Chine, "Blancs de Chine" & Dehua ware

Lot 665. A Blanc-de-Chine shallow circular brush washer or narcissus bowl, 17th-18th century; 7 in. (17.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price realised USD 4,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008. With shallow sides, the lower rim cut with three arched notches, covered inside and out with a glaze of ivory color, the flat base unglazed, two wood stands, Japanese wood box. Provenance: Acquired in Japan in the 1970s. Lot 666. A Dehua censer, 17th-18th century; 5 5/8 in. (14.2... [Lire la suite]

Lot 724. A Dehua reticulated cylindrical brush pot, 17th century; 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 The compressed globular body is raised on three curved feet and flanked by a pair of scroll-form handles, and the vessel is covered overall with a creamy white glaze. Provenance: Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1924.The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 723. A small molded Dehua tripod censer, 17th-18th century; 4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 4,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 The compressed globular body is raised on three curved feet and flanked by a pair of scroll-form handles, and the vessel is covered overall with a creamy white glaze. Provenance: Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1925.The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 722. An unusual small molded Dehua water pot, 17th-18th century; 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 4,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 The vessel has a compressed globular body applied on the sides with alternating archaistic dragon roundels and scrolls, and is covered overall with an even white glaze of pale ivory tone. Provenance: Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1925.The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham... [Lire la suite]

Lot 715. A rare large Dehua relief-decorated jardinière, 17th-18th century; 15 1/8 in. (38.3 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019.  The exterior of the vessel is decorated in relief with birds amidst various blossoming flowers and rock formations, and the base is pierced with a conjoined cash design. Provenance: Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1924.The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3071. A Dehua Blanc-de-Chine seated figure of Budai, Qing dynasty, late 17th-18th century; 4 1/4 in. (11 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 30,000 - HKD 50,000. Price Realized HKD 125,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010 The plump, jolly deity modelled in a casual pose, holding a fly whisk in one hand while leaning against his cloth bag, wood stand, box. Provenance: Previously sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 April 1996, lot 717 Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 1 December... [Lire la suite]

Lot 406. A Dehua figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 38cm, 15in. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 GBP. Lot sold 2,500 GBP. © Sotheby's seated on a rockwork throne holding a small boy in her lap, wearing a long flowing robe and hooded cowl, all flanked by a vase and a book perched on rockwork and above Longnu and Shoukai standing at the base, covered overall in a creamy-white glaze. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 14 May 2014

Lot 884. A large Dehua multi-armed figure of Doumu, 18th-19th century; 17¾ in. (45.1 cm.) high. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 52,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014 The eighteen-armed deity is seated on an elaborate lotus base with one pair of hands placed in her lap and one pair held in front of her chest in anjali mudra. The remaining arms radiate to the sides,with each hand holding an attribute. The figure has a serene expression and wears a bejewelled headdress. A four-character... [Lire la suite]

Lot 883. A Dehua 'garlic-head' bottle vase, 17th century; ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high.Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 10,000. Price realised USD 13,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014 The vase has a compressed body and is applied with a chilong that coils around the tall neck, all covered in a milk-white glaze, box. Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London.Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection.Sotheby's Paris, 12 June 2008, lot 61. Literature: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 882. A Dehua two-handled censer, 18th century; 6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide across handles. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 12,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014 The compressed globular body has a lion-mask pair of handles and is covered in a creamy white glaze. There are four spur marks in the center of the interior. An apocryphal Xuande impressed mark is on the base, Japanese wood box, reticulated silver cover.  Christie’s. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 18 – 19 September... [Lire la suite]