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19 octobre 2010

A black jade seal-paste box and cover. Ming Dynasty.

A black jade seal-paste box and cover. Ming Dynasty. photo courtesy Sotheby's of circular form, the cover carved in low-relief with a catfish with its body continuing onto the side and underside of the box, the interior carved out to match the spiralling...

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Tags: Ming Dynasty, Box and Cover, black jade, seal-paste

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18 octobre 2010

A fine and rare khotan-green jade bowl with an imperial poem. Carved Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong, dated to the wuyin year

A fine and rare khotan-green jade bowl with an imperial poem. Carved Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong, dated to the wuyin year (1758). photo courtesy Sotheby's supported on a straight foot curving to a rounded body with an everted lip, incised on the...

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Tags: Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong, khotan-green jade

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16 octobre 2010

A fine and rare Robin's Egg-Ground Gilt-decorated Archaistic Vase. Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong

A fine and rare Robin's Egg-Ground Gilt-decorated Archaistic Vase. Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong. photo courtesy Sotheby's based on the archaic bronze hu form with decoration imitating bronze and green patina, of compressed ovoid section with broad...

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Tags: Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong, Archaistic vase, Robin's Egg-Ground

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16 octobre 2010

A large Cloisonné Enamel and Gilt-Bronze Vase and Cover, Hu. Ming Dynasty, Wanli Period.

A large Cloisonné Enamel and Gilt-Bronze Vase and Cover, Hu. Ming Dynasty, Wanli Period. photo courtesy Sotheby's of archaic bronze form, the pear-shaped body rising from a high splayed foot to a tall waisted neck, brightly decorated around the exterior...

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Tags: Ming Dynasty, Gilt-Bronze, Hu, Wanli Period, Vase and Cover, cloisonné enamel

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16 octobre 2010

A finely carved white jade 'Dragon' moonflask. Qing dynasty, Qianlong period.

A finely carved white jade 'Dragon' moonflask. Qing dynasty, Qianlong period. photo courtesy Sotheby's of flattened globular form, well carved on each side with a frontal five-clawed dragon, its sinuous body wrapped around a 'flaming pearl', leaping amongst...

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Tags: Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 'Dragon', white jade, moonflask

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16 octobre 2010

A rhinoceros horn seal. Ming Dynasty, 16th-17th century.

A rhinoceros horn seal. Ming Dynasty, 16th-17th century. photo courtesy Sotheby's carved in the form of a recumbent xiezhi crouched on top of an oval-sectioned seal, its head raised and eyes gazing upwards, the body finely incised with stylized whorls...

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Tags: Ming Dynasty, rhinoceros horn, 16th-17th century, seal

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15 octobre 2010

Superbly esnamelled and extremely rare chartreuse-ground bowl enamelled in the Imperial Workshops. Mark and Period of Yongzheng

A superbly esnamelled and extremely rare chartreuse-ground bowl enamelled in the Imperial Workshops. Mark and Period of Yongzheng. photo courtesy Sotheby's finely potted with rounded sides rising gradually from a tapered footring, exquisitely painted...

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Tags: Mark and Period of Yongzheng, Imperial Workshops, chartreuse-ground

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15 octobre 2010

An extremely rare white jade 'dragon' ruyi sceptre with imperial poem. Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, dated to the guisi year

An extremely rare white jade 'dragon' ruyi sceptre with imperial poem. Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, dated to the guisi year (1773). photo courtesy Sotheby's the slender curved sceptre elegantly carved on the head with a sinuous dragon in relief, in...

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Tags: Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, imperial poem, white jade, 1773, guisi, ruyi sceptre

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14 octobre 2010

An extremly rare underglaze-red meiping. Ming Dynasty, Hongwu period

An extremly rare underglaze-red meiping. Ming Dynasty, Hongwu period. photo courtesy Sotheby's the robustly potted broad-shouldered tapering body rising from a recessed base to a narrow short flaring neck with rolled rim, painted around the exterior in...

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Tags: Ming Dynasty, Meiping, underglaze red, Hongwu period

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14 octobre 2010

A superb pair of jadeite imperial seals. Qing dynasty, Jiaqing period.

A superb pair of jadeite imperial seals. Qing dynasty, Jiaqing period. photo courtesy Sotheby's each of square form, surmounted by a superbly carved pair of addorsed dragons, each with bulging eyes and flaring nostrils above curling whiskers and a partially...

Posté par Alain Truong à 19:45 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Qing dynasty, imperial, jadeite, Jiaqing period, seal, Jiaqing yubi zhibao, Jiaqing yulan zhibao

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