‘pomegranate’ vase

Lot 3206. A flambé-glazed ‘pomegranate’ vase, Qianlong incised six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795), 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm.) high, box. Estimate HKD 400,000 - HKD 600,000 (USD 51,606 - USD 77,410) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The vase is of hexafoil lobed section with conforming neck and everted rim, standing on a low flaring foot. All under a deep reddish-purple glaze with lavender- and light blue cascades running between the segments. The rim and interior are applied with a pale... [Lire la suite]

A fine, outstanding and rare blue and white moonflask, bianhu, Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403-1424). Sold 110,520,000 HKD (14,248,238 USD) at Sotheby's The Pilkington Collection of Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 06 avr. 2016, lot 17. Photo Sotheby's. Cf. A fine, outstanding and rare blue and white moonflask, bianhu, Ming dynasty, Yongle period A fine, magnificent and extremely rare blue and white holy water vessel, Ming dynasty, Yongle period... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3244. A rare famille rose and gilt-decorated teadust-glazed ‘pomegranate’ vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate HK$5,500,000-7,500,000 ($720,000-970,000). Unsold. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. The vase is finely potted with a tri-lobed globular body rising to a long neck with an everted lip, supported on a splayed foot, applied to the shoulder and neck in high relief with a moulded branch bearing pomegranate flowers and fruits, some fruits split open to... [Lire la suite]

Lot 19. A rare blue and white ‘pomegranate’ vase, Mark and period of Xuande. Estimate 6,000,000 — 8,000,000 HKD (701,658 - 935,545 EUR). Sold 44,440,000 HKD (5,729,649 USD). Photo Sotheby's. robustly potted with a baluster body divided into six lobes, rising from a splayed foot to a waisted cylindrical neck, sweeping up to a wide everted rim with a rolled lip, painted in deep cobalt-blue tones in the ‘heaped and piled’ effect, each lobe boldly painted with... [Lire la suite]