circular box and cover

Lot 828. A Ding circular box and cover, Five Dynasties-Northern Song Dynasty, 10th century; 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) diam., brocade box. Estimate USD 10,000 – USD 15,000. Unsold. © Christie's 2023 The box has straight sides tapering in towards the base and is raised on a small ring foot. The flat cover with beveled edge is divided into six equal lobes by deep notches embellished with finely incised feathery lines. Both are covered overall with a transparent glaze of ivory tone. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 704. A small Qingbai circular box and cover, Song-Yuan dynasty (960-1368); Diamètre : 7,2 cm. (2 7⁄8 in.). Price Realised EUR 1,386 (Estimate EUR 1,000 - EUR 1,500). © Christie's 2022 Christie's. Five Private Collections. London, 5 July - 19 July 2022

Lot 303. A 'Xing' circular white-glazed box and cover, Five dynasties (907-960). Diameter 3 in., 7.8 cm. Estimate: 5,000 - 7,000 USD. © Sothebys. Provenance: English Private Collection (by repute). Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 23 March 2022

Lot 305. A blue and white circular box and cover, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 36 cm, 13¾ in. Lot sold: 10,080 GBP (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's the domed cover painted in rich cobalt-blue tones with three dignitaries holding tablets in their hands, below an immortal and his attendants standing amidst clouds, the base inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua mark. Provenance: Christie's London, 5th November 2013, lot 423. Sotheby's. Two Americans... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3664. A carved cinnabar lacquer circular box and cover, 17th century; 24.7 cm. Lot sold: 302,400 HKD (Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000). ©  2021 Sotheby's the flat upper surface carved with a scholar seated under a large pine tree with a curved ruyi stalk in his hand with two attendants nearby, the landscape laden with jagged cliffs and rockwork, all against a diapered ground, the straight sides deftly carved with a composite floral scroll including prunus,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3663. A carved cinnabar lacquer circular box and cover, Ming dynasty, 15th – 16th century; 7.7 cm. Lot sold: 189,000 HKD (Estimate: 150,000 - 200,000). ©  2021 Sotheby's of oval lobed form, the shallow rounded sides resting on a short straight foot, the interior naturalistically carved with Wang Xizhi the flat circular cover crisply carved through deep layers of cinnabar lacquer with three boys depicted frolicking in a rocky landscape arboured with pine and wutong trees, one... [Lire la suite]

Lot 108. A Cizhou circular box and cover, Song-Jin dynasties, 11th-12th century; 4 1/2in (11.5cm) diameter. Estimate US$ 2,000 - 3,000. Sold for US$ 2,167. Courtesy Bonhams. The gently domed cover painted in brown color on top with slender leafy stems against a ground of creamy-white glaze, fitted to the similarly glazed shallow box. Provenance: Uragami Sokyu-Do, August 1999. Note: See a similar box sold Christie's Hong Kong, April 4 2017, lot 30. Bonhams. Fine Chinese and Japanese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1562. A blue and white circular box and cover, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619); 10 7/8 in. (24.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 32,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. The domed top is decorated with nine cranes in flight amidst clouds, peaches, lingzhi and auspicious emblems. The sides are decorated with shaped panels each containing two cranes and a peach set on a diaper ground.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 79. A carved tixi red lacquer circular box and cover, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 41⁄4 in. (10.9 cm) diam. Estimate: HKD 120,000 - HKD 180,000 (EUR 12,276 - EUR 18,414). Price Realised: HKD 162,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. There is an apocryphal signature reading ‘Zhang Cheng zao’ on the base, Japanese wood box. Christie’s. Pavilion Online: Chinese Art, 21 - 28 April

Lot 2025. An extremely rare tianqi lacquer circular box and cover, Xuande six-character mark and of the period (1426-1435); 2 3/4 in. (7.1 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 500,000 - HKD 800,000. Price realised HKD 740,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010 Delicately incised and gilt to the cover with a single central gardenia bloom flanked by two further buds and furled leaves, all picked out in red, brown, green and black and reserved on a diaper ground of wan characters, the... [Lire la suite]