Chine, "Blancs de Chine" & Dehua ware

Lot 110. A 'Dehua' figure of a seated Guanyin and child, 17th century; 91⁄4 in. (23.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 2,000- USD 3,000. Price Realised USD 2,125. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020 The figure is shown seated and holding a child on her raised right knee with a vase and a bird on either side, accompanied by a dragon at her feet in between two acolytes. The glaze is of a creamy-white tone. Property from the Collection of Lenora and Walter F. Brown. Provenance: Frank Caro Gallery, New... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1039. A Dehua figure of Guanyin, Late Qing dynasty; h. 44.5 cm. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 HKD. Lot sold: 107,100 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Property from the collection of Cheng Huan. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Including Property from the Collection of Cheng Huan, Hong Kong, 18 December 2020

Lot 439. A Dehua ‘Peony’ bowl, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 15.2 cm, 6 in.. Estimate: 15,000 - 25,000 HKD. Lot sold: 23,940 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. Provenance: Collection of Y.C. Chen. Sotheby's. China / 5000 years, Hong Kong, 27 November 2020  

Lot 437. A Dehua figure of Guanyin, Late Ming dynasty, circa 1630; 19 cm, 7½ in. Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 HKD. Lot sold: 88,200 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: An important private collection, Saint-Cloud, France. Roger Duchange, Paris, 25th May 1993. Exhibited: Exhibition of Blanc de Chine, Marchant, London, 2014, cat. no. 25. Sotheby's. China / 5000 years, Hong Kong, 27 November 2020

Lot 21. A large and finely modelled Dehua figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty, early 18th century. Height 45 cm, 17¾ in. Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 GBP. Lot sold: 50,400 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's. finely modelled standing in an elegant posture on a rocky base showing one bare foot, her hands lightly clasped in front holding a rosary, wearing layered robes loosely draped over her shoulders and gathering in voluminous folds over either arm and opening at the chest to reveal an elaborate beaded necklace, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 375. A Dehua figure of Guanyin, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 13 in. (33 cm.) high., box. Estimate HKD 260,000 - HKD 350,000. Price realised HKD 437,500. © Christie's Images Limited 2020. Provenance: The C.Philip Cardeiro CollectionSold at Christie’s London, 13 May 2014, lot 112. Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 9 October 2020.

Lot 374. A Dehua figure of Damo, Qing dynasty (1644-1911); 23 ½ in. (60 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 80,000 - HKD 100,000. Price realised HKD 200,000. © Christie's Images Limited 2020. The back of the figure is impressed with a Dehua two-character mark within a double gourd and a Xu Yunlin zhi four-character seal mark. Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's Australia, 17 May 2006, lot 396. Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 9... [Lire la suite]

Lot 373. A 'Dehua' figure of Guanyin, Late Qing dynasty-Early Republic period, 19th–early 20th century; 8 ¾ in. (22 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 20,000 - HKD 30,000. Price realised HKD 75,000. © Christie's Images Limited 2020. Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 9 October 2020

Lot 269. A 'Dehua' figure of Guanyin, Early Qing dynasty, 17th century; 6 in. (15.3 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 30,000 - HKD 50,000. Price realised HKD 37,500. © Christie's Images Limited 2020. Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 9 October 2020

Lot 3602. A fine and large underglaze-blue and copper-red 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove' vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 48 cm, 18 ⅞ in. Estimate: 800,000 - 1,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 4,773,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. well decorated with a continuous scene of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove with attendants nearby, one figure depicted playing the qin whilst another three are gathered around a game of chess, between finely rendered friezes encircling the waisted... [Lire la suite]