EditorialSwatow vase from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw', Fully preserved vase from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw'. The glaze is pale green and has pinholes and small cracks. The bottom is unglazed. The vase has a short neck and the lip edge is unpainted, Saint H...
Editorialslip-decorated platter, Ming dynasty, Ming dynasty, 1600s, porcelain with slip decoration, Zhangzhou ware (swatow), 3-5/8 x 15-1/8 x 15-1/8 in., Asian Art.
EditorialDish Dish with flowering plants and floral scrolls, Porcelain dish covered with a white sludge and blue glaze. On the glaze painted with white sludge with on the shelf a flowering plant (chrysanthemum). Flowering plants on the inner wall. The border wi...
EditorialSmall, shouldered vase with deer among foliage, Small porcelain vase with a wide shoulder, painted in underglaze blue. The wall is divided into four sections, each with a deer saved in a blue background of plants, on the shoulder a band with ruyi motif...
EditorialPlate with a qilin among flames and clouds, Porcelain plate with a scalloped edge and ribbed wall, painted underglaze blue. On the shelf a qilin between flames and clouds, a decorative band on the edge, a band with curl on the back of the edge, a decor...
EditorialJar, Baluster covered jar with dragons, flowering plants and floral scrolls, Baluster-shaped porcelain pot with a short, wide neck, painted on the glaze in red, green and black. On the belly a broad band divided into two compartments with flowering pla...
EditorialPlate with Phoenix and Peonies: Swatow Ware, late 1500s-early 1600s. China, Southern Fujian province, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration; diameter: 47.3 cm (18 5/8 in.); overall: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.).
EditorialPlate, late Ming dynasty (1368?1644), late 16th?early 17th century, China, Stoneware with white slip decoration on light blue glaze ('Swatow' ware), Diam. 15 in. (38.1 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialPlate, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), late 16th?early 17th century, China, Porcelaneous ware painted in overglaze polychrome enamels ('Swatow ware'), Diam. 16 in. (40.6 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialEuropean Factories in Canton. Engraving 1858. China is open! That is the cry we hear in Britain, france, Russia and America. the ports of Canton, Swatow, taiwan and Formosa are open. Engraving 1858.