Wucai

A wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowl, Qianlong seal mark and period. Photo Sotheby's. the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, brightly painted and enameled around the exterior with a green and red dragon in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', divided by phoenix in flight and reserved on a dense leafy scroll ground, all below the bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems) and ruyi band at the rim, the interior with a dragon medallion six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. Diameter 6 1/8 in., 15.5 cm.... [Lire la suite]

A small wucai meiping, Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi Period. Photo Sotheby's painted in vivid colors with a continuous scene of a dignitary standing on a garden terrace between an attendant and a kneeling subject offering a gift, a draped table and armchair behind, all amidst lush foliage. Height 7 1/8 in., 18.2 cm. Estimation 6,000 — 8,000 USD Provenance: Professor D. R. Laurence Collection, no. 168.Roy Davids Collection. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 18 Mar 2014, 10:30 AM - www.sothebys.com

A wucai double-gourd 'Dragon' vase, 17th century. Photo Sotheby's the lower bulb decorated with peony flowers amongst scrolling foliage, the upper bulb with two dragons contesting a 'flaming pearl', one enameled in aubergine and the other in green, the base unglazed. Height 17 3/4 in., 45 cm. Estimation 5,000 — 7,000 USD Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 18 Mar 2014, 10:30 AM - www.sothebys.com

  A rare wucaI 'Fish' jar, Jiajing mark and period. Photo Sotheby's the stoutly potted globular body painted in vibrant enamels with a continuous frieze of large and small golden carp swimming amongst aquatic plants, the fish in reddish-orange with fins and scales penciled in iron-red, the lotus blossoms in bright yellow and iron-red with leaves of pale green growing alongside feather and spiky grasses in deep underglaze blue, yellow and green with iron-red and reddish-brown outlines, all beneath clusters of... [Lire la suite]

A wucai 'dragon' bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams. Enamelled with a green and a red dragon striding amongst floral sprays in pursuit of flaming pearls, divided by a pair of swooping phoenix, all below a band of bajixiang interspersed with ruyi emblems. 15cm (6 1/8in) diam. Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 (€2,400 - 3,700) Provenance: the base with a circular label 'Fonthill Heirlooms'; with indistinct number, possibly '456/6' Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. 4 Mar 2014, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com

A wucai jar and associated cover, Transitional. Photo Bonhams. The body decorated with dragon and phoenix roundels between three-pronged clouds, the shoulder with a peony band, a stiff leaf border at the neck, the footrim with a lappet border, the associated later lid enamelled with three cartouches containing the san duo. 39.5cm (15 1/2in) high (2). Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 (€1,200 - 1,800). Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. 4 Mar 2014, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com

A large and unusual Wucai double-gourd vase, 17th century, heigth 47 cm. The lower bulb decorated with four panels of flowering plants , including peony and lotus, a band of cracked-ice pattern repeated at the mouth rim above peony and chrysanthemum plants A large cloisonné enamel deep dish, early Kangxi period, diameter 48 cm. Photo courtesy Galerie Lamy. With representation of Dragons as well as running horses of different colors on the cavetto. Georges and Hugues jean Lamy (father and son) are specialized in porcelain and... [Lire la suite]

A wucai barrel-shaped chess box and cover, Wanli six-character mark and of the period. Photo courtesy Bonhams. Vividly painted in bright underglaze blue and enamelled in green, yellow and iron-red with a continuous scene of four mythical beasts with wild manes and tails issuing fire scrolls in a landscape of pines and rockwork, between a band of floral scroll at the foot and a geometric four-petalled floral band at the rim, the cover with a blue qilin, a green mythical beast and an elephant outlined in iron-red prancing in a pine... [Lire la suite]

A wucai sweetmeat dish, Wanli six-character mark and of the period. Photo courtesy Bonhams. The heavily-potted dish divided in the interior with a central lobed section surrounded by six curving sections radiating to the rim, all painted in underglaze blue and enamelled in iron-red, green and ochre with birds perching on flowering and fruiting branches issuing from rockwork, the exterior similarly decorated with six groups of birds and flowers, the rim and base fitted with white metal bands. 23.4cm (9¼in) diam. Estimate £20,000 -... [Lire la suite]

A wucai 'Buddhist lion' jar for the Japanese market, Wanli. Photo courtesy Bonhams. Thickly potted and painted in underglaze blue at the foot with a band containing four horses galloping over waves and at the neck with a dense floral scroll, the central band decorated in iron-red, green, turquoise and ochre enamels with four lobed cartouches each containing a Buddhist lion playing with flowing ribbons. 19cm (7½in) high. Estimate £5,000 - 8,000 (€6,000 - 9,700). Unsold. Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART. London, New Bond Street. 7 Nov 2013... [Lire la suite]