Chine, Cloisonnés /Chinese Enamels

Lot 41. A Chinese Imperial Ormolu Quarter-Striking Table Clock, Palace Clock Workshops, Qianlong Period (1736-95); 55.2 cm high; 23.8 cm wide; 24.1 cm deep. Price realised GBP 428,400 (Estimate GBP 300,000 – GBP 500,000). © Christie's Image Ltd 2023 CASE: the case of rectangular outline, modelled overall with a profusion of lotus flowerheads and trailing foliage in high relief, the tiered cupola with spherical ribbed finial and pierced openwork lotus... [Lire la suite]

Sancai Pottery Lion, Gongxian Ware, Tang Dynasty (618-907). Collection of Huaibei Museum, China.

Lot 118. A fine and extremely rare phoenix and Buddhist emblem cloisonné enamel box and cover, four-character Jingtai seal mark to base, 15th-16th century. D. 11,5 cm, Weight: 837 gr. Sold: €8 000 (Est: €8 000 - €12 000). Photo Nagel Auction. Wear to gilding, slightly chipped, very minor losses to enamels. Provenance: From the Ludwig Bretschneider Collection (1909-1987), collected from the 1950s to the early 1970s. Note: Cloisonné enamelware was introduced to China in the 14th... [Lire la suite]

Lot 119. A small cloisonné-enamel "white hare holding a lingzhi" dish, China, 16th century. D. 16,8 cm. Sold: €17 000 (Est: €3 000 - €5 000). Courtesy Nagel. In the mirror with a central depiction of a white hare, its gaze turned towards the sky, holding a 'lingzhi' mushroom in its mouth, sitting under a blue sky dotted with polychrome stylised clouds and a crescent moon, surrounded by various flora, all elements representing femininity and long life. The rim slightly chipped with few losses to the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 601. A Yaozhou celadon bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Diameter: 13.8 cm. Price Realised EUR 3,276 (Estimate EUR 1,500 - EUR 2,000). © Christie's 2023 Provenance: Collection of E.S.Wilkinson.Collection of the Principal Sture Nydell (1891-1986) and his wife Valborg Nydell (1905-2003), acquired at Sotheby's London in 1962 by repute. Christie's. ART OF ASIA, 20 Jun 2023

 An exceptionally rare Chinese cloisonné ‘pomegranate’ box and cover, Xuande incised six-character mark and of the period (1426-1435). Estimate £6,000-£10,000. © 2023 Dreweatts 1759 Ltd LONDON.- An exceptionally rare Chinese cloisonné ‘pomegranate’ box and cover from the Ming period has been discovered in a dust-filled cabinet in the attic of a family home, where it had been stored and left untouched since the owner’s death in 1967. This important box bearing the incised... [Lire la suite]

Lot 68. A pair of cloisonné enamel vases, Qianlong marks and of the period (1736-1795); 35.9cm high (2). Sold for US$20,400 (Estimate US$6,000 - 8,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 Each of lobed baluster form, decorated with large and small peony flowers and luxurious leafy vines over turquoise ground, a band of white ruyi pattern around the rim and a wide band of white lappets around the foot, carved on the base with a four-character Qianlong reign mark above the additional character 'ze' (則). ... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 284. A cloisonné enamel censer, Gui, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century; Width 14.5cm, 5¾ in. Lot sold: 9,450 GBP (Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's. Lot 286. A cloisonné enamel censer, Gui, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century; Width 13.7 cm, 5⅜ in. Lot sold: 61,740 GBP (Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's. the base with an apocryphal four-character Jingtai mark within a square. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 445. A Longquan celadon gu-shaped vase, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368); h. 22.6 cm. Lot sold: 478,800 HKD (Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD). © 2022 Sotheby's. Note: See a similar vase in the collection of Zhejiang Museum, illustrated in Zhu Boqian, ed., Celadon from Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, pl. 150, and online at https://www.zhejiangmuseum.com/Collection/ExcellentCollection/1722zonghepingtaiexhibit/1722zonghepingtaiexhibit. A Longquan celadon gu-shaped... [Lire la suite]

Lot 27. A superb and rare imperial Beijing enamel circular dish, Kangxi red enamel yuzhi four-character mark and of the period (1662-1722); 9.5cm (3 3/4in) diam. (2). Sold for HKD 885,000 (Estimate HKD 600,000 - HKD 800,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Of shallow circular form with a slightly convex centre on a short foot, exquisitely painted with a pair of butterflies flying amidst stylised floral scrolls on yellow ground, the exterior with a band of continuous foliate branches on a brown ground,... [Lire la suite]