late Ming-early Qing dynasty

Lot 100. A rare huanghuali square table, late Ming-early Qing dynasty; 105.5 by 105.5 by 88.2 cm, 41½ by 41½ by 34¾ in. Lot sold 453,600 GBP (Estimate : 120,000 - 160,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2022 Note: Tables of this versatile form and size were designed as surfaces for dining, writing, appreciating antiques, or even playing games. Square tables often appear on printed books and paintings, such as in the illustration of Chapter 11 of a Chongzhen period edition of Jin Ping Mei [The Plum in... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 319. A 'Dehua' figure of Buddha, Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century; Height 14 in., 35.6 cm. Lot sold: 52,920 USD (Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2022 the back with a faint inscription within a square. Property from a New York Private Collection. Provenance: Private Collection, acquired prior to 1997, and thence by descent. Lot 320. A 'Dehua' seated figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty, 18th century; Height 16 in., 40.6 cm. Lot sold: 21,420 USD... [Lire la suite]

A large cloisonné enamel vase, hu, Late Ming dynasty, 17th century; 20 3/4 in. (52.7 cm.) high. Sold for GBP 22,500 (Estimate GBP 20,000 - GBP 30,000) at Christie's London, 10 May 2011, lot 135. © Christie's 2022 The globular body with waisted neck and tall spreading foot, the decorative motifs divided into horizontal registers, the main decorative band with classic lotus scrolls repeated around the foot, below a band of flowering and fruiting sprays detailed with a butterfly and a band of grapes hanging from curling vines, mounted... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3032. A huanghuali painting table, qiantou'an, Late Ming-Early Qing dynasty, 17th century; 34 1⁄2 in. (87.6 cm.) high, 87 in. (221 cm.) wide, 23 1⁄2 in. (59.5 cm.) deep. Price realised HKD 1,250,000 (Estimate HKD 1,000,000 - HKD 1,500,000). © Christie's 2021 The single panel is set in the rectangular frame fitted with everted ends to each side. The whole is resting on plain aprons and spandrels, all supported on four circular-section legs, joined with double stretchers. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3031. A huanghuali rectangular incense stand, xiangji, Late Ming-Early Qing dynasty, 17th century; 34 in. (86.5 cm.) high, 25 in. (63.5 cm) wide, 18 3⁄4 in. (47.5 cm) deep. Price realised HKD 3,750,000 (Estimate HKD 3,000,000 - HKD 5,000,000). © Christie's 2021 The top is set in a square frame above the narrow waist and the plain apron, all resting on elegantly curved cabriole legs ending in upturned tendril ball-shaped feet. Note: Incense and other aromatics have been burned... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3024. A huanghuali Duan stone-inlaid side table, qiaotou'an, Late Ming-Early Qing dynasty, 17th century; 35 3⁄8 in. (89.7 cm) high, 32 1⁄2 in. (82.6 cm) wide, 17 1⁄2 in. (44.5 cm) deep. Price realised HKD 437,500 (Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 600,000). © Christie's 2021 The Duan stone is set within a rectangular frame with everted ends above a waist with plain aprons and phoenix-shaped, aprons all supported by 'giant-arm' braces and resting on square-sectioned legs ending in hoof... [Lire la suite]

Lot 180. A cloisonné enamel pomegranate form jar, Late Ming-early Qing dynasty, 17th century; 4 1/2in (11.4cm) high. Estimate US$ 30,000 - 50,000 (€ 25,000 - 42,000). Sold for US$ 19,062. © Bonhams 2001-2021 The bulbous body rendered on the rich, leafy green ground with a continuous pattern of six lotus blossoms enclosed by radiating branches below the mouth shaped as an open bud, the blossoms executed in delicate white, blue, red, and yellow enamels above the gilt metal straight foot. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 173. A gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel 'Lion' vase, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century; H. 22.2 cm, 8¾ in. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 EUR. Lot sold: 7,560 EUR. Courtesy Sotheby's. depicting four multi-coloured Buddhist lions frolicking among auspicious items and vying for beribboned brocade balls, above four celestial horses galloping on a wavy sea and beneath a band of white-ground lappets and ruyi borders encircling the shoulder, the neck decorated... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 135. A rare set of four rectangular huanghuali stools, changfangdeng, Late Ming-Early Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century. Hauteur: 49,8 cm. (19 ½ in.), Largeur: 45,8 cm. (18 in.), Profondeur: 40 cm. (15 ¾ in.). Estimate EUR 60,000 - EUR 80,000. Price realised EUR 93,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 Chaque tabouret est de forme rectangulaire. L'assise est en paille tressée supportée par quatre pieds quadrangulaires, dont les extrémités sont en forme de... [Lire la suite]

Lot 29. An extremely rare and unusual pair of large huanghuali corner-leg side tables, tiao'an, Late Ming-early Qing dynasty; 183 by 51.7 by h. 84.5 cm. Estimate: 20,000,000 - 25,000,000 HKD. Lot sold: 24,375,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. with a single-board floating panel within a frame with facetted edges, above plain aprons and facetted spandrels, interrupted by gently splayed hexagonal-sectioned legs, each with a similarly facetted giant's arm brace extending to the underside of... [Lire la suite]