Jiajing six-character mark and of the period

A rare yellow-glazed saucer dish. Jiajing six-character mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams Well potted with rounded sides rising from a tapering foot and the base slightly concave, the sides all covered with a rich even yellow glaze, the underside white. 22cm (8¾in) diam. Lot 3. Estimate: £8,000 - 12,000 / CNY 80,000 - 120,000 / HK$ 99,000 - 150,000 明嘉靖 黃釉盤 青花「大明嘉靖年製」楷書款 Provenance: L.Wannieck, Paris (label)A European private collection and thence by descentCompare a pair of smaller... [Lire la suite]

A rare large Wucai 'fish jar  Jiajing underglaze blue six-character mark and of the period (1522-1566). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012  The globular vase is finely decorated around the exterior with a continuous scene with eight golden carp depicted in different positions and swimming freely amidst water weeds. The foot is painted with a short band of upright leaves in underglaze blue. 11¾ in. (30 cm.) high - Lot 311. Estimate £120,000 - £180,000 ($191,160 - $286,740) From... [Lire la suite]

A rare large Ming blue and white double-gourd vase. Jiajing six-character mark and of the period  (1522-1566). Photo Christie's Image Ltd, 2011 The lower globular section painted with a lappet band above two cranes and two deer amidst 'The Three Friends of Winter', a fruiting peach tree and lingzhi sprigs, the upper section decorated with a pair of cranes amidst lingzhi sprigs, prunus, bamboo, and two stylised shou characters, the narrow waist with a band of peach scroll, the neck and the foot encircled by classic scroll... [Lire la suite]

A fine blue and white square baluster jar. Jiajing six-character mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams Boldly painted in a rich dark blue on each of the four faces with a single five-clawed dragon rising and grasping at a long slender coiling meander of leafy lotus, between bands of squared spirals around the straight neck, cloud-collar lappets on the shoulder and still leaves above the crisply-cut foot, silk bag, Japanese wood box. 12.7cm (5in) high (2). Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000, CNY 150,000 - 200,000, HK$ 180,000 -... [Lire la suite]

A small blue and white square baluster vase. Jiajing six-character mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams Painted on each of the four faces in a strong dark blue with a pair of figures, an elderly sage with an attendant on a wooded terrace, between scrolling peony on the shoulder and squared lappets above the foot. 11.5cm (4½in) high - Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000, CNY 40,000 - 59,000, HK$ 48,000 - 72,000 Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 10 Nov 2011, New Bond Street  www.bonhams.com

A magnificent and large blue and white 'boys' jar, guan. Jiajing six-character mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams Superbly painted in vivid underglaze-blue of violet tone around the baluster body, with a continuous scene of sixteen boys engaged in various leisurely pursuits including a boy impersonating a school master seated before a screen painting with a boy seated at a table before him reading a book, another crawling towards a book and a third boy holding a staff, flanked on one side by a boy pulling at a toy,... [Lire la suite]

A yellow-glazed bowl. Jiajing six-character mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams Thinly potted with an everted rim, the interior and exterior under a thin lustrous iridescent mottled glaze with tiny speck inclusions. 11.5cm (4½in)  diam. Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000, CNY 30,000 - 49,000, HK$ 36,000 - 60,000 Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 10 Nov 2011, New Bond Street  www.bonhams.com

An underglaze blue-decorated yellow-ground square bowl.  Jiajing six-character mark in underglaze blue and possibly of the period. photo Nagel Auctions With deep, slightly rounded flaring sides, each facet painted in underglaze blue with an animated, five-clawed dragon with tufts of hair amidst sprigs of lingzhi fungus, the center of the interior with a square medaillion bearing a stylized shou character below a foliate scroll at the rim, all within double blue line borders and reserved on a thin pale lemon-yellow... [Lire la suite]

A polychrome yellow and green 'shou and dragons' square bowl. Jiajing six-character mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams The thickly potted bowl with flared sides rising to a slightly everted rim, painted on all four sides of the exterior with a lively five-clawed dragon in flight amongst ruyi-head clouds, all within double-line borders, the interior with a stylised shou character in a double square in the center below a a frieze of fruit sprays at the rim. 11.9cm wide. Sold for HK$600,000 明嘉靖 黄地綠彩雲龍壽字紋方碗... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white stem cup.Jiajing six-character mark and of the period © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd Typically painted around the exterior beneath a turned-over rim with two five-clawed dragons, their backs incised with simulated scales, striding in mutual pursuit of a flaming pearl trailing a long fire scroll, above scattered cloud coils and a band of cloud-collar lappets, the interior with a central roundel of a full-faced five-clawed dragon, the mark written in blue within the hollow foot; 10.5cm (4¼in) high. Sold for... [Lire la suite]