11 mai 2022

Lot 3519. A white anhua-decorated 'bajixiang' stem bowl, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 17.5 cm. Lot sold 529,200 HKD (Estimate : 200,000 - 300,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999), and thence by direct descent. Note: Compare a similar stem bowl, sold in our New York rooms, 17th March 2015, lot 281. For two stem bowls similarly incised with the bajixiang emblems but decorated with a yellow glaze, see one from the Sir... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3519. A 'robin's egg'-glazed 'elephant'-handled vase, hu, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 30.8 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot sold 403,200 HKD (Estimate : 250,000 - 300,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: An old Japanese collection. Mayuyama & Co., Ltd., Tokyo. Note: Compare two examples sold in our London rooms, 15th May 2013, lot 246; and 6th November 2013, lot 319. Sotheby's. Marchant II – Qing Imperial Porcelain, Hong Kong, 29 April 2022

Lot 3518. A rare lavender-glazed bowl, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 12 cm, wood stand and Japanese wood box. Lot sold 1,512,000 HKD (Estimate : 1,200,000 - 1,800,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: Collection of H.R.N. Norton, until 1962. Sotheby's London, 5th November 1963, lot 197. John Sparks Ltd, London. Bluett & Son Ltd, 16th December 1986. Marchant, London, 16th June 1987. A Greek private collection. Sotheby's London, 7th November 2012, lot... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3517. A very rare blue-glazed zhadou, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735) d. 14.3 cm. Lot sold 2,268,000 HKD (Estimate : 1,800,000 - 2,500,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: Collection of Professor J. Norman Collie, FRS (1859-1942), one of the founding members of the Oriental Ceramic Society, and thence by descent. Exhibited: Sarah Wong and Stacey Pierson, eds, Collectors, Curators, Connoisseurs: A Century of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-2021, Hong Kong, 2021, cat. no.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3515. A fine doucai 'chrysanthemum medallion' wine cup, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); d. 7.3 cm. Lot sold 1,890,000 HKD (Estimate : 800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 29th October, 1991, lot 212. Christie's Hong Kong, 26th/27th April 1998, lot 729. An English private collection. Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25th April 2004, lot 207. Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8th October 2010, lot 2686. Exhibited: Qing Porcelain, Marchant,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3514. A pair of celadon-glazed drum-shaped vases, Seal marks and period of Qianlong, the stands French, by Henri Dasson, dated 1882; h. 16.3 cm, with stand h. 22.3 cm. Lot sold 1,386,000 HKD (Estimate : 800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30th October 2002, lot 241. Note:  See a very similar pair of celadon-glazed vases included in the exhibition Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, National Museum, Singapore, 1979,... [Lire la suite]