Hongwu Period (1368-1398)

Lot 78103. A Rare and Large Chinese Underglaze Copper Red Peony Dish, Ming Dynasty, Hongwu Period (1368-1398), 8.3 x 45.1 x 45.1 cm (3-1/4 x 17-3/4 x 17-3/4 inches). Estimate: $300,000 - $500,000. © 2022 Heritage Auctions DALLAS, TX.- A triumph of Ming Dynasty porcelan comes to Heritage Auctions this fall when it serves as the centerpiece of Heritage’s Sept. 20-21 Asian Art Signature® Auction. The peony-patterned Chinese vessel is exquisitely glazed with copper, and was collected... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3578. An Underglaze-Red 'Floral' Pear-Shaped Vase, Yuhuchunping, Hongwu Period (1368-1398). D 21cm. Sold for HKD 3,120,000 (Estimate HKD 1,200,000 - 1,800,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022 This is a very elegant and elegant piece with a heavy body. The bowl has a straight mouth, deep curved belly, and rounded foot, and is of pier-like form, the entire body decorated with red glaze both inside and out. The inner and outer rims are painted with a band of formalized... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3577. An Underglaze-Red ‘Floral’ Pear-Shaped Vase, Yuhuchunping, Hongwu Period (1368-1398). L 17.5cm. Sold for HKD 3,500,000 (Estimate HKD 2,500,000 - HKD 4,500,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022 This is of regular form, with a rounded belly and a shallow, unglazed, flat foot. There is a broad stream along one side of the mouth, with a small rounded band below. The lip is exposed and appears flint-red because of the overlay. The glaze is slightly greenish on a white ground, and the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3578. A Large Underglaze Red ‘Peony’ Bowl, Hongwu Period (1368-1398). D 21cm. Sold for HKD 3,120,000/USD 400,000 (Estimate HKD 1,200,000 - 1,800,000/USD 153,846 - 230,769). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited The bowl is potted with the deep rounded sides supported on a short straight foot. The interior is vividly painted in rich dark iron-red with a central medallion enclosing a leafy peony spray and an attendant bud within a double-line border surrounded by a chrysanthemum scroll on the walls,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3577. An Underglaze-Red ‘Floral’ Pear-Shaped Vase, Yuhuchunping, Hongwu Period (1368-1398). H 33.5cm. Sold for HKD 4,200,000/USD 538,462 (Estimate HKD 2,500,000 - 4,500,000/USD 320,513 - 576,923). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited This vessel is potted with the rounded sides supported on a flat base, rising to a straight rim incised with a single line border and set with an outward flaring spout above a fine coiled band of clay attached as a lug underneath. It is painted on the interior in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3037. An extremely rare and large blue and white lobed dish, Hongwu period (1368-1398); 18 ¼ in. (46.4 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 2,000,000 - HKD 3,000,000. Price realised HKD 2,500,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. The dish is painted at the centre with the flowers of the four seasons, pomegranate, peony, camelia and chrysanthemum, encircling a single lotus spray and surrounded by the cavetto moulded with sixteen bracket-shaped flutes, each decorated with a lotus spray. The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 608. A rare Early Ming copper-red vase, yuhuchunping, Hongwu period (1368-1398); 13 in. (33 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 500,000. Price realised HKD 358,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2002 The vase generously painted in copper-red of rich mushroom-pink tone with flowers of the 'four seasons', comprising camellia, pomegranate, chrysanthemum and peony, the branches issuing from rockwork above a band at the base of lotus petal lappets, the narrow shoulder decorated with pendent... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3610. A rare copper-red 'Peony' vase, yuhuchunping, Ming dynasty, Hongwu period (1368-1398); 32.7 cm, 12 7/8  in. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 HKD (76,446 - 101,928 USD). Lot Sold 2,750,000 HKD (350,158 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's. of elegant classic pear shape supported on a short foot rising to a generous rounded body surmounted by a waisted neck flaring at the mouth, painted in copper red with a broad band of undulating stems of peony bearing four large... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1624. A rare copper-red-decorated 'Peony scroll' bottle vase, yuhuchunping, Hongwu period (1368-1398); 13 ¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 300,000 - USD 500,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The elegantly potted body is freely decorated in a greyish tone of copper red with four peony blossoms alternately shown in profile and full face and budding flowers borne on scrolling, leafy stems, all between a large cloud collar filled with hatching on the shoulder and lotus lappets containing ruyi-head... [Lire la suite]

Lot 607. A finely carved 'Longquan' celadon-glazed 'peony' bottle vase, yuhuchunping, Ming dynasty, Hongwu period (1368-1398). Height 13 in., 32.9 cm. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the elegantly proportioned pear-shaped body rising from a slightly splayed foot, sweeping up to a tall waisted neck and an everted lipped rim, the body boldly carved with four large peony sprays borne on an undulating stem also issuing furled leaves, above a broad lotus lappet band... [Lire la suite]