Late Ming Dynasty

Foliated Bowl (Wan) with Fruit and Floral Panels, Late Ming dynasty, about 1550-1644. Wheel-thrown porcelain with underglaze blue painted decoration and clear glaze. Height: 7 1/4 in. (18.42 cm); Diameter: 3 1/2 in. (8.89 cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Ambassador and Mrs. Edwards E. Masters (M.84.213.265). © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2023 

Bowl with Landscape, South China, Chinese, late Ming dynasty, about 1550-1644. Swatow ware, wheel-thrown porcelain with underglaze blue painted decoration, and clear glaze. Diameter: 18 3/4 in. (47.63 cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund (M.58.9.8). © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2023 

Bowl (Wan) with Flowers and Festoons, China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen, Chinese, late Ming dynasty, late 15th-early 16th century. Wheel-thrown porcelain with underglaze blue painted decoration and clear glaze. Height: 2 3/4 in. (6.99 cm); Diameter: 5 3/4 in. (14.61 cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Ambassador and Mrs. Edward E. Masters (M.84.213.292). © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2023

Dish (Pan) with Grape Spray, Eight Auspicious Symbols, and Rosettes, China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen, Chinese, late Ming dynasty, about 1550-1644. Wheel-thrown porcelain with underglaze blue painted decoration and clear glaze, 3 1/8 in x 17 1/2 in diameter. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Hyatt Robert Von Dehn (M.72.17.2) © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2023

Lot 290. A fine part-gilt bronze figure of Bhaisajyaguru, late Ming dynasty. H. 32,5 cm. Sold: €10 000 (Estimate €10 000- €15 000). Photo Nagel Auction. The Part-gilt bronze figure of the Medicine Buddha is seated in the meditation pose holds a myrobalan fruit or healing aruna fruit in his right hand. This fruit is native to India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and southwestern China, and is referred to as a “medicine pill” in oral tradition. Other representations of the Medicine Buddha sometimes... [Lire la suite]

Lot 172. A gilt-bronze figure of the Buddha Paree, late Ming dynasty. H. 38,8 cm. Sold: €20 000 (Est: €20 000 - €30 000). Courtesy Nagel. Seated in vajrasana on a shaped plinth with his right hand lowered in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing monastic robe including an underskirt fastened around the waist with a ribbon knotted to the front and a wide-sleeved mantle covering both shoulders, the borders cast with scrolling tendrils, bejewelled, his chest incised with the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 116. A rare blue and white 'magic fountain' ewer, Four-character Fu Shou Kang Ning mark, Jiajing period (1522-1566); 32cm high. Sold for £10,200 (Estimate £10,000 - 15,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 Of pear-shape with a long waisted neck below a galleried rim, painted in vivid tones of blue on each side of the body with an elaborate water fountain supported on a mythical qilin, the neck with upright plantain leaves, applied with an elegantly curved spout and arched strap-handle further decorated... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 143. A 'fahua' figure of a seated Buddha, Late Ming dynasty; 35.5cm high. Sold for US$6,120. © Bonhams 2001-2023 Seated in meditation posture with hands placed softly on the laps, his downcast eyes with gentle expression, wearing a voluminous robe showing bare chest, the hexagonal waisted pedestal base supporting the lotus throne, glazed in turquoise blue and purplish brown, the back of the throne and base unglazed, showing the high-fired porcelaneous body. Bonhams. New York, CHINESE... [Lire la suite]

Lot 512. A large blue and white 'birds and flowers' bowl, Late Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Diameter 35.7 cm. Lot Sold 24,130 USD (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023 the base with a four-character mark reading fugui jiaqi in underglaze blue within a square. Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 7th December 1983, lot 300.New York Private Collection, and thence by descent. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 22 March 2023

Lot 517. A huanghuali scroll chest, Late Ming dynasty; 73.8 by 45 by 33.4 cm. Lot sold: 226,800 GBP (Estimate: 180,000 - 280,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's. Property of a Gentleman. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 2 November 2022