30 décembre 2019

Lot 1304. Two wucai petal-lobed dishes, Chongzhen period (1628-1644); 7 7/8 and 8¼ in. (20 and 21 cm.) wide. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 13,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 One is decorated with a scene of a buffalo and a donkey beneath a tree, and with a hut in the distance. An apocryphal Chenghua mark is on the base. The other is bracket-lobed and decorated with a scholar followed by his attendant carrying a wrapped qin. A four-character potter's mark is on the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1303. Two rare blue and white shonzhui-style serving dishes, Chongzhen period (1628-1644); 7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 8,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 Each is heavily potted with shallow rounded sides rising to a brown-dressed, irregularly lobed rim. The interior is decorated with four single characters in a vertical line and two magpies, one perched in a blossoming plum tree, while the other is in flight above, all reserved on... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1299. A blue and white bowl, late Ming dynasty, 17th century; 8¼ in. (20.8 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 11,875. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The deep, rounded body is decorated on one side with a scene of boats sailing in a river landscape, and the reverse with a rider on a donkey approaching a pagoda in a stylized mountainous landscape, repeated in a roundel in the bottom of the interior.  Provenance: S. Marchant and Son, London. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1298. A rare and unusual blue and white globular jar, late Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century; 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) wide. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 7,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The sides are decorated with scenes of ladies and boys at play in a lush garden setting, all beneath a petal-lappet border on the shoulder, Japanese wood box.  Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 19 - 20 September 2013

Lot 1289. An unusual large wucai bowl, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619); 15¾ in. (40 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 25,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The deep, rounded sides that rise to a slightly everted rim are decorated on the exterior with two scenes, one of two scholars on horseback accompanied by their attendants in a landscape setting, and the other of an attendant standing... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1294. An unusual wucai double-gourd-form vase, Wanli period (1573-1619); 10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 25,000. Price realised USD 22,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The lower bulb is decorated with scrolling tendrils and wan characters surrounding four blue-ground double gourds enclosing the characters da ji (good fortune), while the upper bulb is similarly decorated with two double gourds that are separated by a ribbon-tied bell and conch shell.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1295. An extremely rare doucai brush washer, Jiajing six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1522-1566); 5½ in. (14.1 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 543,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The washer is potted with slightly rounded sides rising to an unglazed rim. The slightly convex interior is delicately decorated with flowering and fruiting branches including lychee, peach and persimmon, within a double line border. The pale blue reign... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1284. A dated sancai-glazed stoneware figure of Buddha, dated to mid-autumn of the yimao year of Jiajing, corresponding to 1555, and of the period; 15 in. (38 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 7,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The ochre-yellow, green and blackish-brown-glazed figure of Buddha is shown seated in dhyanasana atop a double-lotus base from which issue clouds that encase the bottom of the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1297. A rare pair of small yellow-ground blue and white lobed dishes, Jiajing six-character marks in underglaze blue and of the period (1522-1566); 4½ in. (11.4 cm.) wide. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 105,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 Each of the foliate-rimmed dishes is painted on the interior in deep tones of underglaze blue on an egg yolk-yellow ground with a reserved dragon leaping amidst flame scrolls surrounded by pairs of leafy fruit-laden peach... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1296. A blue and white 'lotus' jar, Jiajing six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1522-1566); 6 5/8 in. (16.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 18,000 - USD 25,000. Price realised USD 68,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The high-shouldered body is painted with large lotus blossoms borne on leafy, scrolling meander set between double-line borders and bands of interlocking scrolls below the rim and above the foot. Note: A Jiajing-marked jar of identical size and design was... [Lire la suite]