6 août 2013

A pair of Famille-Rose 'Deer' winecups, Yongzheng marks and period. Photo Sotheby's each thinly potted, enameled on the exterior with two deer, one with recumbent white-spotted brown deer and yellow deer, the other with standing white-spotted brown deer and recumbent aubergine deer, with scattered sprigs of lingzhi and ruby-colored bats above, each with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle (2). Diameter 2 3/8 in., 6.2 cm. Estimation 40,000 — 60,000. Unsold ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 13. A Famille-Rose 'Mantouxin' bowl, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Diameter 4 1/4 in., 10.7 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 13,750 USD. Photo Sotheby's of shallow form, decorated on the underside with detached sprays of peony, coxcomb and chrysanthemum, the interior with two orchids on the raised center encircled by sprays of peony and mallow, six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle.  Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 14th May 1983, lot 572. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 12. A Famille-Rose 'Flower and Butterfly' bowl, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Diameter 3 5/8 in., 9.2 cm. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 USD. Lot sold 40,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's thinly potted with angled sides rising from a straight foot to a flared rim, delicately painted on the exterior in pastel enamels with a pink blossomed stem extending out towards a butterfly, the interior with two scattered orchids, six-character mark in underglaze blue.  Property from the Estate of William... [Lire la suite]

Lot 10. A small blue and white beaker vase, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Height 8 7/16 in., 21.4 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 290,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's of archaic bronze gu-form, the central bulb decorated with lingzhi and interlocking scrollwork, the splayed base and the trumpet neck with a composite floral scroll, a band of classic scroll beneath the widely flaring rim, seal mark in underglaze blue.  Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2nd May... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8. A Ming blue and white 'Lotus' jar, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century. Height 5 1/4 in., 13.3 cm. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Lot sold 80,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's the high shouldered body painted around the center with scrolling lotus blossoms growing on undulating stems issuing curled leaves between double-line borders, below a border of interlocking scrolls and flower-heads at the shoulder, all above a band of upright lotus panels at the foot.  Property from the Estate of William and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 7. A Ming-style blue and white stemcup, Daoguang seal mark and period (1821-1850). Diameter 5 3/4 in., 14.6 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 37,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's the body with deep flaring sides rising to an everted rim, decorated on the exterior with Tibetan lançacharacters interspersed by lotus blooms borne on thin stems issuing curling leaves, the tall splayed foot decorated with jeweled tassels below a lotus-lappet band, the interior with a floral medallion, seal mark in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A rare celadon-ground copper-red and blue moonflask, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Height 9 3/4 in., 25.4 cm. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 USD. Lot sold 98,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's resting on a splayed base and surmounted by a waisted neck with garlic-shaped mouth, the rounded sides with four lugs, painted on one side in underglaze blue and copper-red with a fruiting pomegranate, the other with a finger citron branch, all on a pale celadon ground of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5. A Blue and White 'Peach' Dish, Yongzheng Mark and Period (1723-1735). Diameter 6 1/8 in., 15.5 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 12,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's the interior painted with a double circle enclosing a pair of peaches surrounded by four evenly-spaced peaches and ruyi-heads against a ground of angular scrolls, the reverse with a continuous angular scroll frieze, between a key-fret band and a border of 'C' and dot motifs around the rim, six-character mark in underglaze... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1. An underglaze blue and copper-red vase (meiping), Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Height 8 3/4 in., 22.2 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 11,875 USD. Photo Sotheby's the high shouldered body tapering to a slightly splayed foot with a waisted neck, painted around the central section with the 'Three  Abundances', sanduo, peach, pomegranate and longan sprays each borne on leafy stems, all between stylised lotus lappets and plantain leaves, apocryphal... [Lire la suite]

Tourmaline from Vietnam by Dan Weinrich Spinel in Calcite - Vietnam Liddicoatite with Quartz - Vietnam