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Jar with Lion-Head Handles, 1300s, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen , Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), porcelain with underglaze painted decoration, Diameter of mouth - w:15.60 cm (w:6 1/8 inches)Overall - h:39.40 w:37.50 cm (h:15 1/2 w:14 3/4 inches). John L. Severance Fund 1962.154, Cleveland Museum of Art © 2013 Cleveland Museum of Art.

Stem Bowl with Dragon Pursuing Flaming Jewel, 1300s, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), porcelain with underglaze blue and molded decoration, Diameter - w:13.30 cm (w:5 3/16 inches)Overall - h:11.80 cm (h:4 5/8 inches). Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.169, Cleveland Museum of Art © 2013 Cleveland Museum of Art.

A blue and white 'boys' vase, Kangxi period. Height: 25.5 cm. Photo Littleton & Hennessy. LONDON.- From 30 October - 8 November Asian Art in London presents the 17th year of the celebration of the arts of Asia in the form of selling exhibitions at the galleries of specialist Asian art dealers and auctions at the major salerooms. Asian Art in London opens on Thursday 30 October with a glittering champagne Gala Party at the British Museum where guests can enjoy a private view of the British Museum’s exhibition,... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white saucer dish, Qianlong seal mark. Photo Bonhams. Painted to the interior with a medallion of scrolling lotus below a similar border, the underside similarly decorated, 14.5cm diameter. Sold for £6,250 (€7,885)Provenance: E.G. Kostolany, no.SF20The Fiorentini Collection, purchased 7 February 1974, no.AC20 Bonhams. ASIAN ART INCLUDING PORCELAIN FROM THE FIORENTINI COLLECTION, 2 Jul 2014, Edinburgh - http://www.bonhams.com/

A blue and white saucer dish. Bearing a Chenghua six character mark, but Kangxi. Photo Bonhams. Painted in a delicate line and wash technique with three sprays of peaches, persimmons and pomegranates to the interior and similar fruit sprays to the underside, 13.3cm diameter. Sold for £2,125 (€2,681) Provenance: Sotheby's, 13 February 1973, lot 94, from the W.W. Winkworth Collection The Fiorentini Collection, no.AC10 Bonhams. ASIAN ART INCLUDING PORCELAIN FROM THE FIORENTINI COLLECTION, 2 Jul 2014,... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white dish. Bearing a Jiajing six character mark, but Kangxi. Photo Bonhams. The central roundel painted with ladies in garden landscape within a wave border, the exterior with flowering prunus branches, 21cm diameter. Sold for £600 (€757) Provenance: E.G. Kostolany, no.SF16The Fiorentini Collection, purchased 22 August 1973, no.AC16 Bonhams. ASIAN ART INCLUDING PORCELAIN FROM THE FIORENTINI COLLECTION, 2 Jul 2014, Edinburgh - http://www.bonhams.com/

A blue and white 'hunt' dish. Bearing a Chenghua six character mark, but Kangxi. Photo Bonhams. Formed with slight lobed sides, scalloped edges, the central medallion depicts two hunters on horse back chasing a hare, interior and exterior sides painted with formal flowers and auspicious objects, six character mark to base, 20cm diameter. Sold for £875 (€1,103) Provenance: E.G. Kostolany, no.SF13The Fiorentini Collection, purchased 4 July 1973, no.AC13 Bonhams. ASIAN ART INCLUDING PORCELAIN FROM THE FIORENTINI COLLECTION, 2 Jul... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white 'dragon' dish. Bearing Xuande six-character mark, but Kangxi. Photo Bonhams. The central medallion painted with a full-faced ferocious dragon grasping a flaming pearl enclosing a shou (longevity) character amidst fire scrolls, within petal moulded sides and a band of crested waves within the barbed lipped rim, 21.8cm diameter. Sold for £2,000 (€2,523) Provenance: Sotheby's, 27 March 1973, lot 151The Fiorentini Collection, no.AC11 Bonhams. ASIAN ART INCLUDING PORCELAIN FROM THE FIORENTINI COLLECTION, 2 Jul 2014,... [Lire la suite]

A pair of blue and white ogee-shaped 'dragon' bowls. Bearing a Chenghua six character mark, but Kangxi. Photo Bonhams. The interior walls encircled by two four-clawed dragons amid clouds chasing a flaming pearl in the well of the bowl, together with stands, each 9.2cm diameter. Sold for £4,750 (€5,992) Provenance: The Fiorentini Collection, purchased 25 June 1981, Porree Taylor, no.AC48 Bonhams. ASIAN ART INCLUDING PORCELAIN FROM THE FIORENTINI COLLECTION, 2 Jul 2014, Edinburgh - http://www.bonhams.com/  

Rare aiguière (huajiao) en porcelaine décorée en bleu sous couverte, Chine, Epoque Yongzheng (1723 - 1735). Photo VINCENT WAPLER - SVV MICA sur la panse d'une frise de fleurs de lotus dans leur rinceaux entourées de pétales de chrysanthèmes en léger relief. L'épaulement orné d'une frise de fleurs de lotus dans son feuillage, le col comportant un léger enflement orné de lotus, le bord supérieur ornée d'une frise de pétales stylisées. Au revers de la base, la marque à six caractères en zhuanshu de Yongzheng. H.... [Lire la suite]