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12 avril 2011

A very rare and fine round, carved cinnabar lacquer (tihong) box and cover with peony décor. China, six-character mark Xuande

A very rare and fine round, carved cinnabar lacquer (tihong) box and cover with peony décor. China, six-character mark Xuande and of the period or earlier. photo Nagel Auktionen The surface of the cover is delicately carved in deep, smooth relief of red...

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Tags: Box and Cover, Cinnabar Lacquer, Xuande six character mark, tihong

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12 avril 2011

Ten best of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art @ Sotheby's Hong Kong

An Extremely Rare And Magnificent Robin’s Egg And Famille-Rose Revolving Vase. Seal Mark And Period of Qianlong. Photo Sotheby's ingeniously crafted from three separate pieces fitted together, the freely turning body of globular form covered allover in...

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Tags: Qianlong, Yongzheng, Blue and White, white jade, Shakyamuni Buddha, Chenghua, 'Ru', Dragon Vase, Robin’s Egg

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11 avril 2011

Ten best of Vestiges from China’s Imperial History @ Sotheby's Hong Kong

An Important lmperial White Jade Seal With An Imperial Poem Qianlong Yuti Mark, Jiaqing Period, Dated To 1796. Photo Sotheby's of large square form, surmounted by a superbly carved pair of addorsed dragons, each powerfully carved with alert eyes and flaring...

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Tags: Qianlong, Jiaqing, white jade, Avalokitesvara, seal, Xuande, Bi Disc

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11 avril 2011

Chinese antique bronze mirrors @ Nagel

A large, superb bronze mirror with four animal masks in high relief, China, probably still Sui Dynasty (581-618) or early Tang dynasty. photo Nagel Auktionen The excellently cast silvery mirror is decorated in the centre with four animal masks, perhaps...

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Tags: Tang dynasty, Western Han Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Sui dynasty, bronze mirror, Three Kingdom period

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11 avril 2011

Ten best of Rhinoceros Horn Carvings from The Edward and Franklin Chow Collection

An extremely rare large rhinoceros horn archaistic guang vessel by You Yiliang. 17th century. Photo Sotheby's masterfully carved in the form of an archaistic bronze guang vessel with a body of flaring rectangular section set with a channelled spout opposite...

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Tags: 17th century, rhinoceros horn, Libation Cup, guang, You Yiliang, Zi Zhen, by Xing Cheng. Ming dynasty

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9 avril 2011

The Meiyintang Collection – An important selection of Imperial Chinese porcelains fetched HK$399,392,000 / US$51,204,103*

An exquisite blue and white 'fish pond' brush washer. Mark and period of Xuande. Photo Sotheby's Hong Kong, April 7, 2011 Nicolas Chow, Sotheby’s International Head of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Department, said: “As the seventh day of sales for...

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Tags: Qianlong, Kangxi, Yongzheng, Jiaqing, Hongwu, Xuande, Chenghua, Yongle

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5 avril 2011

A Chinese Export famille-rose 'lotus' punch bowl. Qing dynasty, circa 1765.

A Chinese Export famille-rose 'lotus' punch bowl. Qing dynasty, circa 1765. Photo Sotheby's molded and painted on the exterior with large pink petals and painted on the interior with a single figure amidst flower sprigs. iameter 15 3/4 in. 40 cm Estimate...

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Tags: Qing dynasty, Chinese Export, punch bowl, famille-rose, 'lotus' bowl

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5 avril 2011

A pair of Chinese Export figures of cranes. Qing dynasty, 19th century.

A pair of Chinese Export figures of cranes. Qing dynasty, 19th century. Photo Sotheby's each black and white bird standing on a tree trunk base; height 16 1/2 in. 42 cm. Estimate 5,000—7,000 USD. Lot Sold 13,750 USD Sotheby's. Property of a Palm Beach...

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Tags: Qing dynasty, 19th century, Chinese Export, cranes

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5 avril 2011

A pair of spinach-green jade candlesticks. Qing dynasty.

A pair of spinach-green jade candlesticks. Qing dynasty. Photo Sotheby's each carved in the form of a duck perched on on a turtle flanked on either side by sinuous snakes, its wings outstretched and a pricket emerging from its head, all set in a pan raised...

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Tags: Qing dynasty, spinach-green jade, candlesticks

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5 avril 2011

A large carved rock crystal vase and cover. Late Qing dynasty

A large carved rock crystal vase and cover. Late Qing dynasty. Photo Sotheby's of flattened baluster form, one side carved in high relief with a bird perched on a fruiting peach branch, the reverse similarly carved with a branch issuing blossoming flowers,...

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Tags: Qing dynasty, Vase and Cover, Rock Crystal

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