15 juillet 2023

A 'Gu'-shaped blue and white porcelain vase with figures and animals, Kangxi period (1662-1722)

 Lot 338. A 'Gu'-shaped blue and white porcelain vase with figures and animals, Kangxi period (1662-1722). H. 46,8 cm. Sold: €12 000 (Estimate €900- €1500). Photo Nagel Auction. Hairline to the rim, star-shaped crack near the foot, firing blemish to the wall. Provenance: Former old German private collection, acquired prior to 2007. Fine Asian Art - Day I by Nagel Auction, June 12, 2023 • Stuttgart, Germany

14 juillet 2023

A very rare and large pair of famille verte with gold phoenix and birds jars and covers, Kangxi period (1662-1722)

Lot 351. A very rare and large pair of famille verte with gold phoenix and birds jars and covers, Kangxi period (1662-1722). H. 62 cm.  Sold: €17 000 (Estimate €10 000 - €15 000). Photo Nagel Auction. Provenance: - Collection Geheimrat Peter Klöckner, Haus Hartenfels near Duisburg, acquired on 15.5.1929 for RM 20000 at Galerie Margraf & Co, Hermann Schmitz, Unter den Linden 29, Berlin (copy of letter preserved) - Collection Dr. Rainer Kreissl (1924 - 2005) -... [Lire la suite]
25 juin 2023

A rare 'Dehua' tripod incense burner, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)

Lot 34. Property from an Old Belgian Family Collection. A rare 'Dehua' tripod incense burner, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Length 18.9 cm. Lot Sold 3,810 EUR (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2023 Sotheby's. Arts d'Asie, Paris, 15 juin 2023
21 juin 2023

A rare large gilt-bronze figure of a boddhisattva, Kangxi period (1662-1722)

Lot 37. A rare large gilt-bronze figure of a boddhisattva, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 23.5cm (9 1/4in) high. (2). Sold for €317,900 inc. premium. Photo Bonhams. Finely and heavily cast seated in lalitasana, the right leg stretched out over the base, the left leg drawn in, with her right arm held in varadamudra and her left arm in vitarkamudra, wearing a long diaphanous dhoti elaborately decorated with finely incised scattered floral roundels and with chased... [Lire la suite]
20 juin 2023

A fine and rare inlaid-huanghuali cabinet, Kangxi period (1662-1722)

Lot 71. A fine and rare inlaid-huanghuali cabinet, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 34,8 x 35 x 25,5 cm. Sold: €80 000 (Estimate €12 000 - €18 000). Photo Nagel Auction. With two doors and frour drawers inside, metal fittings. The stand with openwork carving of dragons. The cover and the sides finely inlaid with mother-of-pearl, stones and different materials. Provenance: From the collection of merchant Alfred Julius Forkel (1873-1934), assembled in China prior to 1910, described... [Lire la suite]
15 mai 2023

Highlights Porcelain of Fine Asian Art - Day I by Nagel Auction, 12 june 2023

Lot 328. A fine and large imperial hu-shaped porcelain vase, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). H. 48,5 cm. Est: €200 000 - €300 000. Sold: €460 000 EUR. Photo Nagel Auction The robust ovoid body supported on a splayed foot, sweeping up to a waisted neck and everted rim, set with two taotie-mask handles suspending mock rings, brightly painted in deep shades of cobalt accented by contrived 'heaping and piling' with a wide band of scrolling lotus, the large blooms borne in an alternating... [Lire la suite]

07 mai 2023

Famille Verte Porcelain sold at Sotheby's Paris, 18 April 2023

  Lot 21. Property from the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad, Norway. A large powder-blue famille-verte ‘qilin and phoenix’ dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). D. 40 cm. Lot Sold 4,445 EUR (Estimate 2,000 - 3,000 EUR). © Sotheby's Provenance: Bernheimer Collection, München.Auksjon Belgia, April 2015. NDB: A similar dish in Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Dish, porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze enamels in the famille... [Lire la suite]
04 mai 2023

Blue and White Porcelain from the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad sold at Sotheby's Paris, 18 April 2023

Lot 16. Property from the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad, Norway. A powder-blue glazed bowl and a blue and white ‘floral’ kendi, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). D. 18 cm (bowl); H. 21 cm (kendi). Lot Sold 3,048 EUR (Estimate 2,000 - 3,000 EUR). © Sotheby's Provenance: Fair, 1985 (bowl).Portobello Road, W v Halm, London, 1985 (kendi).  Lot 17. Property from the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad, Norway. A group of five blue... [Lire la suite]
03 mai 2023

A rare pair of coral-red-decorated vases and covers, Kangxi period (1662-1722)

Lot 1064. Property from the Collection of Evelyn Annenberg Jaffe Hall. A rare pair of coral-red-decorated vases and covers, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 26.7 cm high, metal stands. Price realised USD 23,940 (Estimate USD 6,000 – USD 8,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023 The interior is decorated with a roundel containing a dragon chasing a flaming pearl. Provenance: Duveen Brothers, Inc., New York.J. P. Morgan (1837-1913) Collection.Georges de Batz, New York.William... [Lire la suite]
30 avril 2023

Chinese Monochrome Porcelains sold at Christie's

Lot 1056. A rare pair of reticulated white bowls, Chongzhen period (1628-1644); 9.2 cm diam. each. Price realised USD 10,710 (Estimate USD 6,000 – USD 8,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023 The decoration incorporates five characters below the rim which read you tian yong you yu (there is a heaven which has abundance). Provenance: Nagatani, December 1959.Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from a American Private... [Lire la suite]