Kangxi period

A rare pair of Famille-Verte 'peach' saucers. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Photo Sotheby's each dish of delicately potted shallow saucer shape with a slightly recessed centre, painted on the inside with a branch bearing a large green peach with a yellow tip merging into red and green, partly worm-eaten leaves, the exterior left plain; 9.5cm., 3 3/4 in. Estimate 400,000—600,000 HKD. Lot Sold 596,000 HKD PROVENANCE: Collection of Edward T. Chow.Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19th May 1981, lot 577.Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19th November 1986, lot... [Lire la suite]

A Langyao-red bottle vase. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Photo Sotheby's the globular body rising to a tall cylindrical neck, covered overall in a thick bright raspberry-red glaze, streaking slightly down the sides and pooling just above the neatly trimmed tapering foot, the glaze further suffuse.d with a tight network of crackles, the base applied with a crackled straw glaze; 42 cm., 16 1/2 in  Estimate 400,000—600,000 HKD. Lot Sold 500,000 HKD PROVENANCE: Yamanaka & Co., no. 2 (according to label).Sotheby's New... [Lire la suite]

A Chinese celadon-glazed bottle vase. Qing dynasty, 18th- 19th century. photo Sotheby's the bulbous body tapering to a slender neck and a molded garlic-head mouth, all covered in an even pale celadon glaze; height 11 in. 28 cm. Estimate 15,000—25,000 USD. Lot Sold 68,500 USD A Chinese Ru-type bottle vase. Qing dynasty, 18th- 19th century. photo Sotheby's covered in a rich gray-blue glaze suffused with fine yellow-brown crackling, the foot dressed in brown; height 11 1/4 in. 28.6 cm. Estimate 10,000—15,000 USD. Lot Sold... [Lire la suite]

A Famille-Verte vase. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period.. photo Sotheby's of baluster form, the exterior painted with a battle scene from the Qing Dynasty, 'Three Kingdoms', depicting Guandi and his followers in pursuit of the retreating opposition, all amidst mountainous rocky landscape below scrolling iron-red clouds, the shoulders painted with a floral band interrupted by four evenly-spaced leaf-form panels each containing further flower sprays, the trumpeted neck painted with three boys at play; height 17 1/8 in., 43.5 cm.... [Lire la suite]

A fine powder-blue-and gilt-decorated, Yen-Yen vase. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. photo Sotheby's the gracefully potted baluster form surmounted by a long cylindrical neck everting to a trumpet-shaped mouth, brilliantly decorated in gilding on a mottled cobalt-blue ground with different shaped cartouches, all except one enclosing a bird perched on a branch surrounded by foliage and the other with a swimming fish, all reserved on a fine gilt ground of scrolling lotus flowers with a band of lappets around the base and keyfret scroll... [Lire la suite]

A rare Famille-Verte Relief-molded Quadrangulart Vase. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. photo Sotheby's. the heavily potted angular body with tapered rectangular sides beneath trapezoidal shoulder panels rising to a flared neck and lipped rim, all raised on a splayed foot, the four sides molded with figures in relief depicting the Hehe Erxian and the Three Star Gods, the shoulders and foot with raised cartouches painted with vignettes of landscapes and scholars' objects reserved on a floral ground, the neck with 'The... [Lire la suite]

A pair of large Famille-Verte, Iron-red and Gilt Rouleau Vases. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, circa 1720. photo Sotheby's. of similar form to the preceding lot, one with children playing with a bell toy whilst a lady dances on a patterned carpet, watched by a couple seated on a low bench, and a mother preparing to nurse her child in an elegantly furnished pavilion to one side; the other vase with three figures and children on a terrace with plants in pots and elaborate rockwork, the figures observed by another lady seated at... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white porcelain 'Bacchus' charger. China, Kangxi period (1662-1722). photo Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental Art A rare large Chinese porcelain dish decorated with a western mythological scene of Dionysus, or Bacchus, the Greco-Roman god of wine and merriment. Because of these connotations, he was a favoured symbol for the dining room. Diameter 37.5 cm - Price on application Provenance: Private collection, Belgium Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental Art. TEFAF Antiques / Stand 102 Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental... [Lire la suite]

 A group of two dancers for the Dutch market. China, Qianlong circa 1750-1752. photo Cohen & Cohen Modelled after a Meissen original and brightly enamelled in famille rose, the man with yellow hat, blue waistcoat and red breeches, the woman with red waistcoat and skirt with purple flowers, the base with modelled flowers scattered between their feet. Height 16 cm - Price on application  Pair of Famille Verte chargers for the European market. China, Kangxi period, circa 1700. photo Cohen & Cohen Finely enamelled with... [Lire la suite]

A  chinese blue and white Yenyen vase.  Kangxi period (1662-1722). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2011 Painted around the body with two figures in conversation, and another in a boat, in an extensive mountainous riverscape, a similar scene on the tall flaring neck, 17 7/8 in. (45.5 cm.) high. Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 - Price Realized  £8,125 A  chinese blue and white punch-pot ans cover. Kangxi period (1662-1722). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2011 With short spout and loop handle, the shallow domed cover... [Lire la suite]