30 novembre 2022

Lot 39. A rare blue and white 'Kui Xing' brush stand, Wanli period (1573-1620); 16cm (6 1/4in) high. Sold for £10,200 (Est: £10,000 - £15,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Finely moulded as a standing screen applied with a figure of Kui Xing riding a cloud, his scarves billowing in the wind and clad in deer-skin, the screen decorated in cobalt-blue with phoenix, the north-star constellation, and a dou measure, behind the screen a container with later liner, painted with a pheasant above floral sprays,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 38. A fine small blue and white rouleau vase, Chongzhen period (1627-1644); 21.8cm (8 3/4in) high. Sold for £60,780 (Est: £30,000 - £50,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 The tall cylindrical vessel rising to a waisted neck, painted around the exterior painted in vibrant underglaze blue with a continuous scene of vases and trays with various flowers amidst flittering butterflies, all between incised borders, the neck with pendant leaves.  Provenance: John R. Berwald, London, November 2017. Note: The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 37. A rare and large famille verte 'magpies and prunus' brushpot, bitong, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 18.2cm (7 1/4in) diam. Sold for £60,780 (Est: £30,000 - £50,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 The cylindrical vessel exquisitely decorated around the exterior with angular blue and green rocks and gnarled branches issuing sprays of red, green and blue prunus with gilt stamens, a magpie rests on one branch with four others in flight, the base with small recessed circular section and maker's mark forming... [Lire la suite]

Lot 36. A fine blue and white, copper-red and celadon-glazed vase, meiping, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 18.4cm (7 1/4in) high. Sold for £48,180 (Est: £20,000 - £30,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Of elegant baluster form rising from a broad shallow foot, waisted sides and a high rounded shoulder to a narrow mouth with an everted lip, decorated around the exterior in underglaze blue and red, and celadon, with two scholars on a rocky ledge beside a lake with a man in a fishing boat, three birds fly high above them, a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 34. A fine and large blue and white 'mythical creatures' incense burner, Chongzhen period (1627-1644); 21cm (8 1/4in) diam. Sold for £40,620  (Est: £20,000 - £30,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Heavily potted with a compressed globular body rising from a tall spreading foot to a waisted mouth, painted in vibrant tones of cobalt-blue with swirling waves from which emerge various mythical creatures including qilin, tortoise, crab, dragon, sea-horse as well as various shells, all between a... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 34. A rare celadon-ground blue and white and copper-red glazed 'Kui Xing' brushpot, bitong, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 18.2cm (7 1/4in) diam. Sold for £58,260 (Est: £15,000 - £20,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Finely potted with straight sides rising to a grooved mouth-rim, meticulously painted around the exterior with a continuous scene of Kui Xing the Star Lord five times interspersed between square measuring vessels, twice Kui Xing is depicted in one direction and thrice in the opposite, holding a... [Lire la suite]