22 juillet 2017

 'Dragon' dish, Ming dynasty, Hongzhi mark and period (1488-1505),  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province. Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration. Height: 3.8 cm, Diameter: 18 cm. Bequeathed by Sir John M Addis, 1984,0202.1 © 2017 Trustees of the British Museum Porcelain dish with incised and green enamel decoration on a white ground. This shallow saucer-shaped dish has rounded sides and a tapering foot. Inside a sinewy five-clawed dragon among clouds in a central medallion is incised into the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3115. A fine and rare incised green-enamelled 'Dragon' dish, Hongzhi six-character mark within double circles and of the period (1488-1505), 8 7/8 in. (22.4 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 2,600,000 - HKD 3,800,000. Price realised HKD 3,400,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2013  Finely potted with shallow rounded sides supported on a slightly splayed foot, the dish is decorated on the interior with a five-clawed dragon striding amidst stylised clouds, its head, scaly body and limbs... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3112. A very rare blue and white 'Eight Buddhist Emblems' dish, Chenghua six-character mark within double circles and of the period (1465-1487), 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 2,600,000 - HKD 3,800,000. Price realised HKD 3,400,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 Delicately potted with shallow rounded sides rising to slightly flaring rims, the dish is painted on the interior with the Wheel of the Law supported on a lotus spray, enclosed within double-line borders, below a... [Lire la suite]

Dish with Buddhist emblems, Ming dynasty, Chenghua mark and period, AD1465–87, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province. Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration. Height: 40 mm, Diameter: 192 mm. Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, PDF,B.627 © 2017 Trustees of the British Museum Porcelain dish. Underglaze blue with band of scrolling Buddhist emblems entwined in leaves around the exterior and inside cavetto. Large central roundel with a Buddhist wheel supported on a lotus flower. There is an inscription on the... [Lire la suite]

Blue-and-white bowl with lotus scrolls, Ming Dynasty, Xuande Period (1426 - 1435), Jingdezhen, Zhushan kiln-sites, porcelain, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue, 7.6 cm (height), 17.4 cm (diameter), at foot 8 cm (diameter). Bequeathed by J. Francis Mallett, 1947. EAX.1409 © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Bowl with underglaze blue lotus flowers, Ming dynasty, Xuande mark and period, AD 1426–35, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province. Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration and yellow glaze. Height: 80 mm, Diameter: 171 mm. Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, PDF.682 © 2017 Trustees of the British Museum Porcelain bowl with rounded sides, everted mouthrim and wide foot. There are scrolling lotus flowers and leaves between a band of squared spirals at the mouthrim, a band of separated lotus flowers, classic... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3110. A fine and rare blue and white 'Lotus' bowl , Xuande six-character mark within double circles and of the period (1426-1435), 8 3/8 in. (21.2 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 4,000,000 - HKD 6,000,000. Price realised HKD 5,080,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 Finely potted with deep rounded sides rising to slightly flaring rims, the centre of the interior is painted with a central medallion with a leafy spray of peony, encircled by six lotus sprays to the cavetto, and below a border of dotted... [Lire la suite]

Lot 505. A rare blue and white 'Lotus' bowl , Xuande mark and period (1426-1435). Estimate 2,500,000 — 3,500,000 HKD. Lot sold 2,920,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. supported on a straight foot rounding to generous deep sides and flaring elegantly at the rim, the exterior painted in deep tones of 'heaping and piled' cobalt-blue with a continuous band of delicately scrolling stems of lotus, each branch issuing one of two styles of lotus flower-heads and a myriad of curling leaves, all above bands of upright foliate lappets and... [Lire la suite]

Mantou bowl, Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403-1424), Jingdezhen, porcelain with underglaze blue decoration. Diameter: 13.3 cm, Height: 4.5 cm. 1953,0415.1 © 2017 Trustees of the British Museum This shallow bowl has a domed centre known as a mantou xin [steamed bun centre], corresponding concave base and rounded sides which flare outwards. It is painted beneath the glaze in very dark cobalt blue which has fired black in places. Inside it is decorated with a concentric design with a stylized... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3107. A superb and exceptionally rare blue and white mantou xin bowl , Xuande six-character mark within double circles and of the period (1426-1435), 6 3/4 in. (17.3 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 4,000,000 - HKD 6,000,000. Price realised HKD 4,840,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The bowl is exquisitely potted with shallow rounded sides flaring to the mouth rim, and rests on a concave base. It is decorated on the interior domed centre with a hexafoil motif, enclosed by a band of conjoined... [Lire la suite]