'Bajixiang' bowl

Portrait of Emperor Shenzong (also known as Emperor Wanli), Ming dynasty. National Palace Museum, Taipei, accession number 000297N000000000. IMPERIAL PORCELAIN REFLECTIONS OF THE WANLI REIGN by Rosemary Scott, Independent Scholar The group of porcelains contained in this catalogue are not only examples of exceptional ceramics made for the court of the Wanli Emperor, but also reveal specific imperial taste and interests that prompted their commissioning. Zhu Yijun, who was to rule as the Wanli Emperor, was the third... [Lire la suite]

Lot 50. A near pair of blue and white 'Bajixiang' bowls, Qianlong seal marks and of the period (1736-1795); Each 18.5cm (7 1/4in) diam. Estimate £ 8,000-12,000. Sold for £ 21,312 (€ 23,606). Photo: Bonhams. Each with deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to a gently flaring rim, the exterior painted with four ruyi-bordered roundels enclosing stylised characters reading Wanshou wujiang (Boundless long life), interspersed with lotus sprays supporting beribboned bajixiang, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 7. A pair of famille-rose 'bajixiang' bowls, Qianlong seal marks and period (1736-1795). Diameter of each 10.7 cm, 4¼ in. Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 GBP. Lot sold: 75,600 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's. each with rounded sides rising from a short foot to a gently flared rim, painted to the exterior with beribboned bajixiang emblems in pairs, all below a key-fret band and above ruyi heads in iron-red, the foot encircled by a band of blue-enamelled dots against a yellow... [Lire la suite]

Lot 98. A fine carved celadon-glazed 'bajixiang' bowl, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 22.5 cm, 8 ⅞ in. Estimate: 800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,008,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the well rounded sides flaring elegantly at the rim, decorated around the exterior with the bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems) tied with curling ribbons, applied overall with a delicate celadon glaze of even tone gathering in the recesses to highlight the carving, the base similarly glazed and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 19. A large blue and white 'Bajixiang' bowl, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Diameter 26.1 cm, 10¼ in. Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 GBP GBP. Lot sold 62,500 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. with deep rounded sides supported on a gently tapered foot, rising to a wide rim, richly painted around the exterior in shades of deep cobalt blue accented by 'heaping and piling' with a row of beribboned bajixiang ('Eight Buddhst Emblems'), each resting atop a large lotus bloom wreathed in scrolling... [Lire la suite]

Lot 18. A very rare Imperial doucai 'bajixiang' bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period (1723-1735); 15cm (6in) diam. (2). Estimate HK$ 200,000 - 300,000 (€22,000 - 32,000). Unsold.  Photo: Bonhams. Elegantly potted with deeply rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a gently flared rim, the exterior delicately outlined in underglaze blue and enamelled in yellow, aubergine, green and iron-red with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, each emblem supported on a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3214. A pair of famille rose 'bajixiang' bowls, Qianlong six-character seal marks in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795), 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) diam., box. Estimate HKD 500,000 - HKD 700,000 (USD 64,508 - USD 90,311) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 Each is finely decorated on the exterior with the 'Eight Buddhist Emblems' tied in ribbons and arranged in pairs below iron-red key-fret scrollwork within blue bands at the slightly flaring rim and above conjoined ruyi-heads and a dotted band on... [Lire la suite]

Lot 155. A pair of doucai 'Bajixiang' bowls, Qianlong seal marks and period (1736-1795); 20.4cm, 8in. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 GBP. Lot sold 50,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's each body of ogee form rising from a recessed base to a flaring rim, brightly painted and enamelled to the interior with a floret, peach and ruyi medallion  encircled by the bajixiang in the well, the exterior with a foliate scroll band above ruyi lappets. Quantité:... [Lire la suite]

Lot 170. A fine blue and white 'bajixiang' bowl, Guangxu six-character mark and of the period (1875-1908); 14.1cm diam. Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000. Sold for HK$ 56,250 (€5,332). Photo:Bonhams. Painted around the exterior with a band of evenly-spaced lotus blossoms emerging from vine scrolls above stiff leaf lappets at the foot, each blossom issuing an auspicious Buddhist emblem, the base with an Imperial kaishu mark in underglaze-blue.  Provenance: Dr Simon Kwan Collection, Hong KongChristie's... [Lire la suite]

A fine pair of doucai 'Bajixiang' bowls, Qianlong seal marks and period. Photo Sotheby's each body of ogee form rising from a recessed base to a flaring rim, brightly painted and enamelled to the interior with a floret, peach and ruyi medallion encircled by the bajixiang in the well, the exterior with a foliate scroll band above ruyi lappets. Quantité: 2 - 20cm., 7 7/8 in. Estimation 20,000 — 30,000 GBP Provenance: The Toguri Collection, Tokyo.Sotheby's London, 9th June 2004, lot 2. PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE... [Lire la suite]