Chine, "Blancs de Chine" & Dehua ware

Lot 43. A Chinese Dehua bombé censer, 17th century; 6 in. (15.2 cm.) across handles, pierced metal cover. Estimate: 5,000 - USD 8,000. © Christie's 2022 The body of compressed form flanked by dragon-head loop handles, the base with an illegible impressed square seal.  Provenance: The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York. Christie's. The Collection of Pierre Durand, New York, 27 January 2022

Lot 41. A Chinese Dehua compressed censer, 17th century; 5 1⁄2 in. (14 cm.) across handles. Estimate: 4,000 - USD 6,000. © Christie's 2022 The body flanked by molded lion-mask handles and raised on a short foot, the base with an impressed square mark.  Christie's. The Collection of Pierre Durand, New York, 27 January 2022

Lot 40. A Chinese Dehua censer, 17th century; 8 in. (20.3 cm.) across handles. Estimate: 7,000 - USD 9,000. © Christie's 2022 Molded around the body with a central band of archaistic dragons on a leiwen ground, flanked by a pair of dragon-head handles.  Provenance: Lally & Co., New York, no. 3178 (according to label).The Collection of Khalil Rizk, New York. Christie's. The Collection of Pierre Durand, New York, 27 January 2022

Lot 39. A rectangular Chinese Dehua archaistic censer, 17th century; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) across handles. Estimate: 5,000 - USD 7,000. © Christie's 2022 Molded in the shape of a bronze fangding with two bands of confronting dragons on each side, with two upright handles on the rim and supported on four blade-form legs.  Christie's. The Collection of Pierre Durand, New York, 27 January 2022

Lot 38. A Chinese compressed Dehua censer; censer, 17th century; gilt-bronze base, second half 19th century; 5 7⁄8 in. (14.9 cm.) across handles. Estimate: 5,000 - USD 7,000. © Christie's 2022 Flanked by molded lion-head handles raised on a short foot, the gilt-bronze base inscribed Escalier de Cristal. Paris.  Provenance: The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, no. AA22. Christie's. The Collection of Pierre Durand, New York, 27 January 2022

Lot 14. A Dehua censer, 17th-18th century; 6 1/4in (15.9cm) diam. Sold for US$ 3,825 / € 3,341 (Est: $1,500 - $2,500). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Of bombe form set over a spreading foot, molded with a pair of lion-mask handles, the glaze a cool white tone. Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, LosAngeles, 16 Dec 2021

Lot 13. A small Dehua figure of Guanyin, 17th-18th century; Height 8 cm, 3⅛ in. Lot sold: 25,200 GBP (Estimate: 300 -500 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's dressed in a loose robe cascading in voluminous folds, the base with a mark reading Zhang xi within a cartouche. Provenance: Presumably F. E. Wilkinson, 26th September 1919. Collection of Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927). Lot 14. A Dehua figure of Guanyin, 17th century; Height 23.5... [Lire la suite]

Lot 121. A blanc de Chine seated figure of Guanyin, 17th century; 19cm (7 1/2in) high. Estimate 6.000 £ - 8.000 £. Sold for £ 6,000 (€ 7,032). Photo: Bonhams. The Goddess of Mercy modelled in a relaxed seated pose with the right hand resting on the right leg tucked beneath her, the left hand holding a ruyi sceptre resting on a table with lion-heads forming the legs, the eyes gently downcast, the long robe covering the body and falling in flowing folds to surround the body. Provenance: a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 30. A 'Dehua' seated figure of Guandi, Qing dynasty; Height 9⅞ in., 25 cm. Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 USD. Lot sold: 1,260 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. with a four-character Lin X min yin seal mark. Sotheby's. The Hundred Antiques: Fine & Decorative Asian Art, New York, 11-22 June 2021

Lot 30. An inscribed 'Dehua' bowl, 17th century; Diameter 6 in., 5.2 cm. Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 USD. Lot sold: 1,260 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the interior incised with a two-character mark in cursive script. Property from the Collection of Loyd and Linda Crawley. Sotheby's. The Hundred Antiques: Fine & Decorative Asian Art, New York, 11-22 June 2021