8 mars 2020

Lot 1375. An early Ming-style blue and white deep bowl, 18th century; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) diam. Estimate 60,000 - USD 80,000. Price realised 290,500 USD. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010 With steep sides flaring in a curve to the rim, well painted in fifteenth-century style with a continuous lotus scroll above two bow-string bands and a border of lotus lappets above the short foot, the interior with apocryphal Xuande six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle, box. Provenance: Sotheby's,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1372. A massive blue and white baluster vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 30¾ in. (78.1 cm.) high. Estimate 25,000 - USD 35,000. Price realised 60,000 USD. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010 The body well painted with phoenixes, cranes, and a peacock in a lush setting of peonies and trees, with numerous small birds nestled amidst their branches and in flight beneath a band of scrolling clouds and borders of bamboo and crosshatch designs at the base of the tapered neck, which is painted in similar fashion,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1371. A blue and white sleeve vase, Transitional period, circa 1635-1650; 18 in. (45.8 cm.) high. Estimate 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised 68,500 USD. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010 Well painted with a scene of a soldier/official surrounded by attendants, three holding halberds and a banner standing behind him, while he faces a groom with a horse and two further attendants carrying gifts, all between incised borders and below pendent leaf tips on the waisted neck. Exhibited: On loan to the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1370. A blue and white sleeve vase, Transitional period, circa 1640; 17 7/8 in. (45.4 cm.) high. Estimate 15,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised 18,750 USD. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010 Well painted in rich shades of blue at the waist with a wide band of overlapping ruyi-head lappets containing lotus blossoms amidst leafy scroll beneath five of the bajixiang, positioned beneath tasseled chimes and between further lappets containing lotus, camellia and beribboned pearls, the foot incised with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1330. A large wucai baluster vase, Transitional period, circa 1650; 20 1/8 in. (51.1 cm.) high. Estimate 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised 8,125 USD. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010 Painted with an official seated in a terraced garden surrounded by attendants and tribute bearers, three kneeling in the foreground and presenting a jue, an ingot and a wine ewer, while a fourth approaches from the side bearing a wrapped gift, the neck painted with leafy chrystanthemum and peony sprays and ornamental... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1329. A wucai baluster jar and cover, Transitional period, circa 1650; 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm.) high. Estimate 18,000 - USD 25,000. Price realised 37,500 USD. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010 Painted around the body with a scene of a maiden kneeling in tribute before male and female officials, their attendants to one side in front of a large screen and altar table, while a group of maidens play musical instruments on a terrace, all beneath a border of 'cracked-ice' pattern on the shoulder and rocks and flowers... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1325. A blue and white beaker vase, Transitional period, Chongzhen period (1628-1644); 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high. Estimate 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised 30,000 USD. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010 Finely painted on the neck with two plump quail standing on a rock amidst bamboo and chrysanthemums, with a pair of birds, a butterfly and insects in flight below the sun on the reverse, the center section with fu symbols alternating with quatrefoil cartouches of lotus, and the bottom section with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 230. A famille-verte rouleau vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1622-1722); 46.3cm., 18 1/4 in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Lot sold 12,500 GBP. © Sotheby's the cylindrical body rising from a short tapering foot to a tall ribbed neck with everted waisted rim, brightly enamelled around the exterior with military figures in a landscape, the neck with bamboo issuing from rockwork. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 november 2015

Lot 229. A blue and white and later green enamelled fish jar, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1622-1722); 18cm., 7 1/8 in. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 GBP. Lot sold 2,500 GBP. © Sotheby's the rounded sides rising to a straight rim, painted with carp and dragon fish on a later green enamelled ground, the exterior base with an emblem in underglaze blue. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 november 2015

Lot 228. A polychrome meiping, Qing dynasty, Shunzhi period (1644-1661); 31.7cm., 12 1/2 in. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 GBP. Lot sold 2,500 GBP. © Sotheby's the tapering body with rounded shoulder rising from a spreading foot to a short narrow waisted neck, enamelled around the exterior with a long-tailed bird perched on rockwork amidst magnolia and peony sprays reserved on an iron-red ring ground, all between chevron and lotus lappet bands at the foot and keyfret, wave and classic... [Lire la suite]