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26 mai 2009

A rare polychrome yellow-ground 'dragon' dish. Wanli mark and period

A rare polychrome yellow-ground 'dragon' dish. Wanli mark and period the rounded sides rising from a short foot to a slightly everted rim, freely enamelled to the interior in aubergine, turquoise, green and black with a medallion enclosing two scaly dragons...

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Tags: Wanli Mark and Period, 'dragon' dish, polychrome yellow-ground

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26 mai 2009

A parcel-gilt bronze lion incense burner and cover. Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century

A parcel-gilt bronze lion incense burner and cover. Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century cast standing four-square, the front legs holding down a long writhing serpent, the hinged head with large bulging eyes and mouth barring sharp teeth, details in gilt....

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Tags: Ming Dynasty, Lion, 16th-17th century, incense burner and cover, parcel-gilt bronze

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26 mai 2009

A rare dated archaistic bronze jue. Qianlong mark and period, dated 1737

A rare dated archaistic bronze jue. Qianlong mark and period, dated 1737 the U-shaped body with broad flaring mouth supported on three tall splayed legs, cast around the body with a key-fret band and to the underside of the spout with a nine character...

Posté par Alain Truong à 22:50 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: bronze, Archaistic, Qianlong mark and period, Jue, 1737

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26 mai 2009

A gilt-bronze ewer and cover. Ming dynasty, 16th century

A gilt-bronze ewer and cover. Ming dynasty, 16th century of Islamic metalware form, the pear-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall narrow waisted neck and everted tapering rim, set to one side with an elegant long S-shaped spout issuing...

Posté par Alain Truong à 22:31 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Ming Dynasty, 16th Century, Gilt-Bronze, Ewer and Cover, Islamic metalware form

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26 mai 2009

A fine and very rare blue and white 'dragon' bottle vase. Yongzheng six-character mark within double-circles and of the period

A fine and very rare blue and white 'dragon' bottle vase. Yongzheng six-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1723-1735) The finely potted vase supported on a domed foot below a horizontal rib, rising to a tall cylindrical neck with...

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Tags: Blue and White, 'dragon' bottle vase, Yongzheng six-character mark within double-circles and of the pe

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26 mai 2009

A fine and exceptionally rare Ming blue and white 'boys' jar. Jiajing six-character mark within double-circles and of the period

A fine and exceptionally rare Ming blue and white 'boys' jar. Jiajing six-character mark within double-circles and of the period Of compressed globular form, exquisitely painted in cobalt-blue of soft purplish tone to depict sixteen lively boys at play...

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Tags: Blue and White, 'boys' jar, Jiajing six-character mark within double-circles and of the peri

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26 mai 2009

A magnificent and very rare underglaze-blue amphora-form vase. Qianlong six-character sealmark and of the period (1736-1795)

A magnificent and very rare underglaze-blue amphora-form vase. Qianlong six-character sealmark and of the period (1736-1795) Modelled on a Tang Dynasty prototype, the ovoid body finely painted in Ming style with nine horizontal registers within line borders...

Posté par Alain Truong à 08:56 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Qianlong six-character sealmark and of the period, amphora-form vase, underglaze-blue

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25 mai 2009

A large carved wood figure of Guanyin. Ming Dynasty

A large carved wood figure of Guanyin. Ming Dynasty The Goddess of Mercy standing on a double-lotus pedestal, her right hand raised in abhayamudra and her left stretched alongside her body holding the celestial scarf flowing from the shoulders and falling...

Posté par Alain Truong à 22:56 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Ming Dynasty, Guanyin, wood figure

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25 mai 2009

An extremely rare documentary parcel-gilt lacquered-wood figure of Avalokitesvara. Dated 10th year of Chenghua, AD1475

An extremely rare documentary parcel-gilt lacquered-wood figure of Avalokitesvara. Dated 10th year of Chenghua, corresponding to AD1475 and of the period The figure seated in vajrasana on a pierced rockwork pedestal with graduating crevices, the hands...

Posté par Alain Truong à 22:35 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: 1475, Avalokitesvara, Chenghua period, parcel-gilt lacquered-wood

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25 mai 2009

A rare inscribed and dated 'duan' stone screen and stand. Dated by inscriptions to AD1795 and AD1801 and of the period

A rare inscribed and dated 'duan' stone screen and stand. Dated by inscriptions to AD1795 and AD1801 and of the period Finely and intricately carved on one side with a group of Immortals and deities on a tree-trunk raft floating down turbulent waters,...

Posté par Alain Truong à 22:17 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Jiaqing, 1801, 1795, Duan stone, Liu Yuan Bing, Xi Yue Hua Shan Miao Bei, screen and stand

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