Seal mark and period of Yongzheng

Lot 1. A yellow-glazed handled cup, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); Width across handles 7 cm, 2¾ in. Lot sold: 113,400 GBP (Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's delicately potted with gently rounded sides rising from a short foot to a slightly flared rim, set with a pair of upright loop handles to the sides, the exterior finely incised with a narrow band enclosing two pairs of confronting archaistic dragons flanking a central... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3654. A rare large celadon-glazed 'dragon' charger, seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735). Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 HKD. Lot sold 2,000,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. modelled after Longquan celadon ware, sturdily potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a short foot to an everted flat rim, the exterior moulded and carved with overlapping lotus petals, the interior with a medallion enclosing a stylised dragon amidst ruyi-shaped cloud scrolls, applied... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3640. A fine and large archaistic guan-type handled vase, hu, seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735). Estimate 1,500,000 — 2,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 4,280,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. sturdily and robustly potted after archaic bronze prototypes, the flattened pear-shaped body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and everted rim, the neck flanked by a pair of handles suspending a mock ring and seemingly tasselled wan motif, the body moulded with wide sunken... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3612. An extremely fine and rare Ming-style blue and white 'flowers and fruit' moonflask, seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735). Estimate 15,000,000 — 20,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 18,080,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. finely potted after Ming dynasty prototypes, the circular body surmounted by a slender tubular neck flanked by a pair of scroll handles, superbly painted in washes of cobalt blue accentuated with simulated 'heaping and piling', the globular body decorated with an upper register of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 542. A celadon-glazed bowl, Seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735). Estimate 50,000 — 70,000 HKD. Lot sold 93,750 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's with wide everted sides resting on a straight foot, the exterior covered with a sea-green glaze, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark; 22.6 cm., 8 7/8  in.  Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 24th/25th May 1979, lot 577. Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 Dec 2015

Lot 3119. A Guan-type vase, Seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 23.5 cm., 9 1/4 in. Estimate 1,200,000 — 1,500,000 HKD (117,429 — 146,787 EUR). Lot sold 1,460,000 HKD (142,873 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's the compressed globular body with flared sides rising to a waisted neck and an everted lipped rim, the high shoulder set with four small loop handles, covered overall in an even bluish-green glaze with a fine network of light brown crackles... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3017. A fine and large 'ge'-type 'bagua' moonflask, Seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735). Estimate 7,000,000 — 9,000,000 HKD (802,185 - 1,031,381 EUR). Photo Sotheby's. of archaistic bianhu form, the flattened globular body rising from a splayed rounded rectangular foot to a tall cylindrical neck and lipped mouthrim, moulded on each circular side with a central yin-yang symbol encircled by the bagua ('Eight Trigrams'),... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3628. A massive ormolu-mounted 'ge'-type vase, hu, Seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735);  75 cm., 29 1/2  in. Estimate 5,500,000 — 7,500,000 HKD (641,955 - 875,394 EUR). Lot sold 6,680,000 HKD (767,906 EUR). Photo Sotheby's the monumental vessel of archaistic hu-form robustly potted with a pear-shaped body on a splayed foot, covered overall with a thick blue-grey glaze suffused with dark brown crackles, each side moulded with four large slightly inset ogival panels forming strapwork... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3615. A fine and rare 'Jun-imitation' vase, Seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 27.9 cm., 11 in. Estimate 4,000,000 — 6,000,000 HKD (466,877 - 700,315 EUR). Unsold. Photo Sotheby's the robustly potted pear-shaped vessel supported on a splayed foot with two rectangular apertures evoking archaic bronze models, the rotund body rising to a wide slightly tapering neck to a galleried rim, covered overall with a mottled deep crushed-raspberry glaze thinning at the rim and... [Lire la suite]

A fine carved celadon-glazed bowl, Seal mark and period of Yongzheng. Photo: Sotheby's the deep rounded sides carved in relief on the exterior with a wide band of peonies in full bloom issuing from scrolling stems below a thin band around the rim enclosing an undulating cloud scroll, all supported on a low straight foot incised with a key-fret band, the interior incised with a central peony medallion framed by further peony scrolls around the sides, all below a key-fret border at the rim, covered overall in an even pale green... [Lire la suite]