17 juin 2018

Lot 3822. A fine and very rare early Ming tianbai-glazed stembowl, Yongle period (1403-1424); 6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 700,000 - HKD 900,000. Price Realized HKD 860,000. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 The bowl is finely potted with deep rounded sides flaring at the rim and supported on a slightly splayed hollow stem base, covered overall with an even milky-white transparent glaze, box. Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 27 October 2003, lot 607. Note: The soft, unctuous,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3829. A rare late Ming wucai bowl, Wanli six-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1573-1619); 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 100,000 - HKD 150,000. Price Realized HKD 920,000. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 With shallow rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim from a short foot, painted in underglaze and enamelled on the exterior with nine children at play in a landscape scene, below a band of stylised waves around the rim, the interior with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3818. A rare moulded Longquan celadon baluster jar, Yuan-Early Ming dynasty, 14th century; 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 380,000 - HKD 450,000. Price Realized HKD 980,000. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 Sturdily potted with broad rounded shoulders and a short waisted neck, decorated around the sides with figures of the Eight Immortals, each animatedly posing and holding their respective characteristic instruments, all covered with an olive-green glaze. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3823. A rare early Ming tianbai-glazed monk's cap ewer, sengmaohu, Yongle period (1403-1424); 7 3/4 in. (19.6 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 500,000. Price Realized HKD 1,100,000. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 The globular body tapering towards the splayed foot, with a pronounced ridge at the base of the slightly flared neck and the elongated, curved spout which projects from the galleried rim of 'monk's cap' outline, the peak of the rim rising above a small lug on the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3828. A rare Ming doucai dish, Jiajing six-character mark within double-squares and of the period (1522-1566); 5 3/4 in. (14.8 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 100,000 - HKD 200,000. Price Realized HKD 1,160,000. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 The shallow flared sides with sharply-angled base supported on a narrow ring foot, the exterior decorated with a frieze of detached lingzhi sprays in underglaze-blue, iron-red and yellow with underglaze-blue outlines, beneath a double... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3830. A very rare late Ming yellow-ground green-enamelled incised 'Three friends' bowl, Jiajing six-character mark and of the period (1522-1566); 7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 900,000 - HKD 1,200,000. Price Realized HKD 1,220,000. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 The rounded sides finely incised with a bamboo, flower prunus tree and a pine tree, each with their branches twisted to form the characters, Fu, Lu and Shou, 'Happiness, Wealth and Longevity', growing on... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3819. An extremely rare and very large early Ming tianbai-glazed charger, Yongle period (1403-1425); 16 in. (40.6 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 1,200,000 - HKD 1,500,000. Price Realized HKD 1,220,000. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 Sturdily potted with rounded sides, supported on a wedge-shaped foot ring, covered in an even unctuous transparent glaze, box. Note: Among sherds excavated from the Yongle stratum, the most abundant are white glazed wares, particularly those decorated... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3807. A very rare underglaze-blue moulded 'dragon' stemcup, gaozu wan, Yuan-Early Ming dynasty, late 14th century; 4 3/8 in. (10.9 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 500,000 - HKD 700,000. Price Realized HKD 1,220,000. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 The upright sides fluidly and expertly painted in vibrant tones of purplish underglaze-blue with a three-clawed dragon purposefully striding in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' between single line borders in a contrasting blue of paler tone, and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3731. A blue and white circular box and cover, Wanli six-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1573-1619); 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 500,000 - HKD 700,000. Price Realized HKD 1,340,000. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2011  The domed cover well painted with a scene of four boys at play in a courtyard, surrounded by a band of four dragons striding amidst clouds in pursuit of 'flaming pearls', a narrow band of composite floral scroll encircling the rim,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3820. An important and extremely rare early Ming massive blue and white charger, Xuande six-character mark and of the period (1426-1435); 28 7/8 in. (73.2 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 3,000,000 - HKD 4,000,000. Price Realized HKD 3,620,000. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2011  The unusually large charger finely and confidently painted on the interior medallion with two long-tailed parrots perched on fruiting peach branches, the birds' arched bodies leaning towards each other, encircled... [Lire la suite]