Water Dropper

Lot 1342. Water dropper in the form of the immortal Liu Hai, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 14.5 cm. Estimated price €1.000 - €1.500. Result: €992. Photo Lempertz Email sur biscuit. The immortal riding on the mythical three-legged toad. Covered with a blue and pale green glaze and painted iron-oxide, the head and hands unglazed. Literature: Compare a similar piece in: John Ayers, La collection de porcelaines chinoises de Marie Vergottis, Lausanne 2004, p. 98-99 Lempertz. Asian Art II China,... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 102. A white porcelain double-walled reticulated water dropper, Joseon Dynasty, 19th century; 5 ½ in. (14 cm.) diameter. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The globular form pierced with a large dragon and clouds, the inner wall forming a receptacle for water, the eyes of dragon decorated in underglaze-blue, applied with a glossy clear glaze. Provenance: Tokutomi Soho (1863 - 1957) Note: For a similar water dropper in the collection of Victoria and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 292. An unusual 'Jizhou' brushrest and water dropper, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368). Estimate GBP 4,000 — 6,000. Photo Sotheby's. moulded in the form of five peaks and decorated to each side with figures amongst trees and a dragon, with a short cylindrical spout to one end, covered in an amber glaze stopping short of the base to reveal a pale buff body; 9.8 cm, 3 3/8  in. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Londres, 09 nov. 2016, 11:30 AM 

Lot 15. A Junyao water dropper, Jin-Yuan Dynasty, 12th-13th century. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016 The conjoined pomegranate water dropper has two small holes towards the top of each fruit and is covered overall with an milky-blue tone glaze that falls in an irregular line to the foot. 4 in. (10.16 cm.) wide. The small cup that was originally attached to this water droppers is missing with some associated glaze loss - few collection marks in black to the base of one pomegranate  - an area of glaze... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1461, Two blue and white 'mandarin duck' form water droppers, Late Ming dynasty. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Lot sold 5,625 USD. Photo Sotheby's. each modeled with the ducks swimming side by side, with a circular aperture on the back opening to the hollow bodies freely painted with plumage in shades of blue, the beak of one pierced to form a spout. Length 5 in., 12.7 cm PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CORNELIA GUEST, FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF C.Z. AND WINSTON... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2472. An underglaze blue and iron-decorated water dropper in the form of the Geumgang Mountains, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. Sold for US$ 10,000 (€9,305). Photo Bonhams Of irregular oval silhouette displaying two opposing Buddhist shrines nestled amid finger-like peaks that also disguise an air hole at the top and a tiny water spot to one side, the surfaces colored with iron and cobalt washes beneath a glaze of pale blue-green hue that intensifies in color where thickly pooled, the glaze also covering the recessed... [Lire la suite]

Lot 829. A group of three Qingbai-glazed water droppers, Yuan-Ming dynasty. Estimate 1.000/1.500 €. Unsold. Photo Nagel L. 5,8-8,6 cm. Few small chips Property from an old European private collection  Nagel Auktionen, "Asian Art",  08/12/2015

Porcelain water dropper with pale blue glaze, qingbai ware, Jingdezhen kilns, south China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Height: 6.5 cm. Museum no.FE.15-2001. Given by Peter Harris on behalf of his brother Mike Harris [2007] © V&A Images This water dropper was made during the Song dynasty (960-1279), the classical period in the history of Chinese ceramics. Kilns appeared in all parts of China, each kiln with its own specialized products. Centuries later they were much sought after by... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white frog-form water dropper, Vietnam, circa 15th century. Estimate $3,000 - $5,000. Price Realized $6,000 . Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The large water dropper is molded in the shape of a seated frog with a circular aperture behind the head and a short cylindrical spout in the middle of its mouth. The head is detailed in blue line and the body is decorated allover with flecks of blue. 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) long Provenance: Acquired in New York, 1988. Literature: Adrian M.... [Lire la suite]

A susancai toad-form water dropper, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Photo Sotheby's Length 6 1/2 in., 16.6 cm Provenance: Berwald Oriental Art, London, 2000. The lowly toad has long occupied a significant role in Chinese iconography. A very well modeled pottery toad in the Luoyang museum dating back to the Xia dynasty (2070-1600 BC) attests to both the longevity and popularity of the animal. The toad’s association with water and darkness somehow evolves to the animal’s influence over rain and pareidolic appearance on the... [Lire la suite]