18th century

A famille rose tureen and stand, 18th century. Photo Bonhams The tureen enamelled with a scene of Pan Yue and his admirers, surrounded with a gilt ruyi head and foliate border, with animal handles and a pomegranate finial, the tray similarly decorated. The stand: 39.5cm (15 1/2in) wide (3). Estimate £800 - 1,200 (€970 - 1,500) Pan Yue 潘岳 (AD247–300) was a Jin dynasty poet. A child prodigy, he grew up to be famous for both his poems and incredible good looks. Wherever he ventured in his travelling chair women would throw flowers to... [Lire la suite]

A puce enamelled dish, 18th century. Photo Bonhams Painted with a scene of gentlemen at leisure seated at a table playing cards, a serving lady with a ewer to one side, a group of cockerels, hen and chicks to the foreground, all in a tree-strewn landscape, within a border of floral and foliate panels. 26.3cm (10.3/8in) diam. Estimate £500 - 800 (€610 - 970) Property from the Collection of Jacques and Galila Hollander Bonhams. ASIAN ART, London, Knightsbridge, 12 May 2014 - http://www.bonhams.com

  A blue glazed pear-shaped vase, 18th century. Photo Bonhams. With tall gently flaring cylindrical neck, the glaze paling towards the rim. 20.5cm (8.1/8in) high. Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 (€8,500 - 11,000)  Bonhams. ASIAN ART, London, Knightsbridge, 12 May 2014 - http://www.bonhams.com/

A blanc-de-chine incense burner, gui, 18th century, Chenghua six character mark to base. Photo Bonhams. Of compressed rounded form, with everted rim and applied lion mask handles, set on a short gently flaring foot. 15.2cm (6in) wide across the handles. Estimate £500 - 1,000 (€610 - 1,200) Bonhams. ASIAN ART, London, Knightsbridge, 12 May 2014 - http://www.bonhams.com/

An unusual white-metal mounted blue and white ewer. The porcelain 18th century. Photo Bonhams. Of flattened octagonal form, with lobed petal form facets, the short spout flanked by two small lug handles, the body pencil drawn to each side with passion flowers and trailing leafy stems. 20cm (7.7/8in) high. Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 (€1,200 - 1,800) Bonhams. ASIAN ART, London, Knightsbridge, 12 May 2014 - http://www.bonhams.com/

A blue and white cylindrical brushpot, 18th century. Photo Bonhams. One side painted with a foliate cartouche enclosing a fearsome mythical beast striding on a rocky outcrop surrounded by foaming waves, the other side with a mountainous landscape with two scholars travelling towards a pavilion, the base drilled. 16.1cm (6 3/8in) high. Estimate £3,500 - 4,500 (€4,300 - 5,500) Bonhams. ASIAN ART, London, Knightsbridge, 12 May 2014 - http://www.bonhams.com/

Three European decorated dishes, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Photo Sotheby's. one decorated with a phoenix amongst flowering and fruiting branches, the other with figures in a landscape, and the third with mythical beasts amongst floral branches. Quantité: 3. The largest: 27.2cm., 10 ¾ in. Estimation 2,000 — 3,000 GBP THE JULIAN THOMPSON STUDY COLLECTION Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London | 14 mai 2014 - http://www.sothebys.com/

A Chinese Imari teapot and cover, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Photo Sotheby's. the cylindrical body rising from an angled tapering foot to a broad waisted neck, set to one side with a bamboo-form handle and to the other with a bamboo-form spout, painted to either side with a lotus cartouche, the domed cover with lotus bud finial. Quantité: 2; 20cm., 7 7/8 in. Estimation 500 — 700 GBP THE JULIAN THOMPSON STUDY COLLECTION Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London | 14 mai 2014 - http://www.sothebys.com/

A famille rose jardiniere, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Photo Sotheby's. of compressed globular form, brightly enamelled around the exterior with butterflies and flowers, set at the shoulder with a pair of metal handles, pierced wood cover. Quantité: 2; 24cm., 9 1/2 in. Estimation 3,000 — 5,000 GBP THE JULIAN THOMPSON STUDY COLLECTION Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London | 14 mai 2014 - http://www.sothebys.com/

An extremely rare sgraffiato-ground famille-rose vase, from the Qianlong period, which was being used as a lamp in a bedroom. It is estimated to sell for between £200,000-300,000. Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON.- Remarkable prices paid for important Chinese ceramics discovered in the UK continue to make headline news around the world. They form a fascinating part of an equally fascinating story: the extraordinary growth of the Chinese art market. The international market for Chinese ceramics and works of art continues to grow at... [Lire la suite]