'Qiangjin' and 'Tianqi' lacquer

  Lot 88. A 'qiangjin' and 'tianqi' lacquer 'dragon' box and cover, Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1573-1619). Width 12⅜ in., 31.7 cm. Estimate: 12,000 - 15,000 USD. Lot sold: 4,032 USD. © Sothebys.  Provenance: Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum, coll. no. M.7.6.  Literature: Rose Kerr et al., Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Hong Kong, 2011, pl. 185. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3002. A rare large 'qiangjin' and 'tianqi' lacquer 'Hundred Antiques' panel, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 86.5 by 129.7 cm., 34 by 51 1/8  in. Estimate 2,000,000 — 3,000,000 HKD. Sold for 2,720,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.  the panel elaborately decorated with the motif of 'The Hundred Antiques' against a dense geometric ground comprising squares and hexagons, the squares enclosing a wan symbol, the hexagons enclosing an 'S'-scroll, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3795. A 'qiangjin' and 'tianqi' lacquer incense stand, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 83.6 by 46 cm., 32 7/8  by 18 1/8  in. Estimate 1,000,000 — 1,500,000 HKD. Lot Sold 1,480,000 HKD (150,937 EUR). Photo Sotheby’s the flat top subtly divided into five lobes, centred with a dragon depicted soaring sinuously around a flaming pearl, surrounded by four further dragons in shades of green and red and a key-fret border, the thick rounded edge with a stylised... [Lire la suite]

Lot 265. A pair of 'qiangjin' and 'tianqi' lacquer incense stands, xiangji, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); Height 361⁄2 in., 92.7 cm high. Estimate: 100,000-150,000 USD. Sold Price: 125,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's of yuhuchun form, rising from a splayed foot to a pear-shaped body and a flared rim, painted in vibrant cobalt blue tones with two animated four-clawed dragons striding amidst cloud scrolls in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' above a tumultuous sea, the foot with five... [Lire la suite]

Lot 50. An Exceptional 'Qiangjin' and 'Tianqi' Lacquer 'Wandai Shenghe' Double-Lozenge Box and Cover, Mark and Period of Qianlong (1736-1795); width 31.7 cm., 12 1/2  in. Estimate 1,500,000 — 2,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,840,000 HKD. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014 omodelled in the form of two overlapping lozenges with six cylindrical posts at the corners, the cinnabar lacquer finely incised and gilt in the qiangjin technique and further picked out... [Lire la suite]

An outstanding Imperial 'Qiangjin' and 'Tianqi' lacquer 'Dragon' table, Ming dynasty, Wanli period. Photo:Sotheby's the mitered rectangular top resting on a scrolling apron and secured by two transverse stretchers on the underside, supported on slightly flared 'sword' legs terminating in metal-capped hoof feet and joined by two parallel stretchers, superbly incised and coloured in varying shades of red, green and burnt umber transmuting to black, all picked out with traces of gold filling within the incisions,... [Lire la suite]