Pear-shaped Vase

Lot 3476. A fine Ming-style blue and white pear-shaped vase, yuhuchunping, Daoguang six-character seal mark and of the period (1821-1850); 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 700,000 - HKD 900,000. Price realised HKD 875,000. © Christies Image Ltd 2014 The globular body is painted in vivid blue tones in imitation of 'heaping and piling' with plantain and bamboo growing beside rocks on grassy mounds. All below a band of foliate scroll in-between upright leaves and a pendent... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1939. A fine Ming-style blue and white pear-shaped vase, yuhuchunping, Daoguang six-character seal mark and of the period (1821-1850); 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 400,000 - HKD 600,000. Price realised HKD 2,070,000. © Christies Image Ltd 2013 The globular body is painted in vivid blue tones in imitation of 'heaping and piling' with plantain and bamboo growing beside rocks on grassy mounds, below a band of foliate scroll in-between upright leaves and a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1938. A fine Ming-style blue and white pear-shaped vase, yuhuchunping, Jiaqing six-character seal mark and of the period (1796-1820); 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 600,000 - HKD 800,000. Price realised HKD 2,670,000. © Christies Image Ltd 2013 The globular body is painted in vivid blue tones in imitation of 'heaping and piling' with plantain and bamboo growing beside rocks on grassy mounds, below a band of foliate scroll in-between upright leaves and a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3444. A Guan-type glazed pear-shaped vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795); 4 in. (10.2 cm.) across. Estimate HKD 400,000 - HKD 600,000. Price Realized HKD 500,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014 The vase is finely potted with a pear-shaped body rising from a slightly flared cylindrical foot to a tall neck with lipped rim, covered overall with an even opaque celadon glaze of greyish-blue tone, suffused with a wide network of crackles partly stained with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 98. A pair of Qingbai pear-shaped vases, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); 81⁄4 in. (21.5 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised: USD 2,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Each vase is applied on the shoulder with a pair of monster-mask-ring handles, with a curled mane issuing from the top of the head to form a loop handle on the neck of the vase, covered overall with a transparent blue-toned glaze suffused with fine crackle, Japanese wood box. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 84. A Yixing Jun-glazed pear-shaped vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century. 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high, box. Estimate HKD 30,000 - HKD 50,000. Price realised HKD 100,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 Property from the the Quek Kiok Lee Collection. Provenance:  The Helen D. Ling CollectionAcquired from the above in December 1979. Christie's. The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including the Quek Kiok Lee Collection, Hong Kong, 9 October 2019

Lot 1046. An iron-spot-decorated Longquan celadon pear-shaped vase, Yuan-Early Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century; 9 in. (23 cm.) high. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. © Christie’s Images Limited 2019. The pear-shaped body is carved with lotus scroll, above a band of upright petals. The neck is decorated with upright plantain leaves and is flanked by a pair of fish-form handles suspending fixed rings. It is covered overall with a rich sea-green glaze with scattered iron-brown splashes,  Japanese wood box. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 52. An underglaze-copper-red pear-shaped vase, yuhuchunping, late 14th century; 13 in. (33 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 15,000 - GBP 20,000. Price realised GBP 27,600. © Christie’s Images Limited 1998 The well-rounded body with a narrow neck and flaring mouth and supported on a short spreading foot ring, painted in underglaze-red with four large peony blooms alternately depicted in profile and full-faced, borne on a generously scrolling stem with characteristically spiky leaves and four... [Lire la suite]

Lot 759. A large incised white-glazed soft-paste porcelain pear-shaped vase, yuhuchunping, 18th-19th century; 13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Price realised USD 11,875. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 The elegantly shaped vase is incised with stylized lotus scroll and covered overall with a creamy vory tone. Provenance: Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1924.The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham... [Lire la suite]

Lot 737. A white-glazed molded soft-paste porcelain pear-shaped vase, 18th century; 12 ½ in.(31.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 12,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 The body is molded with a continuous leafy floral scroll below bands of ruyi-heads and key-fret at the shoulder, and the neck has a band of upright leaves below a further ruyi-head border at the rim. The vase is covered overall with an even white glaze with a hint of bluish tone. ... [Lire la suite]