759) - Objects 2010478. Condition: A firing flaw and a frit and fleabite to the footring, some wear to the enamels.   References: Vries 1923, pp.8-9 Goldsmith Phillips 1956, cat. 33 Beurdeley 1962, cat. 32-35 Lunsingh Scheurleer 1966, cat. 185 Park 1973, cat. 12 & 13 Corbeiller 1974, cat. 24 Gordon 1977, cat. 72 Howard & Ayers 1978, vol. I, pp.292-296 Jörg 1980, cat. 34 Jörg 1982/1, cat. 31-35 & cat. 40 Arts 1983, Plate 53a/b Boulay 1984, p.262, nr. 4 Oka 1985, pp.69-76 Lunsingh Scheurleer 1989, cat. 182 Jörg 1989/2, cat. 45 & 46 Howard 1994, cat. 53 & cat. 57 Jorg 1996, fig. 85 Jörg & Van Campen 1997, cat. 328a/b & cat. 329 Arita 2000, cat. 76-79 Jörg 2002/2, cat. 98 & 99 Jörg 2003/1, cat. 324 & 325 Litzenburg 2003, cat. 170 Fuchs & Howard 2005, cat. 24 New York 2008, lot 253 Sargent 2012, cat. 143 London 2014/1, cat.44   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:39:51 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45420 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - Dishes - Page 2   Object 2012730   Dish   Japan   1700-1730   Height 45 mm (1.77 inch), diameter 265 mm (10.43 inch), diameter of footring 168 mm (6.61 inch), weight 882 grams (31.11 ounce (oz.))   Dish on footring, spreading sides and a lobbed rim. On the base eight spur-marks. Imari, decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red, various overglaze enamels and gold with a flower spray in a central roundel. The sides and rim are divided into four panels. Two panels are filled with rockwork, flowering Camelia japonica plants and scattered kiku flowerheads in low relief. The other two panels ae filled with a house with grasses, clouds, flowering cherry plants and scattered kiku flowerheads in low relief. On the reverse a continuous leafy and flowering cherry scroll    This dish was most likely originally came with a matching covered bowl which is now lost.   Condition: Perfect.   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:29:31 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-44389 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - Dishes - Page 2   Object 2012365   Dish   Japan   1700-1720   Height 40 mm (1.57 inch), diameter of rim 225 mm (8.86 inch), diameter of footring 135 mm (5.31 inch), weight 504 grams (17.78 ounce (oz.))   Dish on footring, straight rim. On the base three spur-marks. Imari, decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red, green, yellow and black enamel and gold with a stylized 12-petal chrysanthemum crest, (kiku no mon). The petals are decorated in gold and iron-red and gold reserved on an underglaze blue ground. Those in gold reserved on an underglaze blue ground show either a lozenge / diaper pattern (tasuki) or floral scrolls. Those in red and gold show designs of a flowering peony or a swastika / diaper pattern. The central decoration is surrounded by a continuous swirling clouds pattern border in iron-red. On the sides six reserves filled with a river scape alternating with a flowering chrysanthemum plant. in between the reserves half flower heads with leafy scrolls in gold on an underglaze blue ground. The reverse with three wide spread interlocking chrysanthemum sprays, round the outer footring a continuous swirling clouds pattern border in iron-red. On the base a single concentric band.   Although some types of chrysanthemum begin flowering in the summer, the chrysanthemum is primarily an indication of autumn. Like many autumn motifs the chrysanthemum evokes feelings of melancholy in Japan, as is beautifully expressed in a poem by the 9th-century Ki no Tomonori:   tsuyu nagara / to wear in my hair arite kazasamu / I plucked a chrysanthemum kiku no hana / with dew still clinging to it aisenu aki no / oh may this present hisashikarubeku / autumn's youth last forever   For dishes with a similarly large central chrysanthemum crest, (kiku no mon), please see: Mistrovská dĩla Japonského porcelánu / Masterpieces of Japanese Porcelain, (F. Suchomel, Prague 1997), p.145, cat. 197. Imari-Porzellan am Hofe der Kaiserin Maria Theresia, exhibition catalogue (Hetjens-Museum, Düsseldorf, 2000), p.83, cat. 58. Porzellan aus China und Japan. Die Porzellangalerie der Landgrafen von Hessen-Kassel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Kassel, Berlin 1990, p.518, cat. 286. Ko-Imari from the collection of Oliver Impey, (Barry Davies Oriental Art, London, 1997), pp. 200-201, cat. 119. Mistrovská dĩla Japonského porcelánu / Masterpieces of Japanese Porcelain, (F. Suchomel, Prague 1997), p.109, cat. 104 & p.128, cat 156. Japanese Export Porcelain. Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, (O. Impey, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam, 2002), p.210, cat. 354. Fine & Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (C.J.A. Jörg, Hotei publishing, Amsterdam, 2003), p.117, cat.126 & p.197, cat. 247 & 247a.  Complete Catalogue of the Shibata Collection, (The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Kyushu 2003), p.356, cat. 2789. For a dish with a similarly large central chrysanthemum crest, (kiku no mon), formerly part of the Dresden collection formed by Friedrich August or August the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland please see: Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Porcelain from the Collection of Prince Elector Friedrich Augustus I, later King Augustus II (1670-1733), also known as Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, (12 May 1670 in Dresden - 1 February 1733 in Warsaw) - Object 2011307. The crackled glaze is caused by the unequal contraction of the body and the glaze during cooling in the kiln after firing. (Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.235)   Condition: Perfect.   References: Kassel 1990, cat. 286 Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.235 London 1997, cat. 119 Suchomel 1997, cat. 104, 156 & 197 Düsseldorf 2000, cat. 58 Impey 2002, cat. 354 Jörg 2003/1, cat. 126, 247 & 247a Kyushu 2003, cat. 2789   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:29:07 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45418 Sold Ceramics - Sold Chinese wares over-decorated in the West 1700-1800 - Dutch over-decorated Amsterdams Bont - Religious Designs - Page 1   Object 2012726   Bowl   China1730-1750, over-decorated in the Netherlands, Amsterdams Bont, c.1730-1760   Height 73 mm (2.87 inch), diameter of rim 151 mm (5.94 inch), diameter of footring 64 mm (2.56 inch), weight 309 grams (10.90 ounce (oz.))   Bowl on footring with a straight underglaze brown-edged rim (jia mangkou). Carved anhua (secret) decoration of leafy branches. Decorated in underglaze blue with two diaper pattern borders one near the footring the other round the rim. On the bottom a flower head in a single concentric band. Over-decorated in iron-red, black, gold and other overglaze enamels, in the Netherlands, Amsterdams Bont, c.1730-1760 with two figures in a landscape with trees and bushes. One divine figure (the Virgin Mary) is sitting under a tree her elbow resting on his leg while her hand is supporting her head. The other figure (the Angel Gabriël) is approaching while holding a stick, his scarf is being blown up by the wind.   The over-decoration on this bowl represents "The Annunciation". The moment when the Angel Gabriël announced to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and give birth to Jesus Christ. It is described in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:26-38). According to the Christian tradition: The Angel Gabriël was sent by God to Mary in Nazareth. Gabriël greeted her with the words: 'Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee'. He told her she would bear a son named Jesus, who would be called the Son of God. Mary asked how this could happen, since she was a virgin. Gabriël explained that the conception would occur through the Holy Spirit. Mary accepted with humility: 'Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be into me according to ty word'. The Annunciation is one of the central moments in Christianity because it marks the beginning of the incarnation - God becoming human in Jesus Christ. It is traditionally celebrated on March 25, exactly nine months before Christmas.   For an identically decorated dish in the collection of Museum Boymans - van Beuningen, Rotterdam, please see: La porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a décor Occidental, (F. & N. Hervouët & Y. Bruneau, Flammarion - Pere Castor, Paris 1986), p.400, no.16.136.  A A tea caddy with a similar 'The Annunciation' decoration. (Image courtesy: Paulo Cunha Alves Collection, Lisbon Portugal)    Anhua is a Chinese term meaning 'secret or hidden decoration', it is incised or carved into the body below the glaze. (Espir 2005, p.254)    Condition: Restored.   References: Hervouët 1986, no. 13.1 & 13.2 Espir 2005, p.254   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:20:11 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-45417 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - Tableware and other Porcelain with Western Shapes - Page 1   Object 2012725   Sand brick   Japan   1680-1700   Height 65 mm (2.56 inch), dimensions 135 mm (5.32 inch) x 55 mm (2.17 inch), weight 424 grams (14.96 ounce (oz.))   Sand brick of rectangular shape on a flat unglazed base. Hollow with three shallow domed top rows with small holes. Imari decorated, on the wide sides in, iron-red and yellow, aubergine, green, grey, black enamels and gold with a wide spread gnarled blossoming prunus growing from rockwork with small plants. On the smaller sides flowering bamboo plants growing from rockwork. Round the rim swirling clouds. The holes are square outlined in iron-red.   In the West, quill pens were used for writing and the ink was dried by dusting it with fine sand. A sander like this came with an matching inkstand. These type of writing sets will have been based on a European metal or earthenware model and must have been luxury items. The sand brick, which had to be filled from above, should not be confused with the later and much larger Chinese flower bricks. Apparently, such writing sets were only made in Arita and no Chinese examples are recorded. Curiously, the very few complete sets known have a particular kakiemon-style decoration. Sets must also have existed in underglaze blue and Imari, as is indicated by single examples of sand bricks and inkstands. (Jörg 2003/1, p.188)   For similarly shaped sand bricks, please see: Japanese Porcelain, (S. Jenyns, Faber & Faber, London / Boston, 1979), cat. 65Aii.  Fine & Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (C.J.A. Jörg, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam 2003), pp.188-189, cat. 234 & 235. Another similarly shaped, sized and decorated sand brick is in an English private collection.   Condition: Overall fine crazing to the glaze, a chip to a corner and a fleabite to a hole.   References: Jenyns 1979, cat. 65Aii Jörg 2003/1, cat. 234 & 235   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:09:44 GMT +0200 https://patergratiaorientalart.com/article-42841 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - Tableware and other Porcelain with Western Shapes - Page 1   Object 2011850   Bottle   Japan   c.1700   Height with cover 260 mm (10.23 inch), height without cover 216 mm (8.50 inch), dimensions base 85 mm (3.35 inch) x 85 mm (3.35 inch), dimensions shoulder 96 mm (3.77 inch) x 100 mm (3.93 inch), diameter of mouthrim 25 mm (0.98 inch), weight with cover 837 grams (29.52 ounce (oz.)), weight cover 27 grams (0.95 ounce (oz.))    Square bottle on unglazed base, flaring slightly to the shallow domed shoulder. The shoulder slopes up to smaller square with a short central narrowing neck which flares at the base and top. An unglazed cylindrical mouth with a glazed rim. The original cover is missing and replaced by a gold plated silver cap. Imari, decorated in iron-red, gold, a pink gold-wash and oxidised silver. The sides with two panels a square lower panel with moulded basket work in low relief and a rectangular upper panel with the moulded chrysanthemum flower heads in low relief surrounded by scattered flowerheads. The panels are surrounded by black floral sprays (oxidised silver). On the shoulder two parts (six and nine petals) of a stylized chrysanthemum crest, (kiku no mon), drawn with double iron- red outline and filled with gold. The petals are decorated in iron-red, gold and a pink gold-wash, alternately filled with a swastika diaper pattern and a floral scroll. On the neck a lappet pattern border. On the base a rectangular paper label that reads: 'Nico a_18'     The shape of this bottle derived from a Dutch glass ginn bottle and is also found in Chinese export porcelain of the early 17th century. Unlike earthenware, Japanese and Chinese porcelain was not porous, and such bottles had a number of uses in Europe such as for spirits and oils.The bottle could have been used in Japan as a toguri, a sake bottle. The low relief basket work of the lower panels could very well be an imitation of a braided wicker casing that was bound / tied around the original Dutch glass bottle which served as the model, to protect it from breaking. (Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990, p.108 cat. 56), (Howard 1994, p.204), (Jörg 2003/1, p.60)   For a similarly shaped bottle with basket work in low relief in the lower panels, please see: Japanese Export Porcelain. Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, (O. Impey, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam, 2002), p.211, cat. 357. For similarly decorated objects with moulded flower heads in low relief, please see: Fine & Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (C.J.A. Jörg, Hotei publishing, Amsterdam, 2003), p.100, cat. 99 & 100 Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - Other wares - Page 1 - Object 2011605. Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Imari 1690-1800 - 'Gold' Imari - Page 2 - Object 2010600. Condition: Two short hairlines and a chip to the mouthrim. A Y-shaped hairline to one side.   References: Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990, cat. 56 Howard 1994, p.204  Impey 2002, cat. 357 Jörg 2003/1, p.60 & cat. 99 & 100   Price: Sold.   More pictures >> Sold Ceramics Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:09:28 GMT +0200