02 mai 2010
A very rare blue and white and enamelled pear-shaped vase for the 'Islamic market', 16th century.
A very rare blue and white and enamelled pear-shaped vase for the 'Islamic market', 16th century. photo Bonhams
The body with two bands of vertical flanges, the tall cylindrical neck applied with six tubular handles, painted around the sides with six circular medallion enclosing Persian-style inscriptions surrounded by ruyi-shaped clouds and interspersed by iron-red florets, all above borders of upright and pendent lappets at the foot, and below narrow bands of classic scroll, pendent lappets and scrolling trellises at the... [Lire la suite]17 avril 2010
Kangxi blue and white porcelains for Islamic market @ Christie's London
A Kangxi blue and white porcelain vase, China, 1662-1722. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010.
On a spreading foot rising to high shoulder, with white metal mount capped by dome with pointed finial, decorated with chrysanthemums and scrolling vines - 12in (30.5cm) high - Estimate £1,200 - £1,500. Price Realized £3,750
A pair of blue-and-white Kangxi export ware vases with later metal mounts, China, 17th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010.
Of globular form, decorated with swallows and cherry blossoms, with... [Lire la suite]01 juillet 2009
A collection of Chinese iron-red porcelains, one for Islamic Market circa 1710, the others, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Two pairs and a set of three Chinese iron-red and gilt plates. Kangxi (1662-1722)
Comprising a pair of plates painted to the central roundel with two ladies in a fenced garden, surrounded by tulip-shaped panels enclosing flowers at the well, 22.5 cm. diam.; a pair of plates painted with a lady holding a baby accompagnied by two servants, the rim painted with tulip-shaped floral panels, 22.5 cm. diam.; and a set of three iron-red and underglaze-blue plates painted with a roundel of two ladies in a fenced garden, surrounded by... [Lire la suite]