Chongzhen period (1627-1644)

Lot 38. A fine small blue and white rouleau vase, Chongzhen period (1627-1644); 21.8cm (8 3/4in) high. Sold for £60,780 (Est: £30,000 - £50,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 The tall cylindrical vessel rising to a waisted neck, painted around the exterior painted in vibrant underglaze blue with a continuous scene of vases and trays with various flowers amidst flittering butterflies, all between incised borders, the neck with pendant leaves.  Provenance: John R. Berwald, London, November 2017. Note: The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 34. A fine and large blue and white 'mythical creatures' incense burner, Chongzhen period (1627-1644); 21cm (8 1/4in) diam. Sold for £40,620  (Est: £20,000 - £30,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Heavily potted with a compressed globular body rising from a tall spreading foot to a waisted mouth, painted in vibrant tones of cobalt-blue with swirling waves from which emerge various mythical creatures including qilin, tortoise, crab, dragon, sea-horse as well as various shells, all between a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 16. A rare blue and white 'Saagata' sleeve vase, Chongzhen period (1627-1644); 47cm (18 1/2in) high. Sold for £28,020 (Estimate £12,000 - 15,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 The tall elegantly potted cylindrical vessel brilliantly painted around the exterior in vibrant tones of cobalt-blue with a continuous scene of an Arhat in cascading robes holding a staff with concerned expression beneath long eyebrows and wrinkled brow, gazing at a boy-attendant carrying a meditation mat through a pole, both... [Lire la suite]

Lot 7. A rare blue and white 'descending geese' ovoid jar and cover, Chongzhen period (1627-1644); 28.3cm (11 1/8in) high. (2). Sold for £94,800 (Estimate £20,000-£30,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Heavily potted of ovoid form, rising from a short foot to a waisted neck, painted around the exterior with a continuous scene of a lotus pond, one goose flying towards another swimming in the water, all beneath a border of pendant foliage, the domed cover with incised scroll-border surrounding... [Lire la suite]

Lot 39. A blue and white 'figural' basin, Ming dynasty, Chongzhen period. Diameter 11 in., 27.9 cm. Lot sold: 10,080 USD (Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000 USD). © Sotheby's Property from a New York Private Collection. Provenance: Marchant, London, March 1984. The Sengers Collection, no. 172. Marchant, London, 2001. Sotheby's New York, 13th September 2017, lot 180. Exhibited: Expositie "Schatten uit de Oost" of "De Kunst van het Verzamelen" / Eighty Years of Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3672. Two ‘Hatcher Cargo’ blue and white ‘erotica’ cups, Chenghua marks, Ming dynasty, Chongzhen period (1627-1644); h. 6.7 cm. Lot sold 126,000 HKD (Estimate : 90,000 - 120,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Property from the Bertholet Collection. Provenance: Collection of Captain Michael Hatcher. Literature: Colin Sheaf and Richard Kilburn, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, The Complete Record, London, 1988, pl. 120 centre right (one cup only). Exhibited: The Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 507. A blue and white octogonal jar with flower branches, Chongzhen period (1627-1644). D. 28,2 cm. Sold: €2,800 (Est: €2,000 - €3,000). © Nagel Provenance: Old South German private collection, collected before 2007  Nagel. Fine Asian Art I, Stuttgart, December 7, 2021

Lot 41. A very rare blue and white 'Immortals' sleeve vase, Chongzhen period (1627-1644); 37cm (14.6in) high. Estimate £ 20,000-30,000. Sold for £ 35,062 (€ 39,445). Courtesy Bonhams. The tall cylindrical body expertly painted in vibrant tones of cobalt-blue around the exterior with a continuous scene of the Eight Immortals within a mountainous landscape, all beneath pendent plantain leaves at the neck.   Provenance: a European private collection, acquired in 1975. Note: The Eight... [Lire la suite]

Courtesy Bonhams.  This November, Asian Art in London returns to Bonhams with a series of four sales celebrating centuries of Asian artistry and ingenuity. The four sales comprise: "Asian Art" on 2 November (Knightsbridge), "Fine Netsuke from a French Private Collection" on 4 November (New Bond Street), "Fine Chinese Art" on 5 November (New Bond Street), and "Fine Japanese Art" on 5 November (New Bond Street). Asian ArtLondon Knightsbridge2 November 10:30am GMT Opening the series, Bonhams Knightsbridge Asian Art sale will... [Lire la suite]

Lot 999. A blue and white 'figural' 'double-gourd vase, Ming dynasty, Chongzhen period (1627-1644). Height 13⅝ in., 34.5 cm. Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 USD. Lot sold: 16,250 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: New York Private Collection, acquired in the 1950s, and thence by descent. Sotheby's. The Hundred Antiques: Fine and Decorative Asian Art, New York, 24 June 2020