18th century

  A bronze belt hook with coral bordered by malachite, carved with two dragons above waves, in scrolling clouds in pursuit of the flaming pearl. Imperial. 18th Century. Length: 5.37 inches (13.5 cm). Photo courtesy Asian Art Studio.     A white jade reclining buffalo. 18th Century. Length: 2.75 inches (7 cm). Photo courtesy Asian Art Studio   A white jade snuff bottle, of double gourd form, carved with a monkey clambering up the bottle. 18th Century. Height: 2.5 inches (6.3 cm). Photo... [Lire la suite]

Kunzang Ahkor. Nepal, 13th Century. Gilt Bronze. Height: 18.4 inches (46.7 cm). Photo courtesy Walter Arader Himalayan Art. Vajradhara. Tibet, 16th Century. 10.5 inches (26.7 cm). Photo courtesy Walter Arader Himalayan Art.   Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra. Tibet, 18th Century. Gilt Bronze. 13.6 Inches (35.5 cm). Photo courtesy Walter Arader Himalayan Art. Walter Arader Himalayan Art. 1016 Madison Avenue, New York 10075. T (212) 628 7625 - walter.arader@gmail.com -www.walterarader.comAsia Week in New York. A... [Lire la suite]

An Imperial octagonal yellow glass snuff bottle, Imperial Glassworks, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Photo courtesy Sotheby's. 4.7 cm., 2 in. Estimation 35,000 — 45,000 HKD Provenance: Collection of Alice B. McReynolds.Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 16th April 1985, lot 44. Litterature: Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 5, Hong Kong, 2002, no. 801. Sotheby's. SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE MARY & GEORGE BLOCH COLLECTION: PART VII.... [Lire la suite]

An Imperial yellow jade 'meiping' snuff bottle, Palace Workshops, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Photo courtesy Sotheby's.  5.7 cm., 2 1/4  in. Estimation 140,000 — 160,000 HKD  Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, 12th October 1993, lot 204.  Exposition: Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, British Museum, London, 1995, cat. no. 56.  Litterature: Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch... [Lire la suite]

A carnelian agate 'tree-trunk' carving, 18th century. Photo Bonhams. Worked in the form of two naturalistic hollowed tree stumps, encircled by an aquatic scene of narcissus blossoms and other foliage including peaches issuing from gnarled leafy branches, lingzhi, bamboo and two cranes standing atop rockwork facing each other. 12.7cm high. Estimate HK$ 70,000 - 95,000 (€6,700 - 9,100) Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Hong Kong. 24 Nov 2013 14:00 CST

An archaistic robin's-egg glazed vase, cong,18th century. Photo courtesy Bonhams. The square vessel with a hollowed circular foot rising to a circular mouth from a short splayed neck, decorated in raised relief featuring the eight trigrams motif at the edges interspersed between elongated waves motif, all lustrously covered in a thick and creamy robin's-egg glaze. 14.4cm high. Estimate HK$ 350,000 - 450,000 (€34,000 - 43,000) Although there are many archaic remnants of jadecong from the Shang and... [Lire la suite]

A blue and yellow-glazed 'dragon' moonflask, bianhu, 18th century. Photo courtesy Bonhams The flattened circular body painted on each side with a front-facing five-clawed dragon encircling a flaming pearl amidst fire and cloud scrolls, the lobed handles each painted at the base with a ring suspending a musical stone, a brocade ball and a lozenge, the neck painted with a cloud scroll on each side, the vase covered with a rich translucent yellow glaze stopping at the blue dragons. 32.3cm (12¾in) high. Sold for £9,375... [Lire la suite]

A doucai cylindrical brushpot, bitong, 18th century. Photo courtesy Bonhams Delicately outlined in blue and enamelled with green rocks issuing a twisting grisaille branch of iron-red prunus supporting a perching bird, beside clumps of iron-red and yellow chrysanthemum flowers and bamboo sprays, the reverse with two further birds in flight above three scattered rocks. 14.3cm (5 5/8in) high. Estimate £12,000 - 15,000 (€14,000 - 18,000) - Unsold Provenance: a former Governor of Hong Kong in the late 19th century, and... [Lire la suite]

An anhua-decorated turquoise-glazed 'dragon' vase, 18th century. Photo courtesy Bonhams The bulbous body delicately incised with two striding five-clawed dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl amid cloud scrolls, a further five-clawed dragon on the neck in pursuit of the same pearl beneath a border of classic scroll at the rim, the exterior and inside of the neck all covered in a glossy turquoise glaze showing a fine craquelure. 39cm (15 3/8in) high. Sold for £5,000 (€5,986) Compare a related turquoise-glazed bottle... [Lire la suite]

A celadon-glazed carved baluster jar, 18th century. Photo courtesy Bonham's The exterior finely carved with four various mythical beasts amidst cloud scrolls and flames, each depicted with a sturdy body and a long stout tail with one also depicted with a pair of wings, each standing on jagged rocks protruding from swirling waves, all beneath a interlocking ruyi-head border, covered in a celadon glaze of lustrous tone, the base unglazed, wood stand. 30.2cm (12in) high (2). Sold for £10,625 (€12,720) Provenance:... [Lire la suite]