17th-18th century

Lot 44. Property from a French private collection. A grey and celadon jade recumbent horse, Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century. Longueur : 24,5 cm. Price realised EUR 75,600 (Estimate EUR 50,000 – EUR 70,000). © Christie's 2023 Il est représenté allongé sur ses quatre jambes repliées, la queue ramenée sur son flanc gauche, sa tête tournée vers l'arrière. Ses oreilles sont dressées, ses larges narines creusées et sa crinière est finement rendue par le travail de sculpture. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 74. A fine and rare large celadon jade recumbent horse, China, 17th-18th century. L. 17,5 cm; H. 10,2 cm; Weight: 1,088 kg. Sold: €14 000 (Est: €6 000 - €10 000). Courtesy Nagel. The boulder is modelled in the shape of a reclining horse with its head and mane neck laid back over the shoulder, three hoofed legs tucked under the body, and the left foreleg bent. The long tail runs beside the left hind leg, the hair on the mane and tail is finely engraved, the stone has a green-brown celadon... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1047. A rare white-glazed jue-form wine vessel, 17th-18th century; 18 cm wide. Price realised USD 5,292 (Estimate USD 4,000 – USD 6,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023 Provenance: The J. M. Hu (1911-1995), Zande Lou Collection. Note: A nearly identical jue, dated to the Kangxi period, is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, and is illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan cang gu taoci ziliao xuan cui (Selected Collection of Ancient Ceramics in the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 925. A large pale greenish-white jade 'peach’ box and cover, 17th-18th century; 25.4 cm long, cloth box. Price realised USD 478,800 (Estimate: USD 300,000 – USD 400,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023. The box and cover are formed as a flattened peach borne on a gnarled, leafy branch, and carved in high relief as if the branch continues from the bottom of the box onto the cover where two bats flitter amidst the leaves and two small peaches. The two hollowed halves are joined by a large loose ring... [Lire la suite]

Lot 96. A huanghuali rectangular low table, kangzhuo, 17th-18th century; 16 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 22 3/4in (41.9 x 95.2 x 57.8cm). Sold for US$14,025 (Estimate: US$800 - 1,200). © Bonhams 2001-2023 The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection. Note: The design of this low table features a guotui (leg-encircling) double round molding frame with luoguocheng (humpbacked stretchers) and ailao (short vertical posts), a typical Ming style, though more commonly seen in square stools.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 89. A fine huanghuali document box with baitong mounts, xiaoxiang, Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century; 6 7/8 x 14 1/4 x 8 1/4in (17.5 x 36.3 x 21cm). Sold for US$20,400 (Estimate: US$12,000 - US$15,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 The rectangular box with superbly figured wood top, sides and interior fitted tray, carved with a molded edge at the top and bottom sections and inlaid at the front with a foliate baitong lockplate and a cloud-shaped hasp, the sides reinforced at the edges... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 86. A pair of fine huanghuali and huamu kang cabinets, kanggui, 17th-18th century; 23 7/8 x 19 1/8in x 13 5/8in (60.7 x 48.6 x 34.5cm) each (2). Sold for US$113,775 (Estimate: US$40,000 - US$60,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 The top and sides and back composed of richly figured huanghuali, the top two-board panels set into a mitered, mortise and tenoned frame with 'water-stopping' edge over a pair of well-matched huamu panel doors fitted with baitong lockplate and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 84. A huanghuali recessed-leg table, jiatousun pingtou'an, 17th-18th century; 33 1/4 x 75 1/4 x 23 1/2in (84.5 x 191.2 x 59cm). Sold for US$252,375 (Estimate: US$100,000 - US$150,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 The finely figured single board floating panel top set into a mitered, mortise and tenoned frame, the outside edge with a central thumb molding and squared lower edge supported by five transverse stretchers hidden-tenoned into the frame and set over a plain, beaded apron with cloud-shaped... [Lire la suite]

Lot 146. A pair of marble-inset huanghuali fluted stools, 17th-18th century; h. 41.5 cm. Lot sold: 1,134,000 HKD (Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 each of barrel-form with twenty elegant lobed ribs, the top inset with a circular marble panel, all raised on five short feet. Provenance: R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 21st December 1987. Note: In form, the present pair of fluted stools draws inspiration from nature. The gracefully lobed seats are enhanced by... [Lire la suite]

Lot 247. A huanghuali low table, kang, 17th-18th century; 96.5cm (38in) wide x 59cm (23 2/8in) deep x 29.5cm (11 5/8in) high. Estimate 12 000 € - 15 000 €. Photo Fabrice Gousset. The rectangular panel top set within a rectangular frame carved with a beaded, 'ice-plate' edge above a plain narrow waist surrounded by a shaped, beaded, cusped apron, all raised on elegant cabriole legs carved at the corners with lion masks and terminating in claw feet. Provenance: Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021),... [Lire la suite]