As mentioned by Peter in this week Newsletter video, Bonhams LD have put there Spring sales online …

Five in total including; 

’Asian Art’, Knightsbridge on 11/12th comprising of 416 lots …

’Fine Chinese Art’, New Bond Street on 14th, with 113 lots …

And three online sales; 

‘A Life In Ceramics’ New Bond Street, on 8-15th, 89 lots, 

‘Chinese and Japanese Art from Richard Vandekar, Knightsbridge on 8-18th, 116 lots, 

‘Collectors Treasures: Asian Art Online, Knightsbridge 8-19th, 212 lots …

Enjoy viewing via Bonhams online auction page …

Stuart 

and origin is appreciated.

However, I was delighted to have won this cute porcelain boy from the Ca Mau shipwreck. Looks like he's got one eye open and a barnacle that grew on his back. Hopefully he'll bring me good luck. Do you have a Chinese porcelain boy? Or more?

https://freemansauction.com/auction/6566-asian-art-online/lot/84

This is a thrift find but the bottom mark has me curious with the foot and underglazed cobalt coloring. Its marked with a Guangxu reign mark, and copies I've found follow the same style, but theyre usually another reign period and have subtle differences with the design and cobalt application. This seems more of a heap and piling rather than uniform wash. The reign marks on the novelty types also are usually in a crude double circle reign mark where this follows traditional Guangxu markings. 

Any insight is appreciated. 

In this week’s Newsletter, Peter discusses this dish, images 1&2, which he believes to be a Yuan example, being offered by Kew Auctions, London. It is attributed to ‘15th century, China’ in the online description …

IMO, this is neither 15th century nor Yuan dynasty but a faked pastiche, based upon well known and published authentic examples, and has very little age … 

Attached are three images of genuine Yuan dishes, No 3 sold by through the London dealer Eskenazi and No’s 4/5 from the Ardebil Shrine Collection, both now held in the National Museum of Iran … 

I shall not go into much detail, for obvious reasons, but look at the overall drawing style, individual  motif detailing and cobalt application/shading to the centre, cavetto and rim designs on the Eskenazi and Iranian National Museum examples, and then closely compare those to the Newsletter dish. The differences speak for themselves … 

I will only add that, even with the extensive damage, a genuine Yuan example would fetch a substantial amount as such pieces are very rare and highly sort after …

But just my thoughts and opinion …

Stuart 

https://i.postimg.cc/ZCzCntTb/pendant-(1).jpg


https://i.postimg.cc/kBPBG3nM/pendant-(2).jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/Tpvp1MRh/pendant-(3).jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/jLYL20s5/pendant-(4).jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/crGrCysr/pendant-(5).jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/SJbJRFyn/pendant-(6).jpg

Hope you are well! I was wondering what you think of these rank badges I picked up today at an estate sale. The second one is in pretty poor condition but I liked both of them and they are my first of my collection. 

Thank you!
Steve