Jar, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, mark and perhaps reign of Xuande (1426-35)

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Jar, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, mark and perhaps reign of Xuande (1426-35). Height: 15.9 cm. Given by Mr Sydney Vacher. C.49-1930. Victoria & Albert Museum © V&A Images

Jar of porcelain. Four-lobed flattened pear-shape, with short neck. Painted in underglaze cobalt blue with ducks (some flying) among lotuses and water plants; on the shoulder a band of stylised lotus on winding stems; on the neck a narrow border of key fret; at the foot a border of panels each containing a formal flower. Gilt metal liner.

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Meiping vase, porcelain painted in underglaze blue with lotus scrolls, China, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)

July 31, 2012, 1:13 pm

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Meiping vase, porcelain painted in underglaze blue with lotus scrolls, China, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Height: 26.7 cm. Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee. C.66-1935. Victoria & Albert Museum © V&A Images

Vase, of meiping form with high rounded shoulder tapering to the foot, narrow short neck with protruding lip. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue of different tones, from dull blackish to pale blue. On the body, a broad band of lotus scrolls, above and below which is a double border of petal pattern. Round the neck with classic scroll. The base is unglazed. 

This meiping vase is decorated in a classic Xuande style, with a lotus scroll undulating around the main body. It is flanked above and below by stylised petal shaped lappets.

The underglaze cobalt blue decoration has misfired, probably due to problems with temperature or air control in the kiln during firing. Instead of turning a deep blue the cobalt has turned greyish black. The tiny decorative scroll around the neck, is the only area of decoration that fired to the desired blue colour.

Despite this obvious flaw it was clearly still consdidered to be an object of value.

Bibliographic References: Hobson, R.L.The George Eumorfopoulos collection; catalogue of the Chinese, Corean and Persian pottery and porcelain. London: E. Benn, 1925-28, Vol. IV, D. 13

Porcelain bowl with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel decoration, Chinese, Jiajing period (1522-1566).

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Porcelain bowl with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel decoration, Chinese, Jiajing period (1522-1566). Diameter: 18.8 cm. Given from the collection of the late Surgeon-Capt. J. A. Forrest RN. C.68-1954. Victoria & Albert Museum © V&A Images

The bowl has deep rounded sides and the footrim is bound in a copper band. It is painted in blue on the outside with an extended scene of boys playing in a garden. Three boys are gathered around a tub of water; two are engaged in bathing a third who is inside another tub; three more are spinning tops.. The design is enlivened with touches of red and green. The insides are painted in red, green and yellow with a pattern of pendant jewels and festoons. A medallion inside in blue shows a bird perched on a branch above a running hare. The bowl bears the mark of Xuande.

Ink stand, porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue; China, Ming dynasty, early 15th century

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Ink stand, porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue; China, Ming dynasty, early 15th century. Height: 6.9 cm, Diameter: 16 cm. FE.22-1983. Victoria & Albert Museum © V&A Images

Ink and water pot of porcelain, decorated with underglaze cobalt blue. Round vessel in drum form, with two raised ribs and four unglazed animal masks round the outside. In the top surface are six round holes, round the edge. Five of them lead to small, circular cavity containers for solid ink sticks. The sixth lets right through into the hollow interior, which would have been filled with water; the owner would have dipped his brush in here to moisten it, and then mixed solid ink form one of the other five containers. On the flat top of the vessel is a well-painted scene of a scholar on horseback in a windy spring landscape, accompanied by his servant. Round the sides at top and bottom, are two rows of blue dots within parallel lines, simulated nailheads on a drum. In the central band is a lotus scroll. The flat base, and the low, square footring, are unglazed. On the base are two paper stickers recording the vessel's history of the exhibition in England: "Oriental Ceramic Society Exhibition Ming Blue & White 1946 no. 52" and "Oriental Ceramic Society 1954 exhibition 121".

Dish. Porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. Jingdezhen. China, Ming dynasty, Xuande mark and period

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Dish. Porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. Jingdezhen. China, Ming dynasty, Xuande mark and period (1426-1435). Height: 4.1 cm registers, Diameter: 20.1 cm registers. Mrs B.Z. Seligman Bequest. FE.194-1974. Victoria & Albert Museum © V&A Images

A dish with rounded sides everted at the rim, straight foot with unglazed foot ring and slightly convex base. Painted in a rich blue which has precipitated to give a 'heaped and piled' effect. On the inside is a five-clawed dragon among waves surrounded by a band with two very faint designs in 'anhua' white slip under the glaze, and on the outside two running dragons among rocks.

Bague en or gris ornée d'une très importante tanzanite de 20.54 carats de forme rectangulaire

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Bague en or gris ornée d'une très importante tanzanite de 20.54 carats de forme rectangulaire. Monture sertie de diamants de taille brillant et de deux diamants princesses de chaque côté. Photo Antoine Aguttes

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Paire de pendants d'oreilles en or gris composés d'un motif fleur serti de diamants de formes ovales, poires et marquises retenant en pampille une chute de diamants de taille brillant et hexagonal et un beau saphir coussin. Photo Antoine Aguttes

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A pair of gold, sapphire and diamond pendant earrings. With certificates.

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Janesich. Bracelet «ruban» articulé en platine et or gris à décor entièrement repercé et serti de diamants de taille moderne souligné au centre d'une ligne de diamants de taille marquise épaulée de diamants de taille princesse alternés de onze très beaux saphirs cabochons. Photo Antoine Aguttes

Signé et numéroté. Long:18.5 cm. Poids brut: 61gr. Lot 48. Estimation : 75 000 / 80 000 €

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Cartier. Epingle à jabot en platine sertie de saphirs calibrés dans un double entourage d'onyx et de diamants. Vers 1920

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Cartier. Epingle à jabot en platine sertie de saphirs calibrés dans un double entourage d'onyx et de diamants taillés en roses, émail noir. Vers 1920. Photo Antoine Aguttes

Signée; Long: env 5.8 cm;; Poids but: 7.2gr. Lot 

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Bague en or gris ornée d'un saphir coussin dans un fin enroulement de diamants de taille brillant

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Bague en or gris ornée d'un saphir coussin dans un fin enroulement de diamants de taille brillant. Photo Antoine Aguttes

Signée; Long: env 5.8 cm;; Poids but: 7.2gr. Lot 

Tour de doigt: 53; Poids brut: 5.3gr. Lot 24. Estimation : 10 000 / 12 000 €

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A gold, sapphire and diamond ring.

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Gentleman's court suit, 1770.

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Gentleman's court suit, 1770. Worn to Marie Antoinette’s wedding 

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The Elizabeth Taylor's sapphire and diamond Sautoir by Bulgari.

The Elizabeth Taylor's sapphire and diamond Trombino Ring by Bulgari

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Covered Enameled Jar. Ming dynasty, Tianqi-Chongzhen period, 1620-1640

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Covered Enameled Jar. Ming dynasty, Tianqi-Chongzhen period, 1620-1640. Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamels, 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm). Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters. 49.759. The Walters Art Museum.

This is an example of blue and white porcelain probably made for export to Japan. Blue and White porcelain in China came about as a result of the combination of the Chinese porcelain tradition with the trade in cobalt blue from Persia. Porcelain is a hard white ceramic composed of white-china clay, called kaolin, and refined porcelain stone, or petuntse. When fired together, these materials fuse to create a hard, vitrified ceramic. Blue and White porcelain is the successor to the Chinese Qingbai and Shufu traditions that preceded it, or ceramics with a white glaze and a slightly blue or blue-green tint. To achieve the Blue and White decorative style, cobalt underglaze is applied to the porcelain; it is then covered in clear glaze and fired. Cobalt was used by Persian potters for centuries before its import to China. It was introduced in approximately 1325 A.D. through with Persian merchant communities established along the Chinese coast. Following the introduction of this new, exotic decorative style, the city of Jingdezhen, known as the porcelain capital of China, began producing Blue and White porcelain wares with imported cobalt. By the middle of the sixteenth century, trade with Japan stimulated production of porcelain wares with cobalt underglaze.

Provenance: William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibition: Masterpieces of Chinese Porcelain. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1980-1981.

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Rectangular snuffbox with wavy sides, 1740s. Made by Jérémie Pauzié, St Petersburg.

Gold, silver, cut diamonds, sapphires, quartz; chased, polished and pounced.

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Mirror with Lions Among Grapevines, 7th-8th century

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Mirror with Lions Among Grapevines, 7th-8th century. high-tin bronze, Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters. 54.470. The Walters Art Museum

Provenance: William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Versailles, la nuit. Appartements privés de Marie Antoinette 

Chopard. Animal World Collection necklace

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Chopard. White gold necklace with moon stones, aquamarine, blue and light blue sapphires, blue topaz, Icy quartz, paraiba tormaline, amethyst, apatite, chalcedonies, tzavorites and diamonds. Animal World Collection.

Covered Box, 18th century. Cloisonné enamels on copper with gilt bronze

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Covered Box, 18th century. Cloisonné enamels on copper with gilt bronze, 8 1/16 x 7 13/16 in. (20.5 x 19.8 cm). Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters. 44.543. The Walters Museum

Provenance: William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Waistcoat, 1747. Rococo

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Waistcoat, 1747. Rococo. Textile designed by Anna Maria Garthwaite (British, 1690–1763) and manufactured by Peter Lekeux (British, 1716–1768). British; Made in London

Porcelain blue silk brocaded with silver-gilt foliate and appliquéd with polychrome silk (Source: metmuseum.org)