Zhengde Period

Lot 192. A very rare large bronze ceremonial bell, dated the sixth year of Zhengde corresponding to 1512 and of the period (1506-1521). Estimate GBP 120,000 - GBP 180,000. Price realised GBP 272,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2017 The heavily cast bell is fashioned with a loop for suspension formed as a pair of muscular dragons surrounded by a band of raised lotus petals. The walls are cast with rectangular panels enclosing 314 names, and on one side a vertical panel encloses the reign mark... [Lire la suite]

Jar with lions, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Reign of the Zhengde emperor (1506-1521). China, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province. Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome decoration. H. 11 3/8 in x Diam. 11 7/8 in, H. 28.9 cm x Diam. 30.2 cm. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60P507. © 2016 Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture. Exhibition: Hidden Meanings: Symbolism in Chinese Imperial Arts, October 7- December 31, 2006

Lot 133. A fahua 'Mountain' brush rest, Zhengde period (1506-1521). Estimate £1,500 – £3,500 ($2,157 - $5,033). Unsold. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.  The brush rest is formed as a mountain range with five peaks and incised on the sides with a flower-head flanked by symbols. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) high.  Provenance: The Private Collection of a European Lady. Christie's. CHINESE CERAMICS, WORKS OF ART AND TEXTILES PART I, 11 May 2016, London, South Kensington

Circular Dish with Decoration of Flowering and Fruiting Branches, Zhengde period, 1506-1521, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis, 1940.189 © 2013 President and Fellows of Harvard College. Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the background areas embellished with overglaze yellow enamel; underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the... [Lire la suite]

Ewer, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Zhengde period (1506–21), ca. 1520. Chinese for the Portuguese market. Hard paste. H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm). Apocryphal mark of the Xuande period (1426–35). Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Purchase, Winfield Foundation Gift, 1961 (61.196). The Metropolitan Museum of Art © 2000–2013 The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Islamic form of this ewer is a reminder that the West came late to the export trade, and its impromptu nature is further emphasized by the royal... [Lire la suite]

Covered wine ewer with blue-and-white decoration of floral scrolls. Chinese, Ming dynasty, Zhengde period, 1505–21. Porcelain, Jingdezhen ware. H: 19.1cm (7 1/2in.). 1976.24. Edward Sylvester Morse Memorial Fund. © 2012 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Jar, porcelain painted in underglaze blue with phoenix, crane and lotus design; China, Ming dynasty, Zhengde period (1506-1521) (with Xuande mark). Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund, the Murray Bequest and the Horn Bequest. FE.39-1980. Victoria & Albert Museum © V&A Images Height: 11.7 cm, Width: 10.5 cm. Jar of rectangular section with angled corners, the sides rising from the base, spreading gently and then curving in at the shoulder, with straight neck and reinforced lip of the same... [Lire la suite]

Early Ming Dynasty duck jar and cover 明正德 鴛鴦戲水蓋罐 © I. M. Chait Gallery Chinese early Ming Dynasty, Zhengde Period, enameled porcelain jar and cover: of well potted, high shouldered bulbous form, with continuous design of paired mandarin ducks swimming amid lotus foliage and blossoms; the matching cover with peach-form knop, 16th Century; H: 6 1/4" - Estimate $15,000-20,000 I. M. Chait Gallery. IMPORTANT CHINESE CERAMICS & ASIAN WORKS OF ART. New York City. Mar 21 2012