24 septembre 2021

Lot 79. A blue and white 'qilin' sleeve vase, 17th century. Height 12 in., 30.5 cm. Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 USD. Lot sold: 25,200 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 the tall cylindrical body tapering to a waisted neck, boldly painted with a large scaly qilin seated on its haunches, looking back with flowing mane, ruyi-shaped nose and mouth agape, surrounded by a balustraded garden with pierced rockwork and banana trees, a band of stylized leaf tips encircling the rim. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 78. A large blue and white 'lotus pond' jardinière, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Diameter 25 in., 63.5 cm. Estimate 60,000 - 80,000 USD. Lot sold: 81,900 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 with deep rounded sides rising from a narrow base to a galleried lipped rim, finely painted in various shades of cobalt blue with a continuous frieze of large lotus blooms, frilly pads and water reeds emerging from a rippling pond, three graceful herons painted in white slip, one standing in the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 57. An imperially inscribed blue and white 'Mount Hui Temple' teapot and cover, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Width 7 in., 17.8 cm. Estimate 80,000 - 120,000 USD. Lot sold: 315,000 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 the domed body rising to an elongated waisted neck and flared rim, set with an upright curved spout opposite an elegant loop handle, each side with a rectangular panel enclosed within scroll borders, one panel finely painted with a scene of two... [Lire la suite]

Lot 75. A blue and white Ming-style bottle vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Height 14¾ in., 37.5 cm. Estimate 50,000 - 70,000 USD. Lot sold: 81,900 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 the globular body rising from a splayed foot to a tall waisted neck, finely painted in 'heaped and piled' deep blue tones with a composite flower scroll band, all between lotus-lappet and classic scroll registers at the foot and a ruyi band and further floral scroll at the shoulder, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 57. A blue and white 'floral' fishbowl, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Diameter 16 ¼ in., 41.3 cm. Estimate 30,000 - 50,000 USD. Lot sold: 44,100 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 the deep curved sides narrowing at the base and surmounted by a straight lipped rim, elegantly painted with stylized lotus blooms borne on an undulating stem issuing scrolling leaves, all between an upright lappet border at the foot and bands of ruyi heads and crashing waves just below the rim. ... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 57. A rare molded lemon-yellow-enameled 'lotus' dish, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735). Diameter 11½ in., 29.2 cm. Estimate 80,000 - 120,000 USD. Lot sold: 528,200 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 finely molded as a lotus bloom, a scalloped seed pod at the center with two registers of overlapping petals radiating across the base and cavetto to form a gently contoured rim, the exterior similarly molded as a series of undulating petals, all under a vibrant opaque lemon-yellow enamel,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 57. A yellow-ground underglaze-blue 'nine peaches' dish, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Diameter 10⅝ in., 27 cm. Estimate 50,000 - 70,000 USD. Lot sold: 441,000 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 the interior painted in inky cobalt blue with a medallion enclosing nine peaches borne on gnarled leafy branches, the succulent ripe peaches and furled leaves accented by simulated 'heaping and piling' of the cobalt, all within a double-line border repeated at the rim, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 57. A rare Ru-type meiping, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Height 9 in., 22.8 cm. Estimate 50,000 - 70,000 USD. Lot sold: 806,500 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 the voluminous rounded shoulders resting on a slightly flared base and sweeping into a waisted cylindrical neck and everted lipped rim, the body molded with three raised filets, all under a glossy dove-blue glaze suffused with fine and dense craquelure, the footring stained brown, the base with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 56. A superb and rare Guan-type ovoid vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Height 5½ in., 14 cm. Estimate 60,000 - 80,000 USD. Lot sold: 252,000 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 the tapered foot gently swelling into an olive-shaped body narrowing only slightly in the upward sweep of the neck, entirely covered in an unctuous pale blue glaze suffused with a network of craquelure, the foot dressed in a dark brown wash, the slightly recessed base with a six-character seal... [Lire la suite]

Lot 198. A Rare black and cinnabar tixi lacquer rectangular low table, kang, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century; 21in (53.3cm) wide, Japanese box. Estimate US$ 4,000 - US$ 7,000. Sold for US$ 4,080 (€ 3,482). © Bonhams 2001-2021 The top carved with a mixed design of classic jiuhuan and scrolls, the deep V-shaped channels with numerous elegant pommel scrolls symmetrically interspersed with further scrolling designs, all above a very narrow waist and short shaped apron with further scrolls... [Lire la suite]