27 juin 2023

A pair of large blue and white 'soldier' vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

Lot 31. A pair of large blue and white 'soldier' vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). H. 92 cm. Lot Sold 101,600 EUR (Estimate 80,000 - 120,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2023 Paire de grands vases en porcelaine bleu blanc, Dynastie Qing, période Kangxi, de forme balustre, avec des épaules arrondies se terminant par un col cintré et un rebord évasé, richement peint à l'extérieur dans des tons vifs de bleu, avec un bandeau central décoré de chilong au milieu... [Lire la suite]
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15 avril 2023

A rare imperial gilt-bronze ritual bell, bian zhong, Kangxi period, dated by cast incription to 1713

Lot 932. A rare imperial gilt-bronze ritual bell, bian zhong, Kangxi period, dated by cast incription to 1713; 30.5 cm.) high. Price realised USD 478,800 (Estimate: USD 400,000 – USD 600,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023. Heavily cast in barrel form, the bell is decorated in high relief with horizontal bands of bosses alternating with the Daoist Trigrams flanking four vertical panels, one panel enclosing the reign date Kangxi wushier nian zhi, ‘made in the fifty-second year of Kangxi’, one with three... [Lire la suite]
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09 avril 2023

A Dehua 'chilong’ vase, Kangxi period, 17th century

  Lot 899. A Dehua 'chilong’ vase, Kangxi period, 17th century; 22.5 cm high, cloth box. Price realised USD 37,800 (Estimate: USD 8,000 – USD 12,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023. The high-shouldered vase has a waisted body and a tall neck applied with a chilong grasping a leafy stem in its mouth below the galleried rim. It is covered overall with a glaze of milky-white color. Provenance: R. M. Chait Gallery, New York, no. 3636.Estate of D. D. Kneeland.Private European... [Lire la suite]
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25 août 2022

A Pale Celadon-Glazed Incised ‘Lotus’ Brush Pot, Bitong, Kangxi Period, Wenzhang Shandou Mark

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]
15 mai 2022

An underglaze-blue and red, wucai-decorated celadon-glazed vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

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
21 février 2022

A pair of French ormolu-mounted Chinese Imari porcelain pot-pourri vases by Escalier De Cristal, Paris, the porcelain Kangxi

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]

15 décembre 2021

A Pale Celadon-Glazed Incised ‘Lotus’ Brush Pot, Bitong, Kangxi Period, Wenzhang Shandou Mark

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]
29 mars 2021

Sotheby's to offer three supremely important Ming and Qing Imperial seals

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]
20 juin 2020

A rare large blue and white 'landscape' and inscribed jar, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, dated to the gengzi year (1720)

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]
26 mai 2020

A rare imperial untailored gold brocaded silk twill court overcoat, gua, Kangxi period, late 17th century

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]