famille verte

A pair of french ormolu-mounted Samson famille vert porcelain vases and covers. The mounts of Louis XV style, late 19th century. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014 Each domed cover with a laurel leaf finial above a pierced rocaille collar, the bulbous ovoid body finely painted with flower filled baskets and butterflies, flanked by tête de guerrier handles, on a spreading acanthus-scrolled foot. 24.1/2 in. (62 cm.) high. Estimate £15,000 – £25,000 ($24,990 - $41,650) - Price Realized  £218,500 ($364,021)These vases... [Lire la suite]

A large and impressive famille verte vase and associated cover, Kangxi. Photo Bonhams. The slender body boldly and brightly enamelled with a continuous battle scene, set within a rocky, mountainous landscape, the neck with a decorative band of Buddhist symbols reserved on a brocade and diamond pattern, the base with an underglaze blue emblem within a double-circle. The vase: 50.5cm (19 7/8in) high; with the cover: 57cm (22 3/8in) high (2). Estimate £25,000 - 30,000 (€31,000 - 37,000) The use of narrative scenes inspired by... [Lire la suite]

A pair of famille verte baluster vases, 19th century. Photo Bonhams. Each decorated with panels alternatively enclosing sets of precious objects and birds, dragonflies and butterflies amongst chrysanthemum and peony, all below a hexagonal diaper band and ruyi-head border at the shoulder, the flaring neck with a cloud collar containing the three abundances. Each 56cm (22in) high (2). Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 (€4,900 - 7,300) Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. 4 Mar 2014, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com

A pair of famille verte dishes, Kangxi. Photo Bonhams. Decorated with trailing chrysanthemum sprays and scrolling foliate stems, on green grounds, the details traced in gilt, the exteriors with flowering peony branches. 37cm (14.1/2in) diam. Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 (€3,700 - 6,100) Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. 4 Mar 2014, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com

Pair of famille verte hexagonal tea caddies, Kangxi. Photo Bonhams. Each facet variously painted with scenes of ladies in gardens, flowering plants issuing from rockwork and vases of lotus sprays amongst precious objects, wood cover. The porcelain 28cm (11in) high. Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 (€3,700 - 4,900) Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. 4 Mar 2014, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com

A pair of famille verte hexagonal baluster vases, 19th century. Photo Bonhams. Each enamelled on the straight neck, sloping shoulder and tapering body with panels of precious objects, landscapes, birds and flowers and figures within narrative scenes, the high foot with scrolling lotus flowers and leaves. 38.4cm (15 1/8in) high (2). Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 (€6,100 - 8,500) Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. 4 Mar 2014, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com

  A pair of famille verte oviform jars and fixed covers, Kangxi. Photo Bonhams. Each enamelled with four panels enclosing a variety of flower vases, amongst scattered precious objects, the shoulder with four precious object cartouches on a hexagonal diaper ground, the domed lid with a ruyi head border surrounding a central flower head. Each: 24cm (9 1/2in) high (2). Estimate £5,000 - 8,000 (€6,100 - 9,800) Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. 4 Mar 2014, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com

A Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Covered Urns,  with famille verte decoration and faceted bodies. Height 38 inches. Estimate $ 2,000-4,000. WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.- Leslie Hindman Auctioneers announced the sale of the estate of iconic Palm Beach fashion designer, Lilly Pulitzer. The auction will be a single-owner sale of the legendary socialite and tastemaker’s furniture, art and decorative objects. The sale will take place on February 22nd at 11:00AM EST at Leslie Hindman’s new West Palm Beach auction facility,... [Lire la suite]

A pair of Chinese Export biscuit famille verte fu-dogs and an egg and spinach glazed water-buffalo-head rhyton, Kangxi period, early 18th century. Photo Sotheby's. height of Fu-dogs 6 1/2 in., 16.5 cm. Estimation 5,000 — 7,000 USD Provenance: Pair of Fu-dogs: Helen McGehee Antiques, Philadelphia.Rhyton: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc., New York.PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION Sotheby's. Important Americana. New York | 24 janv. 2014 - www.sothebys.com

  A famille verte enameled deep plate, Kangxi. Photo Bonhams. Its wide curving well painted in the typical palette with a phoenix hovering over a longma standing in a garden terrace reversed by three floral sprays painted en suite, the recessed base displaying an artemisia leaf mark drawn in underglaze blue within a double ring (chips, hairline cracks, retouched). 15in (38cm) diameter. Sold for US$ 4,375 (€3,167) Property from The Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, sold to benefit The Museum Acquisition FundBonhams.... [Lire la suite]