Alain.R.Truong

Suivre ce blog

A fine and rare copper-red decorated waterpot, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722)

Lot 2578. A fine and rare copper-red decorated waterpot, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 9.7 cm., 3 7/8 in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD. Lot Sold 920,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's 2008 the finely potted apple-shaped body with rounded sides rising...

Posté par Alain Truong à 23:04 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: copper-red, Mark and period of Kangxi, waterpot

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

14 septembre 2008

A Carved Rhinoceros Horn 'Blossom and Qilong' Libation Cup. 17th Century

A Carved Rhinoceros Horn 'Blossom and Qilong' Libation Cup. 17th Century The floriform cup with exterior carved with a qilong climbing interlaced budding magnolia branches which twine to form the openwork foot, the side incised sheng gao and bo hong,...

Posté par Alain Truong à 11:17 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: libation cup, rhinoceros horn, 17th century, 'Blossom and Qilong'

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

10 septembre 2008

A Peach-Bloom Glazed Water Vessel with Jade and Silver Mounts, in the Manner of Edward I. Farmer

A Peach-Bloom Glazed Water Vessel with Jade and Silver Mounts, in the Manner of Edward I. Farmer of beehive form, the body with a mottled dusty rose glaze speckled with white and green, the underside bearing a six-character Kangxi mark, the foot and neck...

Posté par Alain Truong à 00:23 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: jade, silver, Edward I. Farmer, Kangxi mark, Peach-Bloom Glazed, Water Vessel

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

9 septembre 2008

A large blue and white flared 'birds and flowers' scrollpot. Transitional Period

A large blue and white flared 'birds and flowers' scrollpot. Transitional Period of waisted cylindrical form rising to a flared mouth, finely painted in rich underglaze-blue with an energetic scene of two pheasants and a smaller bird among flowering peonies...

Posté par Alain Truong à 00:35 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: blue and white, peonies, Transitional period, "birds and flowers", chrysanthemum, pheasant, roses, scrollpot

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

8 septembre 2008

An unusual large lacquered bamboo libation cup. Qing dynasty, 18th century

An unusual large lacquered bamboo libation cup. Qing dynasty, 18th century in the form of a pine trunk, the waisted body rising from a splayed foot, culminating in a broad everted mouth, a thick meandering branch forming the handle, issuing pine needle...

Posté par Alain Truong à 22:23 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: 18th century, lacquered bamboo libation cup. Qing dynasty

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

8 septembre 2008

A large pierced and carved bamboo brushpot (bitong). Qing dynasty, 17th / 18th century

A large pierced and carved bamboo brushpot (bitong). Qing dynasty, 17th / 18th century boldly carved with a scene of literati at leisurely pursuits, with four men and one woman gathered around a low table drinking wine as two of them write on handscrolls,...

Posté par Alain Truong à 21:55 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Qing, 17th18th century, bitong, brushpot, bamboo

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

8 septembre 2008

A celadon jade 'lotus pond' brushwasher

A celadon jade 'lotus pond' brushwasher carved in the form of a large lotus leaf curling upward to form the shallow vessel, supported on the meandering stem below, smaller stems and tendrils sprouting upward with smaller leaves and lotus pods, supporting...

Posté par Alain Truong à 21:43 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: brushwasher, celadon jade, lotus pond

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

8 septembre 2008

A rare brushpot with incised calligraphy. Qing dynasty, 19th century

A rare brushpot with incised calligraphy. Qing dynasty, 19th century with straight sides and flat base, rising to an everted lip, incised in regular script along the exterior with a 17 line poem, the title reading yan taoli yuan xu ('a preface to the...

Posté par Alain Truong à 21:28 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Qing, 19th century, brushpot, calligraphy

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

7 septembre 2008

A rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th century

A rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th century Of deep, conical form, the exterior carved in relief with a writhing chilong grasping a lingzhi in its mouth amidst further sprays of lingzhi and leafy stalks of bamboo, the handle carved as a stalk of bamboo...

Posté par Alain Truong à 00:11 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: libation cup, lingzhi, rhinoceros horn, 17th century

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

6 septembre 2008

A finely carved rhinoceros horn libation cup, 18th century

A finely carved rhinoceros horn libation cup, 18th century The sides well carved in relief and undercut with a river landscape where two scholars and attendants are journeying in a boat on the rippled waters of the river, with pavilions and temples nestled...

Posté par Alain Truong à 23:14 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: libation cup, 18th century, rhinoceros horn

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

<< < 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 > >>