1573-1619

Bowl China, Ming dynasty, Wanli period, 1573-1619. Porcelain with underglaze blue painted decoration. Height: 1 3/8 in. (3.49 cm); Diameter: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Ambassador and Mrs. Edward E. Masters (M.84.213.368). © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2023

Lot 288. A silver-gilt mounted Chinese blue and white porcelain box, the body Wanli, 1573-1619, the mounts, unmarked, probably Dutch or English, circa 1680; 13.5cm., 5 3/8 in. long. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018. oblong with rounded ends, the cover decorated with a bird below climbing flowers and a butterfly, the twin-compartment body with trailing vines, the cover, body, and foot, with stylised acanthus border silver-gilt mounts. Provenance: Christie's, London, 19... [Lire la suite]

Dish, Ming dynasty, mark and reign of Wanli, 1573-1619. Porcelain with imperial yellow glaze, 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm). Gift of Ira and Nancy Koger, 2001, SN11122.62. © The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.

Lot 216. A silver-gilt mounted Chinese blue and white porcelain box, the body Wanli, 1573-1619, the mounts, unmarked, probably Dutch or English, circa 1680. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. oblong with rounded ends, the cover decorated with a bird below climbing flowers and a butterfly, the twin-compartment body with trailing vines, the cover, body, and foot, with stylised acanthus border silver-gilt mounts; 13.5cm., 5 3/8 in. long. Provenance: Christie's, London, 19... [Lire la suite]

Bowl, China, Ming dynasty, Wanli period, 1573-1619. Porcelain with underglaze blue painted decoration. Height: 1 3/8 in. (3.49 cm); Diameter: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Ambassador and Mrs. Edward E. Masters (M.84.213.368). Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Cornelis Ketel (1548-1616), Portrait of Thomas 'Customer' Smythe (1522-1591). Photo: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport. LONDON.- A group of the earliest non-royal family portraits is at risk of leaving the UK unless a buyer can be found to match the asking price of £350,000. To provide an opportunity to keep the 16th century paintings in the UK , Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a set of nine portraits of the Smythe Family by Cornelis Ketel. Experts believe this... [Lire la suite]

Dish, 1573-1619, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Wanli mark and reign (1573-1619), porcelain with blue glaze, Diameter - w:21.00 cm (w:8 1/4 inches). Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1930.315, Cleveland Museum of Art © 2013 Cleveland Museum of Art.

A blue and white kraak Saucer Dish, Wanli, 1573-1619. Photo courtesy Sworders painted with a goose standing on a promontory beside a lotus pond, within a moulded panelled border enclosing fruits and flowers, 20.1cm. Estimated Price: £500 - £600 Sworders Fine Art Auctionners. Tue 23rd April 2013. http://www.sworder.co.uk

A Chinese blue and white kraak porcelain Klapmuts. Wanli, 1573-1619. Photo courtesy Sworders painted in the well with a jardinière of chrysanthemums, below typical floral-panelled borders, small drill hole in foot rim, slight rim nibbles, 21.2cm The hole was used for a T L Test. Estimated Price: £800 - £1000 Sworders Fine Art Auctionners. Tue 23rd April 2013. http://www.sworder.co.uk

  A Chinese porcelain blue and white frog form vessel. Wanli, 1573-1619. Photo Marchant naturalistically modelled with its head looking up, bulging brown dressed eyes and individual relief toes, the body with prunus flowerheads, on a stippled blue ground, the glazed openwork aperture divided by two ruyi-heads, the unglazed base with an openwork stylized flowerhead and a further aperture. 5 ¼ inches, 13.3cm high. Price on request.  Formerly in an English private collection. Frog Kendis are well... [Lire la suite]