Qing dynasty

Chinese enamel ewer and basin, Qing Dynasty, 18th century. Photo: Lyon & Turnbull. the shell form ewer and basin decorated in polychrome with bands of brightly coloured flowers and foliage ewer 26cm high, basin 38cm wide. Estimate £4,000-6,000. Sold for £4,750 Lyon & Turnbull. Fine Asian Works of Art 11 Dec 2013

The Imperial Kesi Ground Formal Robe, Qing Dynasty, 19th century. Sold for £15,000. The robe depicts a gold dragon; court robes included the dragon motif together with a decorative representation of the Chinese conception of the cosmos. Photo: Lyon & Turnbull.  EDINBURGH.- Experts at Lyon & Turnbull were stunned when they came across a 200 year old Chinese Imperial Robe in a wardrobe in a house in the Highlands of Scotland. The Imperial Kesi Ground Formal Robe, valued at £2,500, sold in their sale of... [Lire la suite]

  Dancing Dakini. China, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period. Bronze with lacquer, silver and copper inlaid. Height: 35.4 inches (90 cm). Photo courtesy Jacques Barrère   Blue and white rouleau vase. China, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period. Height: 17.7 inches (45 cm). Photo courtesy Jacques Barrère   Green Tara. Tibet, 14th Century. Gilt bronze. Height: 10.6 inches (27cm). Photo courtesy Jacques Barrère Gallery M & M, 34 East 67th Street, New York 10065. T (212) 288 0043 - M +33 66 165... [Lire la suite]

An Imperial inscribed ‘Manchu Script’ sapphire-blue overlay glass snuff bottle, Imperial Workshops, Qing dynasty, Qianlong-Jiaqing period. Photo courtesy Sotheby's 7.8 cm., 3 in. Estimation 180,000 — 220,000 HKD Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 2nd July 1984, lot 191.Guo’an Collection.Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30th October 2000, lot 510. Litterature: Chrsitopher C.H. Sin, 'Hong Kong Auction Review, Sotheby's, Monday, October 30, 2000', Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Winter 2000, p. 31, fig. 1.... [Lire la suite]

An Imperial octagonal yellow glass snuff bottle, Imperial Glassworks, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Photo courtesy Sotheby's. 4.7 cm., 2 in. Estimation 35,000 — 45,000 HKD Provenance: Collection of Alice B. McReynolds.Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 16th April 1985, lot 44. Litterature: Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 5, Hong Kong, 2002, no. 801. Sotheby's. SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE MARY & GEORGE BLOCH COLLECTION: PART VII.... [Lire la suite]

A black and white jade ‘Goldfish’ snuff bottle, attributed to Suzhou, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Photo courtesy Sotheby's.  together with a watercolour illustration by Peter Suart;.6 cm., 2 5/8 in. - watercolour 40.7 by 33 cm., 16 by 13 1/8 in. Estimation 180,000 — 220,000 HKDProvenance: Sotheby’s New York, 27th June 1986, lot 91.Arts of China, Hong Kong, 1988.Exposition: Robert Kleiner, Boda Yang, and Clarence F. Shangraw, Chinese Snuff Bottles: A Miniature Art from the Collection of George and Mary... [Lire la suite]

An Imperial yellow jade 'meiping' snuff bottle, Palace Workshops, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Photo courtesy Sotheby's.  5.7 cm., 2 1/4  in. Estimation 140,000 — 160,000 HKD  Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, 12th October 1993, lot 204.  Exposition: Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, British Museum, London, 1995, cat. no. 56.  Litterature: Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch... [Lire la suite]

A white jade cylindrical ‘Chilong’ snuff bottle, Palace Workshops, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong-Jiaqing period. Photo courtesy Sotheby's.  5.8 cm., 2 3/8  in. Estimation 180,000 — 220,000 HKD Provenance: Collecton of Johanna Krug.Robert Hall, London, 1993.  Exposition: Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, British Museum, London, 1995, cat. no. 53. Litterature: Johanna Krug, Prisen aus kleinen Tabakflaschen: Notizen und Bilder einer Sammlung, Munich,... [Lire la suite]

An amber ‘Bat and mythical beast’ snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, mid 18th-early 19th century. Photo courtesy Sotheby's.  5.8 cm., 2 3/8 in. Estimation 60,000 — 80,000 HKD Provenance: Jade House, Hong Kong, October 2003.Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., 2005.  Litterature: Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 7, Hong Kong, 2009, no. 1588. Sotheby's. Snuff Bottles from the Mary & George Bloch Collection: Part VII. Hong Kong | 26 nov.... [Lire la suite]

A Baltic amber 'Stag' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, mid 18th-early 19th century. Photo courtesy Sotheby's.  5.3 cm., 2 1/8 in. Estimation 200,000 — 250,000 HKD Provenance: An American private collection.An English private collection.Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., 2002. Litterature: Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 7, Hong Kong, 2009, no. 1589. Sotheby's. Snuff Bottles from the Mary & George Bloch Collection: Part VII. Hong Kong |... [Lire la suite]