22 février 2012

  A Guan-type glazed pear-shaped vase, hu. 18th century. Photo Bonhams The neck flanked by a pair of shaped loop handles, raised on a slightly spreading foot, the grey-green glaze covered with a matrix of lighter and darker crackles stopping short of the iron-burnt foot. 16.4cm (6 ½in) high Provenance: Dr. Hugh Shire (label) Acquired from Roger Keverne Ltd., London, in 2007. The Langsdorf Collection of Qing Dynasty Porcelain, Collection no.127.   Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art, 29... [Lire la suite]

  A pale-green-glazed vase, 18th-19th century. Photo Bonhams The globular body carved to simulate myriad bamboo culms with superimposed leaves, between lotus-petal panels above the foot and on the shoulders also with a key-fret border, surmounted by a tall flaring neck and rim carving with upright lappets flanked by a pair of bat-shaped handles, all raised on the spreading foot decorated with roundels, the exterior and interior of the neck covered with a pale green bubble-suffused glaze. 41cm (16 1/8in) high ... [Lire la suite]

A blanc-de-chine beaker vase, gu. 18th century. Photo Bonhams The tall vase with a projecting middle section divided by four flanges enclosing relief-moulded taotie masks and archaistic dragons, all reserved on leiwen ground, all between fluted borders and stiff leaves, surmounted by a tall everted neck and rim and raised on a tall spreading foot supported on a short foot ring, covered with a cream-coloured glaze running over the neck to the interior and stopping short of the foot ring. 44.2cm (17 3/8in) high ... [Lire la suite]

A famille rose 'landscape' bowl. Jiaqing seal mark. Photo Bonhams Delicately enamelled on one side with a large panel of a pavilion behind a bridge leading to another walled enclosure, clearly a named view in Southern China, the back with a long inscription in archaic seal script beneath the wavy rim. 16.8cm (6 5/8in) diam.  Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art, 29 Feb 2012, London, Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com

A famille rose dish. Daoguang six-character mark. Photo Bonhams Decorated with sprays of prunus blossom; 19cm (7½in) diam. Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000, € 2,400 - 3,600, HK$ 24,000 - 37,000 Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art, 29 Feb 2012, London, Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com

A small wucai vase. 17th century. Photo Bonhams Decorated with a seated scholar beside a pair of standing accolytes 16.5cm (6in) high. Estimate: £600 - 1,000, € 720 - 1,200, HK$ 7,300 - 12,000 Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art, 29 Feb 2012, London, Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com

A blanc-de-chine figure. Impressed seal mark. Photo Bonhams Designed as a standing lady wearing long flowing robes and holding a bucket of flowers, all covered in a thick bluish-white glaze and with a hollow base, fitted box. 33cm (13in) high (2). Estimate: £500 - 800, € 600 - 960, HK$ 6,100 - 9,800 Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art, 29 Feb 2012, London, Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com 

A blue and white oviform vase. Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi. Photo Bonhams Decorated with figures from a narrative scene, wood cover 23cm (9in) high (2). Estimate: £1,500 - 2,500, € 1,800 - 3,000, HK$ 18,000 - 31,000 Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art, 29 Feb 2012, London, Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com 

A peach-bloom water pot. Kangxi mark. Photo Bonhams A robin's egg glazed vase, Yongzheng mark.Photo Bonhams The first about 13cm (5in) diameter (2). Estimate: £400 - 600, € 480 - 720, HK$ 4,900 - 7,300 Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art, 29 Feb 2012, London, Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com 

A blue and white rouleau vase. Kangxi six-character mark. Photo Bonhams The body painted with a garden scene featuring a pair of deers and a pair of peacocks by a pine tree, rocks, chrysanthemums, and other flowers. 46.5cm (18½in) high. Estimate: £300 - 600, € 360 - 720, HK$ 3,700 - 7,300 Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art, 29 Feb 2012, London, Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com