Archaistic vase

Lot 679. A rare archaistic white and russet jade vase, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 16.3cm (6 1/2in) high. Estimate £ 10,000 - £ 15,000. Sold for £ 50,250 (€ 58,464). © Bonhams 2001-2021 Crisply carved with four horizontal ribs around the body and neck, the body with a shallow-relief symmetrical design of C-scrollwork on both sides, the stone of white tone with minor cloudy-white and russet inclusions. Note: The luminous tone of the stone of the present piece is further accentuated by the archaistic... [Lire la suite]

Lot 162. A large archaistic green jade vase, hu, Qianlong fang gu mark and of the period (1736-1795); 27.3cm (10 6/8in) high. Estimate £ 10,000-15,000. Sold for £ 31,250 (€ 35,687). Courtesy Bonhams. The vase modelled as a flattened archaic bronze hu, well carved on each side with a taotie mask reserved on a leiwen ground between borders of scrolling clouds, the waisted neck flanked by a pair of animal-head ring handles, the greyish-green stone with opaque white and grey inclusions. Provenance: a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 161. A pale green jade archaistic vase, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 17.5cm (6 7/8in) high. Estimate £ 5,000-8,000. Sold for £ 16,250 (€ 18,557). Courtesy Bonhams. The attractive stone of an even pale green tone, the flattened pear-shaped body supported on a tall spreading foot, expertly carved in relief with a taotie mask to the central register of each side above a band of descending cicada lappets and ruyi-heads to the gently tapering neck, flanked by a pair of handles issued from... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3963. A magnificent and rare celadon-glazed archaistic vase, Hu, Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795); 9 3/4 in. (24.7 cm.) wide. Estimate 25,000,000 - HKD 35,000,000. Price realised HKD 28,660,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2012.   The vase is well potted in baluster form with an angular sloping shoulder rising to a broad waisted neck surmounted by a galleried rim. It is finely moulded and carved all around with five registers of archaistic... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3598. A finely carved white jade archaistic vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 800,000 - HKD 1,200,000. Price Realized HKD 2,780,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.  Of flattened form, finely carved in imitation of an archaic bronze gu-shaped vase with a lozenge-shaped cross-section, the bulbous mid-section carved with archaistic taotie masks below the flaring neck carved in high relief with a pair of slender chilong, one... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1684. A small pale greyish-green jade archaistic vase, Song-Ming dynasty, 13th-15th century; 4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD USD 13,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 Of oval section and pear shape, raised on a tall foot encircled by two narrow raised bands, the body carved in raised thread relief with a pendent petal frieze below a band of archaistic scrolls interrupted by a pair of animal mask handles, the flared upper neck carved with four upright blades... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1496. A large pale greenish-white jade archaistic vase, 18th century; 10 1/8 in. (25.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 80,000 - USD 120,000. Price realised USD 1,314,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. Of rounded rectangular section, the sides well carved in relief with four taotie masks set between a row of whorl roundels at the shoulder and stylized lappets at the base, the neck decorated with a band of upright lappets and flanked by a pair of animal-mask handles suspending... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3276. A magnificent fine celadon-glazed archaistic vase, hu, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795); 14 7/8 in. (38 cm.) high. Estimate On Request. Price realised HKD 43,800,000. © Christie’s Image Ltd 2014.  The vase is well potted in baluster form with an angular sloping shoulder rising to a broad waisted neck surmounted by a galleried rim. It is finely moulded and carved all around with five registers of archaistic scrollwork, the central... [Lire la suite]

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]