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A Cizhou-type black dish with russet splashes – Jin/Yuan Dynasty
Dark-glazed bowls and dishes of this type, decorated with russet splashes, usually numbering between three and five, were popular wares produced at various Cizhou-type kilns in the north. They are usually dated to 12th-13th century but were also produced later in the Yuan dynasty. This one was probably made in Shanxi or Shaanxi.
Period: Jin/Yuan dynasty (1115-1368)
Size: Diameter 13.7 cm, height 3.2 cm
Condition: Very good condition, light wear and minor firing flaws, slightly warped, no cracks or repairs found with UV-light.
Provenance: From a private British collection
SKU: 94
References: For examples of black bowls with unglazed rings in the center see examples excavated in Shaanxi in The specimens of ancient Chinese kilns in the collection of the Palace Museum – Bejing, Shandong, Shaanxi, Ningxia, And Liaoning Volume, Feng Xiaoqi, The forbidden city publishing house, 2013, No 87,88.
For a Shanxi example with russet splashed decoration see bowl from the Palace Museum illustrated in Porcelains of Yuan Dynasty Collected by the Palace Museum II, 2016, no. 264.
Price: €370
Shipping rates: Sweden €15, Europe €35-40, Rest of the world €50
A carved Qingbai conical ‘floral’ bowl – Song Dynasty
This shape, often called bamboo-hat shape, was produced over a long period of time, from Northern to Southern Song period. Several examples have been found during excavations in the Hutian kiln complex, Jiangxi.
Period: Song Dynasty, 12th Century
Size: Diameter 17.5 cm, height 6 cm
Condition: Good condition, light wear and crazing on the inside, one hairline crack going down from the rim, approximately 26 mm long (see last pictures), no further cracks or repairs found under UV-light.
Provenance: From an old Bavarian private collection, collected since the 1960s.
SKU: 108
References: Similar bowls were excavated from Hutian kiln, Jingdezhen and are illustrated in Hutian Kiln Site in Jingdezhen – Report on excavations from 1988 to 1999, Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology Jingdezhen Museum of Civilian Kiln, Cultural Relics Press, 2007. Drawings are illustrated in Volume 1, page 89, and pictures are illustrated in Volume 2, colour version 19.
Price: €670
Shipping rates: Sweden €15, Europe €35-40, Rest of the world €50
A Longquan celadon lotus bowl – Southern Song Dynasty
Period: Late Southern song dynasty (13th Century)
Size: Diameter 13.3 cm, height 8 cm
Condition: Good condition, light wear and firing impurities, A few chips to the rim and footring (see pictures), some areas of glaze pitting on the outside, no cracks or repairs found under UV-light.
Provenance: From an old German collection, purchased prior to 1977 in Berlin
SKU: 113
References: There is an almost identical bowl in the Palace Museum illustrated in Longquan of the world – Longquan Celadon and Globalization, Vol. 1 – A history of Thousands of Years, The Forbidden City Publishing House, 2019, Plate 34.
Another example was excavated from a Longquan kiln site at Dayao, Longquan city, and is illustrated in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art unearthed in China - Zhejiang, Zhang Bai, Science Press, Bejing, 2008, Plate 194.
Price: €1100
Shipping rates: Sweden €20, Europe €40-50, Rest of the world €70
@florenantiques I went over to your website -very well done, nice pieces and info ...good luck in the future.
Thanks! First time I build a website so it’s rather simple. I hope it’s easy to navigate and that all items are clearly shown.
A small Qingbai cupstand – Northern Song Dynasty
Size: Diameter 9.8 cm, height 2.8 cm, weight 57 g
Condition: Expected wear and minor firing flaws, a few chips/nicks to the rim and a small hairline crack going from the rim, approximately 8 mm long, no further cracks or repairs found under UV-light.
Provenance: From a Scandinavian private collection
SKU: 169
References: A similar cupstand, excavated from Zibo city, Shandong province, is illustrated by Zhang Bai in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China – Shandong, Beijing, 2008, p. 95, plate 95.
Compare also with bowl illustrated by Li Zhiyan & Simon Kwan in Song Ceramics from the Muwen Tang Collection, 2012, p. 248, plate 79.
Price: €650
Shipping rates: Sweden €20, Europe €40-50, Rest of the world €70
Hi Kalle, nice to see you here. I am Yaqin Hu living in Berlin. I bought a Song-Yuan Qingbai box from you last year. I just wish you to know that my husband and I are really happy about the purchase. Nice items you have!
Best regards from,
Yaqin
Hi Yaqin, and thanks for your kind words. I’m glad you and your husband enjoy the Qingbai box.
Best /Kalle
Hello Kalle, it might be helpful for us folks here in New England to find out about the shipping rates. And with the impacts of tariffs on what we can expect??? Any news from you on that is most helpful. You have some very nice items!!! Thanks for providing the link and I will definitely visit your site!!! Cheers, Richard
@quarker48 Hi Richard, thanks for your message. You should be able to find information about shipping rates on my website under "buying from us". Regarding the new tariffs, I just don't know at this point. Art and antiques used to be exempt from tariffs, but at this point there is great uncertainty. I will follow this closely and update my website when things are more clear. If someone in this forum knows more, please let us know. Let's hope for the best!
Best /Kalle
Kalle, a book dealer buddy of mine won a couple of books printed in the 1500's in England from an English auction house and when they arrived there was an automatic tariff imposed on his books. It was not an insubstantial amount, nearly an extra $2.000 that he had to pay within 10 days or the books would be returned to the auction house AT HIS EXPENSE!!! I had thought that J. P. Morgan won that battle on books, all the way to the Supreme Court in the US when he tried to bring in an English library and the harbor master on behalf of the Federal government imposed a 'tariff' on his books. Since then, I was under the impression as are you, that between Europe, England and many other countries, antiques and especially used or old books were exempted from tariffs or taxes on entry into any country by negotiated treaties that date back to the early 1900s...
Hi Richard,
That is an unpleasant surprise. I guess there is also uncertainty among customs staff with these tariffs. There is a risk that items manufactured in China, even though imported from Europe, could be subject to even higher tariffs. I will definitely find out what the rules are, before I export anything to the US.
@quarker48 how is this rate calculated? UK should be at 10% rate currently, right?
Yi Zhang, I don't know but I know he was really upset that he had only 10 days to payout the $2,000 on the lots that he had won. So, it wasn't the auction house that did it, it was the Government! A long time ago, I was in Beirut Lebanon and bought a bunch of Lebanese wine in the Beqaa Valley and when it landed in Boston, I was contacted and assessed an import tariff and that was at that time around 15% of the declared value (from the wine merchant in Lebanon)....So, they do contact you when something arrives, at least in Boston they do.
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