1 mai 2015

A pair of blue and white octagonal vases, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate £5,000 – £8,000 ($7,670 - $12,272). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 Each vase is painted to the exterior on each of the eight sides with various flowering branches growing from rocks, including lotus, chrysanthemum, peony and prunus, surrounded by insects and birds. The shoulders are painted with The Eight Daoist Treasures, Babao, below eight floral panels to the neck. 16 ¼ in. (41.2 cm.) high Provenance: From a private... [Lire la suite]

A set of six blue and white moulded plates, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate £2,000 – £5,000($3,068 - $7,670). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 Each is decorated to the central roundel with a phoenix amongst flowers. The rims are moulded with sweeping decorative panels enclosing a monkey seated in a tree alternated with floral panels. 10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) diam. Christie's. CHINESE CERAMICS, WORKS OF ART AND TEXTILES, 12 May 2015, London, South Kensington

A set of six blue and white moulded plates, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate £2,000 – £3,000 ($3,068 - $4,602). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 Each is decorated to the central roundel with a phoenix amongst flowers. The rims are moulded with sweeping decorative panels enclosing a monkey seated in a tree alternated with floral panels. 8 3/8 in. (21.4 cm.) diam. Christie's. CHINESE CERAMICS, WORKS OF ART AND TEXTILES, 12 May 2015, London, South Kensington

A blue and white  'Kraak Porselein' bottle vase, Wanli Period (1573-1619). Estimate £1,200 – £1,500 ($1,841 - $2,301). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The body is freely decorated with moulded panels each enclosing flowers and rocks, all below narrow panels of beaded pendants and hanging tassels. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm.) high Provenance: A private English collection.Acquired in the 1990s. Christie's. CHINESE CERAMICS, WORKS OF ART AND TEXTILES, 12 May 2015, London, South Kensington

A pair of blue and white 'Frog' dishes, Wanli period (1573-1619). Estimate £1,500 – £2,000($2,301 - $3,068). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 Each dish is modelled with a foliate rim, and is freely decorated in mirror image with a frog sitting atop a lotus pad looking upwards at a bird and a flying insect. 5 ½ in. (14 cm.) diam. Christie's. CHINESE CERAMICS, WORKS OF ART AND TEXTILES, 12 May 2015, London, South Kensington

A blue and white peach-form water dropper, Tianqi Period (1621-1627). Estimate £1,500 – £2,000 ($2,301 - $3,068). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The water dropper is painted to the exterior with several butterflies amongst leaves and is applied to one side with a stem forming the handle, and curling around the base to form the circular foot. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) wide Provenance: With S.Marchant & Son, London, exhibited in Ming Porcelain for Japan, 2008, no.22. Note: Compare the current lot to a water... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white trefoil ko-sometsuke stem bowl, Tianqi period (1621-1627). Estimate £1,000 – £1,500 ($1,534 - $2,301). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The bowl has an everted curling rim decorated with a brocade pattern, and the exterior is decorated with four leafy sprays. The raised foot has a moulded band above grass decoration. 5 ¼ in. (14.5 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box Note: This stem bowl was made for the Japanese market. An almost identical piece can be found in the Itsuo Fine Arts Museum Collection,... [Lire la suite]

A large blue and white  'Dragon' jar, Kangxi period (1662-1722) or later. Estimate £4,000 – £6,000 ($6,136 - $9,204). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The body of the jar is decorated with three writhing dragons emerging from foaming waves, beside rocks and chasing flaming pearls. The rim is decorated with a diaper pattern border. 15 ¼ in. (38.7 cm.) high Christie's. CHINESE CERAMICS, WORKS OF ART AND TEXTILES, 12 May 2015, London, South Kensington

A blue and white 'dragon' bottle vase, 18th-19th century. Estimate £600 – £1,000 ($920 - $1,534). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The vase is decorated to the exterior with a writhing dragon emerging from clouds, its tail twisting and extending around the neck. 16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high Christie's. CHINESE CERAMICS, WORKS OF ART AND TEXTILES, 12 May 2015, London, South Kensington

Two blue and white circular box bases, the first with Jiajing six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1522-1566); the second with Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1573-1619). Estimate £2,000 – £3,000 ($3,068 - $4,602). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The first base is decorated to the exterior with floral cartouches below a keyfret band at the rim. The second base is modelled to the interior with compartments arranged as a flower-head and is decorated to the exterior with... [Lire la suite]