Lot 2815. Property from the Kwong Yee Che Tong Collection. A rare blue and white 'lotus' double gourd vase, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double rectangle and of the period (1573-1619); 24.1 cm long. Price realised HKD 693,000 (Estimate HKD 300,000 – HKD 500,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2024

Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1454.

Exhibited: University Museum and Art Gallery: The University of Hong Kong, The Fame of Flame: Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods, 14 October 2009-28 February 2010, p. 250-251, no. 96.

Note: It is recorded in the Jiangxi Gazetteer: Pottery Records that “blue and white double-gourd form vases” were produced in the twenty-sixth year of the Jiajing reign (1547), which corresponds to the form and decoration of the present lot.

Lot 2824. Property from the Kwong Yee Che Tong Collection. A rare blue and white 'dragon' rectangular box and cover, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1573-1619); 23 cm high, Japanese wood box. Price realised HKD 982,800 (Estimate HKD 500,000 – HKD 800,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2024

Provenance: Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 May 2008, lot 1852.

Exhibited: University Museum and Art Gallery: The University of Hong Kong, The Fame of Flame: Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods, 14 October 2009-28 February 2010, p. 146-147, no. 44.

Note: It is recorded in the Grand Gazetteer of Jiangxi Province: Volume VII that “blue and white boxes with dragon amidst clouds” were produced in the twenty-second year of the Wanli reign (1594), which corresponds to the decoration of the present lot.

Lot 2825. Property from the Kwong Yee Che Tong Collection. A fine and very rare blue and white bowl, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619); 30.5 cm diam., box. Price realised HKD 1,197,000 (Estimate HKD 300,000 – HKD 500,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2024

Provenance: Sold at Christie's Tokyo, 15 February 1981, lot 339
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2005, lot 1421
Tai Sing Fine Antiques Ltd., Hong Kong.

Literature: A. du Boulay, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, London, 1984, p. 139, fig. 2.

Exhibited: University Museum and Art Gallery: The University of Hong Kong, The Fame of Flame: Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods, 14 October 2009-28 February 2010, p. 206-207, no. 74.

Lot 2827. Property from the Kwong Yee Che Tong Collection. A blue and white 'Daoist Immortals' bowl, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619); 9 cm diam., box. Price realised HKD 478,800 (Estimate HKD 80,000 – HKD 150,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2024

Provenance: Sold at Sotheby’s London, 14 May 2014, lot 284

Lot 2829. Property from the Kwong Yee Che Tong Collection. A rare blue and white 'dragon and phoenix' lobed jar, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619); 12.7 cm high., box. Price realised HKD 1,008,000 (Estimate HKD 200,000 – HKD 300,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2024

Provenance: Marchant & Sons, London
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 October 2000, lot 863.

Exhibited: University Museum and Art Gallery: The University of Hong Kong, The Fame of Flame: Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods, 14 October 2009-28 February 2010, p. 168-169, no. 55.

Lot 2830. Property from the Kwong Yee Che Tong Collection. A small blue and white 'boys' rectangular box and cover, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double rectangle and of the period (1573-1619); 13.33 cm long. Price realised HKD 567,000 (Estimate HKD 250,000 – HKD 350,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2024

Provenance: Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2009, lot 1674.

Exhibited: University Museum and Art Gallery: The University of Hong Kong, The Fame of Flame: Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods, 14 October 2009-28 February 2010, p. 258-259, no. 100.

Lot 2833. Property from the Kwong Yee Che Tong Collection. A very rare blue and white 'dragon' rectangular censer, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double rectangle and of the period (1573-1619); 14.7 cm wide. Price realised HKD 604,800 (Estimate HKD 550,000 – HKD 260,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2024

Provenance: Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 10 April 2006, lot 1824.

Exhibited: University Museum and Art Gallery: The University of Hong Kong, The Fame of Flame: Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods, 14 October 2009-28 February 2010, p. 260-261, no. 101.

Note: It is recorded in the Grand Gazetteer of Jiangxi Province: Volume VII that “blue and white censers with dragons amidst clouds” were produced in the twenty-second year of the Wanli reign (1594), which corresponds to the decoration of the present lot.

Lot 2834. Property from the Kwong Yee Che Tong Collection. A blue and white 'Nine dragons' dish, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619); 20.1 cm diam. Price realised HKD 252,000 (Estimate HKD 200,000 – HKD 300,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2024

Provenance: Marchant & Son, London, 2004.

Exhibited: University Museum and Art Gallery: The University of Hong Kong, The Fame of Flame: Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods, 14 October 2009-28 February 2010, p. 226-227, no. 84.

Lot 2835. Property from the Kwong Yee Che Tong Collection. A very rare blue and white 'dragon' bracket-lobed dish, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619); 15.2 cm diam. Price realised HKD 352,800 (Estimate HKD 80,000 – HKD 120,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2024

Provenance: Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 November 2004, lot 1096.

Exhibited: University Museum and Art Gallery: The University of Hong Kong, The Fame of Flame: Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods, 14 October 2009-28 February 2010, p. 224-225, no. 83.

Lot 2839. Property from the Kwong Yee Che Tong Collection. A blue and white 'scholar' stem bowl, Wanli period (1573-1619); 13.6 cm diam. Price realised HKD 126,000 (Estimate HKD 50,000 – HKD 80,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2024

Provenance: Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2018, lot 654.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 30 May 2024