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10 novembre 2009

An unusual pair of Beijing ruby-red glass pricket candlesticks, Qing Dynasty

An unusual pair of Beijing ruby-red glass pricket candlesticks, Qing Dynasty © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd The rich dark-tinted glass of even tone, the sticks formed as a wide drip pan standing on a high-domed base and set with a metal spike at the top....

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Tags: Qing dynasty, beijing glass, pricket candlesticks, ruby-red glass

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8 novembre 2009

Important Ming blue and white porcelains sold @ Sotheby's London

A rare blue and white jar for the Portuguese market. Ming dynasty, circa 1610-30. photo courtesy Sotheby's the straight-sided octagonal body rising from a tall spreading knopped stem to a short flaring neck and everted rim, applied and painted in rich...

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Tags: Ming Dynasty, Blue and White, Wanli Mark and Period, Portuguese market, Jiajing mark and period, Xuande Mark and period

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7 novembre 2009

Rare cloisonné enamels sold @ Bonhams

A rare cloisonné and champlevé enamel figure of Guanyin, 18th century. © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd The tall and graceful figure dynamically posed slightly turned to the left, with the hands held in front, the left hand held in harina mudra and the right...

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Tags: Qianlong, 18th century, Cloisonné, Guanyin, champlevé enamel, candlesticks, seal, Emile Guimet, censer and a cover

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7 novembre 2009

Underglaze blue and yellow, blue and green, coral-ground and iron-red porcelains sold @ Sotheby's London

An underglaze blue and yellow enamel dragon dish. Kangxi mark and period. photo courtesy Sotheby's the central medallion painted with a lively five-claw dragon chasing a flaming pearl amongst cloud scrolls and flames, with two further dragons striding...

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Tags: Kangxi Mark and Period, Qianlong Seal Mark and Period, Yongzheng mark and period, Iron-Red, coral-ground, blue and green

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7 novembre 2009

Chinese ceramics sold @ Bonhams, 5 november 2009

A rare brown-glazed shallow circular flask, Xixia Dynasty Of compressed globular shape, the top all under a thick lustrous dark brown glaze pooling around four short loop handles set at the compass points at the outside edge, a flanged short neck aperture...

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Tags: Northern Song Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, 14th15th century, Dingyao, Xixia Dynasty, Zhejiang province, black-glazed

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6 novembre 2009

Bronze Turns To Gold As Bonhams Sells Lord Cunliffe's Chinese Collection In £5M Sale

An archaic bronze inscribed ritual food vessel, gui. Early Western Zhou Dynasty Chinese Dragon Makes Recession Defying Roar Bronze Age Chinese vessels from one of the finest old English collections, formed by the 2nd Lord Cunliffe between the darkest...

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Tags: Archaic Bronze, Shang Dynasty, Gu, Gui, Western Zhou Dynasty, Guangxu, 'double-dragon' seal, Cunliffe Collection

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6 novembre 2009

Magnificent 'famille rose' porcelains sold @ Sotheby's London

A pair of 'famille rose' 'soldier' vases and covers. Qing dynasty, Qianlong period. photo courtesy Sotheby's each body of baluster form with waisted neck, brightly enamelled around the exterior with a pair of phoenix in a garden enclosing peony blooms...

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Tags: Qing dynasty, famille rose, Qianlong, Yongzheng, 'One Hundred Boys', Jiaqing, 'Soldier' Vases And Covers, 'nine peach' vase

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5 novembre 2009

Six ceramics from Northern Song to Ming dynasty sold @ Sotheby's London

A small 'jun' bowl. Northern Song dynasty. photo courtesy Sotheby's the rounded sides rising steeply from a splayed foot to a slightly incurved rim, all under a pale bluish-grey glaze thinning to a grey-brown colour around the rim and stopping unevenly...

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Tags: Longquan, Ming Dynasty, Northern Song Dynasty, Yaozhou, Jun, Jin Dynasty, Jiajing period, lianzi

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5 novembre 2009

Ten highlights of blue and white porcelains sold @ Christie's London, 3 November 2009

A very rare blue and white reverse-decorated 'dragon' bowl . Jiajing six-character mark and of the period (1522-66). photo Image 2009 Christie's Ltd The well potted bowl with deep upright sides, boldly decorated on the interior with a central dragon medallion...

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Tags: Qianlong, Kangxi, Yongzheng, Blue and White, Wanli, bitong, Jiajing

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5 novembre 2009

A massive imperial khotan green jade 'ba zheng mao nian zhi bao' seal. Qing dynasty, Qianlong period

A massive imperial khotan green jade 'ba zheng mao nian zhi bao' seal. Qing dynasty, Qianlong period. photo courtesy Sotheby's finely carved of large square form, surmounted by a pair of addorsed dragons, each powerfully carved with eyes bulging and nostrils...

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Tags: Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, seal, imperial khotan green jade

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