Yixing stoneware

Cup in the Shape of a Plum Flower with Branch-Shaped Handle, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Yixing stoneware with underglaze molded decoration, 3.9 × 10.2 × 8.5 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Russell Tyson, 1964.741. Cup in the Shape of a Lotus Flower with a Figure of an Immortal, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Yixing stoneware with underglaze molded decoration, 6.9 × 8.7 × 8.5 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Russell Tyson, 1964.1215 Chen Mingyuan (Chinese, active 1650/1700), Lotus Cup, Qing dynasty... [Lire la suite]

Lot 148. An Yixing stoneware 'snail and shell' waterpot, signed Chen Mingyuan, early Qing dynasty (1664-1911); 3 ¼ in. (8.5cm.) long. Estimate GBP 20,000 - GBP 40,000. Price realised GBP 25,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. The vessel is finely modelled in the form of a large shell with a smaller snail crawling up to one side. The naturalistically potted stoneware is decorated in a rich brown tone with incised texture. The underside bears the impressed seal mark. Provenance: Bluett & Sons... [Lire la suite]

Lot 213. An inscribed Yixing stoneware rectangular pewter-cased teapot and cover, Daoguang period, signed Yang Pengnian; 10.2cm high. Estimate HK$40,000 - 60,000. Sold for HK$ 100,000 (€ 11,948). Photo Bonhams. One side incised with a scene of bamboo, the other side incised with both zhuanshu and kaishu inscriptions, with a green jade spout and a greyish-white jade 'C'-shaped handle, the top surmounted by a flat cover and cubic jade finial, the inner base of the teapot impressed with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 211. An inscribed Yixing stoneware hexagonal pewter-cased teapot and cover, Daoguang period, signed Yang Pengnian; 10.2cm high. Estimate HK$50,000 - 80,000. Sold for HK$ 100,000 (€ 11,948). Photo Bonhams. The exterior with bamboo and kaishu inscriptions, with a jade spout and a 'C'-shaped handle, the top with a sunken recess surmounted by a flattened cover with a cylindrical green jade knop, the inner base of the teapot impressed with a raised four-character zhuanshu seal... [Lire la suite]

Lot 201. An Yixing stoneware jar and a cover, Late Ming dynasty-early Qing dynasty; 10.5cm high. Estimate HK$ 8,000 - 12,000. Sold for HK$ 10,000 (€ 1,195). Photo courtesy Bonhams. Of waisted globular form, the slightly splayed foot resting on a raised foot, the stoneware of a rich mottled purplish-brown, the associated cover of elegant domed form, the base with a square prunus mark.  Note: A related Yixing stoneware jar dated to the Ming dynasty, excavated at Taizhou, Jiangsu in... [Lire la suite]

Pearls and jades of this world cannot be compared to the clay of YixingWang Wenbo, Tao Qi Xing Zeng Chen Mingyuan 人間珠玉安足取，豈如陽羨溪頭一丸土汪文柏 《陶器行贈陳鳴遠》 Lot 84. A rare Yixing signed and dated square seal, signed You Qinqing, dated to autumn of the bingxu year of Daoguang, corresponding to 1826, and of the period; 2 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) square. Estimate GBP 12,000 - GBP 18,000 (USD 15,516 - USD 23,274). © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. The tortoise-form knop is worked with a textured carapace and pierced... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 513. An Yixing stoneware slip-decorated 'landscape' brushpot, by Huang Yulin, Late Qing dynasty, d. 17.8 cm, 7 in. Estimate 250,000 — 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 300,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  of cylindrical form, the red stoneware intricately decorated to the exterior in coloured slip, depicting a continuous landscape scene of tiered pavilion and huts sheltered amongst jagged rocky mountains and tall trees by the riverside, the base impressed with a square seal... [Lire la suite]

Lot 512. An Yixing stoneware 'ribbon sash' box and cover by Chen Hanwen and an imperial zitan box and cover, Qing dynasty, early 18th century, 11.7 and 12.4 cm, 4 5/8  and 4 7/8  in. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 HKD. Lot sold 875,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  of rectangular form, finely carved to the exterior in relief with archaistic kui dragon scrolls with a beribboned sash tied at the centre, impressed to the base with a square seal reading Chen Hanwen, the stoneware of a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 511. An inscribed Yixing stoneware 'Bamboo' stone-dipper teapot and cover, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing-Daoguang period, incised by Qu Yingshao, 14.7 cm, 5 3/4  in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot sold 562,500 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  of Ziye-form, superbly potted with sloping sides rising from three flattened circular feet, set with a short spout opposite an angled handle, above an indistinct impressed seal mark, the raised flattened cover set with a looped knop, carved to the exterior with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 510. An Yixing stoneware square teapot and cover by Zheng Jingyu, Early Qing dynasty, w. 11.5 cm, 4 1/2  in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot sold 562,500 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  the four curved sides rising from a short foot to a short neck, the facetted curved spout set opposite a C-shaped handle, the domed cover surmounted by a knop, the base impressed with a seal mark reading Zheng Jingyu zhi ('made by Zheng Jingyu')  Literature: Paul... [Lire la suite]