Wucai

  A fine small wucai 'boys and offerings' bowl, Wanli six-character mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams. Potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a short slightly spreading foot, the exterior decorated with two boys holding cash-roundel offerings, one walking in front of a spotted deer and the other in front of an ox, within a landscape with distant mountain peaks behind scrolling clouds, all below a narrow band comprising leafy floral sprays, the interior with a central circular medallion enclosing a stylised... [Lire la suite]

Large, Broad-Shouldered Jar with Decoration of Fish and Aquatic Plants, Jiajing period, 1522-1566, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis, 1940.205 © 2013 President and Fellows of Harvard College. Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base. H. 23.5 x Diam. 24 cm (9 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)

"Five-color" Wucai Jar, China, Wanli period (1573-1619), porcelain © 2001-2014 The Peabody Essex Museum.

Box with Cover, 1573-1620, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Wanli reign (1572-1620), porcelain with wucai (five color) overglaze enamel decoration, Overall - h:9.00 w:18.40 l:25.30 cm (h:3 1/2 w:7 3/16 l:9 15/16 inches). John L. Severance Fund 1966.117.a, Cleveland Museum of Art © 2013 Cleveland Museum of Art. Box with Cover (lid), 1573-1620, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Wanli reign (1572-1620), porcelain with wucai (five... [Lire la suite]

Pair of wucai (five-colour) dishes with dragon and phoenix designs, Wanli period (1573-1620), Ming dynasty. Porcelain. Imperial kiln, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province. Each D: 11 cm. H: 2.2 cm. Purchased from E. T. Chow in 1959. Collection of the University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong © Virtual Collection of Asian Masterpieces, 2013 The five-claw dragon and phoenix designs demonstrate the royal identity of these two saucers.Both dishes have a six-character reign mark "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" (Made in the... [Lire la suite]

A Chinese wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl, Qianglong six-character seal mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams. rising from a recessed circular foot, the wide body rising to a lipped rim, the cavetto with five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls and phoenixes amidst floral and leafy vines, all beneath a band of ruyi-head scrolls between auspicious Buddhist emblems, the interior with a central dragon medallion with claws reaching for the flaming pearl amidst clouds engulfed in flames, 6.5cm high, 14.8cm diam. Sold for AU$ 15,250... [Lire la suite]

Two massive blue and white ovoid jars, Kangxi. Estimate US$ 100,000 - 200,000 (€74,000 - 150,000). Photo Bonhams. San Francisco — Two massive blue and white 'soldier' vases, formerly in the collection of Salvador Ugarte of Mexico City, stand out amongst a select group of Chinese Kangxi period porcelains to be offered at Bonhams San Francisco on June 24. The term 'soldier' refers to the famous group of 151 Chinese blue and white porcelains which Augustus the Stone of Saxony received from Friedrich Wilhelm I of Russia... [Lire la suite]

Rare petite jarre en porcelaine wucai, Marque et époque Jiajing. Photo Sotheby's de forme ovoïde, à décor peint en bleu pâle, aubergine, rouge, vert et jaune d'une frise de six cartouches quadrilobés abritant phénix et grues alternées sur fond des douze instruments de musique enrubannés représentant les "Huit Sons" parmi les rinceaux fleuris, marque à six caractères dans un double cercle en bleu sous couverte à la base; 9,3 cm, 3 5/8 in. Estimation 40,000 — 60,000 EUR Provenance: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert de... [Lire la suite]

A fine and rare pair of wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowls, Kangxi six-character marks within double circles and of the period (1662-1722). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014 Each is enamelled on the exterior with two dragons amidst flower sprays chasing flaming pearls divided by two descending phoenixes below a narrow band of the Eight Buddhist Emblems interspersed with ruyi heads at the mouth. The interior is decorated with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl amidst flame scrolls. 5 1/8 in. (13.1 cm.) diam., boxes... [Lire la suite]

A fine small wucai 'boys and offerings' bowl, Wanli six-character mark and of the period. Photo: Bonhams. Potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a short slightly spreading foot, the exterior decorated with two boys holding cash-roundel offerings, one walking in front of a spotted deer and the other in front of an ox, within a landscape with distant mountain peaks behind scrolling clouds, all below a narrow band comprising leafy floral sprays, the interior with a central circular medallion enclosing a stylised dragon-fish... [Lire la suite]