'fish' jar

  Lot 6. The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung. An important and exceptionally painted blue and white 'fish' jar, guan, Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368); w. 35.3 cm. Lot sold: 39,700,000 HKD. (Estimate: 20,000,000 - 25,000,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022  the sturdily-potted baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a short straight neck with a lipped rim, superbly painted around the body in vibrant cobalt blue with four fishes swimming in a pond amidst large... [Lire la suite]

Lot 68. A blue and white 'fish' jar, Mark and period of Jiajing (1522-1566). Height 5 in., 12.6 cm. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD. Lot sold: 31,500 USD. © Sothebys. the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle.   Provenance: Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. M.C.105. Note: The Jiajing Emperor (r. 1521-1567) was a fervent patron of Daoism and the motifs that decorated the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 885. An unusual copper-red-decorated 'fish' jar, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 11¾ in. (30 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 20,000. Price realised USD 22,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014 The heavily potted, ovoid jar has a short, rounded rim, and is decorated in copper red of a dark tone with two winged dragon/carp, each leaping in the midst of four fish of different kinds, all with underglaze-blue eyes, wood stand. Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1950s-1960s.  Note: A jar of similar... [Lire la suite]

Lot 413. A blue and white 'Fish' jar, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 32.4 cm, 12 3/4  in. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 HKD. Lot sold 350,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. painted with a variety of fish swimming in a lotus pond amongst aquatic plants above cresting waves, between a lappet band encircling the foot and a chevron band with moulded bosses below the mouth, the mouth rim decorated with a foliate scroll. Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, ca. 1985. Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong... [Lire la suite]

Lot 346. A blue and white 'fish' jar, Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1573-1619); 34 cm, 13 3/8  in. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 5,625  GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's. the baluster body rising from a hexagonally lobed foot to a short waisted hexagonal neck, painted around the exterior in rich cobalt-blue tones with six fish swimming amidst swirling water, all below a lotus-filled ruyicollar and above a band of lotus lappets. Literature: U. Wiesner, Seladon Swatow... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 102. A Cizhou cut-glaze 'Fish' jar, Jin dynasty (1115-1234), 9 1/2 in. (24 cm.) diam., box. Estimate HKD 50,000 - HKD 80,000 (USD 6,463 - USD 10,341). Price realised HKD 350,000 (USD 45,239) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The jar is fluidly carved through a layer of black glaze to the white slip-covered ground, with a broad band comprising four fish, two of which facing upwards and two downwards. The interior is largely covered with a black glaze, while the base is unglazed revealing the pale buff... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3661. A blue and white 'Fish' jar, Mark and period of Jiajing (1522-1566);  20.6 cm., 8 1/8  in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD (45,982 — 68,974 EUR). Lot sold 1,875,000 HKD (215,542 EUR). Photo Sotheby's. the ovoid body rising from a recessed base to broad shoulders, surmounted by a short neck with a lipped rim, painted with four pond fish swimming amongst aquatic plants, each separated by a lotus spray, all above cresting waves and upright lappets,... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 243. A rare wucai 'Fish' jar, Jiajing mark and period (1522-1566). Height 14 in., 36 cm. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 USD. Lot sold 845,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's the stoutly potted globular body painted in vibrant enamels with a continuous frieze of large and small golden carp swimming amongst aquatic plants, the fish in reddish-orange with fins and scales penciled in iron-red, the lotus blossoms in bright yellow and iron-red with leaves of pale green growing alongside feather and... [Lire la suite]

A magnificent and brilliantly enamelled wucai 'fish' jar. Jiajing six-character mark and of the period, 40.8cm diam. (2). HK$14,000,000-16,000,000. Photo: Bonhams. HONG KONG.- The Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art auction, offering 452 lots, is the largest sale in the Bonhams Hong Kong 2013 Spring Auctions series. A carefully curated collection of Chinese works of art sourced from around the world, the sale includes all the major categories that reflect the long history and rich diversity of Chinese art. In addition to a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3007. A Magnificient and Rare wucai 'Fish' Jar, Mark and period of Jiajing; diameter 40.5 cm., 15 7/8  in. Estimate 25,000,000 - 30,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 25,880,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's of broad shouldered form, the stoutly potted body rising to a short neck with lipped rim, painted in vivid iron red and wucai enamels with a frieze showing a lotus pond ablaze with large and small golden carp, their elongated bodies in yellowish-orange enamel, the scales,... [Lire la suite]