15th-16th century

Lot 134. A Buncheong slip-decorated stoneware bottle, Joseon Dynasty, (15th-16th century); 8 ¾ in. (22.3 cm) high. Estimate USD 80,000 - USD 100,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2018.  Of flattened globular form rising from a high splayed foot to the cylindrical neck that ends in a rolled lip, cut in the white slip applied to the body with lotus arabesques with incised-line details and applied with a celadon-tinged clear glaze, the circular foot rim unglazed. Property from the Sakamoto Family Collection ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 133. A Buncheong moon flask, Joseon Dynasty, (15th-16th century); 9.¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 150,000 - USD 250,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2018. With flattened body rising from a ring foot, decorated with white slip and incised on one side with a roundel of an overturned fish swimming in stylized waves and on the opposite side with a panel of abstract design and applied with a thin and glossy clear glaze. Provenance: Yamamoto Hatsujiro (1887-1951), Osaka, acquired in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 217. Plat en grés émaillé céladon Longquan, Chine, dynastie Ming, XVE-XVIE siècle; 36 cm, 14 1/8 in. Estimate 4,000-6,000 EUR. Lot Sold: 5,000 EUR. Photo Sotheby's 2011  le fond à décor incisé d'un cartouche polylobé abritant des motifs géométriques entouré de quatre cartouches fleuris, l'extérieur à décor de rinceaux fleuris, recouvert d'une riche glaçure céladon. A Longquan celadon dish, China, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century Sotheby's. Arts D'Asie. Paris, 15 Dec... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2237. An unusual pair of Longquan celadon bottle vases, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century; 12 1/2 in. (31.9 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 600,000 - HKD 800,000. Price realised HKD 1,710,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013  Each vase is well potted of elegant pear shape supported on a slightly spreading circular foot, each with a globular body gently tapering towards a long straight neck everted at the mouth and covered all over in an attractive even light sea-green glaze suffused with a network of... [Lire la suite]

Rare Chinese Shonzui Underglaze-Blue Decorated Bowl, Ming dynasty, 17th century. Diameter: 22.5 cm. (8 7/8 in.). Height: 5.3 cm. (2 1/8 in). © Kaikodo LLC Lu Xue, Conversation Above Waterfall, China, 1652. Hanging scroll, ink & color on silk. 129.2 x 62.9 cm (50 7/8 x 24 1/4 in). © Kaikodo LLC Longquan Celadon Lotus Bowl, Song dynasty, 12th century. Diameter: 16.9 cm. (6 5/8 in.) Height: 7.4 cm. (2 7/8 in). © Kaikodo LLC Vietnamese Ivory-Glazed Stoneware... [Lire la suite]

Lot 312. A cloisonné enamel arrow vase, 15th-16th century. H. 13,7 cm. Estimate 10.000/15.000 €. Lot sold 19.000 €. Courtesy Nagel the squat globular section decorated with lotus flower-heads on a dark blue ground above a band of brick-red leafy lappets, the tall cylindrical neck with a collar of palmette leaves below floral scrolls divided by two short tubular ears. Few small filled losses to enamel, slightly chipped. Provenance: Former property from an old Berlin private collection. Note: The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 164. Attributed to Wang Yuan (Active 1328-1349), Quails and Autumn Flowers, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century, handscroll, 26,5 x 592,5 cm, ink and colors on silk. Estimate 4.000/6.000 €. Lot sold 36.000 €. Courtesy Nagel Unsigned. Five collectors' seals: "Weisa shi" (On the mounting in front of the picture and on the title label on the outside), four no more legible. Five seals of the Qianlong emperor (reg. 1736-1795): "Shiqu baoji", "Yizisun", "Qianlong jianshang", "Qianlong yulan zhi bao",... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 877. A large blue and white deep dish, Lê dynasty, 15th-16th century; 14 1/4in (36cm) diameter. Estimate US$ 8,000 - 12,000 (€6,800 - 10,000). Unsold. Photo: Bonhams.   Painted in outline and wash with a single stylized peony spray in a roundel framed by a narrow band of flower petals centering the floor of the well, a band of peony buds and leafy stems filling the cavetto and a diffuse scrolling tendril pattern to the inside edge of the rim, the reverse outlined with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 876. A group of three blue and white bowls with tall feet, Lê dynasty, 15th-16th century; 6, 5 and 4 7/8in (16.3, 12.7 and 12.2cm) diameter, 3 3/8, 3 1/8 and 3 3/8in (8.7, 8.5 and 8.7cm) high. Estimate US$ 1,500 - 2,000 (€1,300 - 1,700). Unsold. Photo: Bonhams.   The largest loosely painted with a clam-shaped flower head at the base of the well reversed by a peony flower and leafy spray meander above jeweled lappets, the deeply recessed base finished with brown wash; the second, very... [Lire la suite]

Lot 875. Two blue and white small saucer dishes, Lê dynasty, 15th-16th century; 6 and 4 3/8in (15 and 11cm) diameter. Estimate US$ 800 - 1,200 (€680 - 1,000). Sold for US$ 375 (€316). Photo: Bonhams.   The larger of simple circular form with a short foot supporting a curving well centered with a lotus and trilliam roundel and a classic tendril scroll band at the rim reversed by a wider flower and leaf band on the upper exterior walls, the glaze stopping along the foot and partially... [Lire la suite]