wall vase

Lot 327. A wucai wall vase, Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1573-1620). Height 5 1/2  in., 13.9 cm. Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 USD. Lot sold 3,750 USD.© Sotheby's of globular form supported on a splayed foot with a flat back, painted in underglaze-blue, iron-red, green and yellow enamels with a pair of confronted cockerels amongst prunus and peony sprays issuing from pierced rockwork, with birds in flight above amongst stylized clouds, between ruyi-head bands around the neck and a foliate... [Lire la suite]

Lot 319. A famille rose blue-ground sgraffiato imperially-inscribed wall vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795); 9 in. (23 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000 (USD 78,480 - USD 104,640). © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The vase is decorated with two iron-red and gilt handles shaped as kui dragons. The body is moulded with a shaped panel enclosing an imperial poem eulogising the beauty of wall vases and signed Qianlong yuzhi (imperially made), all reserved on... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 3617. An unusual lime-green ground blue-decorated 'Kui Dragon' glass-imitation wall vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 27.5 cm, 10 3/4  in. Estimate 300,000 — 400,000 HKD. Lot sold 750,000 HKD (96,608 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's. modelled with a flat back in the form of a baluster body surmounted by a waisted neck, all atop a trompe l'oeil faux-bois tripod stand, the body superbly decorated in blue with a raised sinuous kui dragon... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1102. A ruby-ground famille-rose wall vase, Republic period (1911-1949). Height 7 1/8  in., 18cm. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000. Sold: $23,750. © Sotheby's modeled as a moon flask with mask handles, centered with a quatrefoil panel enclosing a poetic inscription followed by an apocryphal Qianlong yuti mark and iron-red seal, surrounded by floral scrolls and raised on a faux-bois stand, the interior and back enameled turquoise, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 349. Vase mural en émaux polychromes, Chine, Dynastie Qing, marque et époque Qianlong (1736-1795); 18 cm; 7 in. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 EUR. Lot sold 168,750 EUR. Photo: Sotheby's 2008.  de forme balustre, sur une base ajourée avec deux anses en formes de têtes d'éléphants, décoré d'un cartouche contenant un poème de l'empereur en caractères sigillaires signé avec deux cachets, le fond vert clair à décor stylisé de rinceaux de lotus roses et... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3716. A rare turquoise-ground white-enamelled wall vase, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795), 20.6 cm, 8 1/8  in. Estimate 450,000 — 550,000 HKD. Lot sold 562,500 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. the flattened pear-shaped body rising from a short foot to a waisted cylindrical neck flaring at the rim, flanked by a pair of iron-red and gilt phoenix handles in openwork, the front painted in a white slip with a pair of addorsed kui dragons clambering amongst scrolling lotuses,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 254. An inscribed imitation-bronze wall vase, Qing dynasty. Height 9 3/8  in., 23.9 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 62,500 USD. © Sotheby's. the flat-back vase well potted with the rectangular body modeled with indented corners, rising from a short splayed foot to a waisted neck flanked by a pair of dragon handles below an everted rim, carved and gilded to the front and sides with archaistic angular kuilong, reserved on a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3045. Chinese celadon glazed porcelain wall vase, the underside with an apocryphal Qianlong mark, 10.75"h. Estimate $1,000 - $1,500. Sold for $77,350. Clars Auction Gallery’s February 21, 2016

A carved Longquan celadon-glazed wall vase, 16th century. Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 (€11,000 - 17,000). Photo Bonhams. The olive-stone-shaped vase raised on a lotus base, carved on each face of the bulbous body with a panel containing a large flower blossom on leafy tendrils, beneath bands of flowers and coins on the waisted neck, all covered by a thick olive-green glaze, Japanese wood box. 25.1cm (9 7/8in) high (2).  Note: Compare a related pair of similarly decorated Longquan celadon vases, Ming... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3715. A coral-ground gilt-decorated famille-rose wall vase, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795);  21.3 cm., 8 3/8  in. Estimate  1,000,000 — 2,000,000 HKD (114,956 — 229,912 EUR). Lot sold 1,375,000 HKD (158,064 EUR). Photo Sotheby's. modelled as a baluster vase supported on a faux bois stand, the front decorated with a large moulded cartouche enclosing finely painted pink, white and yellow flowering peonies growing from one side,... [Lire la suite]