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Far away from Bidamount and the known sellers in a remote corner of Ebay I found this beautiful Peranakan kamcheng (lidded jar). It was put in a wrong category (South East Asian art after 1945) and the pictures had an image resolution of about 10 dpi. The kamcheng was offered by a friendly dealer who sold nothing but stamps over the last year and even gave me a discount for the item. I paid 55 EUR. A similar looking kamcheng sold for 3700 EUR last year in Malaysia.
The kamcheng is medium sized with a diameter of 20 cm and has a crouching buddhist lion on the lid that looks like a pet dog. It's from Tongzhi, but unmarked and was probably made for Malacca. I know this because there's a twin in the book "Peranakan Chinese Porcelain" by Kee Ming-Yuet. The condition is fine without any damages. Even the spot where the pink glaze seems to be missing is a firing fault. I am happy about this as often the metal handles are missing or the lion on top is chipped. It's even more colorful than on the pictures, because I took them before cleaning it thoroughly.
Peranakan ware has not been mentioned much in this forum, so I'd like to talk a bit about it.
After reading the above mentioned "Peranakan Chinese Porcelain" I developed an interest in this colorful ware, also called Nonya, Nyonya or Straits Porcelain. If you do some Ebay research you will find a lot of exotic looking stuff made for South East Asia offered under these names, but in the narrower sense Peranakan porcelain is a rather small group of items with limited colors, forms and designs. They were made in China from Tongzhi to the 1930s, with quality declining after the turn of the century. Copies are still made today, but as far as I know, they are sold as modern and are not meant to deceive. While the author of the book bought Peranakan porcelain in the 1960s cheaply in junk stores and on night markets, today old pieces are sought after and expensive.
Most of them come in three main colors: white, green and pink. There's also yellow, red, blue and brown, but not that often. The patterns are mainly flowers, phoenixes and buddhist symbols for rim decoration. The white pieces were the most common, even today they are cheaper and easier to find than the colored ones.
Porcelain for everyday use was blue and white Kitchen Qing like the ginger jar below. These were made for the South East Asian market in general and are still widespread, while the colored Nyonya pieces have become rare, many being in private collections or museums in the region.
Below is the other item I own, a white bowl, 14 cm diameter, most probably Guangxu. The body is thinly potted and the painting nicely done. The phoenixes look less fantastic than on most other pieces. Buddhist symbols are depicted on the inner and outer rim. There are two branches of peony and another flower on which the birds are sitting. The mark on the bottom is stamped but can't be read.
Ebay can be irksome with buyers not paying and sellers offering fakes, but once in a while you can still make a deal there that would be impossible in an auction house or an antique shop.
Birgit
Hello, Shinigami
there lovely piece i like them yes there is seller on eBay that don’t know what they
have that where you have to no what your looking at thank Shinigami for your posting.
John
Thanks, John!
Birgit
Nice post, Birgit. I like this kind of posting. And nice buy, it's a wonderful piece. ?
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Thanks for this , Peter sometimes features straits chinese items in the videos and they can fetch very high prices, especially the pink ground ones, so you did well to pick up such a bargain.
10 years ago on ebay these things were very cheap, but now maybe wealthy Chinese Malays living in Malacca or KL and wanting to furnish their homes in traditional style are pushing up the prices. I can't imagine that mainland Chinese collectors are interested in these styles. It's all a matter of personal taste, but I don't find them attractive at all, too garish and not very carefully painted. A bit like Cantonese rose enamel stuff.
If you had said years ago that some of these items would sell for hundreds and sometimes thousands of pounds, I wouldn't have believed you, so spotting rising trends in Chinese antiques is very hard!
tam
Thanks Xin and Tam for your opinion. I agree with you in that the newer pieces are rather garish, but the ones from 19th century are quite tasteful in my opinion. The mainland Chinese never liked these, the author of the book says that too. It's interesting to see how trends arise. I hope that some pieces are still hidden in Europe, like my green Kamcheng that was bought by the seller himself in Asia in the 1970s, because I'd like to find a pink one - I have to admit that I love these....
Birgit
Hi Birgit,
Really a great post. New information for me. And an incredible purchase. Congrats! I am a fan of these also I think. I say “I think” because I am not fortunate enough to own one. But if I see one around, I would definitely consider buying it.
Best, Todd
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