Wucai

Lot 3134. A wucai 'chilong' dish, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price Realized USD 9,375. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The shallow dish has an everted rim, and the interior is decorated with a red and a yellow chilong dragon, each holding a branch of lingzhi fungus in its mouth, all within single blue line borders. Property from the Collection of Sarah Jamison Messmore ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3628. A fine wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowl, Seal mark and period of Daoguang (1821-1850). Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot Sold 250,000  HKD. Photo: Sotheby’s. the rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a gently flaring rim, painted to the exterior with a green and a red dragon striding in pursuit of flaming pearls, divided by a pair of swooping phoenix, all below a band of bajixiang interspersed with ruyi emblems, the interior with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 90. A wucai 'figural' vase, gu, Qing dynasty, mid-17th century; 153⁄8 in. (39.1 cm.) high. Estimate: HKD 30,000 - HKD 50,000 (EUR 3,069 - EUR 5,115). © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. Provenance: A European noble and private collectionSold at Christie's London, 1 October 2014, lot 361 (one of two). Christie’s. Pavilion Online: Chinese Art, 21 - 28 April 2020

  Lot 89. A wucai 'figural' vase, gu, Qing dynasty, mid-17th century; 141⁄2 in. (37.3 cm.) high. Estimate: HKD 30,000 - HKD 50,000 (EUR 3,069 - EUR 5,115). Price Realised: HKD 35,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. Provenance: A European noble and private collectionSold at Christie's London, 1 October 2014, lot 361 (one of two). Christie’s. Pavilion Online: Chinese Art, 21 - 28 April 2020

Lot 2129. A fine wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl, Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795); 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 60,000 - USD 80,000. Price Realized USD 68,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  The deep, rounded sides rise to a slightly everted rim and are decorated on the exterior with phoenixes descending between two dragons, in iron red and green glaze, shown striding amidst flower scroll below a narrow border of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2123. An unusual wucai 'Auspicious emblem' bowl, Kangxi-Yongzheng period (1662-1735); 3¾ in. (9.6 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price Realized USD 40,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  The bowl is delicately potted with shallow, rounded sides, and the convex center is decorated with a lotus spray beneath a ribbon-tied auspicious emblem, within a petal border below six of the bajixiang painted in pale blue outlined in iron red in the well. The exterior... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2122. A rare small Ming-style wucai 'ducks' bowl, Kangxi-Yongzheng period (1662-1735); 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 25,000. Price Realized USD 18,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  The thickly potted, shallow bowl has rounded sides that rise to a flaring rim. The exterior is finely decorated in delicate shades of yellow, green, iron-red and underglaze-blue with four ducks swimming in a pond divided by lotus sprays and reeds, all above a band of lappets... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3205. A wucai bowl with figures, mark and period of Wanli (1573-1619); 11 cm., 4 1/4 in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD. Lot Sold 800,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the well rounded sides rising from a short straight foot, colourfully painted with a procession of figures bearing tributes on a tray, followed by mythical beasts carrying gifts, below a zig-zag band at the rim, the interior well painted with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3424. A fine wucai 'carp' dish, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 8 1/4 in. (20.9 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 280,000 - HKD 350,000. Price realised HKD 525,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The dish is painted on the centre of the interior with two iron-red carp, one leaping from the water, the other swimming beneath, in a river pool with lotus and arrow-weed, in green, yellow, and iron-red enamels with light underglaze blue, enclosed by the cavetto similarly painted with five fish swimming amid pond weed and floating blossoms,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3301. A wucai 'figures' deep bowl, Wanli six-character mark within double circles and of the period (1573-1619); 6 1/8 in. (15.7 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 900,000 - HKD 1,200,000. Price Realized HKD 1,180,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The bowl is finely potted with deep rounded sides rising from a tall narrow foot to a straight rim, vividly painted in red, green, brown, yellow enamels and underglaze blue with a continuous landscape depicting two scholars dressed in official... [Lire la suite]