Late Qing Dynasty-Republic Period

Lot 138. A pale blue-glazed water pot, taibai zun, Late Qing dynasty-Republic period; 5 in. (12.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 600 - USD 800. Price Realised USD 2,125. © Christie's Image Ltd 2021. The domed body is incised with three foliated dragon roundels below the waisted neck, covered on the exterior with an even pale blue glaze. The base has an aporcryphal Kangxi mark. Christie's. Art of China. Including Property from the Irving Collection, 18 Nov - 9 Dec 2020

Lot 98. A large copper-red-decorated blue and white ‘peach’ vase, meiping, Late Qing dynasty-Republic period; 201⁄4 in. (51.4 cm.) high. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised USD 10,625. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020 The vase is decorated on the exterior with gnarled leafy branches bearing nine peaches and flowers. There are two bats in flight next to the branches. Property from the Collection of Lenora and Walter F. Brown. Provenance: Christie’s London, 6 November 2012, lot... [Lire la suite]

The Graham Thewlis Collection of Chinese Thumb Rings. © Bonhams The Graham Thewlis Collection of Chinese Thumb Rings was mostly acquired in Hong Kong between 1971 and 1985. An overview of the collection was published by G.Thewlis in ‘Chinese Thumb Rings’, Arts of Asia, May-June 1985, pp.80-86. Lot 134. Three jade thumb rings, 19th century. Estimate 4,000-6,000 GBP. Sold for £ 5,625 (€ 6,280). © Bonhams Comprising a white jade ring with a sinuous dragon emerging from a cluster of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3482. A jadeite snuff bottle, Late Qing dynasty-Republic period; 2 in. (5.3 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 120,000 - HKD 180,000. Price realised HKD 125,000. © Christie’s Image Ltd 2014.  The highly polished stone is of a spinach-green tone with mottling and concentrated areas of dark green, wood stand, Japanese wood box. Note: An identification report from Hong Kong Jade & Stone Laboratory Limited confirms that the present lot is natural green jadeite. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 542. A jadeite hanging flower basket, Late Qing dynasty-Republic period; 5 1/8in (13cm) high. Estimate: US$10,000 - US$15,000. Sold for US$ 43,825 (€ 38,615) inc. premium. © Bonhams 2001-2019 Carved with a loose ring at the top of the cusped handle which pivots within the arched handles on flattened basket shape filled with a flowering peony plant, the rim of the basket finished with a row of tiny raised bosses and the opposing walls of the body filled with reserves of composite flowers and leaves in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 234. A blue and white vase, Hu, Qianlong seal mark, late Qing Dynasty-Republic Period; 51cm (20 1/8in) high. Estimate £ 8,000 - 12,000 (€ 9,100 - 14,000). Sold for £ 8,750 (€ 10,020) inc. premium. © Bonhams 2001-2018 Painted around the body with scrolling lotus beneath a band of the bajixiang to the shoulder, with further lotus scrolls on the neck, flanked by a pair of applied taotie mask ring handles. Provenance: a European private collection. Bonhams. FINE CHINESE... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 354.  A rock crystal court necklace, Late Qing Dynasty-Republic Period. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 HKD. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's the 108 large transparent crystal beads divided by four fotou (‘Buddha head’) beads of darker tone, including three smaller crystals of deep brown colour, the fourth fotou connected to gourd-shaped fotouta (‘Buddha head stupa’) and suspending yellow tassels; length 239 cm., 94 1/4  in. Sotheby's. Chinese Art,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 9208, An embroidered russet silk ground dragon robe, Late Qing dynasty. Estimate US$ 5,000 - 7,000 (€4,400 - 6,200). Photo Bonhams. The nine dragons defined primarily in gilt-wrapped threads, surrounded by clouds, cranes and bats in polychrome satin stitch as well as ribboned emblems of the Immortals in knotted stitch, the wide lishui border below also rendered in satin stitch and the black silk ground neck and sleeve bands embroidered en suite(noticeable wear, staining, losses to threads,... [Lire la suite]

A pair of coral-ground gilt-decorated vases and covers, Shende Tang Zhi hall marks, late Qing Dynasty-Republic Period. Sold for £5,625 (€7,779). Photo Bonhams. Each enamelled with a bright coral ground and painted in gilt with six stylised lotus flowers alternating in two rows amid buds and foliate scrolls, the upper blossoms beneath clusters of the Three Auspicious Fruit and suspending tasselled musical stones, all between ruyi and lappet borders, the covers each with bud finial and similarly decorated with lotus... [Lire la suite]

A group of three red coral carvings, Late Qing Dynasty-Republic Period. Photo courtesy Bonhams. Comprising a carving of two ladies, one standing with a phoenix perched on her head and holding a loose hanging basket in its beak and the other lady resting against a branch also with a phoenix perched on her head, gilt wood stand, 23/2cm (9 1/8in) high; a figure of Guanyin holding a lotus and riding on a dragon over waves, fixed stand, 9/8cm (3 3/4in) high; and a lady holding a lotus spray over her shoulder, wood stand, 8.5cm (3 3/8in)... [Lire la suite]