Chenghua period

Lot 2058. A large dated cast-iron figure of a seated luohan, Ming dynasty, dated 14th year of Chenghua, corresponding to 1478, and of the period; 30 in. (76.2 cm.) high. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price Realized USD 137,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  The figure is shown seated wrapped within his layered priest's robes. His face is cast with prominent features set in a stern, contemplative expression enhanced by the sharply angled eyes below bushy brows, and he has... [Lire la suite]

Lot 573. A blue and white shallow dish, Jiajing six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1522-1566); 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 11,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 The shallow, rounded sides raised on a tapering ring foot painted in purplish-blue tones on the exterior with two pheonixes in flight separated by cruciform clouds, one with long trailing tail feathers, the other tail feathers scrolled, with three... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2978. A fine and extremely rare Ming blue and white stembowl, Chenghua period (1465-1487). Estimate HKD 4,000,000 - HKD 6,000,000 (USD 520,000 - USD 770,000). Price Realised HKD 3,860,000 (USD 497,847). © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. With thinly potted rounded sides rising to a flaring mouth rim, resting on an elegantly splayed stem foot decorated with eight simple florettes within double-line borders, the exterior of the bowl finely painted in bright tones to depict an Indian lotus... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3714. A rare blue and white 'immortals' warming bowl, Ming dynasty, Chenghua period (1465-1487). Estimate 500,000 — 700,000 HKD. Lot sold 625,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. the double-walled vessel modelled with a deep rounded bowl resting on a short foot and joint on the interior with a shallow bowl, the exterior decorated with two pairs of figures in a rural landscape, the interior of the shallow bowl centred with two seated immortals surrounded by ruyi-shaped cloud scrolls with tall... [Lire la suite]

Photo: Sotheby's. HONG KONG.- On 6 April 2016 in Hong Kong, Sotheby’s will offer one of the greatest collections of Chinese porcelain left in private hands. Put together in the mid-20th century by Roger Pilkington, one of the most eminent and active collectors of his day, the collection spans the heights of 1,000 years of Chinese porcelain production, from the Tang through to the Ming and on to the Qing dynasties, capturing all the greatest achievements in the field, and at the same time telling the fascinating... [Lire la suite]

Lot 386. A blue and white slender ovoid jar and cover, Ming dynasty, Chenghua period. Estimate 3,000 — 4,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. painted with a bird and insect amongst flowers and bamboo amongst rockwork, the cover painted with bamboo, pine and rockwork - Quantité: 2 - 21cm., 8 1/4 in.  PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE MR. AND MRS. SMIDT VAN GELDER, NÉE BARONESS VAN ZUYLEN VAN NIJEVELT Provenance: The Hatcher Collection; sold Christie's Amsterdam February 1985 ... [Lire la suite]

This rare Chinese Ming Dynasty porcelain vase, meiping form, from the Chenghua period (1465-1487), sold for $6,500 at Ahlers & Ogletree, June 28th. Photo: Ahlers & Ogletree ATLANTA, Ga. – A rare Chinese Ming Dynasty porcelain vase dating to the Chenghua period (1465-1487), 8 ½ inches tall and with a milky white glaze, sold for $6,500 at a Summer Estates Auction held June 28th by Ahlers & Ogletree, in the firm’s gallery located at 715 Miami Circle (Suite 210), in Atlanta. The vase was one of more than 600... [Lire la suite]

A rare blue and white Bajixiang dish, Chenghua period (1465-1487). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014. The shallow dish has gently flaring sides and a slightly everted rim, supported by a short tapering foot. It is covered in an unctuous glaze and decorated to the interior with a large double-vajra symbol surrounding a central roundel. The exterior with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, Bajixiang amongst scrolling lotus and foliage. 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) diam. Estimate £7,000 – £10,000 ($11,753 - $16,790) Christie's. THE C.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3025. A rare blue and white warming bowl, Ming Dynasty, Chenghua Period (1465-1487); 16.3 cm., 6 3/8 in. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 HKD. Lot sold  2,080,000. Photo: Sotheby's 2014. the rounded sides rising on a tapered foot, the exterior decorated in delicate tones of cobalt-blue with a meandering lily scroll issuing leaves and tendrils, the interior further potted with a shallow bowl centred with a ruyi-shaped bloom wreathed by five flowerheads, all encircled by lotus, rose, chrysanthemum,... [Lire la suite]

A rare blue and white barbed-rim 'fish' charger, China, Chenghua period. The charger is potted with shallow rounded sides to an everted barbed rim, painted in soft tones of underglaze blue on the interior with a mandarin fish and a carp, swimming among waves. D. 33 cm. Estimate 50000/80000 € Provenienz: Ehemals Mayuyama Collection, Ex-Slg. des 'Kyushu Chinese ceramics and pottery Museum' ex-Collection Kotegawa Kenjiro, Gründer der East Kyushu Oil company - Wenige sehr kleine Bestoßungen am Rand Nagel... [Lire la suite]