Qing dynasty

A Famille-Rose 'Dragon' wall vase, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong-Jiaqing Period. Photo Sotheby's. of flat-backed lobed baluster form rising to a flaring neck, brightly enameled to the front face with two confronting gilt-decorated dragons contesting a 'flaming pearl' above waves, and separated by a five-character couplet reading wu yuan ying xiao ri, the neck decorated with three bats in flight, all amongst cloud scrolls, the interior and base turquoise. Height 7 3/8 in., 18.7 cm. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 USD Note: The five-character... [Lire la suite]

A rare and unusual cafe-au-lait ground white-slip decorated 'Dragon' bowl, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period. Photo Sotheby's. of conical form, decorated on the exterior with two striding dragons chasing 'flaming pearls' among stylized clouds in white slip, all reserved on a pale coffee brown ground, apocryphal Da Ming Chenghua nianzhi mark in underglaze blue within double circles. Diameter 7 3/4 in., 19.6 cm/ Estimation 8,000 — 12,000 USD Provenance: Seattle Art Museum.Sotheby's New York, 2nd November 1979, lot 367 Litterature:... [Lire la suite]

A powder blue and gilt-ground famille-verte rouleau vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period. Photo Sotheby's. reserved with four upright rectangular panels with birds perched on flowering and fruiting branches, the neck with two panels of flowering plants, all on a bright blue ground gilt with lotus scroll on the body and a wan diaper pattern around the neck, the base glazed white, apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark. Height 18 in., 46 cm. Estimation 20,000 — 30,000 USD PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE AUSTRALIAN COLLECTOR There appear... [Lire la suite]

  A blue and white 'Landscape' rouleau vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period. Photo Sotheby's. painted with a scene of a mountainous river landscape with rocks, a fishermen steering a boat on the lake below birds in flight, two scholars in conversation on a rocky bank, and another walking towards a pavilion, all below floral sprays and a single bowstring band around the neck. Height 18 1/2 in., 47 cm. Estimation 25,000 — 35,000 USD Provenance: Collection of Della Brooks Walker van Loben Sels (1878-1978), California, (according to... [Lire la suite]

A pair of blue and white 'Soldier' vases, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period. Photo Sotheby's. each jar of massive baluster form, well-painted in underglaze blue with a continuous pond scene of lotus and other aquatic plants issuing from calm waters above a narrow lappet band, the shoulder with a pendent blue ground ruyi collar enclosing stylized floral scrolls beneath a band of floral cartouches reserved on a diaper ground, the short straight neck with blossoming branches beneath a ruyi band at the lipped rim, the domed covers decorated... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white 'Landscape' dish, Qing Dynasty, Early Kangxi Period. Photo Sotheby's. with steep everted sides, the center painted with towering trees along a river bank where a fisherman, seated in a boat, gazes into the calm water below, with misty mountains in the distance. Diameter 10 1/4 in., 26 cm. Estimation 5,000 — 7,000 USD PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF PETER L. ROSENBERG Sotheby's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART. 18 MARS 2014 - 19 MARS 2014. NEW YORK -www.sothebys.com

An underglaze blue copper-red cylindrical 'Dragon' vase, Qing Dynasty, 18th century. Photo Sotheby's. of 'lantern' form, the body decorated with a continuous scene of a scaly copper-red dragon chasing a 'flaming pearl', against a background of underglaze blue waves. Height 11 5/8 in., 29.4 cm. Estimation 20,000 — 30,000 USD Sotheby's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART. 18 MARS 2014 - 19 MARS 2014. NEW YORK -www.sothebys.com

A celadon-ground, underglaze blue and copper red baluster vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period. Photo Sotheby's. the elegantly potted ovoid body rising to a slightly flared neck encircled by a single raised fillet, well-painted in raised white slip and underglaze blue and copper red on a celadon ground with flowering prunus branches emerging from rockwork with two small birds darting above, the interior and base glazed white. Height 17 in., 43 cm. Estimation 8,000 — 10,000 USD PROPERTY FROM THE MACDOUGALD... [Lire la suite]

Two blue and white baluster jars and covers, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period. Photo Sotheby's each jar molded with three registers of barbed lappet panels each enclosing a flowering tree emerging from rockwork and festooned with hanging vines, the branches and leaves cross-hatched, all between diaper bands at the rim and base, repeated on the domed fitted cover with pointed knop (4). Height of taller 23 1/2 in., 59.7 cm. Estimation 12,000 — 18,000 USD PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF PETER L. ROSENBERG A jar of the same form and design is... [Lire la suite]

A 'ge'-type glazed  vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Photo Sotheby's of faceted baluster-form with a pair of loop handles flanking the neck, surmounted by a lipped rim, the thick pale bluish-gray glaze crackled with a network of dark gray and pale brown lines, the unglazed foot dressed with an iron-brown wash. Height 12 in., 30.5 cm. Estimation 5,000 — 7,000 USD Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 18 Mar 2014, 10:30 AM - www.sothebys.com