Famille-Verte

Lot 2075. A massive famille-verte baluster vase, Qing dynasty, Daoguang period (1821-1850);82.3 cm., 32 3/8 in. Estimate 450,000 — 650,000 HKD (43,383 — 62,664 EUR). Lot Sold 560,000 HKD (53,987 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's.  of particularly large cylindrical form, rising to a waisted neck and lipped rim, vividly painted in bright famille-verte enamels with a continuous lakeside landscape scene depicting scholars, court ladies, attendants and boys engaged... [Lire la suite]

Lot 133. A pair of famille-verte baluster jars and covers, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 64 cm, 25 1/8  in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Lot Sold 25.000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018. the rounded sides of each rising from a slightly spreading foot to a waisted neck and everted rim, painted with shaped panels of figures in interiors, on a green ground of vases and precious objects, above lappet panels of flowers at the base, the covers Samson. Quantité: 4. Sotheby's.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 81. A famille-verte lobed dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 35.5 cm, 14 in. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 GBP. Unsold. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018. the rounded lobed sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted barbed rim, brightly enamelled to the interior with a medallion enclosing a pair of long-tailed crested birds, one perched on rockwork beneath the other in flight, encircled at the rim by flower-filled lotus-lappet panels. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 16 may... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 583. An Extremely Rare and Important Archaic Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel And Cover (You) Shang Dynasty, Yinxu Period. Height 11 1/4 in., 28.7 cm Estimate $1.5/2.5 million. Sold for $1,935,000. Courtesy Sotheby’s. NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s Asia Week New York sale series continued today with the auction of Important Chinese Art. In front of a full crowd of collectors and admirers, 170 lots spanning millennia achieved $15.8 million in total – well in excess of its high estimate of $14.2 million, and with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 336. A fine famille-verte wine cup, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 3 1/8  in., 8 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 USD. Lot sold 30,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby’s. delicately potted, the conical sides rising from a short straight foot, the interior finely painted with cranes diving between clouds toward stylized waves in the well, the exterior with a traveler astride a donkey riding through an early spring landscape, an attendant following on foot, the base with an apocryphal... [Lire la suite]

Lot 376. A large famille-verte 'Empty City Stratageme' dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 14 1/2  in., 36.8 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby’s. with shallow rounded sides and everted wide border, the center painted with a famous episode from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the brilliant military strategist Zhuge Liang peacefully playing a qinabove the city gate as an attendant sweeps the open entry way in a welcoming gesture, the invading forces galloping... [Lire la suite]

Lot 325. A famille-verte 'Deer' bowl, Qing dynasty, late Kangxi-Yongzheng period. Diameter 7 1/8  in., 18.1 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby’s. the rounded sides rising from a straight foot to an everted rim, the exterior finely enameled with a stag and a doe recumbent alongside one another on a speckled green knoll, their bodies turned towards each other, the opposite side with five iron-red bats swooping through the air, the interior plain, the base with an underglaze blue... [Lire la suite]

Lot 366. A famille-verte 'Dragon Boat Festival' rouleau vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 17 1/4  in., 43.8 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 35,000 USD. © Sotheby's the cylindrical body painted in vibrant glossy enamels with a continuous scene of the Dragon Boat Festival, one dragon boat manned by twenty-four oarsmen and drummers racing across the green waters toward celebrants standing in front of a riverside mansion, a second dragon boat following close... [Lire la suite]

Lot 377. A famille-verte 'Birthday' rouleau vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 17 5/8  in., 44.8 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 35,000 USD. © Sotheby's the cylindrical body supported surmounted by a columnar neck and galleried rim, the body finely painted in bright enamels with gilt details with a continuous scene showing the Tang dynasty general Guo Ziyi, seated on a tiger-skin throne before a draped table set with scholarly objects and colorful pennants... [Lire la suite]

Lot 310. A famille-verte 'Magpie and Chrysanthemum' inscribed brushpot, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 5 3/4  in., 14.5 cm. Height 18 1/2  in., 47 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. © Sotheby's of slightly waisted cylindrical form, painted to one side with a colorful magpie perching atop a twisting scholar's rock surrounded by large orbs of chrysanthemum blooms in red, blue, and black amid leaves, grasses, bamboo, and pines in assorted greens, a short poetic... [Lire la suite]