16th century

Lot 2409. Annam chawan, Vietnam, 16th century & Tea bowl, Japan, 20th century. Estimate 500 € - 900 €. © 2008-2019, Van Ham Fine Art Auctioneers a) Annam chawan with tendril and lotus flower decoration. Vietnam, 16th c. Used in Japan as a tea bowl. Stoneware with whitish opaque glaze, painted underneath with cobalt blue and iron brown. Curved wall with swinging lip on high, conical foot ring, painted inside with iron engobe. H. 7,6cm, Ø 13,7cm. Condition B. Glaze at the lip and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 46. A pair of bronze figures of Bodhisattva, China, Ming dynasty, 16th century. H. : 28 et 28,5 cm (11 ½ in.) Estimation : 12 000 € / 18 000 €. Courtesy Artcurial. Assis en bhadrasana, l'un, sur une chimère couchée, l'autre, sur un éléphant, reposants sur une base lotiforme, parés de bijoux, vêtus d'une robe aux bordures ciselées de motifs floraux, les mains en vitarkamudra tenant un rouleau pour l'un et ruyi pour l'autre, le visage légèrement souriant, les cheveux coiffés en chignon, le front ceint d'un... [Lire la suite]

Lot 392. A Longquan celadon 'Fish' vase, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 17.8 cm, 7 in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 HKD. Lot sold 35,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the cylindrical body rising to a canted shoulder and sweeping up to a tall neck surmounted by a cup-shaped mouth, the neck flanked by a pair of fish handles. Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 30 may 2019 - 31 may 2019

  Lot 119. A cloisonné enamel 'lotus' tripod censer, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 10 cm, 4 in. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP.  Lot sold 62,500 GBP (80,756 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's. the compressed bombé-form body rising from three short, tapered gilt legs and narrowing at the neck to the gilt rim set with two upright loop handles, decorated around the exterior with multi-coloured lotus and floral blooms surrounded by foliate scrolls, all reserved on a turquoise ground. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 232. A large carved cinnabar lacquer lobed dish, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 12 5/8 in. (32 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 15,000 - GBP 25,000. Price realised GBP 50,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. The interior is carved in relief with a courtier seated in a garden before a pavilion and surrounded by various figures. The border is carved with flowers. Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3-4 May 1994, lot 312.Collection of the late Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010). Christie's. Fine Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 102. A large Fahua jar, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 32.3 cm, 12 3/4  in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's. the robustly potted baluster body rising from a gently splayed foot to a rounded shoulder surmounted by a short neck and a lipped rim. boldly decorated to the body with two scenes of the Daoist philosopher Laozi setting off on his donkey and transmitting his teachings, between lotus lappets at the base and ruyi panels enclosing anbaxian emblems,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 85. A large blue and white 'ladies in garden' jar, guan, 16th century; 34cm (13 3/8in) high. Estimate £ 25,000 - 30,000€ (29,000 - 35,000). Sold for £ 27,562 (€ 31,285) © Bonhams 2001-2019 The heavily-potted vessel of shouldered hexagonal form with gently rounded sides and a short neck, finely painted with six ogival panels depicting garden scenes with court ladies engaging in various leisurely pursuits, set between stylised floral scrolls, above a band of palmettes reserved on a blue ground, the shoulder with a diaper... [Lire la suite]

Lot 47. A large Veneto-Saracenic dish, Venice, Italy, 16th century; 40.4cm diam. Estimate £5,000 - £7,000. Courtesy Chiswick Auctions. Of circular shape, with wide sloping rim and rounded lip, deep cavetto and flat centre, the interior completely covered with intricate engraved decoration comprising floral arabesques, interlocking split palmette tendrils, stylised lotus flowers, polylobed medallions and endless knots, the cavetto framed by a band of fretwork and another continuous floral scrolls with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 401. A Fahua meiping, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 31.4 cm, 12 3/8  in. Estimate 1,000 — 2,000 GBP.  Courtesy Sotheby's. with a tapering body sweeping up to a rounded shoulder surmounted by a waisted neck and everted rim, painted to the exterior with a sage drifting towards a pavilion enshrouded in clouds approached by an attendant carrying a wrapped qin, between a ruyi-collar enclosing lotus blossoms at the shoulder and a lappet band below, covered overall in green... [Lire la suite]

Lot 398. A Fahua 'Figural' meiping, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 30 cm, 11 3/4  in. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's. with a tapering body sweeping up to a rounded shoulder surmounted by a waisted neck and everted rim, painted to the exterior with a sage drifting towards a pavilion enshrouded in clouds approached by an attendant carrying a wrapped qin, between a ruyi-collar enclosing lotus blooms at the shoulder and a lappet band below, glazed in aubergine,... [Lire la suite]