Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art

A  Famille Noire porcelain vase with flowering prunus branches, bamboo and birds. China, Lozhenge mark, Kangxi period. photo courtesy Nagel H. 34,8 cm. Tiny chip to stand, good condition - Estimate € 5 000 Provenance: Former old German private collection A large pair of Famille Noire porcelain vases. China, 19th century. photo courtesy Nagel H. 90,5 cm. One vase with restored area of 5 x 8 cm to rim - Estimate € 4 500 Property from an old European private collection A Famille Noire porcelain vase... [Lire la suite]

A rare most likely Imperial rock crystal and gilt-bronze and silver kapala on stand and cover, Tibeto-Chinese, Qianlong period. photo courtesy Nagel The crystal kapala is decorated with a silver rim set with cut-emeralds, the inside with supporting strut inlaid with cut-emeralds. H. 19,5 cm - Estimate €8 000 / 12 000 Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de

A very rare Imperial mille fleurs  cloisonné enamel vase 'yuhuchunping', China, Qianlong four-character mark and of the period. photo courtesy Nagel H. 26,7 cm - Estimate €25 000 / 35 000 The ball flower motif was a particular innovation of the Yongzheng period, but it is almost unknown in cloisonné enamels. Cf. 'Enamel Ware In The Ming And Qing Dynasties', National Palace Museum Taipeh, 1999, no. 43 - Sotheby's New York, 18.9.2007, Lot 139 Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de

A fine Gold-Splashed Vase with decoration of mythical animals. China, Xuande four-character mark, Kangxi-Qianlong period. photo courtesy Nagel Cast bronze with applied gold splashes, with an induced patina, and extensive cold-working including the reign mark. H. 27,3 cm - Estimate €. 10 000 / 15 000 Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de

Deux dignitaires en porcelaine polychrome. Chine, Dynastie Qing, XIXème siècle.  Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 Représentés assis sur des trônes, vêtus de longues robes multicolores ceinturées à la taille, l'un portant un médaillon en forme de ruyi autour du cou, les mains ouvertes tournées vers le ciel, les visages souriants, portant la moustache et la barbe, une coiffe sur la tête, chaque personnage posé sur une base quadrangulaire séparée, ornée de cartouches d'oiseaux, branchages fleuris et paysages, réservés sur... [Lire la suite]

A blue-ground yellow dragon porcelain dish, China, Qianlong seal mark and of the period. photo courtesy Nagel D. 25,2 cm. Small restorations to rim - Estimate € 6 000 Property from a Bavarian private collection Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de

A fine and very rare underglaze-copper-red meiping, China, Qianlong period. photo courtesy Nagel Later inset base with six-character Qianlong seal mark possibly original, European late 19th ct. bronze mounts to neck and stand. H. 38 cm - Estimate € 8 000 Cf. T.Y. Chao Family Foundation, Sotheby's Hongkong, 18.11.1986, lot 71 Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de

An Imperial Wucai Porcelain Dragon-Phoenix Bowl, China, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period. photo courtesy Nagel D. 15,2 cm. Short hairline crack to rim - Estimate € 9 000 Property from a Bavarian private collection Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de

A very fine and extremely rare Imperial blue and white porcelain ewer, China, Yongzheng six-character seal mark and of the period. photo courtesy Nagel H. 25,5 cm - Estimate € 300 000 Provenance: Former property of an American private collection - From an European private collection, bought at Nagel, 12th November 2004, Lot 1570 Cf. 'Selected Porcelain of the Flourishing Qing Dynasty at the Palace Museum', Hong Kong 1994, S. 161 - 'Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red III - The Complete Collection of... [Lire la suite]

A large blue and white bowl decorated with peony and chrysanthemum scrolls and eight auspicious symbols, China, Kangxi-Qianlong period. photo courtesy Nagel porcelain with cobalt underglaze decoration, lobed rim, the base not glazed. D. 46 cm - Estimate € 12 000 Property from an old European private collection Cf. Lu Minghua, Qingdai qing hua ciqi jian shang, Shanghai 1998, Nr. 15 Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de