A few examples of appraisal values for
MING DYNASTY ITEMS

• A group of Oriental items, 20th
  A group of Oriental items, 20th Century, to include an octagonal mahogany tray with brass fittings to the sides and a round engraved disc at the centre, four polychrome ginger jars with the base marks and three small porcelain items, one blue and white rectangular box with lid, the base marked 'Daqing Kangxi Nianzhi', 7.6cm wide, a water holder and two wooden stands, a Delft vase of lobed baluster form with two arched handles,
• FIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE
  FIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS, MING DYNASTY AND LATERFIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS, MING DYNASTY AND LATER, including a bowl with everted rim, the central roundel with bird on rockery and plants within a band of alternating ribbon and fruit panels, dia: 5.75 in.; a near pair of high-shouldered vases, with scrolling floral motifs to body, h: 9.25 in.; a small circular bowl with loose scrolling flowers to exterior, dia: 5.75 in.; and another smaller bowl with simple flowerheads to exterior and unpainted interior, dia: 4.5 in. (5) Provenance: Estate of Ronald Sperling
• Ming Dynasty (Treasures TV
  Ming Dynasty (Treasures TV Certificated) 1308-1643AD Terracotta Part Glazed and one other similar piece (2)
• Group of Three Oriental Items,
  Group of Three Oriental Items, consisting of a Chinese carved pale green jade ringed two-handled covered vase in the Ming Dynasty style, fourth quarter 19th century, with a standing duck finial, h. 12"; a Ming carved pale green jade dragon-handled bowl, first quarter 17th century, h. 3-1/4", w. 6-3/4", d. 4-1/8"; and a Kuang Hsu jade and hardstone desk screen of small size in "Fruits" decor, first quarter 20th century, on an elaborately carved hardwood stand, h. 9-1/4".
• Four Chinese table items qing
  Four Chinese table items qing dynasty and later Including a grisaille brush rest, iron-red glazed incense burner, famille rose soft-paste box, and a blue glazed water coupe raised on a wood stand. Minor wear to all consistent with age and use. Overall in good condition.
• COLLECTION OF FIVE MONOCHROME WARES
  COLLECTION OF FIVE MONOCHROME WARES QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ????????????????????????????? ? ????????????comprising: a red-glazed bottle vase, moulded with slender chi-dragon coiling on the long cylindrical neck, with a fitted wooden stand, 16.7cm high; a Dehua double-gourd vase, moulded in relief with a tortoise on the lower bulb and a sinuous chi dragon above the upper bulb on the waisted neck, the base with an obscure mark in a panel, 13.4cm high; two Dehua incense holders, each finely moulded on a tall stand, the square-column body extended toward a wide shoulder, terminating to a square top adorned with a four-petal flower in relief, 11.8cm high each; and a white-glazed tripod brush washer, of compressed globular form, supported on three cabriole feet, covered overall with a white glaze with ivory tinge and a fine network of craquelure, 12.5cm diameter(5)
• Twelve Chinese blue and white table
  Twelve Chinese blue and white table items mostly late qing dynasty Including vases, chamber sticks and plates. Tallest Vase 13 in.
• Five Chinese snuff bottles and
  Five Chinese snuff bottles and six table items qing dynasty and later Comprised of a mother-of-pearl inlaid butterfly form snuff, lapis, moss agate, ivory and metal snuff bottle, together with a jade lotus bowl, lapis seal and other items. PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Michigan Lotus bowl repaired-3 in, minor surface scratching to all otherwise fine
• 14 SMALL CHINESE PORCELAIN AND
  14 SMALL CHINESE PORCELAIN AND METAL TABLE ITEMSQing dynasty, including eight pieces of blanc de chine porcelain: five cups/libation cups; planter with stand; small mouse; pierced incense cover and stand, 2-5/8 x 2-1/4 in.; powder blue paste box; peachbloom meiping vase; crackle glazed lobed bowl; small handled jar, blue dot decoration; two Canton enamel wine cups, 1-1/4 x 1-7/8 in.; together with a small bronze spoon with dragon head and pearl handle˜ Provenance: Private Collection, Milledgeville, Georgia Condition: prunus libation cup with chips and hairline; handled cup with firing flaws and chips; incense cover with repairs; paste box with chips to lid; crackled glazed bowl with hairline; wine cups with glaze hairlines, small losses; other glaze crazing, scratches, and wear
• Three Chinese Stoneware Articles
  Three Chinese Stoneware Articles MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) comprising a pair of sancai glazed models of throne chairs and a cizhou style cat-form pillow. Height of largest 15 3/4 in., 40 cm. Property Sold to Benefit a Nonprofit Cultural Organization
• A Rare and Finely Carved Ding Dish,
  A Rare and Finely Carved Ding Dish, Five Dynasties/Northern Song, 10th-12th Century ??/?? ????????? ??/?? ?????????
• Five Chinese jade items qing
  Five Chinese jade items qing dynasty and later Comprising of a green jade tapering square plinth seal, mottled and brown russet jade covered box incised with qilin and lingzhi scrolls, a jadeite calligraphy brush of cylindrical form with cover, U-shape cup over wood stand, together with a small saucer. Box D: 3 in. Cup: Crookes Collection label verso. Cup: Crookes Collection label verso. Brush cover is cracked in several areas, red pigment to seal, minor fretting to box edge and rim, very minor chipping and fretting to cup rim.
• Two Chinese white-glazed and one
  Two Chinese white-glazed and one green glazed table items song dynasty Comprising of a white glazed conical bowl, boxed, a white glazed ewer, together with a green glazed 'frog face' molded water-dropper. ,000-1,500 Frog: crazing under glaze. Bowl: minor staining to inner wall. Pot: Fretting to spout, crazing under glaze.
• (2) Chinese items, c/o merchant box
  (2) Chinese items, c/o merchant box with abacus, ink stones, water dropper, knives, brushes (missing bristles), and box of chess pieces with folding chess board
• A CHINESE MING DYNASTY PORCELAIN
  A CHINESE MING DYNASTY PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE DISH Ming dynasty (1368-1644), blue and white porcelain plate with a central chrysanthemum design surrounded by a ruyi and Daoist emblem band, made in a provincial style for the Southeast Asian market.
• THREE ITEMS. China 19th-early
  THREE ITEMS. China 19th-early 20th century. Rose Medallion divided box with gilt accents 3''h. 7 1/4''l. and a pair of decorated celadon glazed spoons with red Daoguang marks 6 1/2''l. Together with a scholar's stone 6''h. Rim chips on base glued repair on corner of lid.
• Miscellaneous Oriental sundries
  Miscellaneous Oriental sundries to include hardwood stands, the largest 17cm diameter, token counters and a white porcelain seal reading ''Mingmei'' with monkey finial, 3cm
• A group of Chinese items, 20th
  A group of Chinese items, 20th Century, including a famille rose porcelain jar, decorated with flowers and birds, 28cm high, a small Yixing Zisha teapot in the form of a swan by Tao HongBin, and a set of four celadon tea wares with base mark Daming Xuande Nianzhi
• GROUP 5 CHINESE B & W TABLE
  GROUP 5 CHINESE B & W TABLE OBJECTS,MING DYNASTY A group of five Chinese blue and white table objects. Ming Dynasty, Included are a Ding shaped censer, circular ink well with three curving legs, waterpot. brush holder, and covered small container. Waterpot has a frog on top and a curving snake on the edges, with flat base. Curved mountain shaped brush holder has scholar in nature on inside and three running horses on outside. Ding shaped censer has four long cylindrical legs and two curved handles. Scrolling flower design on each leg. Four sided container has rounded top and a squared inner form for storage. The ink holder has a well beyond the central circular form with a hole for drainage. It's signed with a six character stamp. Ink holder: D. 6" (15.2 cm), Brush holder: D. 7 3/8" (18.7 cm), Ding Censer: D. 5 1/2" (14 cm), H. 5" (12.7 cm), Container: H. 4" (10.1 cm), Water Pot: D. 3 1/2" (8.9 cm) Condition: all in good condition overall with surface wear and abrasion, the ink holder has a V shape crack on the ink disc.
• GROUP 5 CHINESE B & W TABLE
  GROUP 5 CHINESE B & W TABLE OBJECTS,MING DYNASTY A group of five Chinese blue and white table objects. Ming Dynasty, Included are a Ding shaped censer, circular ink well with three curving legs, waterpot. brush holder, and covered small container. Waterpot has a frog on top and a curving snake on the edges, with flat base. Curved mountain shaped brush holder has scholar in nature on inside and three running horses on outside. Ding shaped censer has four long cylindrical legs and two curved handles. Scrolling flower design on each leg. Four sided container has rounded top and a squared inner form for storage. The ink holder has a well beyond the central circular form with a hole for drainage. It's signed with a six character stamp. Ink holder: D. 6" (15.2 cm), Brush holder: D. 7 3/8" (18.7 cm), Ding Censer: D. 5 1/2" (14 cm), H. 5" (12.7 cm), Container: H. 4" (10.1 cm), Water Pot: D. 3 1/2" (8.9 cm) Condition: all in good condition overall with surface wear and abrasion, the ink holder has a V shape crack on the ink disc.
• Chinese blue-and-white plates and
  Chinese blue-and-white plates and dish Ming Dynasty and later deep dish with carved wood stand H2'' Dia.9 1/2''; butterfly and vase motif plate Dia.9 1/4''; and dragon motif plate Dia.7 1/4''. (4pcs) Provenance: South Carolina private collection.
• FOUR CHINESE MONOCHROME-GLAZED
  FOUR CHINESE MONOCHROME-GLAZED ITEMSFOUR CHINESE MONOCHROME-GLAZED ITEMS, including a small long neck tea dust-glazed vase, h: 5.5 in.; a low molded celadon-glazed rectangular jardiniere, bearing an incised Yongzheng 6-character seal mark, the sides decorated with flowering prunus, w: 7.5 in.; a small cream crackle-glazed ovoid pot, dia: 3.25 in.; and a cream-glazed jar with molded band with medallions to shoulder, h: 6.75 in.; together with a Junyao style conical bowl, dia: 6.5 in.; and a cylindrical Yixing type pottery jar and flat cover, the sides and cover with incised calligraphy and figures of Immortals, dia: 5 in. (6) Provenance: Estate of Ronald Sperling
• Unusual Group of Fourteen Chinese
  Unusual Group of Fourteen Chinese Metal Relics, Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.), the two-tiered lacquered wood box presenting two- and three-dimensional bronze castings of ornaments, people, animals and utensils, all mounted on purple fabric, h. 4", l. 13-3/4", d. 9-1/2".
• CHINESE HAN DYNASTY (206 BC - 220
  CHINESE HAN DYNASTY (206 BC - 220 AD) POTTERY RELIC OF A WELL HEAD Minqii in grey clay with terracotta slip, being a water well model with original bucket and winding spool, replaced axle and rope, tapered round form having flat rim, canted posts supporting a small peaked 'tile' roof, 7 1/4" x 4 1/2" diam. Good condition. See "Spirit of Han", pgs. 173 & 175.
• A GROUP OF CHINESE DECORATIVE
  A GROUP OF CHINESE DECORATIVE OBJECTS Includes a porcelain charger with warriors over a small ivory crackle ground, a snuff bottle with inside painting of dragonflies on a yellow ground, and a small yellow and brown glazed incense bowl raised on three short feet.
• Four Chinese table items
  Four Chinese table items kangxi and later Including a Kangxi blue and white plate, Export plate, Rose Medallion plate, and an enamel bowl mounted to the base Maquet Paris Nice.
• Chinese decorated celadon plate and
  Chinese decorated celadon plate and dishes Song and Ming Dynasty fish and bird decorated dish H2 1/4'' Dia.11''; black scroll plate Dia.7''; blue motif dish H1 3/4'' Dia.8 1/2''; and blue motif H2'' Dia.10''. (4pcs) Provenance: South Carolina private collection.
• A group of Chinese items, 19/20th
  A group of Chinese items, 19/20th Century, to include a square bronze censer on four feet with two square handles, the base mark, 11cm wide, a circular lacquer tray with gilt painting on black ground, depicting children lighting fireworks in the garden, birds and flowers on the rim, 34.5cm diameter, a floral head-shaped blue and white porcelain plate, decorated with landscape scene, 20cm wide, twelve coins indicating the periods of late Qing and Republic, with relief of dragons, portraits and in
• Three Chinese porcelain items, 20th
  Three Chinese porcelain items, 20th Century, a famille verte saucer decorated with flying dragons and phoenixes in clouds, the exterior decorated foliage, the base marked 'Daming Wangli Nianzhi' in double blue circles, 15.6cm diameter, a blue and white high stem vessel with two circular handles, decorated with bands of geometric patterns, 13cm high and a blue and white tea bowl, 9.3cm diameter
• A CHINESE GLAZED POTTERY CUPBOARD
  A CHINESE GLAZED POTTERY CUPBOARD MODEL FOR TOMB Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD), a model storage cupboard stocked with items the deceased would need in the afterlife, nine beautifully sculpted and glazed miniature objects. Seven are foodstuffs on platters: a magnificent pig's head, stacks of melons, rolls, and roof-tile-like pastries. The largest object is a sturdy table, which can hold all of these platters, giving an impression of culinary abundance. The ninth item is a large chest with carefully depicted latch and handles. Comes together with Thermoluminescence test results dated 6/13/97 from Daybreak laboratory in Guilford, CT.
• MING DYNASTY PORCELAIN VASE Circa
  MING DYNASTY PORCELAIN VASE Circa 1600 Zhangzhou Swatow Vase decorated with iron red and cobalt blue writhing dragons on two sides, set in fields of flame and symbols of fortune, the form having a broad neck with slightly flared rim, single intermediate rib, high squared shoulder, slightly concave base resting on unglazed inset ring foot, unmarked underside (other than collector's mark), 17 1/2" x 8" diam. Repairs.
• 10PC CHINESE CLOISONNE METAL WARE
  10PC CHINESE CLOISONNE METAL WARE GROUP ChinaQing DynastyIncludes two stoneware beads, a ceremonial chest piece a cloisonne belt buckle decorated with flowers, a cloisonne belt buckle decorated with a blue dragon, a money clip, a bronze bat element, a bat pendant, a phoenix pendant, and a carved amethyst snuff bottle.
• Two Chinese white jade pendants,
  Two Chinese white jade pendants, and four jadeite items qing dynasty and later Comprised of a good white jade foliate carved pendant mounted in silver as a money clip, white jade reticulated oval penadant, and four mounted jadeite items. Largest L: 2 3/4 in.
• Chinese Ming dynasty Jun ware
  Chinese Ming dynasty Jun ware glazed ceramic deep bowl, 15th century. 3 1/8"H x 7 5/8"Diam. Small chip and hairline extending from rim.
• Three Chinese hardwood table items
  Three Chinese hardwood table items qing dynasty Comprising a covered cylindrical hualimu covered box, turned zitan bowl, and a small rectangular zitan ink-stick box raised on four small bracket feet. Tallest: 6 in. Minor age cracks to all, wear consistent with age. Small ink stick box shows worn corner underside.
• Chinese. attendants, set of two.
  Chinese. attendants, set of two. Northern Wei Dynasty, earthenware with applied paint, carved wood. 18 h × 4½ w × 2 d in. result: $2,000. estimate: $800–1,200. Additional example measures: 17.75 h x 4.5 w x 1.75 d inches.