15 août 2018

Lot 1654. A rare and important blue and white 'Magic fountain' bottle vase, Ming dynasty, mid-16th century; 12¾ in. (32.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 150,000 - USD 250,000. Price realised USD 182,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 The elongated pear-shaped body well painted on each side with an elephant with leaf-shaped ears lying atop the stepped base of an elaborate fountain with phoenix and animal-head spouts from which issue streams of water that splash into the basin and then from its sides, below... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1819. A famille rose baluster vase, Jiaqing seal mark in iron-red; 14 in. (37.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 100,000 - USD 150,000. Price realised USD 242,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 The bulbous body finely painted around the sides with a mountainous river landscape depicting various pavilions, flowering trees, a meandering river and a waterfall dividing a blue-green mountain face, all between bands of lotus scroll encircling the spreading foot and shoulder and repeated on the tall, waisted neck,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1673. A blue and white bottle vase, Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795); 4 7/8 in. (38 cm.) high. Estimate USD 100,000 - USD 150,000. Price realised USD 242,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 The globular body painted in Ming style with simulated 'heaping and piling' with a broad frieze of composite flower scroll above a band of petal lappets and below a triple line border and trefoil cloud collar and foliate scroll bands on the shoulder, with a band of upright leaves... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1670. A rare large Ming-style blue and white dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 15 9/16 in. (39.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 70,000. Price realised USD 242,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 Painted in the central medallion with five large flower heads issuing from an undulating vine amidst four smaller blooms, the cavetto with a continuous meander of blossoms borne on a leafy vine with interlaced scrolling tendrils,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1655. An iron-red-decorated blue and white bowl, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619); 5 in. (12.6 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 338,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 With shallow rounded sides rising from a small circular foot, the exterior painted in iron red with eight five-clawed dragons leaping above a band of underglaze blue wind-tossed waves, with a roundel of a similar dragons on the convex center... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1759. A rare Guan-type square vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795); 10 in. (25.4 cm.) high. Estimate USD 80,000 - USD 120,000. Price realised USD 602,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 Of square section, raised on a splayed foot with an iron-washed foot ring, the body encircled by seven bow-string bands, the straight sides rising to a canted shoulder that continues into the short neck, each corner of the shoulder set with an additional spout,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1683. A rare pair of blue and white weiqi counter boxes and covers, Transitional period, circa 1645-1655; 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) across. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 662,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 Each with compressed globular body, and finely painted with a different scene of pavilions nestled amidst rocky landscapes, one with a figure seen in a lakeside pavilion raised on pilings, and a fisherman in a sampan, the other with a farmer carrying bundles of faggots on... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1704. A large doucai jardinière, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 13 in. (33 cm.) across. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 842,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 The deep thickly potted sides tapering towards the base and decorated with five composite foliate roundels framed and separated by interlocking leafy foliate scrolls, between borders of petal lappets below and ruyi heads above, with a band of linked quatrefoil panels enclosing flower sprays reserved on a blue ground below... [Lire la suite]

Lot 63. A Wood Sculpture of Jizo Bosatsu, Kamakura Period, 14th century; 118cm. high (including stand). Estimate GBP 30,000 - GBP 40,000. Price realised GBP 229,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 Carved and assembled from cyprus wood, of hollow construction (Yosegi-zukuri), holding the hoju [treasure jewel] and shakujo [staff], applied with coloured pigments, on wood stand carved as a lotus flower. Note: Jizo Bosatsu (the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha) a merciful figure who alone among... [Lire la suite]

Lot 35. An Incense Box [Kogo] Mounted as an Inro, Momoyama Period, 16th-17th century; 7.5cm. diam. Estimate GBP 3,000 - GBP 4,000. Price realised GBP 3,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 The circular box and cover decorated in gold, black and red hiramaki-e and takamaki-eand inlaid in carved ivory, stained ivory, coral, pewter, silver and mother-of-pearl with a pavillion in a rocky landscape with a waterfall and ducks, small mother-of-pearl sliding doors opening to reveal two Chinese figures, the... [Lire la suite]