yellow-ground blue and white

Lot 2168. A fine Ming-style yellow-ground blue and white conical bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795); 10 1/8 in. (26 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price Realized USD 23,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.   The bowl is well potted with widely flaring sides rising from a spreading foot to the everted rim. The interior is delicately painted with a central medallion enclosing a leafy spray of dianthus below... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3390. A very rare Ming-style yellow-ground blue and white facetted vase, Yongzheng six-character mark within double circles and of the period (1723-1735); 6 5/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 4,000,000 - HKD 6,000,000. Price Realized HKD 6,640,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The vase is finely painted in washed tones of cobalt blue and simulated 'heaping and piling' with a continuous leafy meander of morning glories in various stages of bloom around the square body with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1789. An unusual yellow-ground blue and white mantou bowl, 17th-18th century; 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 20,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.  With rounded sides rising from the countersunk base, the domed center of the interior painted with a quatrefoil motif encircled by a border of florets, below a band of conjoined and trefoils and a band of foliate scroll pendent from the rim, the exterior with a band of petals between borders... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1297. A rare pair of small yellow-ground blue and white lobed dishes, Jiajing six-character marks in underglaze blue and of the period (1522-1566); 4½ in. (11.4 cm.) wide. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 105,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 Each of the foliate-rimmed dishes is painted on the interior in deep tones of underglaze blue on an egg yolk-yellow ground with a reserved dragon leaping amidst flame scrolls surrounded by pairs of leafy fruit-laden peach... [Lire la suite]

Lot 506. A rare pair of yellow-ground blue and white 'dragon' bowl, Kangxi marks and period (1662-1722). Diameter 7 1/4 in., 18.4 cm. Estimate US$5,000 - US$7,000. Lot sold 22,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. each with deep rounded sides set over a slightly tapering foot and rising to an everted rim, the exterior painted in inky cobalt with two sinuous five-clawed dragons each in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' amidst flame scrolls and waves crashing into rocks below, the flame scrolls and some areas of the dragons raised... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1336. A rare yellow-ground blue and white 'gardenia' dish, Zhengde six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1506-1521); 7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 100,000 - USD 150,000. Price realised USD 125,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The dish is well potted with low rounded sides rising to a slightly flaring rim, and is finely decorated in underglaze-blue with a central gardenia spray bearing two flowers, below the evenly spaced sprays of a beribboned lotus... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2242. A rare large yellow-ground blue and white 'Peach' dish, Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795); 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 1,600,000 - HKD 2,500,000. Price realised HKD 1,940,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2012  Finely painted in early Ming style with a central medallion of nine peaches suspended from gnarled leafy branches within a border of double-circles, repeated below the mouth rim, the exterior with a dense interwoven... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2214. A fine and rare small yellow-ground blue and white bowl, Wanli six-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1573-1619); 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 180,000 - HKD 220,000. Price realised HKD 400,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2012 The bowl is finely potted with rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, painted in rich cobalt-blue with a dragon in the central medallion, surrounded on the well with a pair of phoenix divided by... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2209. An imperial yellow-ground blue and white dish, Zhengde six-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1506-1521); 10 in. (25.4 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 500,000 - HKD 700,000. Price realised HKD 800,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2012 The centre is decorated with a blossoming gardenia branch surrounded by four flowering or fruiting sprays of ribbon-tied lotus, peach, grape and pomegranate, with a band of peony scroll on the exterior below the everted rim, all within... [Lire la suite]

Lot 112. A yellow-ground blue and white ‘Gardenia’ dish, Hongzhi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1488-1505), 10 5/8 in. (26.8 cm.) diam., box. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 350,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 Provenance: Collection of B. de Lavergne, France Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 2 October 2017, Alexandra House, Hong Kong