21 août 2016

Lot 933. A pair of silver-mounted blue and white vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, later mounted. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. each of ovoid form, raised on a flared foot, the lobed bodies with six vertical panels depicting beauties and flowers, with silver mounts and urn-form covers struck with the Dutch sword control mark corresponding to the late 19th / early 20th century (2). Height 10 1/8  in., 25.7 cm Provenance: Sotheby's London, 23rd June 1981, lot 217. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 932. Two blue and white 'lotus' bottle vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. each with a compressed globular body between a tall tapering neck and flared foot, boldly painted with lotus blossoms, scrolling foliage and leaf and petal lappets (2). Height 6 1/2  in., 16.5 cm Provenance: C.T. Loo / Frank Caro (by repute). Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art New York | 17 Sep 2016, 10:00 AM

Lot 251. An iron-red and underglaze-blue decorated 'Dragon and Prunus' bottle vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the pear-shaped body rising from a slightly splayed foot to a tall slender cylindrical neck, decorated with prunus blossoms, applied to the shoulder with a coiled dragon in blue highlighted in gilt, the foot encircled by a narrow band resembling a string of coins. Height 8 3/8  in., 21.2 cm... [Lire la suite]

Lot 250. A blue and white bottle vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the globular body rising to a slender waisted neck, painted with shaped cartouches enclosing lotus scrolls and chrysanthemum florets against a blue ground, all reserved against scattered prunus flowers and scrolling leaves, the neck painted with further shaped cartouches on a ground of prunus florets, with chevron bands at the neck and foot. Height 7 3/4  in., 19.3 cm ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 248. A blue and white beaker vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. of archaistic gu form, the top section vibrantly painted with a scene from Xixiang ji (Romance of the West Chamber), the mid-section with a continuous landscape, the lower register with a seated scholar and attendant, the base with an apocryphal Jiajing mark. Height 10 in., 25.4 cm Provenance: Collection of Mr. J.P. Argenti before 1947.Sotheby's New... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1237. A small copper-red and underglaze blue-decorated vase, meiping, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. The high-shouldered vase is decorated on the upper body with three fish. 7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 16 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza

Lot 1326. A small copper-red and underglaze blue-decorated vase, meiping, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. The vase is decorated with three spotted deer in various postures, one clutching a branch of lingzhi fungus in its mouth, raised on a broad unglazed base with small recessed center and painted with a double circle in underglaze blue. 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 16 September 2016, New... [Lire la suite]

Lot 869. A blue and white deep dish, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. The interior is decorated with a central roundel of a long-tailed bird perched on a rock formation amidst blossoming trees within a key-fret border. The well and everted rim are both molded and fluted and decorated with shaped petals enclosing blossoming branches. 13 ½ in. (34.4 cm.) diam.. Provenance: Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1904) Collection, New York. The Metropolitan... [Lire la suite]

Lot 868. A blue and white dish, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. The dish is painted in the center with a roundel enclosing bamboo, rocks, and prunus, beneath radiating shaped panels of blossoming flower branches in the well. 14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) diam. Provenance: Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1904) Collection, New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1879. Christie's. Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 866.  A blue and white double gourd vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. The vase is decorated on the upper and lower bulbs with leafy floral scroll below a 'cracked ice' border. 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm.) high. Provenance: William Rhinelander Stewart (1852-1929) Collection.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1929. Christie's. Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 September... [Lire la suite]