15 mai 2023

Highlights Porcelain of Fine Asian Art - Day I by Nagel Auction, 12 june 2023

Lot 328. A fine and large imperial hu-shaped porcelain vase, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). H. 48,5 cm. Est: €200 000 - €300 000. Photo Nagel Auction The robust ovoid body supported on a splayed foot, sweeping up to a waisted neck and everted rim, set with two taotie-mask handles suspending mock rings, brightly painted in deep shades of cobalt accented by contrived 'heaping and piling' with a wide band of scrolling lotus, the large blooms borne in an alternating double register with the upper... [Lire la suite]

13 avril 2023

A Guan-type 'Three Rams' meiping, Seal mark and period of Qianlong

  Lot 518. A Guan-type 'Three Rams' meiping, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Height 23.2 cm. Lot Sold 444,500 USD (Estimate 150,000 - 250,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023 the base of each with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue (2) Provenance: Japanese Private Collection.Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3rd October 2017, lot 3612.  Exhibited: Sekai kobijutsu tenrankai [Antiques of the world exhibition], Yamanaka & Co. and Tokyo Art Club, Osaka and... [Lire la suite]
12 avril 2023

A pair of iron-red 'dragon' cups, Seal marks and period of Qianlong

Lot 518. A pair of iron-red 'dragon' cups, Seal marks and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Diameter 6.2 cm. Lot Sold 78,740 USD (Estimate 30,000 - 50,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023 the base of each with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue (2) Provenance: American Private Collection, received as a gift in 1964, and thence by descent. Exhibited: Catalogue of the Loan Collection of Paintings, and the Schoonmaker Collection of Porcelains and Cloisonné, at the Job Male... [Lire la suite]
12 avril 2023

Four vases from a Northeastern Institution sold at Sotheby's New York, 22 March 2023

Lot 511. A fine and rare Ru-type lobed arrow vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Height 22.1 cm. Lot Sold 965,200 USD (Estimate 200,000 - 300,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023 the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. Property from a Northeastern Institution. Provenance: Collection of Francis X. Schoonmaker, acquired prior to 1887.Collection of Job Male (1808-1891). Exhibited: Catalogue of the Loan Collection of Paintings, and the... [Lire la suite]
28 mars 2023

Celestial Colors. The Cadle Family Collection of Chinese Monochromes at Sotheby's New York, 21 March 2023

Lot 1. A fine Ru-type washer, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Diameter 5¾ in., 14.6 cm.  Estimate 50,000 - 70,000 USD. Lot Sold 88,900 USD. © 2023 Sotheby's the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. The Cadle Family Collection of Chinese Monochromes Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29th November 1979, lot 296.Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20th May 1987, lot 492.Marchant, London, 15th December 1987. J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1988. ... [Lire la suite]
28 décembre 2022

Two Ru-type vases from the Personal Collection of Robin Woodhead sold at Sotheby's. Monochrome, London, 2 November 2022

Lot 221. A very fine Ru-type hexagonal vase, Hu, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Height 34.8 cm., 13¹¹⁄₁₆ in. Lot sold: £277,200 (Estimate: £120,000 - 180,000). © 2022 Sotheby's. the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. Property from the Personal Collection of Robin Woodhead. Provenance: Private Collection, JapanSotheby's Hong Kong, 9th October 2007, Lot 1526. Note: Covered in a subtle glaze of a misty bluish grey and suffused overall with... [Lire la suite]

09 décembre 2022

A fine celadon-glazed saucer, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795)

  Lot 176. A fine celadon-glazed saucer, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); d. 8 cm. Lot sold: 138,600 HKD (Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 with flared sides rising from a recessed base, covered overall with an unctuous pale bluish-green glaze, the rim applied with a brown wash, the base glazed white and inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark, wood stand. Provenance: Kenneth S.M. Chan Ltd, Hong Kong, 25th August 1981. ... [Lire la suite]
24 novembre 2022

A copper-red and underglaze-blue 'dragon' meiping, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795)

Lot 379. A copper-red and underglaze-blue 'dragon' meiping, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1723-1795). Height 8½ in., 21.6 cm. Sold for 151,200 USD (Estimate 30,000 - 50,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2022 the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 21 september 2022
24 novembre 2022

A wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795)

Lot 371. A wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Diameter 5⅛ in., 13 cm. Sold for £44,400 (Estimate $7,000 - $10,000). © Sotheby's 2022 the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 17th March 1977, lot 240. Asian Private Collection. Sotheby's Hong Kong, 17th May 1988, lot 101. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 21 september 2022
20 novembre 2022

A copper-red-glazed bowl, Seal mark and period of Qianlong

Lot 369. A copper-red-glazed bowl, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Diameter 6⅛ in., 15.6 cm. Sold for $30,240 (Estimate $5,000 - $7,000). © Sotheby's 2022 the base with a six-character seal mark reserved in a square. Provenance: Hong Kong Private Collection.  Important Chinese Art, New York, 21 september 2022