Archaistic vase

Lot 1233. A greyish-green jade archaistic vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 7½ in. (19 cm.). Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 9,375. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014 The vase, of flattened pear shape, is carved on each side of the body with two pairs of bottle-horn dragons confronted on a wide band of leiwen above two pairs of sinuous dragons with backward-turned heads and below a band of interlinked foliate scroll on aleiwen ground. The neck is carved in relief on each... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 159. A blue and white archaistic vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Height 14 3/4  in., 37.4 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 10,000 USD. Lot sold 15,000  USD. © Sotheby's. with wide canted shoulders surmounted by a trumpet-shaped neck with a galleried rim, painted all over in shades of underglaze blue with floral scrolls beneath a band of waves encircling the shoulders, with florets and upright plantain lappets at the neck and flanked by a pair of dragon handles, the rim... [Lire la suite]

Lot 39. A rare white-glazed soft paste archaistic vase, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795); 24.5 cm, 9 3/4  in. Estimate £15,000 — 20,000. Courtesy Sotheby's. the baluster body rising from a recessed spreading foot to a broad round shoulder anda tall waisted neck set with a pair of elephant-head handles, carved and moulded around the body with a wide band of stylised taotie masks between keyfret bands, a band of stylised lotus lappets around the foot, the neck with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 305. A rare black-glazed 'imitation bronze' archaistic vase, cong, 18th-19th century; 11 ½ in. (29 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 8,000 - GBP 12,000 (USD 10,416 - USD 15,624). © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. The rectangular body of the vase is decorated to two sides with elephant-head handles above a taotie mask on a leiwen ground. The alternating sides are decorated in relief with a central medallion enclosing a stylised shou character surrounded by kui dragons,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2277. A fine soft-paste crackle-glazed archaistic vase, Qianlong impressed six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795); 8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 240,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 300,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The vase is finely potted with gracefully curving sides rising from a spreading foot to sharp shoulders and a slender neck, flaring at the mouth before sharply inverting. The lower body is impressed and incised with bands of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 216. A large archaistic 'ru'-type vase, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795); height 13 3/4 in., 35 cm. Estimate 60,000—80,000 USD. Sold 74,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. of flattened pear shape molded with raised strapwork panels, the tall waisted neck set with a pair of stylized fish handles, all supported on a spreading foot and covered overall with a bluish-gray glaze.   Provenance: Sotheby's London, 12th July 2006, lot 132. Note: A similar ru-type vase also with a Qianlong reign... [Lire la suite]

Lot 269. A very large guan-type archaistic vase, hu, Yongzheng six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1723-1735). Estimate GBP 80,000 - GBP 120,000 (USD 104,880 - USD 157,320). Price realised GBP 162,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The vase has a pair of stylised dragon handles and is decorated with raised archaistic straps and bosses, covered overall in a celadon glaze with a network of dark grey crackles. Provenance: Acquired in China prior to 1913 by an Italian... [Lire la suite]

Lot 130. An archaistic soft-paste 'imitation ding' vase, Incised seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Estimate 5,000 — 6,000 USD. Lot sold 31,200 USD. Photo: Sothebys. of flattened 'hu' shape, the exterior molded and carved with raised bands of various archaistic designs including a broad band of taotie masks, dragons and lappets, the vase further set with raised vertical flanges and three pairs of zoomorphic handles, all covered with a creamy-white... [Lire la suite]

Lot 77. A small Chinese Longquan celadon archaistic vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 21cm. Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000. Hammer Price £ 4,000. Courtesy Woolley & Wallis The body moulded in shallow relief with taotie masks beneath a border of ruyi-heads, the rim with a band of lappets, the foot with plantain leaves. Provenance: Baerwald Collection, catalogue no.94, purchased from John Sparks by Otto Schiff Esq. on 1st July 1937. Woolley & Wallis. Asian Art Works I. 16 May... [Lire la suite]

Lot 47. A very large Guan-Type archaistic vase, hu, Yongzheng six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1723-1735). Estimate GBP 180,000 - GBP 220,000 (USD 219,240 - USD 267,960). Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016. The vase has a pair of stylised dragon handles and is decorated with raised archaistic straps and bosses, covered overall in a celadon glaze with a network of dark grey crackles. 19 5/8 in. (50 cm.) high. Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 8 November... [Lire la suite]