sleeve vase

Lot 16. A rare blue and white 'Saagata' sleeve vase, Chongzhen period (1627-1644); 47cm (18 1/2in) high. Sold for £28,020 (Estimate £12,000 - 15,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 The tall elegantly potted cylindrical vessel brilliantly painted around the exterior in vibrant tones of cobalt-blue with a continuous scene of an Arhat in cascading robes holding a staff with concerned expression beneath long eyebrows and wrinkled brow, gazing at a boy-attendant carrying a meditation mat through a pole, both... [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]

Lot 404. A blue and white sleeve vase, Ming dynasty, Chongzhen period (1627-1644); 43.7 cm. Lot sold: 69,300 HKD (Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 HKD). © Sotheby's Note: The scene on the present vase recalls the allusion of zhegui (‘to pluck an osmanthus branch’), which represents success in the imperial examinations and signifies an official's blossoming career. The phrase comes from a legend that a great osmanthus tree grows in the Lunar Palace. Branches of the tree are... [Lire la suite]

Lot 301. A wucai sleeve vase, 17th century. Height 37 cm, 14½ in.. Lot sold: 22,680 GBP (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's the cylindrical body rising from a flat base to a short waisted neck and everted rim, brightly painted and enamelled around the exterior with Shoulao descending on a crane towards a group of Immortals standing in a fenced garden, all below fruiting peach sprays at the neck. Sotheby's. Two Americans in Paris, The Collection of Sam and Myrna... [Lire la suite]

Lot 853. A finely decorated blue and white sleeve vase, Transitional period, 17th century; 16 7/8 in. (42.9 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 125,000. © Christie's 2021 The tapering, cylindrical vase is well decorated around the sides with a central figure seated in a pavilion along with her attendants, with an immortal standing on a cloud descending from the sky, all below borders of scrolling clouds on the shoulder and pendent lappets below the mouth. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A pair of inscribed wucai sleeve vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); Height 8¼ in., 20.9 cm. Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000 USD. Lot sold: 52,920 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Sotheby's.The Hundred Antiques: Fine & Decorative Asian Art, New York, 22 June 2021  

Lot 1371. A blue and white sleeve vase, Transitional period, circa 1635-1650; 18 in. (45.8 cm.) high. Estimate 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised 68,500 USD. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010 Well painted with a scene of a soldier/official surrounded by attendants, three holding halberds and a banner standing behind him, while he faces a groom with a horse and two further attendants carrying gifts, all between incised borders and below pendent leaf tips on the waisted neck. Exhibited: On loan to the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1370. A blue and white sleeve vase, Transitional period, circa 1640; 17 7/8 in. (45.4 cm.) high. Estimate 15,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised 18,750 USD. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010 Well painted in rich shades of blue at the waist with a wide band of overlapping ruyi-head lappets containing lotus blossoms amidst leafy scroll beneath five of the bajixiang, positioned beneath tasseled chimes and between further lappets containing lotus, camellia and beribboned pearls, the foot incised with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 65. A blue and white sleeve vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th century; 43.3 cm, 17 in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 HKD. Lot Sold 500,000 HKD (63,855 USD). © Sotheby's. the cylindrical body surmounted by a waisted neck, finely painted in shades of cobalt blue with a variety of archaistic vases containing floral sprays and ruyi, all between incised borders of leafy florets and zigzags around the shoulder and base, and beneath a band of upright leaves around the neck.  ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1355. A fine blue and white sleeve vase, Transitional period, circa 1644-1661; 18 in. (45.9 cm.) high. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 37,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010. Well painted with a seated qilin looking up at a phoenix in flight, with banana trees and a rock on the reverse, all between incised anhua borders below a leaf tip band. Provenance: S. & G. Gump, San Francisco, 1920s-30s. Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property from... [Lire la suite]