Yongle period (1403-1425)

(Left to Right). The Private Collection of Joseph Lau. A Fine Blue and White 'Lotus Scroll' Vase, Meiping, Ming Dynasty, Yongle Period. Est: HK$ 25 – 35 million / US$ 3.2 – 4.5 million. © Sotheby's 2022The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection. A Magnificent Ruby-Ground Yangcai 'Trigrams' Reticulated Vase, Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong. Est: HK$ 60 – 120 million / US$ 7.6 – 15.3 million. © Sotheby's 2022The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung. A Unique and Highly Important Moulded Blue and White Barbed 'Fish'... [Lire la suite]

Lot 11. A large blue and white 'lotus bouquet' charger, Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403-1425). Diameter 15⅞ in., 40.3 cm. Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 USD. Lot sold: 453,600 USD. © Sothebys. Provenance: Private Collection. Christie's London, 5th June 1972, lot 85. Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1972-present, coll. no. M.7.9. Literature: Rose Kerr et al., Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Hong Kong, 2011,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1045. A rare blue and white 'grapes' dish, Yongle period (1403-1425); 14 15⁄16 in. (38 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 180,000 – USD 250,000. Price realised USD 491,400. © Christie's 2022 The interior is well-painted with a leafy grapevine bearing three bunches of grapes as well as coiling tendrils, encircled by a band of composite foliate scroll in the rounded cavetto. The everted rim is decorated with a band of wind-tossed waves, and the exterior with a further band of composite foliate... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 1044. A large blue and white dish, Yongle period (1403-1425); 15 7⁄8 in. (40.3 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 200,000 – USD 300,000. Price realised USD 756,000. © Christie's 2022 The central medallion is finely decorated with peonies, all borne on scrolling interlocking stems, beneath the cavetto which is decorated with twelve floral sprays. The everted rim is encircled by a band of wind-tossed waves, and the exterior has a further band of composite foliate scroll, all in bright, inky tones of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2941. An important and very rare early-Ming blue and white pear-shaped bottle vase, yuhuchunping, Yongle period (1403-1425); 11 1⁄16 in. (28 cm.) high, Japanese double wood boxes. Price realised HKD 21,850,000 (Estimate HKD 20,000,000 - HKD 30,000,000). © Christie's 2021 The rounded body finely painted with bold strokes to depict a continuous scroll of four large lotus blooms borne on an undulating vine growing leaves to the sides, above cresting waves around the base, below borders enclosing... [Lire la suite]

Wine ewer decorated with flowers and fruits, Ming dynasty, Yongle period, 1403 - 1425. Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, height 26.1 cm, diameter of mouth 6.4 cm, National Museum of Chinese History, Beijing. © The Israel Museum. Detail: spout. Wine ewer decorated with flowers and fruits, Ming dynasty, Yongle period, 1403 - 1425. Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, height 26.1 cm, diameter of mouth 6.4 cm, National Museum of Chinese History, Beijing. © The Israel Museum. Detail: decorations. Wine ewer decorated... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2980. An Extremely Rare Pale Celadon-Glazed Compressed Globular Jar, Yongle Period (1403-1425); 6 ¼ in. (15.8 cm.) wide, box. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 500,000. Price realised HKD 1,062,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 Of broad, compressed form, the jar is covered all over, and on the base, with an attractive pale 'winter-green' glaze thinning on the short neck and pooling slightly in darker tears beneath three modified biscuit florettes on the sloping shoulders, the interior covered with a crackled white... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 1552. A blue and white 'lotus bouquet' dish, Yongle period (1403-1425); 112 5/8 in. (32.1 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 100,000 - USD 150,000. Price realised USD 437,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. The dish is finely decorated with a central ribbon-tied lotus plant incorporating sagittaria and millet encircled by composite floral scroll. Provenance: W.D. Horne Collection.Sotheby's London, 9 December 1975, lot 127.Sotheby Parke Bernet Ltd., Hong Kong, 8 November 1982,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1551. An important blue and white barbed 'Auspicious flower' dish with the mark of Shah Jahan, Yongle period (1403-1425); 14 5/8 in. (37.8 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Price realised USD 1,470,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. The central medallion is finely painted with floral scroll including rose, hibiscus, pomegranate, lotus, peony, chrysanthemum, and camellia blossoms, all borne on scrolling interlocking stems. The fluted cavetto is decorated with twelve... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1547. A large and rare blue and white dish, Yongle period (1403-1425); 5 ¾ in. (40 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Price realised USD 650,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. The dish is decorated in rich cobalt blue characteristically 'heaped and piled' with chrysanthemum scroll within a shaped border, beneath peony scroll in the well and further scroll on the everted rim. The reverse is decorated with further flower blossoms. Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet Ltd., Hong... [Lire la suite]