'boys'

Lot 116. A carved Qingbai 'boys' rectangular pillow, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Estimate HKD 100,000 - HKD 200,000 (USD 12,957 - USD 25,914). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. The pillow is glazed all-over, one narrow side with four spur marks and a ventilation hole, all sides carved with panels enclosing boys against a fish-roe ground. 9 in. (23 cm.) long, box. The property of Mark Lam Literature: Dream Quest: The Mark Lam Collection of Chinese Ceramic Pillows, Shanghai, 2008, pl. 2 ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1862. A superb doucai bottle vase, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 25.5 cm., 10 in. Est.15,000,000—25,000,000 HKD. Lot Sold 21,940,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's 2010 the elegantly potted ovoid body rising from a recessed base to a tall cylindrical neck with cup-shaped mouth, superbly decorated around the exterior with underglaze blue, green, yellow, aubergine and iron-red enamelled ruyi-head cloud scrolls swirling up and around the body from the base to the rim, base inscribed... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1850. A rare and magnificent blue and white ewer, Ming dynasty, Yongle period; 28 cm., 11 in. Est. 12,000,000—15,000,000 HKD. Lot Sold 18,580,000 HKD. photo Sotheby's based on a Persian metal form, the pear-shaped body painted in vibrant colbalt tones with a continuous leafy lotus scroll, growing around and into a ruyi-head shaped cartouche on the center of each side, all below a tapering neck with a band of pomegranate scroll and a pendent ruyi-head band rising to an everted rim painted with gardenia sprays,... [Lire la suite]

A well carved jade group with gu-shaped vase; boys and dragons, China, 18th/19th century Very few tiny chips to extremities. H. 18 cm. Est. 15 000 € Nagel Auctions. Asian Art. 8th May 2009. www.auction.de

A blue and white 'boys' box and cover. Mark and period of Wanli the flat cover of rectangular section with lobed corners, painted in vivid cobalt blue with four boys playing musical instruments in a garden setting, bordered around the sides with panels of dragons on a floral ground, the corners each set with a flower, the box similarly decorated with a dragon on each side, the base inscribed with a six-character mark enclosed within a double-square. 13.5 cm., 5 1/4 in. Estimate 250,000—350,000 HKD NOTE: Boxes of this... [Lire la suite]

A rare famille verte coral-ground 'boys' bowl. Jiaqing seal mark and of the period With well-rounded sides rising from a short slightly tapered foot ring, brightly enamelled around the exterior with small boys gathered in groups and at play in a garden setting, all reserved on a rich coral ground with gilt garden balustrades and wispy cloud scrolls, (old hairline crack), carved wood stand. 21cm (8¼in) diam. (2). Estimate: £8,000 - 12,000 Footnote: For a similar example, exhibited in the Hong Kong O.C.S.... [Lire la suite]