30 décembre 2010
Blue & White porcelains from the Lady Lever Art Gallery (1)
Ewer. Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration. H. 18.7 cm. Jingdezhen, China. Transitional period, Shunzhi (1644-1661 AD).. LL 25. Lady Lever Art Gallery.
Ewer with depressed globular body, straight slender neck, and star-shaped mouth. Long spout with foliage attachments. The body is moulded in six lobes. Painted in pale blue with a garden scene. The decorations show a spontaneous, naturalistic style, the subject taken from book illustrations. Exhibited: Lord Leverhulme. Founder of the Lady Lever Art Gallery and Port... [Lire la suite]
26 décembre 2010
Two fine and rare late Ming blue and white rectangular covered boxes. Wanli six-character mark within double-rectangles

26 décembre 2010
A fine and rare early Ming blue and white fruit bowl. Xuande six-character mark in a line and of the period (1426-1435).

26 décembre 2010
A rare large Ming-style blue and white moonflask. Qianlong six-character sealmark and of the period, (1735-1796)

26 décembre 2010
A fine and very rare blue and white double-gourd vase. Qianlong six-character sealmark and of the period (1736-1795)

24 décembre 2010
Yuan Porcelains @ "The world of Kubilai Khan" @ Metropolitan Museum New York
Plate with Peonies and Waves in Reverse Pattern, 14th century, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), China. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration (Jingdezhen ware); H. 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm), Diam. 17 13/16 in. (45.3 cm). Lent by The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
The Yuan dynasty was one of the most innovative periods in the decorative arts of China. The native arts of pottery and lacquer were transformed by the coming together of artistic traditions from the north and the south, while craftsmen brought into China from other... [Lire la suite]
19 décembre 2010
Wanli blue and white 'kraak porselein' & Transitional blue and white @ Christie's Amsterdam
A Chinese blue and white 'kraak porselein' wine-pot and a cover. Wanli (1573-1619). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010
The globular sides painted with a continuous scene of tigers in a fenced garden, applied with upright handle and S-shaped spout, the cover matched, minor chips, frits and baking flaw; 20.4 cm. high - Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 Price Realized €5,000
A Chinese blue and white 'kraak porselein' bowl. Wanli (1573-1619). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010
Decorated to the exterior with panels of figures... [Lire la suite]
16 décembre 2010
Blue and White Porcelain Dragon Jar Sells for $7.66 Million @ Bonhams & Butterfields
A blue and white porcelain meiping, Qianlong Mark, Late Qing-Republic Period, 14in (35.5cm) high. Est. $10,000-15,000. Courtesy of Bonhams & Butterfields
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- A blue and white porcelain Dragon jar sold for $7,658,000 in the Fine Asian Works of Art sale on Monday December 13th at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco. The 360-lot sale brought more than $19 million with the vast majority of the lots fetching multiples of their estimates. The excitement in the standing-room-only saleroom was palpable, as... [Lire la suite]
06 décembre 2010
Yongzheng & Qianlong Blue and White from the Shorenstein Collection

06 décembre 2010
A very rare gilt-metal-mounted blue and white octagonal ewer. Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
A very rare gilt-metal-mounted blue and white octagonal ewer. Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) . Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010
The elegant ewer of octagonal section, the lozenge-shaped panels on the body decorated finely decorated in varied tones of rich cobalt blue with extensive 'heaping and piling' with sprigs of camellia, chrysanthemum and blackberry lily, lingzhi, and pomegranate each enclosed by a single line border, the remaining panels left undecorated to accommodate the gilt-metal handle emerging from a raised ruyi-head... [Lire la suite]