'Lotus' Vase

Lot 152. An extremely rare blue and white 'lotus' vase, Ming dynasty, Xuande-Zhengtong period (1425-1449). Height 9½ in., 24 cm. Estimate: 150,000 - 250,000 USD. Lot sold: 441,000 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 finely potted and of elongated ovoid form, the full swelling shoulders sweeping to a slightly waisted cylindrical neck, delicately painted in rich tones of cobalt blue accented with characteristic 'heaping and piling', the body with a composite scroll of four stylized... [Lire la suite]

Lot  324. A blue and white 'Lotus' vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722), Marque apocryphe de l'empereur Xuande à la base. Hauteur: 37 cm. (14 1⁄2 in.). Estimate EUR 2,000 - EUR 3,000. Price Realised EUR 68,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 Note: See a similar vase in the Collections of the Palace Museum, The Forbidden City, Beijing, pl. 271, page 418.Also see in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Alfred and Margaret... [Lire la suite]

Lot 138. A rare lime-green-ground famille rose 'lotus' vase, yuhuchunping, Xianfeng six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1851-1861). Hauteur: 29,9 cm. (11 ¾ in.). Estimate EUR 18,000 - EUR 22,000. Price realised EUR 56,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. L'extérieur du vase est richement orné de rinceaux feuillagés rehaussés de lotus aux pétales colorés, de caractères wan et shou.La bordure est ornée d'une frise de tête de ruyi et le pied à décor... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 12. A rare large blue and white 'lotus' vase, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 52,4 cm, 20⅝ in. Estimate: 150,000 - 250,000 EUR. Lot sold 237,500 EUR. Courtesy Sotheby's. de forme archaïsante, hu, le col évasé flanqué de deux anses tubulaires à décor de vagues, les bords surlignés d'une frise de vagues, de grenades suspendues, et d'une frise de chrysanthèmes soulignée d'une frise de ruyi, l'épaulement décoré de lotus dans des rinceaux feuillagés... [Lire la suite]

Lot 115. A Fahua 'lotus' vase, meiping, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 103⁄4 in. (28 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price Realised: USD 11,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The high-shouldered vase is decorated in relief with two stems of blossoming lotus in a pond below a border of ruyi chime on the shoulder. The relief decoration is highlighted in turquoise, green and cream glazes against a mottled dark blue ground. Provenance: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, no. 501, by... [Lire la suite]

Lot 165. A fine small blue and white 'Lotus' vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Height 17 3/4  in., 45.1 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 18,750 USD. © Sotheby's. the globular body raised on a short straight foot and rising to a tall neck with curved galleried rim, delicately painted with multiple bands of scrolling lotus, the wider band further painted with stylized bat pendants dangling chimes and double-fishes, the bands separated by raised filets... [Lire la suite]

Lot 321. A Longquan celadon 'Lotus' vase, Song dynasty (960-1279); 14 cm, 5 1/2  in. Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 HKD. Lot sold 75,000 HKD. © Sotheby's. the globular body rising from a tapered foot to a tall neck and everted rim, the exterior decorated with undulating lotus scrolls. Property from the Xinyangtang Collection. Provenance: Tai Sing Fine Antiques Ltd, Hong Kong, 25th January 2003. Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 30 May 2019

Lot 239. An underglaze-red 'lotus' vase, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 33 cm, 13 in. Estimate £6,000 - £8,000. Sold: £8,750. © Sotheby's  of baluster form with ribs on the shoulders and neck, flanked by a pair of elephant-head handles, the globular body painted with a band of lotus blooms between several meandering floral scrolls, with two sets of lappet borders issuing from a key fret border at the neck, all below a ruyi shaped scroll at the rim. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale:... [Lire la suite]

Lot 409. A large celadon-glazed 'Lotus' vase, tianqiuping, Qing dynasty, 19th century; 55.5 cm, 21 7/8  in. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 HKD. Lot sold 100,000 HKD. © Sotheby's. the globular body decorated with lotus scrolls above upright lappets, the cylindrical neck with key-fret and upright plantain blades, covered overall save for the white base in a celadon glaze. Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 29 november 2018

          Lot 3611. A magnificent and extremely rare large yangcai blue-ground 'Lotus' vase with ruyi handles, Iron-red seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 36.7 cm, 14 1/2  in. Estimate: 40,000,000-60,000,000 HKD (5,095,600 - 7,643,400 USD). Unsold. Courtesy Sotheby's. very finely potted with a compressed globular body supported on a splayed foot, the domed shoulder rising to a tall waisted neck flaring at the rim, flanked by a pair of... [Lire la suite]