Chine, "Blancs de Chine" & Dehua ware

Lot 9. A 'Dehua' archaistic censer, 17th century. Width across handles 19.4 cm. Lot Sold 27,940 GBP (Estimate 8,000 - 12,000 GBP). © 2023 Sotheby's. Provenance: Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997).Wou Lien-Pai Museum, coll. no. M.3.19. Sotheby's. A Journey Through China‘s History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Online. Part I (Online), London, 17 May 2023

Lot 1085. A large 'Dehua' figure of Guanyin, Late 19th century-Early Republic period; 89 cm high. Price realised USD 56,700 (Estimate USD 30,000 – USD 50,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023 The back is impressed with a double-gourd mark reading Dehua and another seal mark reading bo ji yu ren (virtue extends to all, even fishermen)The back is impressed with a seal mark reading bo ji yu ren (virtue extends to all, even fishermen). Provenance: Yamanaka... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1084. A 'Dehua' figure of Guanyin, Late 19th century-Early Republic period; 47 cm high. Price realised USD 16,380 (Estimate USD 15,000 – USD 25,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023 The back is impressed with a double-gourd mark reading Dehua and another seal mark reading bo ji yu ren (virtue extends to all, even fishermen). Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 23 March - 24 March 2023

Lot 79. Property from a European Private Collection. A blanc de Chine seated figure of a lama, Qing dynasty, 19th century. H. 22.7 cm;. Lot Sold 1,905 EUR (Estimate 800 - 1,200 EUR). © Sotheby's Sotheby's. Asian Arts / 5000 Years, Paris, 18 April 2023 

Lot 75. Property from a French Private Collection. A blanc de Chine seated figure of Guanyin, Republican period (1912-1949). H. 20 cm; stand. Lot Sold 4,064 EUR (Estimate 600 - 800 EUR). © Sotheby's Sotheby's. Asian Arts / 5000 Years, Paris, 18 April 2023

Lot 55. A blanc de Chine seated Guanyin, 17th century. H. 13.5 cm. Lot Sold 3,556 EUR (Estimate 800 - 1,200 EUR). © Sotheby's Sotheby's. Asian Arts / 5000 Years, Paris, 18 April 2023

 Lot 1048. A Dehua cylindrical tripod censer, 17th century; 12.1 cm diam. Price realised USD 8,820 (Estimate USD 6,000 – USD 8,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023 Provenance: The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 1994. Literature: The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Works of Art and Snuff Bottles, New York, 1994, p. 72, no. 76. Exhibited: New York, The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Works of Art and Snuff Bottles, 1-24 June 1994. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 916. A small Dehua pomegranate-form teapot and cover, 17th century; 14 cm wide. Price realised USD 10,710 (Estimate: USD 3,000 – USD 4,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023. The teapot is formed as a pomegranate resting on a star-shaped foot simulating the calyx, with the straight spout opposite a branch-form handle. The body is molded with leafy sprigs and the cover is further molded with a leafy spray and surmounted by a twig-loop finial. Both are covered on the exterior with a transparent glaze and are fitted... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 899. A Dehua 'chilong’ vase, Kangxi period, 17th century; 22.5 cm high, cloth box. Price realised USD 37,800 (Estimate: USD 8,000 – USD 12,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023. The high-shouldered vase has a waisted body and a tall neck applied with a chilong grasping a leafy stem in its mouth below the galleried rim. It is covered overall with a glaze of milky-white color. Provenance: R. M. Chait Gallery, New York, no. 3636.Estate of D. D. Kneeland.Private European... [Lire la suite]

Incense Burner in the form of an archaic bronze vessel, 1600s. Chinese, Fujian province, Dehua, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Glazed white porcelain, Dehua ware. Diameter: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); Overall: 9.3 x 16.9 cm (3 11/16 x 6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.296.