early Kangxi period

An early Kangxi underglaze blue jar and cover decorated with flaming pearls and dragons amongst flames. Photo courtesy Vanderven Oriental Art ASIAN ART IN LONDON. 31st October - 9th November 2013. Vanderven Oriental Art. Floris van der Ven. Phone +31 (0)73 6146251 - Email info@vanderven.com - Website www.vanderven.com

A silver-mounted blue and white vase, Qing dynasty, early Kangxi period. Photo Sotheby's the ovoid body rising from a straight foot to a tall waisted neck gently flaring at the rim, brightly painted with a fan-shaped cartouche enclosing a scholar pointing at the sun and looking back at two attendants in a landscape, the reverse with detached fruiting and flowering branches, all below a floral scroll band, the neck with leafing and flowering lotus below foliate sprays, mounted with a silver rim at the mouth; 37.8cm., 14... [Lire la suite]

A pair of hexagonal phoenix ewers, China, Early Kangxi Period, Circa 1700. Photo courtesy Vanderven Oriental Art Height : 25cm. Price on request  Provenance: Previously in the Bjorn Winblad collection (1918-2006) Lolo Collection – United Kingdom  These ewers are delicately painted in underglaze blue all over the body and lid, with flowering branches and small flying insects. The flowers in the panels on the main body represent the four seasons (plum, peony, lotus and Chrysanthemum). Around the... [Lire la suite]

Dragon Jar, Large Blue and White Jar and Cover decorated with Dragons, China, early Kangxi period (1662-1722), c.1690. Vanderven Oriental Art. Photo courtesy Vanderven Oriental Art Asian Art in London 2013. 31 October - 9 November. Vanderven Oriental Art, Nachtegaalslaantje 1, 5211 LE's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Telephone: +31 (0)73 6146251. Contact: Floris van der Ven. E-mail: info@vanderven.com. Website: http://www.vanderven.com . Exhibition: Vanderven Oriental Art... [Lire la suite]