21 avril 2012

Large serving dish with flowers and grapes, Ming dynasty, Yongle reign, AD1403–1424. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration. Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. British Museum. AN926491001  Potters working at Jingdezhen used a blue-generating cobalt pigment imported from the Middle East or Central Asia at this time. It diffuses in patches through the transparent glaze and after cooling appears black where it has burnt through the glaze and pale blue... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white small barbed-rim dish. Ming dynasty, Yongle period. AN261125001. Bequeathed by Henry J Oppenheim. British Museum © The Trustees of the British Museum Porcelain dish with bracket-lobed rim painted in underglaze blue. This shallow mould-made dish has rounded eight-lobed sides and a flattened bracket-lobed rim; it stands on a low foot ring. Typical of Yongle underglaze cobalt-blue decoration, the designs appear slightly blurred and out of focus. In the centre is an octagonal bracket-lobed... [Lire la suite]

Gourd-shaped flask. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration. Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮. Ming dynasty, Yongle period, AD 1403–24. Percival David Foundation. Bristh Museum. AN382294001. Copyright SOAS All rights reserved Porcelain double gourd flask with flattened lower bulb and two strap handles. There is a stylised flower with a yin and yang symbol surrounded by a chevron band in underglaze cobalt blue in the centre of lower bulb on each side, and a lotus spray on the base of... [Lire la suite]

  Large serving dish with composite flower scrol. Ming dynasty, Yongle reign, AD1403–1424. Percival David Foundation. Bristh Museum. AN926464001 © The Trustees of the British Museum Large porcelain dish. Underglaze blue with scrolling flower heads inside and outside. Unglazed base. Height: 62 millimetres. Diameter: 343 millimetres Potters working at Jingdezhen used a blue-generating cobalt pigment imported from the Middle East or Central Asia at this time. It diffuses in patches through the... [Lire la suite]

A fine blue and white 'Flowers' dish. Ming Dynasty, Yongle period. photo Sotheby's the shallow lobed sides rising from a small tapered foot to an everted rim barbed with twelve bracket-lobes, painted in deep cobalt blue with intense 'heaping and piling', the slightly recessed foliate centre decorated with six large blooms wreathed by scrolling foliage including lotus, chrysanthemum, mallow, camellia and possibly carnation surrounding a central lotus, the lobed cavetto further decorated with twelve... [Lire la suite]

A white jade seal paste box and cover. Qing dynasty, Qianlong period,.Photo Sotheby's the domed cover decorated in low relief with radiating stylised foliate motifs, centred with a floret, all enclosed within a raised circular border, the fitted box raised on a low foot, the translucent stone of a snow white tone with natural veins and inclusions,  6.6 cm., 2 5/8 in. Estimation 80,000-120,000 HKD. Lot vendu: 620,000 HKD PROVENANCE: Acquired in Paris between the 1970s and the early 90s ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3152. A fine large blue and white 'floral scroll' dish. Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403-1424); 40.5 cm., 16 in. Estimate 3,000,000-5,000,000 HKD (293,574 — 489,289 EUR). Lot sold 3,620,000 HKD (354,246 EUR). photo Sotheby's well potted with round sides raised on a tapered low foot, the interior centred with a large lush medallion of peony, mallow and tea blossoms borne on foliate scrolls, encircled on the cavetto by a continuous scroll with a variety of flowers... [Lire la suite]

A fine and rare  white and russet jade, archaistic flat-backed vase and coser. Qing dynasty, Qianlong period. Photo Sotheby's the slender semi-circular vase decorated with a band of studded bosses below the shoulder and short neck, supported on the neck of a goose with its head tucked along the side of the vase, set opposite a curved handle emerging from the mouth of a beast, the flat reverse side carved in low relief with a gnarled pine tree with twisted branches and entwined vines, the stone of a... [Lire la suite]

An important blue and white 'daoist immortal' jar, Guan. Yuan dynasty. Estimation 10,000,000-15,000,000 HKD. Unsold. photo Sotheby's of octagonal baluster form, with rounded faceted sides rising from a slightly waisted base to a shoulder collar and a towering neck, set with two moulded and pierced animal head handles on the sides, superbly painted around the body in a deep cobalt blue with intense 'heaping and piling', the broad centre with eight barbed pointed panels among... [Lire la suite]

A fine white jade snuff bottle. Qing dynasty, Qianlong period. Photo Sotheby's finely carved on each side with writhing archaistic phoenix and kui dragons, the translucent stone of an even white tone with a fine polish, the amethyst stopper encircled with a gilt border; 7.5 cm., 3 in. Estimation 80,000-120,000 HKD. Lot vendu: 680,000 HKD PROVENANCE: Acquired in Paris between the 1970s and the early 90s Sotheby's. A Private Collection of Scholarly and Imperial Works of Art. Hong... [Lire la suite]