Ming Dynasty

A Pair of Gold Fluted Cups, Ming Dynasty, 16th–17th Century, 3.5 x 6 cm. Price On Request. © Susan Ollemans. Susan Ollemans. 13 Georgian House, 10 Bury Street, St James's, London SW1Y6AA, United Kingdom - Tel: + 44 ( 0 ) 7775566356 - Email: sue@ollemans.com

Lot 15. A bronze tripod censer, Ming dynasty, 17th century. Diameter 7 5/8  in., 19.3 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 62,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the compressed globular body rising from three splayed feet to a short neck with a wide everted lipped rim, the bronze patinated to a deep brown, the underside cast with an apocryphal Xuande mark within a rectangle. Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3rd-4th May 1994, lot 394 Sotheby's. Monochrome, New York, 15... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1521. A rare polychrome-decorated dish, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 12 1/8 in. (30.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 5,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2013.  The dish has rounded sides and is decorated in iron red, and green and yellow glaze in the center with a scene of a woman greeting an official on horseback in a landscape with mountains in the distance below a band of chrysanthemum scroll in the well. A band of peony scroll encircles the exterior. A four-character mark,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1286. A Longquan celadon impressed bowl, Ming dynasty, 15th century; 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 5,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The heavily potted bowl has deep rounded sides raised on a small straight foot, and is impressed in the center of the interior with an indistinct circular medallion and around the sides with a continuous frieze of a boy amidst lotus scroll below a key-fret border repeated on the exterior above a broad band of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1257. A rare large white-glazed jar, Ming dynasty, early 15th century; 19 in. (48.3cm.) high, 21 in. (53.3cm.) wide. Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 70,000. Price realised USD 219,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The jar is heavily potted, with a tapering globular body, short neck and thick, lipped rim, and is covered inside and out with a slightly blue-tinged white glaze. It is raised on a flat foot ring, and the unglazed base shows the white porcelaneous ware. Provenance: Christie's New... [Lire la suite]

Lot 277. A Longquan celadon carved bowl, Ming dynasty, 15th century; 14 in. (35.7 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000. Price realised GBP 25,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014.  The bowl is sturdily potted with deep sides rising from a short foot and is covered overall in a rich celadon glaze. The interior is moulded with a central flower head surrounded by large carved flower heads.   Provenance: Acquired in the 19th century by the Duc et Prince de Blacas... [Lire la suite]

Lot 276. A large Longquan celadon carved dish, Ming dynasty, late 14th-15th century; 18? in. (48 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 8,000 - GBP 12,000. Price realised GBP 10,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014.  The central roundel is impressed with a lattice design, bordered by a flower scroll on the cavetto. The dish is covered in a yellowish-green celadon glaze.   Provenance: Acquired in the 19th century by the Duc et Prince de Blacas (1853-1937), and thence by descent... [Lire la suite]

Lot 352. A blue and white figure of a Daoist deity, Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1573-1619); 10 ? in. (25.7 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 10,000. Price realised GBP 10,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014 The seated deity is modelled wearing loose robes and a tall hat, with a gentle smiling expression on his face. The base is decorated with rocks and crashing waves. Exhibited: S. Marchant and Son, Ming Blue and White: Jiajing-Chongzhen including dated examples, London, November 2004, no. 3. Note:... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3534. A parcel-gilt bronze incense box and cover, Ming dynasty, 17th century; 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 120,000 - HKD 150,000. Price Realized HKD 400,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014 The box is of circular form with an incurving inner rim supporting the domed cover cast and gilt with a large lotus bloom, growing on a vine with smaller lotus flowers surrounding the rounded sides. Similarly decorated on the sides of the box, all reserved on a stamped fish-roe ground. The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3509. A Yunnan-style carved cinnabar lacquer 'floral' circular box and cover, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 8 in. (20.1 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 220,000 - HKD 280,000. Price Realized HKD 250,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014 The cover with gently rounded sides is shallowly carved in the central medallion with two large peony blooms surrounded by dense foliage, the sides similarly carved with four large blooms amidst lush leaves and tendrils, repeated on the sides of the box. The interior and... [Lire la suite]