Qing Dynasty Blue and White Porcelain at Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 26 May 2021

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Qing Dynasty Blue and White Porcelain at Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 26 May 2021

Lot 303. A blue and white 'Four Accomplishments' brushpot, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); d. 19.3 cm; h. 16 cm. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD. Lot sold: 441,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Property from a Hong Kong private collection.

Provenance: P.C. Lu & Sons Ltd, Hong Kong.

Lot 306. An inscribed blue and white 'pavilion' brushpot, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark, d. 18 cm; h. 14.5 cm. Estimate: 280,000 - 300,000 HKD. Lot sold: 630,000HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Property from a Hong Kong private collection.

Provenance: Hong Kong Auctioneers & Estate Agency, Hong Kong (label).

Lot 311. An inscribed blue and white 'pavilion' brushpot, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722),Wenzhang shandou mark; d. 17.7 cm; h. 14.2 cm. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD. Lot sold: 441,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Property from a Hong Kong private collection.

Provenance: Hong Kong Auctioneers & Estate Agency, Hong Kong.

Lot 314. A blue and white 'landscape' brushpot, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); d. 12.3 cm; h. 16 cm. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD. Lot sold: 75,600 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Property from a Hong Kong private collection.

Lot 316. A large inscribed blue and white brushpot, Signed gong yuzi, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, dated bingyin year (1686); the base inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua mark, h. 16.6 cm. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD. Lot sold: 504,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Property from a Hong Kong private collection.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26th November 1980, lot 284.

Lot 351. A blue and white 'Eight horses of Muwang' bowl, Signed gong yuzi, Qing dynasty, Shunzhi - early Kangxi period, Langya mark; the base inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua mark, 17.5 cm. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD. Lot sold: 75,600 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Provenance: Collection of Wilhelm Montelius (1852-1918).

Lot 377. A blue and white 'phoenix' bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); apocryphal Jiajing mark, Japanese wood box, 15.3 cm. Estimate: 30,000 - 40,000 HKD. Lot sold: 44,100 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Lot 378. A blue and white 'phoenix' bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); apocryphal Chenghua mark, 16.5 cm. Estimate: 26,000 - 30,000 HKD. Lot sold: 50,400 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Provenance: Collection of Jacques Aalderink, Amsterdam.

Lot 355. A gilt-decorated blue and white bowl, Caixiutang zhi hall mark, Qing dynasty, 18th century; Japanese wood box, 17 cm. Estimate: 180,000 - 250,000 HKD. Lot sold: 201,600 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Provenance: Collection of Hosokawa Morisada (1912-2005).

Literature: Sekai toji zenshu/Ceramic Art of the World, vol. 15: Qing, Tokyo, 1983, pls 189-190.

Morisada Hosokawa, Mokumei Goshiki: Shinchō jiki [Bewildering colours: Qing Dynasty porcelains], Tokyo, 1992, no. 35.

Exhibited: Eisei Bunko Collection ten 11th – Min, Shin no Bijutsu to Kogei [The Eleventh Exhibition of Eisei Bunko – Fine and Decorative Art of Ming and Qing Dynasties], Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art, Kumamoto, 1981, cat. no. 36.

Hosokawa Morisada Collection ten II – Shinno jiki, Persia no touki [Morisada Hosokawa Collection exhibition II – Qing porcelains and Persian ceramics], Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art, Kumamoto, 1993, cat. no. 18.

Note: A similar example is illustrated in Minji meihin zuroku Kōbu-yō, Eiraku-yō, Sentoku-yō [lllustrated catalogue of important Ming porcelains. Hongwu, Yongle and Xuande wares], Tokyo, 1977, pl. 106.

Lot 359. A blue and white 'lotus' bowl, Shendetang hall mark, Qing dynasty; Japanese wood box, 15.3 cm. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD. Lot sold: 32,760 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Lot 359. A pair of blue and white hexagonal vases, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 24.7 cm. Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD. Lot sold: 75,600 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Lot 376. A large blue and white 'lotus' vase, hu, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century; the base with a Qianlong seal mark, 45.3 cm. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD. Lot sold: 189,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Property From an Old Hong Kong Family Collection.

Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 1st October 1991, lot 986.

Lot 303. A fine pair of blue and white 'Eight Immortals' bowls, Seal marks and period of Daoguang (1821-1850); 15 cm. Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 HKD. Lot sold: 252,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Property from a Hong Kong private collection.

Provenance: P.C. Lu & Sons Ltd, Hong Kong.

Lot 375. A pair of blue and white 'Eight Immortals' bowls, Marks and period of Tongzhi (1856-1875); 22 cm. Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 HKD. Lot sold: 176,400 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Property from a Hong Kong private collection.

Provenance: P.C. Lu & Sons Ltd, Hong Kong.

Lot 303. A fine pair of blue and white 'pine' dishes, Marks and period of Guangxu (1875-1908); 15 and 15.2 cm. Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 HKD. Lot sold: 119,700 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Property from a Hong Kong private collection.

Provenance:Collection of Dr Ip Yee.

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 22nd November 1984, lot 702.

Exhibited: Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1977.

Lot 374. A blue and white 'dragon' dish, Mark and period of Guangxu (1875-1908); 14.9 cm. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD. Lot sold: 25,200 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 26 May 2021