Kangxi period

Lot 3591. A Pale Celadon-Glazed Incised ‘Lotus’ Brush Pot, Bitong, Kangxi Period, Wenzhang Shandou Mark. D 18.5cm. Sold for HKD 480,000 (Estimate HKD 150,000 - 250,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022 This is a rounded, straight-walled brush cylinder with a ringed foot, of generous size. The interior is covered with a white glaze and the exterior with a pea-green glaze, with a concealed design of lingzhi and chi dragons. The scrolling lingzhi motifs fill the frame, with the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 92. An underglaze-blue and red, wucai-decorated celadon-glazed vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 23.8 cm, 9⅜ in.. Lot sold 9,450 GBP (Estimate : 6,000 - 8,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2022 the base inscribed with mark reading Shijin Tang zhi (Hall of Generations of Splendour). Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 11 May 2022

Lot 216. A pair of French ormolu-mounted Chinese Imari porcelain pot-pourri vases by Escalier De Cristal, Paris, the porcelain Kangxi period; 8 in. (20.5 cm.) high. Price Realised GBP 8,750 (Estimate GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000). © Christie's 2022 Each of circular form decorated with the three friends of winter: prunus branches, bamboo and pine trees, mounted with a gadrooned rim, the lids with berry finials, raised on three s-scroll feet with lion masks to the gadrooned border in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3591. A Pale Celadon-Glazed Incised ‘Lotus’ Brush Pot, Bitong, Kangxi Period (1662-1722), Wenzhang Shandou Mark. D 12cm. Sold for HKD 480,000/USD 61,538(Estimate HKD 150,000 - 250,000/USD 19,231 - 32,051). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited The sides are well carved with horned chilong with long undulating bodies and incised manes striding against a background of dense ruyi cloud scroll between narrow borders of double-line at the rim and bottom. It is covered with a glaze of soft... [Lire la suite]

HONG KONG.- This April, Sotheby’s will bring to auction three of the most important Chinese seals ever to come to the market. Each one a priceless record of imperial Chinese history in its own right, together these three seals rank among the most important historical objects – of any period or geographic region – ever to appear at auction. Originally the preserve purely of the Emperors of China, imperial seals were used as a singular stamp of authority – akin to that of a signature – each one carved with language... [Lire la suite]

Lot 13. A rare large blue and white 'landscape' and inscribed jar, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, dated to the gengzi year (in accordance with 1720); 50,5 cm, 19¾ in. Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 EUR. Lot sold 35,000 EUR. Courtesy Sotheby's. l'imposante potiche de forme balustre, la panse décorée sur sa face d'un grand paysage montagneux animé de personnages cheminant vers un pavillon, sur l'autre face, un large poème titré 'l'Histoire du lettré ivre du pavillon' écrit par Ouyang Xiu... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3281. A rare imperial untailored gold brocaded silk twill court overcoat, gua, Kangxi period, late 17th century; 53 ¼ in. x 53 ¼ in. (135 cm. x 135 cm). Estimate $250,000 – 350,000 . Price Realized $269,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The yardage is finely worked in colored silk and gold threads with nine five-clawed dragons, with scales picked out in green and blue thread, each confronting a flaming pearl amidst green, blue, and red clouds. The hem is woven with rock formations rising from... [Lire la suite]

A rare underglaze-black beaker vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, with apocryphal Jiajing six-character mark. Height 17 1/2  in., 44.5 cm. Photo Sotheby's. Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1999. Literature: R.M. Chait, "A Black and White Beaker-Shaped Vase," Far Eastern Ceramic Bulletin, September 1952, vol. IV, no. 3, serial no. 19, pp. 9-11. Note: The present vase offers an array of spiritual and auspicious imagery. The upper section focuses on the theme of longevity with deer... [Lire la suite]

Lot 17. A pair of famille verte ewers and covers, Kangxi period, circa 1720; 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high, each. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 1,875. © Christie’s Image Ltd 2020 Richly enameled on each side with flowering prunus branches. Christie’s. Chinese Export Art Featuring the Tibor Collection, Part II, New York, 23 January 2020

Lot 906. A rare famille-verte 'landscape' brushpot, Kangxi period, dated Renchen year, corresponding to 1712. Diameter 7 1/4  in., 18.4 cm. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 USD. Lot sold 56,250 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. of slightly waisted cylindrical form, the exterior  enameled to one side with a rectangular panel enclosing a scene depicting the poet Su Shi seated at a table enjoying wine under the canopy of a sampan, an oarsman at the stern guiding the boat by towering boulders and... [Lire la suite]