Winter 2021 - Chinese Art CELEBRATING OUR 110th YEAR - Ralph M. Chait Galleries
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Chinese Art CELEBRATING OUR 110th YEAR W i n t e r 2021 16 East 52nd Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10022 Tel: 212-397-2818 Email: info@rmchaitgal.net Web: www.rmchait.com
W e are pleased to present in this Holiday Booklet a fine variety of Chinese
porcelain, pottery, and works of art. We welcome your inquiries and visit to our
New York Gallery.
This has been quite a year for everyone, and we hope these beautiful objects will bring
you pleasure in viewing and collecting. Included are some exceptional objects, many
“old friends,” coming from private collections that were acquired from our gallery 40-50
years ago.
We send our best wishes to everyone, and hope 2021 will be a post-Covid world! We look
forward to being able to see you in New York and at Antique Fairs that we hope will soon
resume.
Steven and Andrew Chait
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1. FINE AND VERY RARE 2. CHINESE VERTE GLAZED
CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE
PORCELAIN BOTTLE- OF GUANDI
SHAPED VASE Kangxi period,
(illustrated on cover) ca: late 17th century
Kangxi period, AD 1662-1722 Posed seated upon a throne and dressed
Decorated with land and seascapes, in elaborate armor. Of rare type.
all masterfully painted in deep and Height: 13 ⅛ inches (33.5 cm)
vibrant underglaze blue. An almost identical example was in the J.P.
Height: 17 ½ inches (44 cm) Morgan Collection, 1911, Vol. II, No. 1199.
3. PAIR OF CHINESE
BLUE AND SANCAI
GLAZED POTTERY
OFFICIALS
Tang dynasty,
AD 618-907
Each dressed in a long robe
and wearing a peaked hat.
The blue glaze is a rare and
highly prized color in this
period.
Height: 10 ¾ inches (27.5 cm)
An almost identical pair was in the
famed British Rail Pension Fund
Collection.
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4. CHINESE UNGLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL
TRICORN ANIMAL
Western Jin dynasty, AD 265-317
Masterfully modeled in the full round, the tail with a remarkable curling flourish at
the tip.
Length: 17 inches (43 cm)
Height to top of tail: 11 ¾ inches (30 cm)
TL tested.
Related examples: Metropolitan Museum of Art and former E. Schloss Collection.
Another similar example was excavated in Zhengzhou, Henan Province.
5. FINE CHINESE
VERTE GLAZED
BISCUIT
PORCELAIN
PHOENIX IN
GROTTO
Kangxi period,
AD 1662-1722
Modeled in fine detail
with deep and precise
colorful glaze. A very
rare type.
Height: 4 ¼ inches
(11 cm)
Similar examples:
former Ionides
collection and historic
collection of Augustus
the Strong, Elector of
Saxony and King of
Poland (1670-1733).
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6. CHINESE
FAMILLE NOIRE
PORCELAIN
OPENWORK
TEAPOT
Kangxi period,
AD 1662-1722
With openwork
panels with Three-
friends of Winter
decoration. Glazed
in deep and vibrant
tones.
Height: 6 ¼ inches
(16 cm)
Similar examples:
the Leonard Gow
Collection; the Taft
Museum, Cincinnati;
and the historic
collection at Burghley
House, England.
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7 7. FINE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN PLATE Kangxi period, AD 1662-1722 Decorated with a bird on a flowering tree. All finely painted in deep enamel colors. Diameter: 14 inches (35.5 cm) Similar examples are in the Palace Museum, Beijing and historic collection of Augustus the Strong in the Zwinger Museum, Dresden. 8. PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE TRIPLE GOURD SHAPED VASES Kangxi period, AD 1662-1722 Beautifully decorated in vibrant tones with floral designs. Height: 8 ¾ inches (22.2 cm) Ex: Private American Collection (acquired from this gallery in the 8 1970s).
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9. CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 10. FINE CHINESE CARVED JADE
PORCELAIN BOWL CRAB
Kangxi period, AD 1662-1722 Late 18th/ early 19th
century
Finely decorated with scholar poets
celebrating in a garden at night. All Holding a leaping carp in it front
beautifully painted in deep and vibrant claws-symbolic of prosperity, success,
underglaze blue. and achievement
Diameter: 8 inches (20 cm) Length: 6 ¼ inches (16 cm)
Ex: Private American Collection (acquired Ex Collection: Earl Morse
in the 1980’s)
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11. VERY RARE PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE
PORCELAIN BEAKER VASES
Kangxi period, AD 1662-1722
Magnificently decorated with reserves of animals and mythical beasts, set upon a
stippled green ground further embellished with butterflies and flowers.
Vases of this form in this large size are rare, and we know of only one other pair in
Blue and White from the Viscount Leverhulme Collection, now in the Lady Lever
Gallery, England. A similar medium sized vase in famille verte was in the J.P. Morgan
Collection.
Height: 25 ¾ inches (65.5 cm)
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12. FINE PAIR OF
CHINESE REVERSE
GLASS PAINTINGS
Ca: late 18th century
One with a Chinese maiden;
the other a Mandarin. Each
finely painted in this fine
and remarkable technique.
With English Black-
lacquered frames in
Chinese style.
Dimensions:
14 ½ x 20 ½ inches
(37 x 52 cm) framed.
13. PAIR OF CHINESE
FAMILLE VERTE
PORCELAIN
QUADRANGULAR
BOTTLES
Kangxi period,
ca: 1700
Decorated on each side
with flowers of the season.
The form is identified as a
gin bottle.
With fitted wood covers.
Height: 10 ½ inches 13
(26.5 cm)
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