Kangxi Period blue and white porcelains @ Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 20 Dec 2011. California

25 décembre 2011

Kangxi Period blue and white porcelains @ Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 20 Dec 2011. California

A blue and white porcelain vase with landscape decoration. Kangxi period. Photo Bonhams

Potted with a cupped rim and raised horizontal rib bisecting the neck painted in cobalt outline with cloud collar, leiwen and pearl bands while the elongated body displays scholars riding mules through mountain passes or traveling by boat toward rustic retreats rendered in deeply hued wash and outline, the recessed base centered with a double ring. 18 3/8in (46.5cm) high. Sold for US$52,500

A pair of blue and white porcelain vases. Kangxi period. Photo Bonhams

Each thickly potted with a wide, flared rim and tall neck above a body of inverted pear form spreading outward above a set-in foot, both sections encircled by continuous figure panels of beauties and scholars in architecutral and garden settings.18in (45.5cm) high. Sold for US$31,250

Provenance: ex-Crosby Forbes Collection

A large blue and white porcelain fish bowl. Kangxi period. Photo Bonhams

Thickly potted with a rolled rim and deep well covered in a celadon-tinged glaze that continues on the exterior walls painted in shades of bright cobalt with large reserves of flower baskets surrounded by a dense ground of chrysanthemum blossoms and leaf scrolls in reserve on a cobalt-washed ground, the wide foot pad and shallowly recessed base left unglazed. 16 1/2in (42cm) high. Sold for US$22,500 

A blue and white porcelain covered jar . Kangxi period. Photo Bonhams

Thickly potted with a short neck and ovoid body that spreads outward toward an unglazed, rounded foot pad and recessed base, the exterior walls painted with three tiers of reserves filled with densely leafed flowering branches above floral and leaf bands that repeat around the neck and the edge of the domical cover with further floral reserve panels encircling the lotus bud finial. 22 3/4in (58cm) high. Sold for US$7,500

A blue and white porcelain jar. Kangxi mark and period. Photo Bonhams

Of globular form, well painted with mythical animals standing on rocky promontories emerging from foaming waves under a sawtooth band at the neck, the six-character mark written in two lines of regular script within a double ring to the recessed base. 8 1/2in (21.5cm) high. Sold for US$2,750

A blue and white export porcelain deep dish. Kangxi period. Photo Bonhams

Its shallow curving well surrounded by a canted rim flange finished with a foliate edge, painted in outline and graded cobalt wish with successive bands of flower heads, waves, flower petal reserves conforming to the raised ribs molded into the cavetto and a classic lotus flower and leaf scroll band centered with a single classic lotus flower head, the reverse with three floral sprays and the recessed base displaying a musical chime mark.
14 3/4in (37.5cm) diameter. Sold for US$1,750

A pair of blue and white porcelain baluster vases. Kangxi Period. Photo Bonhams

Each with horizontal band extruding around the tall cylindrical neck separating two bands of floral decoration while three tiers of reserves also filled with seasonal flowers, insects and birds cover the body of inverted pear form and the spreading foot above a set-in foot ring, the recessed base centered with a flowering branch mark within a double ring. 19in (48cm) high. Estimate: US$5,000 - 7,000. Unsold

Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 20 Dec 2011. California, San Francisco www.bonhams.com

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