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Vanderven Oriental Art

page for Vanderven Oriental Art Oriental Art is our Passion! We are a family run business specialising in Chinese and Japanese art.

The emphasis in our collection lies in Chinese early ceramics from the Han and Tang periods and (export) porcelains from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. We also deal in Chinese silver, glass, wooden and Iron objects from these periods. Our Japanese art collection focuses mainly on lacquer, metal, porcelain from the 18th to the 20th century. With over a 100 collective years of experience, we are

proud to be truly international specialists in our field. With our extensive library and research projects, we continue to learn and hone our knowledge in an ever changing art market and remain top in our field.

01/06/2026

Asian Art Fair | 5-8 June

We are delighted to participate in the Asian Art Fair during Printemps Asiatique from 5-8 June. The fair is being held in the historic Galerie Charpentier, 76 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, in the heart of Paris. As Paris in June is always a good idea, we hope to meet many of you there!

Another object that will be on view during the Asian Art Fair in Paris is this sturdily potted cylindrical brushpot (bitong 笔筒), decorated with a continuous scene of large flowering peonies and chrysanthemums issuing from craggy rocks. Above the flowers are fluttering insects such as a butterfly, dragonfly and other tiny insects. A large black beetle with white spots, sits on a bending reed plume. The scene is painted in bright overglaze famille verte enamels, including a strong transparent blue with black outlines underneath. The base of the pot is partially covered in a thin transparent glaze, leaving a ring around the centre unglazed. A circular recess in the middle is unglazed and unmarked. A large round label from the Stodel Collection (Amsterdam), has a stock number written in pen.

Bitong
China, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
H: 14 cm | Ø: 11.7 cm
Provenance:
- With Salomon Stodel, Amsterdam 1990 (label PCV46)
- Private Collection, Belgium 2025
Published in Vanderven Oriental Art Catalogue 2026, Famille Verte, no.8

Condition Report Available
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30/05/2026

Asian Art Fair | 5-8 June

We are delighted to participate in the Asian Art Fair during Printemps Asiatique from 5-8 June. The fair is being held in the historic Galerie Charpentier, 76 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, in the heart of Paris. As Paris in June is always a good idea, we hope to meet many of you there!

The next object we will be taking with us is this sancai-glazed biscuit porcelain brush washer, in the shape of a lotus leaf with a brown crab resting on its surface. The round leaf is curled up and has an undulating edge, with realistic veining incised into the porcelain. The underside of the brush washer is decorated and incised in the same way. The aquatic theme of this brush washer, fits its function very well. This dish would have originally been used as a water reservoir, for wetting and cleaning calligraphy brushes.

Lotus & Crab Brush Washer
China, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Ø: 18 cm
Provenance:
- With Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York 1989 (label)
- Alan Oliner Collection, USA 2024

Published in Vanderven Oriental Art Catalogue 2026, Famille Verte, no.20

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27/05/2026

Asian Art Fair | 5-8 June

We are delighted to participate in the Asian Art Fair during Printemps Asiatique from 5-8 June. The fair is being held in the historic Galerie Charpentier, 76 Rue de Faubourg Saint-Honoré, in the heart of Paris. As Paris in June is always a good idea, we hope to meet many of you there!

One of the objects that we will be taking with us is this beautiful pair of elegant saucer-dishes decorated in the famille verte palette, with peonies and butterflies. They are boldly decorated with a flowering peony bush with green leaves and iron-red and blue blooms, standing next to a rock. One large green butterfly and several smaller butterflies hover above the flowers. The reverse is undecorated and they have a low foot-ring. Each dish has a rectangular label from Kunsthandel Morpurgo (Amsterdam) stating they are two small famille verte dishes and a stock number.

Saucer-Dishes Peonies & Butterflies
China, Kangxi period (1662-1722), circa 1700
Ø: 15.7 cm
Provenance:
- With Kunsthandel Morpurgo, Amsterdam (label ORRR-IVRR)
- Private Collection, Belgium 2025

Published in Vanderven Oriental Art Catalogue 2026, Famille Verte, no.9

Condition Report Available
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22/05/2026

Chinese Glass

Chinese glass is one of the hidden treasures of Chinese Art. It reveals a world of extraordinary colour, refinement and technical innovation. We will share three of these Chinese glass treasures.

The intitial production of glass in the Imperial Glasshouse was put under the supervision of the skilled German glass-maker and Jesuit priest Kilian Stumpf. Jesuit missionaries at the Qing court introduced European glassmaking knowledge, including new formulas and techniques as well as ideas about colour production inspired by European enamels and opaque glass.

However, Chinese artisans did not simply imitate these methods. Instead, they transformed them through their own aesthetic traditions, resulting in a uniquely Chinese visual language defined by richness of colour, controlled surface, and sculptural form rather than optical transparency.

Blue Glass Bottles
China, Guangxu period (1875-1908)
Height: 28.7 cm
Provenance:
- Private Collection, Japan 2022

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19/05/2026

Chinese Glass

Mini Lecture by Nynke van der Ven about Chinese Glass. If you want to know more about our collection of Chinese glass be sure to check our website (link in bio) or have a look at the impressive collections of these museums:

(Burrows Abbey Collection)

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18/05/2026

Chinese Glass

Chinese glass is one of the hidden treasures of Chinese Art. It reveals a world of extraordinary colour, refinement and technical innovation. We will share three of these Chinese glass treasures.

Chinese glass is generally made from silica, lead-barium and a stabiliser which makes the glass water-resistant. The ingredients are heated together at high temperatures to melting point. Once the glass was melted it was put in a mould, and blown into shapes such as vases and bowls.

Many objects were bright monochromes, but also polychrome when two or more colours were layered and carved in relief for a two-tone effect. The resulting objects, whether transparent or opaque, are particularly admired for their brilliant tones of yellow, red, blue and green.

Glass Bowl
China, Guangxu period (1875-1908)
Height: 5.9 cm | Diameter: 11.2 cm
Provenance:
- Purchased in Hong Kong, 28 April 1967
- Private Collection, France 2023

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14/05/2026

Chinese Glass

Chinese glass is one of the hidden treasures of Chinese Art. It reveals a world of extraordinary colour, refinement and technical innovation. We will share three of these Chinese glass treasures.

Chinese glass production started in the Eastern Zhou period in the 6th century BC, perhaps even earlier, and was fairly widespread by the Han Dynasty (206BC -220AD). The art form reached a new level under the emperor Kangxi (1662-1722), who established the Imperial Glasshouse within the Forbidden City in 1696. This new manufactory formed part of the extensive department of imperial artwork studios, supplying works of the highest quality to the royal family. This particular imperial patronage, ultimately lead to the Golden Age of glass making in China during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Blue Glass Bowl
Daoguang period (1821-1850)
Height: 6 cm | Diameter: 11 cm
Provenance:
- Private Collection, United Kingdom

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11/05/2026

Famille Verte

In this series we present you with three more objects from our beautiful Famille Verte catalogue. The last one in this series is a figure of the Daoist Immortal Han Xiangzi, decorated on the biscuit in yellow, green and aubergine enamels. He is depicted standing upright, wearing long yellow robes with a green border; decorated with scattered flowers and leaves. In his right hand he holds a flute, whilst the left hand is hidden in the wide sleeve. His head, with black hair tied in two top knots, tilts slightly to the right. The figure stands on a square table base, draped with a cloth decorated with a diaper pattern.

Han Xiangzi is one of the group of Eight Immortals (Baixian). Known as a great poet and musician, he became the patron of musicians; he can be distinguished from the other immortals by his special attribute; a magical flute (dizi). A man of nature – lover of solitude and mountains - he is believed to have the ability to make flowers and fruit grow out of season, which is emphasized by the flower decoration on his robes.

Han Xiangzi
China, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Height: 29.5 cm | Width: 11.7 cm
Provenance:
- Nieuwenhuys Collection, 1991
- Private Collection, Belgium 2025

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08/05/2026

Famille Verte

In this series we present you with three more objects from our beautiful Famille Verte catalogue. Next up is this pair of porcelain bottles with a pear-shaped body tapering into a tall, narrow neck. Each bottle is covered in a dark ‘powder blue’ glaze, with three reserved quatrefoil cartouches around the body - each outlined in iron-red.

The cartouches are decorated with a distinct auspicious decoration in overglaze famille verte enamels, in greens, iron-red, aubergine, yellow and blue. The first panel has red, white and yellow chrysanthemums - one with a gilt day lily - growing from a grassy mound. The second has a large vase with peacock feathers and a branch of coral next to a censer on a stand, surrounded by various objects from the Hundred Treasures. The third panel is decorated with branches of red and gilt plum blossom with bamboo, issuing from a grassy ground.

Powder Blue & Verte
Kangxi period (1662-1722), 1700-1720
Height: 27.3 cm | Diameter: 13.2 cm
Provenance:
- With Bernhard Stodel, Amsterdam, after 1965
(Label nr. BS3652 )
- Nieuwenhuys Collection, 1991
- Private Collection, Belgium 2025

Condition Report Available
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28/11/2025

Open Gallery Days - 28-30 November 2025

Today is the first day of our open weekend! If you weren't able to visit us at PAN Amsterdam or you just want to see our amazing collection in the flesh, then come and visit us this weekend 28-30 November, from 12-5 pm! One of the beautiful objects on display is this Guanyin on throne from the Kangxi period (1662-1722) with vibrant colours.

Guanyin on Throne
Porcelain
China, Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Height: 37.8 cm
Provenance:
- Baron & Barones Vaxelaire Collection, Belgium

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