Blue and white porcelain from Kangxi period sold at Christie's Paris, 4 June - 25 June 2021
Lot 324. A blue and white 'Lotus' vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722), Marque apocryphe de l'empereur Xuande à la base. Hauteur: 37 cm. (14 1⁄2 in.). Estimate EUR 2,000 - EUR 3,000. Price Realised EUR 68,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021
Note: See a similar vase in the Collections of the Palace Museum, The Forbidden City, Beijing, pl. 271, page 418.
Also see in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Alfred and Margaret Caspary Memorial Gift, 1955, museum n° 1955-50-104.
Lot 325. Two large blue and white 'flower' dishes, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diamètre: 49,5 cm. (19 1⁄2 in.). Estimate EUR 4,000 - EUR 6,000. Price Realised EUR 6,875. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021
Property from Galerie Duchange, Paris
Note: See similar pieces in Krahl and Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol III, 1986, pl. 2201, pages 1023 and Hermitage Museum, St-Petersburg, illustrated in 1977, n° 155, p. 112.
Lot 327. A blue and white 'landscape' vase, gu, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Hauteur: 27 cm. (10 5⁄8 in.). Estimate EUR 1,500 - EUR 2,000. Price Realised EUR 15,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021
Property from Galerie Duchange, Paris
Lot 358. A small blue and white 'ladies' dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diamètre: 15,5 cm. (6 1⁄8 in.). Estimate EUR 600 - EUR 1,000. Price Realised EUR 1,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021
Provenance: Christie's Amsterdam, European Noble and Private Collections Sale, 1 April 2009, lot 502 (part).
Lot 359. A blue and white 'figural' dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Apocryphal Xuande reign mark to the base. Diamètre: 26 cm. (101⁄4 in.). Estimate EUR 1,500 - EUR 2,500. Price Realised EUR 3,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021
Provenance: Christie's Amsterdam, 3-4 April 2012, lot 192.
Note: The dish has an apocryphal Ming dynasty Xuande period reign mark to the base.
Lot 359. A blue and white 'equestrian' bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1662-1722). Diamètre: 19,7 cm. (7 3⁄4 in.). Estimate EUR 2,000 - EUR 3,000. Price Realised EUR 4,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021
Provenance: Christie's Amsterdam, 3-4 April 2012, lot 198.
Note: The decoration to the interior and exterior of this bowl is finely executed in varying shades of cobalt.
Lot 361. A blue and white reticulated 'Immortal' bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diamètre: 19 cm. (71⁄2 in.). Estimate EUR 4,000 - EUR 6,000. Price Realised EUR 5,625. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021
Provenance: With Marchant & Son Ltd., London (according to label).
Christie's New York, 21 July 2016, lot 114.
Lot 363. A blue and white 'erotic' dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Marque apocryphe de l'empereur Chenghua dans un double cercle à la base. Diamètre: 20,4 cm. (8 in.). Estimate EUR 3,000 - EUR 5,000. Price Realised EUR 3,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021
Lot 383. A blue and white 'eighteen scholars' bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diamètre: 20,8 cm. (81⁄4 in.). Estimate EUR 2,000 - EUR 3,000. Price Realised EUR 3,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021
Provenance: From the Estate of the Count Thierry de Ganay.
Note: The eighteen scholars were specifically chosen by Emperor Taizong (626-649) to promote interests of culture and literature.
See a similarly decorated blue and white bowl with a Kangxi mark in the Rijksmuseum, illustrated by C.J.A. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1997, no.97, p.105, where the author dates this type as circa 1700.
Lot 384. A set of three blue and white 'figural' saucer dishes, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diamètre: 11,1 cm. (4 3⁄8 in.). Estimate EUR 500 - EUR 1,000. Price Realised EUR 1,375. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021
Provenance: With 'Sothebys, lot 5351' paper labels to the bases.
Note: Each dish is decorated with a lady and a boy surrounded by a moulded petal-form cavetto and rim.
Other examples of Kangxi period blue and white porcelain decorated with ladies and plants and with qi yu tang zhi marks to the base include a cup and a saucer formerly in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, sold at Christie's New York, 13-22 September 2016, lot 1885.
Christie's. Art of Asia, Paris, 4 June - 25 June 2021