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A rare inscribed and dated 'duan' stone screen and stand. Dated by inscriptions to AD1795 and AD1801 and of the period

A rare inscribed and dated 'duan' stone screen and stand. Dated by inscriptions to AD1795 and AD1801 and of the period Finely and intricately carved on one side with a group of Immortals and deities on a tree-trunk raft floating down turbulent waters,...

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Tags: Jiaqing, 1795, 1801, Duan stone, Liu Yuan Bing, Xi Yue Hua Shan Miao Bei, screen and stand

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24 mai 2009

A rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th century

A rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th century Finely carved as a lotus leaf rising from the bundled stems forming the handle and foot, the exterior carved with lotus blossoms, leaves, pods and cereal sheaves over the incised lotus-leaf veins, the interior...

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Tags: libation cup, rhinoceros horn, 17th century

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24 mai 2009

A rhinoceros horn 'magnolia blossom' libation cup, 17th/18th century

A rhinoceros horn 'magnolia blossom' libation cup, 17th/18th century The tapering deep walls formed of overlapping petals rising to the slightly flared undulating rim, finely carved in relief with a magnolia blossom and buds borne on naturalistically...

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Tags: libation cup, rhinoceros horn, 17th-18th century, 'magnolia blossom'

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23 mai 2009

A 'famille-verte' brushpot. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

A 'famille-verte' brushpot. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period of cylindrical form, finely enamelled around the exterior with two square panels variously enclosing a scholar seated in a garden and a landscape, divided by rectangular panels enclosing three line...

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Tags: famille verte, brushpot, Kangxi period, Qing dynasty

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22 mai 2009

A 'famille-rose' erotic-subject scholars' blotter. Qing dynasty

A 'famille-rose' erotic-subject scholars' blotter. Qing dynasty the upper section modelled with a man and a woman in a loving embrace, each wearing brightly enamelled floral jackets, the rounded base with ducks amongst lotus. 9cm., 3 1/8 in. Est. 3,000—5,000...

Posté par Alain Truong à 20:19 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: famille rose, Qing dynasty, erotic, blotter

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21 mai 2009

A white jade 'double-gourd' shallow brushwasher. Qianlong

A white jade 'double-gourd' shallow brushwasher. Qianlong Finely carved as a double gourd with an irregular shaped inward-turning rim, emanating from a gnarled stem with large leaves curled at the edges and four smaller double-gourds flanking the vessel...

Posté par Alain Truong à 10:33 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Qianlong, white jade, brushwasher, 'double-gourd'

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20 mai 2009

A fine and rare Mughal-style white jade goat-shaped water dropper and stopper. Late 18th/early 19th century

A fine and rare Mughal-style white jade goat-shaped water dropper and stopper. Late 18th/early 19th century The skilfully-hollowed vessel carved in the form of a recumbent goat looking forward, the curved horns resting on its shoulders, the leaf-shaped...

Posté par Alain Truong à 23:16 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: white jade, Mughal-style, Late 18th-early 19th century, goat-shaped, water dropper and stopper

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19 mai 2009

A robin's-egg-glazed waterpot, 18th/19th century

A robin's-egg-glazed waterpot, 18th/19th century Of square form with canted corners, the rounded sides rising to a straight upright rim, applied with a moulded gui dragon to one corner, the waterpot covered with a speckled robin's-egg glaze, the base...

Posté par Alain Truong à 21:40 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: waterpot, robin's-egg-glazed, 18th-19th century

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19 mai 2009

A 'Guanyao-type' waterpot, Qing Dynasty

A 'Guanyao-type' waterpot, Qing Dynasty The flattened shoulders rising to a short mouth, covered overall with a greenish-grey glaze with a dark crackle and a paler, golden secondary crackle. 7.4cm (3in) diam. Sold for £9,000 Provenance: Mr and Mrs Alfred...

Posté par Alain Truong à 09:24 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: waterpot, Qing dynasty, 'Guanyao-type'

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18 mai 2009

A pair of turquoise-glazed openwork brushpots, Kangxi

A pair of turquoise-glazed openwork brushpots, Kangxi Each of cylindrical form carved in pierced openwork with intertwined branches and leaves of the 'Three Friends of Winter', bamboo, pine and prunus, covered with a bright turquoise glaze stopping at...

Posté par Alain Truong à 21:07 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Kangxi, Turquoise-Glazed, openwork brushpots

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