11 juillet 2015

A fine wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowl, Seal mark and period of Daoguang. Estimate  90,000 — 120,000  HKD.  Lot sold. 200,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. deftly decorated around the exterior with a green and a red five-clawed dragon striding among flowering chrysanthemum and peony reaching for pearls, alternating with descending phoenix, all below a band of beribboned auspicious objects and ruyi encircling the rim, the interior similarly decorated with a red dragon within a... [Lire la suite]

A large famille-rose 'Peach' bowl, Seal mark and period of Daoguang. Estimate  90,000 — 120,000  HKD.  Lot sold. 200,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. well potted with deep rounded sides resting on a short foot, the exterior delicately painted with a continuous scene depicting gnarled and overhanging branches issuing clusters of peaches and leaves next to lingzhiblooms and jagged rockwork, the tranquil scene detailed with lotus leaves, buds and blooms issuing from a pond, all picked... [Lire la suite]

A large doucai 'Phoenix and Peony' meiping, Qing dynasty. Estimate  100,000 — 150,000  HKD.  Lot sold. 200,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. the body sweeping to a high rounded shoulder, a short neck and lipped rim, decorated around the body with three main registers, the upper register with a pair of phoenix in flight, the central register with peony blooms, the lower register with a border of pendant plantain leaves, the base left in the biscuit; 62.5 cm., 24 5/8  in. Note: Compare... [Lire la suite]

A doucai 'Flowers and Birds' meiping, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Estimate  80,000 — 120,000  HKD.  Lot sold. 225,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. rising from a waisted foot to a tapering shoulder and short waisted neck, finely painted in underglaze blue and finely enamelled with two long-tailed birds among lush flowering branches of peony, prunus and magnolia, the neck collared with a band of ruyi, all between single or double-line borders encircling the neck and foot, apocryphal... [Lire la suite]

A rare blue and white and yellow-enamelled ‘dragon’ bowl, Mark and period of Xianfeng. Estimate  80,000 — 120,000  HKD.  Lot sold. 225,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. with deep rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to an everted rim, finely decorated around the exterior with two five-clawed yellow dragons striding among flames reaching for a ‘flaming pearl’, all reserved on a rich cobalt-blue ground, the interior similarly painted with a central medallion enclosing a yellow dragon... [Lire la suite]

A large and fine famille-rose circular box and cover, Mark and period of Tongzhi. Estimate  120,000 — 180,000  HKD.  Lot sold. 275,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. well potted in the form of a large bun, the domed cover finely decorated with a central pink and yellow peony and a purple hibiscus, surrounded by detached flower sprays arranged in concentric circles including prunus, magnolia, orchid, camellia or lotus in the first two registers, iris, morning-glory and hydrangea nearer to the rim,... [Lire la suite]

A famille-rose 'dragon' bottle vase, Mark and period of Guangxu. Estimate  180,000 — 250,000  HKD.  Lot sold. 300,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. well potted with a globular body supported on a slightly splayed foot, sweeping up to a waisted neck and flared rim, deftly decorated around the exterior with a five-clawed dragon and a large phoenix, reaching for a 'flaming pearl' and a shining sun respectively, all among multicoloured clouds and above castellated lappets, the shoulder surrounded by... [Lire la suite]

A fine doucai 'Flower and Butterfly' wine cup, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Estimate  50,000 — 70,000  HKD.  Lot sold. 437,500 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. delicately painted in underglaze-blue, iron-red and translucent green, yellow and aubergine enamels with four different butterflies fluttering above tall, slender grasses and flowering plants springing from outcrops of ornamental rockwork, the underside inscribed with a four-character Chenghua mark within a double-square; 9 cm., 3 1/2... [Lire la suite]

A green-enamelled 'dragon' jar and cover ; jar: Mark and period of Kangxi ;  cover: Qing dynasty, Qianlong period. Estimate  300,000 — 500,000  HKD.  Lot sold. 687,500 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. well potted with a tapering ovoid body rising from a recessed base to a rounded shoulder and narrow short neck, decorated around the exterior in green enamel with a pair of five-clawed dragons in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', all above an upright lotus lappet band, the shoulder with... [Lire la suite]

A fine ruby-ground famille-rose 'Bajixiang' altar vase, gu, Seal mark and period of Qianlong . Estimate  500,000 — 700,000  HKD.  Lot sold. 1,062,500 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. of archaistic gu form with a trumpet neck resting above a central bulb and a bell-shaped foot, the upper register finely decorated with the bajixiang emblems among leafy lotus scrolls between a band of ruyi-heads and an upright border of plantain leaves, all above a band of blue and yellow keyfret... [Lire la suite]