Chine, Monochromes / Chinese monochromes

Lot 1. A fine Ru-type washer, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Diameter 5¾ in., 14.6 cm.  Estimate 50,000 - 70,000 USD. Lot Sold 88,900 USD. © 2023 Sotheby's the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. The Cadle Family Collection of Chinese Monochromes Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29th November 1979, lot 296.Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20th May 1987, lot 492.Marchant, London, 15th December 1987. J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1988. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3052. A large steatite cup, Tang dynasty (618-907); d. 12.2 cm, h. 10.2 cm. Lot sold: 20,160 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 HKD). © 2023 Sotheby's. Provenance: Collection of C. Roger Moss, O.B.E. (1936-2020), former president of the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong from 2000-02. Exhibited: Hong Kong Club, on display between 2003-2020. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Online: A Private Asian Collection, Hong Kong, 19 January 2023

Lot 3135. An anhua decorated white-glazed mantoubowl, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 4 13⁄16 in. (12.2 cm.) diam. Price Realised: HKD 35,280 (Estimate: HKD 30,000 - HKD 50,000). © Christie's 2022 The base is inscribed with an apocryphal Jiajing six-character mark. Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang. Christie's. PAVILION ONLINE – CHINESE ART, 22 Nov - 6 Dec 2022

Lot 315. A black-glazed brushpot, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); h. 12.6 cm. Lot sold: 50,400 HKD (Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 HKD). © 2022 Sotheby's. Property from the Alleyne Collection. Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26th November 1981, lot 688.   Lot 316. A powder-blue ground gilt-decorated 'Four Accomplishments' brushpot, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); d. 18.1 cm. Lot sold: 327,600 HKD (Estimate: 120,000 - 150,000... [Lire la suite]

Lot 221. A very fine Ru-type hexagonal vase, Hu, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Height 34.8 cm., 13¹¹⁄₁₆ in. Lot sold: £277,200 (Estimate: £120,000 - 180,000). © 2022 Sotheby's. the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. Property from the Personal Collection of Robin Woodhead. Provenance: Private Collection, JapanSotheby's Hong Kong, 9th October 2007, Lot 1526. Note: Covered in a subtle glaze of a misty bluish grey and suffused overall with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 221. A blue-glazed archaistic zun-form vase, Mark and period of Wanli (1579-1620). Height 25 cm, 9⅞ in. Lot sold: £25,200 (Estimate: £20,000 - 30,000). © 2022 Sotheby's. the base with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue. Sotheby's. Monochrome, London, 2 November 2022

Bowl with Lotus Scrolls, 1500s, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Porcelain with burnished and engraved gold (kinrande) decoration on green overglaze enamel. Diameter: 6.4 x 12.1 cm (2 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.); Overall: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.29. Bowl such as this, with kinrande (gold-engraved) decoration over monochrome enamels, may have been made originally for export to Japan. On the base of this bowl are an underglaze blue... [Lire la suite]

Dish, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Chenghua mark and period (1465-1487). Porcelain with yellow glaze. Diameter: 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.288. Former director Sherman Lee stressed the significance of technical innovation in his study of Chinese ceramics. He believed that "in the great Chinese [ceramic] tradition one can say that its major theme is the development and refinement of monochrome stoneware and porcelain . . . [E]ven... [Lire la suite]

Dice Bowl, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Xuande mark and period (1426-1435). Porcelain with mottled blue glaze. Diameter: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.); Overall: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.287. The Chinese connoisseurs use the poetic term "snowflake blue" to describe the mottling effects of white blotches amid tones of blue colored with cobalt oxide. Such aesthetic effects were achieved by blowing the glaze through a bamboo tube onto the... [Lire la suite]

Bowl, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Hongzhi mark and period (1488-1505). Porcelain with yellow glaze. Diameter: 18 cm (7 1/16 in.); Overall: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.289.