Porcelaines de Chine / Chinese Porcelain

A Famille-verte baluster jar and cover. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period - Sothebys the baluster body rising to a short waisted neck, painted around the exterior with three rows of petal-shaped panels variously enclosing flowers, birds and insects, all below a composite floral scroll, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a lotus bud finial, later gilt-bronze stand. Quantité: 3- 55.7cm., 22in. Estimation: 8,000 - 10,000 GBP Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. London | 15 mai... [Lire la suite]

A fine and rare Chenghua-style 'chicken' cup, China, underglaze blue six-character mark Chenghua, Kangxi period. Photo Nagel Auktionen Finely potted in imitation of its Ming prototype with gently flared sides, well painted on the exterior in soft translucent enamels, with two groups of a hen and a cockerel, together with their chicks on a grassy terrace divided by clusters of peony and bamboo issuing from rockwork ground, below a double underglaze-blue line at the rim, the recessed base with a transparent glaze and... [Lire la suite]

A wucai porcelain jar and cover, China, Transitional-early Kangxi period. Photo Nagel Auktionen Small re-stuck cip to the rim of the cover. H. 38,5 cm. Estimate 2 500-3 000 € Property from an old Stuttgart private collection Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art, 2013/05/10. http://www.auction.de

  A wucai porcelain jar with boys and kirin in a garden landscape, China, Transitional period. Photo Nagel Auktionen Very minor wear. H. 29,5 cm. Estimate 2 000-3 000 € Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art, 2013/05/10. http://www.auction.de

A wucai porcelain jar and cover with playing boys and ladies in a garden landscape, China, Transitional period. Photo Nagel Auktionen Very minor wear, cover with small chip to rim. H. 42 cm. Estimate 8 000-9 000 € Property from a Hamburg private collection bought 14.11.1994 from Bertrand de Lavergne, Paris For similar examples, see Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, Vol. I, pl. 145b, in the Collection of the metropolitan Museum of Art; He, Chinese Ceramics; The New Standard Guide, no. 644, p. 301;... [Lire la suite]

A fine doucai bowl, Yongzheng mark and period - Sotheby's the deep rounded sides resting on a straight foot, painted to the exterior with five underglaze-blue shou characters formed from stylised foliate scrolls, all framed by further foliate scrolls with iron-red bats, the base with a six-character mark within a double-circle; 13cm., 5 1/8 in. Estimation: 25,000 - 30,000 GBP PROVENANCE: Sotheby’s London, 10th June 1997, lot 93. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. London | 15... [Lire la suite]

A doucai ‘dragon and phoenix’ meiping, Qing dynasty, 18th century - Sotheby's the well-potted tapering body rising from a recessed base to broad rounded shoulders and a narrow short waisted neck, brightly enamelled within an underglaze-blue outline, depicting a dragon and phoenix amongst large floral blooms borne on meandering leafy stems, all below a keyfret band, the neck encircled with linked ruyi heads; 37cm., 14 1/2 in. Estimation: 30,000 - 40,000 GBP NOTE: A closely related example from the... [Lire la suite]

  A copper-red decorated ‘fish’ dish, Yongzheng mark and period - Sotheby's  the shallow rounded sides supported on a tapering foot, the exterior painted in underglaze red with three fishes, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within a double-circle; 15.1cm., 6 in. Estimation: 30,000 - 50,000 GBP Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. London | 15 mai 2013, www.sothebys.com

An incised green-enamelled ‘dragon’ bowl, Zhengde mark and period - Sotheby's the deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a flared rim, decorated to the exterior with two green five-clawed dragons pacing amongst an incised wave ground in pursuit of flaming pearls, the interior with a central medallion enclosing a green dragon writhing amongst clouds, inscribed to the base with a six-character mark within a double-circle, 20.2cm., 8in. Estimation: 30,000 - 50,000 GBP PROVENANCE; Property of a Hong Kong... [Lire la suite]

A yellow-ground famille-rose 'medallion' bowl, Daoguang seal mark and period - Sotheby's the rounded sides rising from a short foot to a gently flared rim, painted to the exterior with four gilt-edged medallions brightly enamelled with flowering branches, divided by stylised lotus and lingzhi strapwork, all reserved on a bright lemon-yellow ground heightened with iron-red feathery scrollwork, the interior painted in underglaze-blue with a central floral medallion surrounded by four detached beribboned floral sprays, the... [Lire la suite]