Rouleau Vases

A Chinese porcelain famille verte rouleau vase. Kangxi, circa 1700. Courtesy Marchantwith high shoulder, cylindrical ribbed neck and galleried rim, painted on the body with a continuous battle scene with equestrian warriors, bowmen, soldiers and flag bearers amongst rockwork and pine, beneath stylised iron-red clouds, the moon and stars, the high shoulder with four panels of precious objects with books, brush holder, scrolls, a tied qin, ruyi-sceptre, weiqi board and counter holders, on a flower-head and stippled green ground,... [Lire la suite]

A Chinese blue and white 'dragon' vase. Kangxi (1662-1722) The slender baluster sides painted with a large writhing dragon clasping the 'sacred' pearl in one claw amongst firing cloud scrolls, the slightly flaring neck encircled by bands of ruyi, clouds, keyfret and jewels, small glaze crack. 46.6 cm. high. Est. €6,000 - €9,000 A Chinese blue and white rouleau vase. Kangxi (1662-1722) The cylindrical body painted with a continuous river landscape with steep rocks, a solitary figure seated on an outcrop, three... [Lire la suite]

A mirror black glazed porcelain rouleau vase with gilt painted decoration 19th Century The shiny black ground on the exterior walls thinning to dark brown near the cupped rim and painted in gilt with decorative bands above and below auspicious phoenix and cranes standing amid flowering plants and garden rock beneath leafy tree branches (wear to gilt). 16 1/2in (42cm) high - Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500 Bonhams. Asian Decorative Arts, 23 Mar 2009. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco www.bonhams.cvom (Copyright © 2002-2009... [Lire la suite]

A Pair Of Large 'Famille-Rose' Relief-Decorated Rouleau Vases, Qing dynasty, 19th century each molded to the exterior with a lively display of the 'Hundred Antiques' and 'Precious Emblems', depicting various floral bouquets arranged in porcelain vases supported on stands, the neck with a ruyi scepter, peaches and a censer, all against a white ground (2). height 23 1/2 in., 59.7 cm. Estimate 10,000—15,000 USD PROVENANCE: Sotheby's New York, 19th March 1997, lot 327.Thereafter with the present owner. Sotheby's. Chinese... [Lire la suite]