wall vase

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]

A coral-ground gilt-decorated famille-rose wall vase, seal mark and period of Qianlong. Estimate  1,000,000 — 2,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,375,000. 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, against a coral-red ground gilt with scrolling lotus flowers, the waisted neck similarly decorated with a... [Lire la suite]

A fine famille rose wall vase, Qianlong four-character seal mark in iron red in a line and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate HK$800,000 - HK$1,200,000 ($110,000 - $150,000). Price Realized HK$3,160,000 ($409,236). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The vase is decorated to the body with a central cartouche enclosing several leafy flowering chrysanthemum and aster stems, surrounded by elaborate brightly-enamelled lotus scrolls to the sides and neck. The neck is applied with two archaistic... [Lire la suite]

A fine café-au-lait ground Famille-Rose wall vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 HKD (68,366 - 91,155 EUR). Photo Sotheby's. of flattened section with a baluster body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and flared rim, the neck flanked by a pair of stylised blue and iron-red phoenix handles, the body decorated with a slightly recessed peach-shaped panel enamelled in famille-rose with a wondrous scene of the jimen yanshu ('Misty... [Lire la suite]

Wall vase of double-gourd shape with flat back, China, Ming dynasty (1368- 1644), Wanli period (1573 - 1619), Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, 32.0 x 15.1 x 8.0 cm. Purchased 1988, 301.1988. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney By the Wanli period, the imperial palace in Beijing was not as prescriptive about designs as it had been in the past, and there was a decrease in imperial orders as the court was distracted by more pressing political... [Lire la suite]

A huanghuali altar table, 18th century. The floating panel top set into a mitered, mortise and tenon frame over a plain beaded apron with U-shaped spandrels joined to tubular supports and paired cross braces. 32 1/4 x 76 5/8 x 20 1/4in (82 x 194.5 x 51.5cm). Sold for $389,000; Est. $60,000-80,000. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams. SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams San Francisco was the destination of choice for international collectors of Asian art who traveled to attend the bi-annual auction of Fine Chinese Art and Asian Decorative Art on... [Lire la suite]