21 décembre 2018

Lot 515. A blue and white 'Landscape' yenyen vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 45 cm, 17 3/4  in. Estimate £3,000 - £5,000. Sold: £6,250. © Sotheby's the round-shouldered body rising from a spreading foot to a tall trumpet neck, the exterior painted in varying shades of cobalt-blue of scholars in a continuous mountainous landscape, adorned with pavilions and tall trees amongst dense foliage. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Chinese Art, London, 10 November 2017

Lot 471. A blue and white sleeve vase, Transitional period; 43 cm, 16 7/8  in. Estimate £4,000 - £6,000. Sold: £6,250. © Sotheby's the cylindrical body rising from a flat base to a short waisted neck, painted around the exterior in rich cobalt-blue tones with a phoenix and qilin in a fenced garden. Provenance: Millon et Associes, Paris, 31st October 2014. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Chinese Art, London, 10 November 2017  

Lot 219. A green and yellow 'dragon' bowl, Guangxu mark and period (1875-1908); 15 cm, 5 15/16  in. Estimate £2,000 - £3,000. Sold: £6,250. © Sotheby's the steeply rounded sides rising to an everted rim, the exterior with two finely incised and green-enamelled dragons pursuing flaming pearls among cloud scrolls and flames above crashing waves, the interior and base reserved in white, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 204. A famille-verte biscuit bowl, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722); 14.8 cm, 5 13/16  in. Estimate £3,000 - £5,000. Sold: £6,250. © Sotheby's the rounded sides rising to an everted rim, painted to the exterior in bright green, yellow and aubergine, depicting two butterflies amongst camellia sprays, the body finely incised with a pair of dragons pursuing flaming pearls, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue. Note: A similar example was included in the Min Chiu Society... [Lire la suite]

Lot 518. A flambé-glazed bottle vase, Qing dynasty, late 18th-early 19th century; 35.7 cm, 14 1/8  in. Estimate £1,000 - £1,500. Sold: £6,875. © Sotheby's the globular body rising from a short foot to a tall waisted neck, coverered overall with a rich purplish-raspberry glaze feathered with milky-blue and draining from the rim leaving a buff-coloured band. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Chinese Art, London, 10 November 2017

Lot 200. A blue and white 'dragon' bowl, Daoguang mark and period (1821-1850); 14.6 cm, 5 3/4  in. Estimate £3,000 - £4,000. Sold: £6,875. © Sotheby's the deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot, the exterior painted with a pair of sinuous five-clawed dragons admist ruyi shaped clouds, the interior with a further dragon in a central medallion, the base with a seal mark in underglaze blue. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Chinese Art, London, 10 November 2017

Lot 262. A pair of straw-glazed slender vases, Song dynasty (960-1279); 12.7 cm, 5 in. Estimate £6,000 - £8,000. Sold: £7,500. © Sotheby's the gently rounded sides rising from a spreading foot to an everted rim, covered in an even ivory-coloured glaze suffused with fine crackle. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Chinese Art, London, 10 November 2017

Lot 453. A doucai 'dragon' bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 15.5 cm, 6 1/8  in. Estimate £1,500 - £2,500. Sold: £8,125. © Sotheby's the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot, brightly decorated around the exterior with four large scaly dragons in mutual pursuit of flaming pearls, the interior with a medallion similarly painted, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark. Provenance: Purchased in London, 13th May 1975. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 449. A blue and white double-gourd wall vase, Wanli mark and period (1573-1620); 31 cm, 12 1/4  in. Estimate £6,000 - £8,000. Sold: £8,125. © Sotheby's the flattened double-gourd body painted in rich cobalt-blue tones to the lower bulb with figures offering tribute, the upper bulb with birds amidst a lotus pond and the neck with a dragon quatrefoil panel, the reverse inscribed with the six-character mark above a rectangular aperture for suspension. Provenance: Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 4th April... [Lire la suite]

Lot 206. An iron-red and underglaze blue 'dragon' dish, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period (1723-1735); 16.2 cm, 6 3/8  in. Estimate £5,000 - £7,000. Sold: £8,125. © Sotheby's  with shallow sides rising from a short foot to an everted rim, the interior medallion finely painted with a writhing five-clawed iron-red dragon pursuing a flaming pearl amidst blue cloud scrolls, within a double-circle also repeated at the rim, the exterior with a similar pair of dragons and 'flaming pearls', the base... [Lire la suite]