'dragon' bottle vase

Lot 109. A rare underglaze-blue and copper-red 'dragon' bottle vase, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722); Height 8¾ in., 22.2 cm. Estimate: 12,000 - 16,000 USD. © 2020 Sotheby's the slender tapering ovoid body surmounted by an elongated columnar neck and lipped rim, the shoulder and lower neck encircled by a lively, sinuous, three-clawed dragon in underglaze blue with copper-red scales, its mouth agape and tail curled, its front and back claws confronting, the base with a four-character mark in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 173. An iron-red decorated 'dragon' bottle vase, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1723-1735); 7 ¾ in. (19.6 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 60,000 - HKD 80,000. Price realised HKD 325,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019  Provenance: Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 20 May 1981, lot 863 Christie's. The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including the Quek Kiok Lee Collection, Hong Kong, 9 October 2019

Lot 659. An underglaze-blue and copper-red 'dragon' bottle vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Height 9 1/2  in., 24 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 25,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the swelling pear-shaped body supported on a straight foot and rising to a slender cylindrical neck, painted with a powerful scaly copper-red dragon pursuing a large 'flaming pearl' amidst an inky haze of underglaze-blue clouds and mist, the face and claws finely detailed, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 121. A large blue and white 'Dragon' bottle vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 43cm., 17in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Lot sold 12,500 GBP. © Sotheby's the pear-shaped body rising from a short straight foot to a tall cylindrical neck, painted around the exterior in rich cobalt-blue tones with a ferocious scaly dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl, all amidst ruyi-head cloud and fire scrolls. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 12... [Lire la suite]

Lot 182. A copper-red 'Dragon' bottle vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Height 7 3/4 in., 19.8 cm. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Lot sold 4,688 USD. © Sotheby's. of pear shape with a tall cylindrical neck, decorated with a copper-red dragon pursuing a flaming pearl amongst clouds, the base unglazed. Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5th December 1979, lot 629. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York, 19 march 2013

Lot 180. A yellow-glazed 'dragon' bottle vase, Xianfeng six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1851-1861); 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 5,000 - GBP 10,000 (USD 6,755 - USD 13,510). Price realised GBP 43,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018. The bottle vase has a tall slender neck. The body is incised under the yellow glaze with five writhing five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls amongst clouds and flames.  Provenance: Mura collection, England, no. 26 ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 235. A blue and white 'dragon' bottle vase, Jiaqing seal mark and of the period (1796-1820); 35cm (12in) high. Estimate £ 40,000 - 60,000 (€ 45,000 - 68,000). Unsold. © Bonhams 2001-2018 Boldly painted around the exterior in underglaze-blue with three wreathing five-clawed dragons pursuing the flaming pearl amidst flames and ruyi-head clouds, all above crashing waves, the mouth-rim with a band of pendent ruyi-heads and the foot with a leiwen band. Note: A blue and white Jiaqing mark... [Lire la suite]

Lot 850. A deep cut turquoise-blue Beijing glass 'Dragon' bottle vase, engraved Qianlong four-character mark, 18th-19th century. H. 21,5 cm. Estimate 2.000/3.000 €. Lot sold 1.800 €. Courtesy Nagel Glass bubbles, few tiny chips. Provenance: From the collection of a member of the Family Baron von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, formerly Palais Grüneburg, Frankfurt on the Main. Nagel. "Asiatische Kunst - Salzburg", 07.12.2017

Lot 436. An ormolu-mounted wucai 'Dragon' bottle vase, Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1573-1620); 35.5 cm, 14 in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot sold 462,500 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's of pear shape with a truncated neck, painted with writhing five-clawed dragons amid meandering floral scrolls and auspicious emblems, the foot and rim with gilt-bronze mounts. Provenance: Christie's London, 10th June 1996, lot 89.   Sotheby's. Chinese Art including... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3603. A rare relief-carved white-glazed 'Dragon' bottle vase, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795), 28.7 cm, 11 1/4  in. Estimate 900,000 — 1,200,000 HKD. Lot sold 2,000,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. superbly potted with a compressed globular body supported on a splayed foot, sweeping up to a waisted cylindrical neck surmounted by a flared rim, the body decorated in relief with a ferocious five-clawed dragon, its head with a pair of long horns emerging from a long flowing... [Lire la suite]