yuhuchun ping

A fine Famille-Verte 'sanduo' bottle vase, yuhuchunping. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period - Photo Sotheby's the well proportioned pear-shaped body rising to a slender waisted neck and a broad everted rim, all supported on a slightly flared foot, the fine pure white porcelain decorated in a vivid palette of red, green, yellow, aubergine, blue and black enamels with three large fruits symbolizing the 'Three Abundances' evenly spaced around the body: a pomegranate bursting open revealing its... [Lire la suite]

A rare underglaze-red 'Lotus scroll' bottle vase, yuhuchunping. Ming Dynasty, Hongwu Period - Photo Sotheby's  of classic elegant pear shape, rising from a low slightly splayed foot to a generous rounded body surmounted by a waisted neck and a flared rim, brightly painted in rich tones of copper red with four different types of lotus blooms borne on a broad continuous scroll, the flowers wreathed by characteristically curling pointed foliage and attendant buds, all below a collar of pendent trefoils,... [Lire la suite]

Blue-and-white bottle with a pair of birds. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration. Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮. Ming dynasty, Yongle period, AD 1403–24. On loan from Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. PDF  C503 © Trustees of the British Museum Height: 335 mm. Diameter: 186 mm. Porcelain bottle of yuhuchun ping form with flaring mouth rim. Underglaze blue with two song birds on a flowering prunus branch. Bands of scrolling flowers and scrolls on... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white Pear-Shaped Vase (Yuhuchun Ping). Hongwu Period, Ming Dynasty. Photo China Guardian Auction Co., Ltd H 33.3 cm. Price Realized: RMB 25,300 China Guardian Auction Co., Ltd. 30th China Guardian Quarterly Auction. 603 Henderson Center, 18 Jianguomennei St., Beijing 100005, China http://english.cguardian.com

Fritware bottle, painted in blue under a transparent glaze. Syria; beginning of 15th century. H: 28 cm. Inv. no. 29/1988. The David Collection. © THE DAVID COLLECTION In around 1400, the blue and white pottery that was produced in the Middle East was almost completely under the influence of Chinese export porcelain with blue decoration. At times, the Syrian potters kept to a more Islamic ornamentation, but most often they transferred Chinese decoration to local forms. This pear-shaped bottle is quite an... [Lire la suite]

A  copper-red pear-shaped aase, yuhuchun ping. Qianlong Mark And Period. Photo Sotheby's well-potted, the generously swelling pear-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot to a tapering neck with broad everted rim, the exterior covered in a rich copper-red glaze, the interior and recessed base glaze white and with a six-character Qianlong seal mark; 30.5cm., 12in. Estimate 70,000-90,000 GBP. NOTE: A closely related vase in the Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, is illustrated in The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese... [Lire la suite]

A supreme highlight is a Falangcai (‘foreign colour’) vase with golden pheasants, Qing Dynasty, AD 1736-95, expected to sell in excess of HK$180 million/ US$23 million / £14 million. Photo: Sotheby's. HONG KONG.- Sotheby’'s announced that it will offer in Hong Kong on the 7th April 2011 selections from one of the grandest collections of Chinese Art formed in the last century, The Meiyintang Collection. Assembled over a period of more than 50 years, The Meiyintang Collection is world-renowned for having brought together... [Lire la suite]

A very rare copper-red decorated 'yuhuchun ping' porcelain vase, China, 18th ct.,  photo courtesy Nagel broadly painted around the sides with the 'Three Abundances', peach, pomegranate and finger citron, between lappet and ruyi-lappet borders.  H. 28,4 cm - Estimate € 40 000 / 60 000 Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de

A Ming-style blue and white bottle vase, yuhuchun ping. Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period The swelling sides painted with a continuous scene of bamboo alternating with plantain growing beside garden rocks, interspersed with other flowering plants, above a petal lappet band encircling the lotus blossom decorated splayed foot, the neck and shoulder decorated with bands of upright plantain leaves, foliate scroll and pendant ruyi, the pale blue tone of the design highlighted with darker blue spots in imitation... [Lire la suite]

An extremely rare blue and white bottle vase, yuhuchun ping. Yuan Dynasty The elegant pear-shaped body rising to a waisted neck with a flared mouth and out-turned rim, all supported on a splayed foot, the inside mouth rim encircled with six pendant-ruyi lappets, the neck and upper body covered with lotus blossoms and leaves scattered on a scalloped-wave ground, above a band of upright petal lappets enclosing clouds and circles, and classic scroll around the foot, the base glazed except for the foot ring which is burnt orange,... [Lire la suite]