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Lot 890. A rare celadon-glazed carved saucer dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 6¼ in. (16 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 16,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014 The dish with rounded sides is decorated in the center with a shou character surrounded by four lingzhi-shaped clouds against a background of froth-capped waves encircled by a border of waves repeated on the exterior as a frieze, and is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 9. A white jade plaque, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century; 5.5cm., 2 1/8 in. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Lot sold 41,250 GBP. © Sotheby's. carved to the front face with a rectangular panel enclosing an attendant fanning a scholar in a terraced garden, the reverse with an inscription and apocryphal Zigang mark, all framed by a pair of confronted kuidragons, pierced at the top for suspension, the stone of an even white tone. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 234. An Imperial greyish celadon jade seal, Qing dynasty, Guangxu period, Seal of Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908); 14.7 by 7cm., 5 7/8  by 2 ¾ in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Lot sold 43,750 GBP. © Sotheby's. of rectangular form, surmounted by a pair of addorsed dragons, each powerfully carved with bulging eyes and nostrils flaring above curling whiskers and clenched mouths bearing sharp fangs, the two scaly bodies tightly intertwined and crouching on the haunches,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 889. A pair of unusual peachbloom-decorated powder-blue-ground bottle vases, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 15,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014 Each vase is decorated with three leaf-shaped panels enclosing three mythical beasts, two sitting on their hind legs and facing one another and the third crouching, all with eyes picked out in underglaze blue, the base is unglazed.  Christie’s. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF... [Lire la suite]

Lot 888. A copper-red-glazed dish, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795); 8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 7,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014 The dish has rounded sides that rise to a slightly everted rim, and is covered inside and out with a glaze of even, deep red color below the white rim.  Christie’s. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 18 – 19 September 2014, New York, Rockefeller Plaza

Lot 248. Lü Shoukun (1919-1975), Solitary Vessel, ink and colour on paper, dated 1969, signed Lü Shoukun, with one seal of the artist, mounted and framed, 138 by 69cm., 54 3/8  by 27 1/8 in. Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 GBP. Lot sold 32,500 GBP. © Sotheby's. Provenance: Christie’s London, 9th November 2000, lot 397. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 14 May 2014

Lot 243. Li Keran (1907-1989), Boy and Buffalo, ink and colour on paper, signed Keran, with one seal of the artist, mounted as a hanging scroll, 68 by 46.2cm., 26 3/8  by 18 1/8 in. Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 GBP. Lot sold 37,500 GBP. © Sotheby's. Provenance: Christie’s London, 9th November 2000, lot 397. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 14 May 2014

Lot 235. Qian Songyan (1899-1986), Spring Clean, ink and colour on paper, signed Qian Songyan, dated 35th year of minguo (corresponding to 1946), with one seal of the artist, mounted as a hanging scroll, 134 by 66.5cm., 52 3/4  by 26 ¼ in. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 GBP. Lot sold 37,500 GBP. © Sotheby's. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 14 May 2014  

Lot 887. A peachbloom-glazed seal paste box and a cover, Kangxi six-character marks in underglaze blue and of the period (1662-1722); 2 7/8 in. (7.2 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 100,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014 The exterior of the box is covered with a glaze of pale mushroom color shading to pink and speckled in dark olive-green above an irregular line of crushed strawberry-red color at the foot rim, and the exterior of the cover is covered with a finely speckled glaze of soft... [Lire la suite]

Lot 886. A Langyao bottle vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm.) high. Estimate USD 45,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 56,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014 The globular body and tall neck are covered inside and out with a crackled glaze of deep, rich, crushed-strawberry color thinning below the rim and falling in heavy droplets on the unglazed foot where some of the white underglaze is visible. The mouth rim and base are covered with a crackled white glaze, box. Provenance: The Earl Morse... [Lire la suite]