Wucai

Lot 118. A rare wucai 'Five Poisonous Creatures' saucer dish, Wanli six-character mark and of the period (1573-1620); 14.3cm diam. Sold for £15,300 (Estimate £2,000 - 3,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 The dish finely decorated in the centre with a landscape scene featuring an Immortal riding a mythical animal amidst pine trees, floral shrubs and the 'Five Poisonous Creatures', also depicted on the exterior alternating with floral sprays, the base with the six-character mark within a double circle... [Lire la suite]

Lot 27. A wucai 'boys' jar and cover, 17th century. Overall height 27.8 cm. Lot Sold 2,286 GBP (Estimate 2,000 - 3,000 GBP). © 2023 Sotheby's. Provenance: Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997).Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. M.3.2. Sotheby's. A Journey Through China‘s History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Online. Part I (Online), London, 17 May 2023

Lot 25. A wucai double-gourd vase, 17th century. Height 20.8 cm. Lot Sold 3,302 GBP (Estimate 2,000 - 3,000 GBP). © 2023 Sotheby's. Provenance: Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997).Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. M.3.10. Sotheby's. A Journey Through China‘s History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Online. Part I (Online), London, 17 May 2023

Lot 1044. A large and unusual wucai cylindrical 'dragon' vase, Transitional period, mid-17th century; 44.5 cm high. Price realised USD 63,000 (Estimate USD 7,000 – USD 10,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023 Note: Two similar wucai vases also decorated with two four-clawed dragons, one ascending and the other descending, are published in J. Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 2016, p. 141, nos. 275-76. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1040. A wucai 'crane and Budhai' dish, Chongzhen-Shunzhi period (1628-1661); 21 cm diam, Japanese wood box. Price realised USD 1,512 (Estimate USD 2,000 – USD ,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023 Note: A 'crane and Budhai' dish (21 cm. diam.) in the Butler Family Collection, decorated in a similar palette but with the addition of turquoise glaze, is illustrated in Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Virginia, 1990, p. 63. no. 25.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 573. A large famille-verte 'Water Margin' dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 37.1 cm. Lot Sold 19,050 USD (Estimate 8,000 - 12,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023 the base with an Artemisia leaf in underglaze blue within a double circle. Provenance: Collection of Dr. Günter Schäper (1930-2014) Note: A nearly identical dish, from the Salting bequest, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (accession no. C.1221-1910). Lot 574. A pair of finely... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1039. A wucai 'hen and chicks' dish, Chongzhen-Shunzhi period (1628-1661); 20.9 cm diam, Japanese wood box. Price realised USD 10,080 (Estimate USD 6,000 – USD 8,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023 Note: A similar 'hen and chicks' dish (21 cm. diam.) in the Butler Family Collection is illustrated in Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Virginia, 1990, p. 67. no. 29, where it states that the distinctive design is based on the woodblock... [Lire la suite]

Lot 318. An inscribed famille-verte brushpot, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); h. 12.4 cm. Lot sold: 75,600 HKD (Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 HKD). © 2023 Sotheby's the inscribed poem may be translated as follows, Do you not realise the peaches of the Queen Mother of the West take a thousand years to ripen, For the time being let us amuse ourselves like Liu Lang.題詩： 未知王母千年熟 且共劉郎一咲同 Property from the Alleyne Collection. Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd, London, 1978. Lot... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 236. A wucai 'month' cup, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); Height 5.3 cm, 2¼ in. Lot sold: 63,000 GBP (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's. the base with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue. Provenance: Collection of Carl Gustav Kjellin (1910-1990), acquired in Shanghai in the 1940s. Note: Month cups depicting seasonal flowers accompanied by pertinent two-line poems represent a classic design of the Kangxi period (r.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 41. A rare wucai rouleau vase, Shunzhi period (1644-1661); 39.5cm (15 1/2in) high. Sold for £10,200 (Est: £10,000 - £15,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 The tall cylindrical vessel vibrantly decorated around the exterior with craggy rocks issuing dense chrysanthemum and peony, two birds in flight, all against a red petal-pattern ground and between floral patterned borders, the waisted neck with floral sprays.  Provenance: Priestly & Ferraro Chinese Art, London, 10 July 2006. Note: The dense... [Lire la suite]