18 avril 2014

Blue-splashed straw-glazed jarlet, Tang dynasty, 618-906. Photo courtesy Marchant with slender neck and upright flared rim, all on a short unglazed everted foot, the interior of the neck with a single chestnut-glazed splash. 11cm high. Price on requestOld wood box.• From the collection of Fujio Koyama, Japan.• A similar piece is illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume 1, no. 256, p. 150, and was previously illustrated in Orientations magazine... [Lire la suite]

Sancai pottery dish on three short feet, Tang dynasty, 618-906. Photo courtesy Marchant decorated in the centre with a speckled amber and straw glaze, beneath a blueglazed rim, the underside with straw glaze. 12.1cm diameter. Price on request• Formerly in a European private collection.• An amber marbled dish of similar size formerly in the Evason Museum of Art, Syracuse, USA, is illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume 1, no. 250, pp. 146/7.• A... [Lire la suite]

Sancai-splashed globular jarlet and flat cover with pear-shaped finial, Tang dynasty, 618-906. Photo courtesy Marchant covered in a bright and even shining glaze with clear and pale green glazes extending to the interior. 8.3cm high. Price on request• Formerly in a Japanese private collection.• A similar example is illustrated in The Illustrated Catalogue of the Tokyo National Museum, 1965, no. 110, p. 226; another is illustrated by Eskenazi in Chinese ceramics from the Cottle collection, 1973,... [Lire la suite]

Sancai pottery equestrian group, Tang dynasty, 618-906. Photo courtesy Marchant the seated figure covered in a green glaze with chestnut lapels and unglazed head, original blackpigment cap and hairwork, hands raised to hold the reins, seated on a three-colour splashed saddlecloth, the piebald horse with cream glazed body and green splashes on the neck and hind quarters, original black pigment outlines to the bridle and strappings, the hooves with chestnut splashes. 39.2cm high. Price on... [Lire la suite]

Amethyst. Elestial Ametrine - Bolivia; Kyanite and Quartz - Brazil. Orange Quartz (iron oxide inclusions) - Orange River, South Africa.   Elbaite Tourmaline - Paprok, Afghanistan.

A blue and white flaring vase, gu, Chongzhen. Photo Bonhams. Skilfully painted on the flaring neck in bright underglaze blue with a continuous scene of Houyi clasping a bow and watching boys at play with vessels, flowers and a processional banner amidst rockwork and plantain, the central section with floral sprays including lotus and peony above downward lappets on the lower section. 45cm (17 3/4in) high. Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 (€4,900 - 7,300) Provenance: an English private collection The vase depicts the ancient and mythical... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white double-gourd vase. Circa 1640-1650. Photo Bonhams. Finely painted on the lower section with a continuous scene of two gentleman relaxing with empty wine cups between a board game set on a low table, two boys approaching with a vase and a qin, all on a terrace with rocks and plantain, the waist with a band of wet dots beneath the upper section with clusters of bamboo, the base with a single painted leaf. 20.9cm (8 1/4in) high. Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 (€4,900 - 7,300) Provenance: Guest & Gray (label)An English... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white double-gourd vase, Chongzhen. Photo Bonhams. The lower section finely painted with a dignified scholar cradling a staff of office in his robed arms, the figure standing on grass besides a crane, the rocky landscape also with two boys, one carrying books and the other a lantern, the scene separated by cloud scrolls, the waist with a band of foliate lotus scroll beneath sprays of prunus, lotus, orchid and peony. 36.2cm (14 1/4in) high. Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 (€4,900 - 7,300) Provenance: an English private collection... [Lire la suite]

  A blue and white cylindrical vase, rolwagen. Circa 1640. Photo Bonhams. Vibrantly painted in blue with a continuous landscape depicting a scene from the '24 Paragons of Filial Piety', the neck with downward-pointing plantain leaves above an incised band at the shoulder and foot, the base unglazed. 42.cm (16 1/2in) high. Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 (€9,700 - 15,000) The scene shows a hunting party discovering that their quarry is not quite what they thought. The cowering boy clad in a deerskin and carrying a pail of milk is... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white ovoid jar, Chongzhen. Photo Bonhams. The rounded body brightly painted in shades of underglaze blue with a fan-shaped cartouche containing a stand of deeply-hollowed Lake Tai rockwork, the reverse with a table with scholars items behind a vase filled with lotus blossom and leaves beside a jardinière and other vessels. 19.5cm (7 3/4in) high. Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 (€4,900 - 7,300) The three characters inside the fan read Chang Jiang Xie 昌江寫, and the seal reads Juyi zhuren 居易主人 'Master of Juyi [Studio]'. ... [Lire la suite]