04 octobre 2021
Freeman's to offer important Qianlong jade seal
The “Taishang Huangdi Zhi Bao” seal arrives to Freeman’s from a private collection and is presented at a presale estimate of $300,000-500,000. Sold for $378,000.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Freeman’s will present a rare Imperial “Emperor Emeritus” celadon-white jade seal of great cultural and historical importance at its October 14 Asian Arts auction. An outstanding example of Chinese jade carving, the seal’s upper face is gracefully sculpted with a qilong and two smaller qilong among scrolling waves or clouds, likely... [Lire la suite]04 octobre 2021
A blue and white 'figural' jar and cover, Transitional period, circa 1640
Lot 242. A blue and white 'figural' jar and cover, Transitional period, circa 1640. Height 11¾ in., 29.8 cm. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot sold: 40,320 USD. © Sotheby's 2021
of baluster form rising from a slightly splayed foot to rounded shoulders and a short, subtly waisted neck, painted in varying tones of cobalt blue with an official strolling alongside a river bank gazing at a fisherman at work, accompanied by four attendants and a grazing horse, set... [Lire la suite]04 octobre 2021
A blue and white ovoid jar, Chongzhen period, circa 1640
Lot 855. A large blue and white ovoid jar, Chongzhen period, circa 1640; 6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 15,000 - USD 25,000. Price realised USD 21,250. © Christie's 2021
The jar is decorated in bright cobalt blue with a continuous scene depicting the 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove', below the neck decorated with pendent leaves.
Provenance: E. & J. Frankel, New York (by repute).
Note: The decoration on this striking jar depicts The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. This group of... [Lire la suite]04 octobre 2021
A large blue and white meiping, Wanli period (1573-1619)
Lot 855. A large blue and white meiping, Wanli period (1573-1619); 16 3/8 in. (41.6 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 25,000. © Christie's 2021
Potted with broad shoulders tapering towards the foot, the vase is decorated with two phoenixes, one perched on a rock and the other in flight amidst peony and prunus blossoms, all above a band of three horses galloping above raises and below cloud-panels with peach sprays on the shoulder.
Property of... [Lire la suite]04 octobre 2021
A large blue and white bottle vase, Late Jiajing-early Wanli period, 16th century
Lot 854. A large blue and white bottle vase, Late Jiajing-early Wanli period, 16th century; 20 3/8 in. (51.8 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 15,000 - USD 25,000. Price realised USD 40,000. © Christie's 2021
The pear-shaped body is decorated with four ferocious qilin divided by flames, all between bands of ruyi heads. The neck is decorated with two peacocks amidst peony blossoms below a band of upright lappets on the flaring mouth.
Property of the Collection of Peter... [Lire la suite]04 octobre 2021
A finely decorated blue and white sleeve vase, Transitional period, 17th century
Lot 853. A finely decorated blue and white sleeve vase, Transitional period, 17th century; 16 7/8 in. (42.9 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 125,000. © Christie's 2021
The tapering, cylindrical vase is well decorated around the sides with a central figure seated in a pavilion along with her attendants, with an immortal standing on a cloud descending from the sky, all below borders of scrolling clouds on the shoulder and pendent lappets below the mouth.
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A wucai 'duck and heron' bowl, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period
Lot 852. A wucai 'duck and heron' bowl, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619); 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box. Estimate: USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 20,000. © Christie's 2021
The exterior is freely painted with ducks and herons in a lotus pond. The interior is decorated with a stylized ruyi motif.
Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 23-24 september 202104 octobre 2021
A blue and white lotus ewer, Late Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century
Lot 851. A blue and white lotus ewer, Late Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century; 10 in. (25.4 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Price realised USD 12,500. © Christie's 2021
The pear-shaped ewer is decorated in shades of underglaze blue with seven bands of various motifs, including lotus scroll and galloping horses. The spout emerges from the open mouth of a mythical beast, and the base is inscribed with an apocryphal Xuande mark.
Provenance: Vallin Galleries, Wilton, Connecticut, 1980s-90s.
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A blue and white pomegranate ewer, Wanli period (1573-1619)
Lot 850. A blue and white pomegranate ewer, Wanli period (1573-1619); 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high, Japanese wood box. Estimate: USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 10,625. © Christie's 2021
The bulbous lower body is decorated with vertical panels enclosing leafy flower blossoms beneath a key-fret border at the base of the slender neck. The curved spout is decorated as a branch with molded leaves. The exterior of the flaring, star-form mouth rim is decorated with cicadas.
Note: The popular name... [Lire la suite]04 octobre 2021
A blue and white qilin basin, late Ming dynasty, early 17th century
Lot 849. A blue and white qilin basin, late Ming dynasty, early 17th century; 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm.) diam. box. Estimate: USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 27,500. © Christie's 2021
The basin is decorated on the interior with a qilin leaping within rocky landscape. The cavetto is decorated with three sections of landscapes with pavilions, below the everted rim reverse-decorated with ruyi scrolls. The exterior is decorated with flower and leafy sprays, and the base is... [Lire la suite]