Kangxi period

An Outstanding ‘Guan’ Octagonal Vase, Southern Song Dynasty; height 21.9 cm. Expected to fetch in excess of HK$60 million / US$7.7 million. Photo Sotheby's. HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Chinese Works of Art Spring Sales 2015 will take place on 7 April at Hall 5, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, led by an outstanding Southern Song ‘Guan’ Vase from a Japanese Collection (Expected to fetch in excess of HK$60 million / US$7.7 million) which has been unseen in the market for four decades, as well as two theme sales... [Lire la suite]

Two Chinese Famille Verte Enameled Porcelain Dishes, Kangxi Period. Estimate $4,000-6,000. 2015 © William Doyle Galleries, Inc. Each shallow form with everted rim, painted on the interior with a spotted stag gazing at a crane flying above, shaded by pine and amid rockwork and lingzhi sprigs, within a border of shaped vignettes of floral sprays reserved on an iron red diaper ground, and a band of six cranes in flight on the rim, the exterior with further floral sprays. Diameter of larger 15 1/8... [Lire la suite]

Two Similar Chinese 'Egg and Spinach' Glazed Porcelain Bowls, Kangxi Period. Estimate $6,000-8,000. 2015 © William Doyle Galleries, Inc. ach of deep form with flared sides, worked overall with a splashed brown, yellow, green and buff mottled pattern, base with a single loosely drawn character in underglaze blue within a double blue circle, fitted wood stand.Height 3 1/2 inches, diameter 7 1/2 inches.  Provenance: Vallin Galleries, Wilton, CT Estate of Peter K. Warren  Doyle New... [Lire la suite]

A rare and important iron-red and gilt rouleau vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's. of cylindrical form, slightly tapering towards the base, the canted shoulders rising to a tall neck with an everted mouth and galleried rim, finely enameled in varying tones of iron red with detailing in green, black and gilt one side depicting the Three Gods (Happiness, Wealth and Longivity) with young boys, the other side with a two-line inscription and three... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white stem cup, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate $5,000 – $7,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The deep, bell-shaped cup is raised on a tall, flaring foot and decorated in a penciled style with a spray of lychee fruits opposite a similarly rendered spray of peaches, all between a herringbone band at the rim and floral sprays on the foot. The interior of the foot is inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua mark. 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) high - Lot 3568 Provenance: Collection of R.H.R. Palmer, London.S.... [Lire la suite]

An unusual underglaze-blue and copper-red-decorated celadon-ground dish, Kangxi period, circa 1675-1700. Estimate $6,000 – $8,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The large dish, with a wide everted rim, is decorated in the center over raised slip with a groom holding a crop and leading a horse that appears to bow in submission, all set against a celadon-glazed ground. The base bears an apocryphal Xuande mark. 11 in. (28 cm.) diam. Lot 3593 Provenance: S. Marchant & Son, Ltd., London, 1989.Collection of... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white octagonal bowl, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate $6,000 – $8,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The deep bowl is molded with lobed sides and conforming rim and foot. Each lobe of the exterior is decorated with one of the 'Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup' as described in Du Fu's Tang dynasty poem, accompanied by the corresponding verse from the poem, all above a ruyi border. The interior is decorated with a small central medallion containing a scene of two scholars conversing in a landscape,... [Lire la suite]

A two-sided blue and white rectangular tile, Kangxi period, circa 1700. Estimate $6,000 – $8,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The thick tile is decorated on one side with a scene taken from the Western Zhou dynasty legend of Wen Wang, or King Wen, showing him approaching the scholar Jiang Taigong as he fishes on a riverbank. The reverse is decorated with flowering sprays of morning glory. 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) wide - Lot 3590 Provenance: Heirloom & Howard, Ltd., London, 1982.Collection of Juila and John Curtis. ... [Lire la suite]

A Polychrome Famille Verte tea-pot, Chinese export porcelain, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Estimation : 1 000 € / 1 500 €. Photo Veritas Art Auctioneers, Lisboa. decoration depicting fishes, flowers and leaves (restored handle and spout). Alt.: 13,5 cm Veritas Art Auctioneers, Lisboa. Antiquités, Objets d'Art, Argenterie et Bijoux, le 25 Février 2015 à 21h.Contact: Igor Olho-Azul. Tel: +351 21 794 8000 - info@veritasleiloes.com.

A Polychrome Famille Verte tea-pot, Chinese export porcelain, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Estimation : 1 200 € / 1 800 €. Photo Veritas Art Auctioneers, Lisboa. decoration depicting garden views with animals and flowers (restoration to the handle). Alt.: 13 cm Veritas Art Auctioneers, Lisboa. Antiquités, Objets d'Art, Argenterie et Bijoux, le 25 Février 2015 à 21h.Contact: Igor Olho-Azul. Tel: +351 21 794 8000 - info@veritasleiloes.com.