Qianlong

Lot 40. Qianlong, Emperor of China (1711-1799) – Shiqiu Jia, Ming Li, and others, Ping ding Kuoerke zhan tu (Pictures of the campaigns against the Gurkhas). [Beijing: c. 1793-1796]. First Chinese edition, comprising 8 engravings with printed Chinese inscriptions (each approx. 510 x 880mm), folded in the middle and bound in a red silk square folio album (worn, some silk loose). Price realised GBP 81,900 (Estimate GBP 80,000 – GBP 120,000). © Christie's Image... [Lire la suite]

Lot 39. Qianlong, Emperor of China (1711-1799) – Dazhang Yang (fl.1770-1790) Pingding Taiwan deshung tu (Victorious Battle Prints of the Taiwan Campaign). Beijing: Neifu tongban hua, 1790. First French edition, 16 copper-engraved plates (each with plate mark approx. 550 x 930mm on sheets approx. 557 x 940mm), mounted on sheets within album. Price realised GBP 81,900 (Estimate GBP 80,000 – GBP 120,000). © Christie's Image Ltd 2023 Extremely rare... [Lire la suite]

Lot 38. Qianlong, Emperor of China (1711-1799) – Giuseppe Qianlong (1688-1766, artist) and Charles-Nicolas Cochin(1715-1790, engraver), [Pingding Xiyu zhantu. Suite de seize estampes representant les conquetes de l'Empereur de la Chine. Paris: 1767-1774.]. First French edition, 16 copper-engraved plates (each with plate mark approx. 550 x 930mm on sheets approx. 557 x 940mm), mounted on sheets within album. Price realised GBP 239,400 (Estimate GBP... [Lire la suite]

DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions’ inaugural participation in Asia Week New York 2019 debuts with the Chenn Family Collection of fine Chinese paintings and calligraphy. First assembled by the early Chinese Republic scholar and political reformer Chen Guoxiang, the important collection spotlights significant fine Asian Art offered March 19 in New York.  “Heritage’s Asian Art department may be young, but we feel we are capable of establishing our New York auction as one of the premier Asian market events held in the United... [Lire la suite]

'European subject' plate, China, Qianlong, circa 1740. Diameter 23 cm (9 in.) © Luis Alegria Lda at TEFAF Maastricht 2019, Stand 169. Enamelled on a black ground with two musicians, one playing a trumpet and the other a circular horn. The rim decorated with a gilt spearheads border. It has been suggested that this may have been designed by Cornelis Pronk. The Black ground was difficult to produce. The figures are unusual, being in Ottoman Costume and European musical instruments. Complete set of six... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 211. An Imperially Inscribed Grey Pottery Jar. The Vessel, Zhou Dynasty-Warring States Period, The Qianlong Inscription Dated 1769; 26cm., 10 1/4 in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Lot sold 735,650 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's he globular body rising from a slightly concave base to a short cylindrical neck with everted rim, impressed around the exterior with a geometric pattern and incised to the inside of the neck and rim with eight five-character lines, composed by the Qianlong... [Lire la suite]

Lot 185. A very important imperial bronze bell "Bozhong", China, Qianlong, dated 1761. With inscription by Emperor Qianlong. Estimate CHF 200,000 / 300,000 (€ 185 190/277 780). Sold for CHF 1 035 000 (hammer price). © Koller Zurich ZURICH.- The 13-14 June Asian Art auctions at Koller Zurich were enormously successful, with a string of top prices for Chinese & Himalayan art, particularly for three rare Chinese Imperial artworks from a private collection - which alone realized 2.64 million Swiss... [Lire la suite]

Chen Rong (active ca. 13th century) as catalogued in Shiqu Baoji, Six Dragons, (detail). Handscroll, ink on paper. Estimate: $1,200,000 - 1,800,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017. New York – On March 15, Christie’s will offer Important Chinese Art from the Fujita Museum, a selection of 31 Chinese works of art, including highly important Shang and Zhou dynasty ritual bronzes, classical paintings, Buddhist stone sculptures, celadons and scholar’s objects. All of the works were collected by Denzaburō... [Lire la suite]

Lot 64. Douze gravures sur vélin représentant l'ancien Palais d'été Yuanmingyuan, Paris, 1977. Estimation : 6 000 € / 8 000 €. Photo Artcurial Reproductions de douze des vingt planches gravées de 1783 à 1786, représentant les pavillons à l’architecture occidentale, jardins à la française et bassins, dessinés et crées par Giuseppe Castiglione pour l’Empereur Qianlong, chaque gravure portant une inscription : Hua Yuan Men Beimian Si (Quatrième vue, Nord de Hua Yuan Men) ; Hua Yuan Zhengmian Wu (Cinquième... [Lire la suite]

  Vase with Revolving Core and Eight-Trigram Design, Qing dynasty, reign of the Qianlong emperor, 1735–96, porcelain with golden glaze and appliquéd sculpture, National Palace Museum, Taipei. Image © National Palace Museum HOUSTON— The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, opens Emperors’ Treasures: Chinese Art from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, a major exhibition of more than 160 works of art from the renowned collections of the National Palace Museum, Taipei. The exhibition features a unique selection of paintings,... [Lire la suite]