bottle vase

A blue and white bottle vase. Wanli © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd Of pear-shaped form, painted around the bulbous body with four circular panels each enclosing blossoming branches, separated by swirling clouds, the shoulder with a border of ruyi-heads, the slender neck with a swooping phoenix amidst further cloud scrolls, with pendent lappets at the rim, the base painted with a single hare; 32.1cm (12½in) high. Sold for £2,160 Provenance: Goldschlager Collection, no.40.2 Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 11 Nov 2010. New Bond... [Lire la suite]

A very rare imperial flambé-glazed bottle vase, China, incised Yongzheng four-character seal mark and of the period. photo courtesy Nagel  applied with two taotie mask handles suspending fixed rings, all under charasteristic thick and bright purple glaze with turquoise streaks. H. 21,7 cm - Estimate € 40 000 / 60 000 Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de

A fine and exquisite famille-rose floral medallion bottle vase enamelled in the palace workshops. Blue enamel mark and period of Qianlong. photo courtesy Sotheby's superbly potted, the slightly compressed spherical body sweeping up to a tall slender neck with a cupped mouth, in a tour-de-force of painting the fine white body covered in a clear glaze and decorated with four round white medallions each containing finely enamelled flowers, one with yellow day lilies growing beside pink and red poppies with small... [Lire la suite]

A yellow glass bottle vase. Qianlong mark and period. photo courtesy Sotheby's the globular body supported on a splightly splayed foot rising to a tall cylindrical neck, the body of a rich lemon-yellow tone, the base with a wheel-cut four-character Qianlong mark; height 9 in., 22.8 cm. Estimate 50,000—70,000 USD. Unsold A translucent yellow glass vase of this form from the Andrew K. F. Lee Collection is illustrated bu Humphrey Hui and Peter Lam, Elegance and Radiance. Grandeur in Qing Glass, The Andrew K. F. Lee... [Lire la suite]

A pair of fine iron-red decorated holy water bottles. Qianlong period (1736-95). photo Christie's Ltd 2010 Each with baluster body and a cylindrical neck above a domed base, decorated with central lotus sprays between lappets and stylised foliate bands - 8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high, finely carved wood stands (2). Est. £10,000 - £15,000 ($14,840 - $22,260) Price Realized £187,250 ($277,879) Notes: A single identical example can be seen in the painting by Giuseppe Castiglione in the National Palace Museum, showing the Emperor... [Lire la suite]

A superb doucai bottle vase. Mark and period of Yongzheng. photo Sotheby's the elegantly potted ovoid body rising from a recessed base to a tall cylindrical neck with cup-shaped mouth, superbly decorated around the exterior with underglaze blue, green, yellow, aubergine and iron-red enamelled ruyi-head cloud scrolls swirling up and around the body from the base to the rim, base inscribed within double-circles with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue - 25.5 cm., 10 in. Est.15,000,000—25,000,000 HKD.... [Lire la suite]

A Chinese porcelain blue and white bottle vase, four character mark of Chenghua. Kangxi 1662-1722. with slender cylindrical neck and gently flaring rim, painted with the moon goddess Chang Er and nine of her attendants, some with scroll, wrapped qin, peach, white hare, osmanthus sprig and fan respectively, all in a continuous scene with screen, wuti and cloud scrolls beneath the lotus topped roof and the moon. 13 3/4 inches, 34.9cm high. Price on application. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B.... [Lire la suite]

A pair of blue and white porcelain bottles. Transitional Period Each of square section with a reeded neck, lingzhi scrolls painted around the rounded shoulder and 'Flowers of the Four Seasons' filling the flat walls, the base unglazed. 10in (25cm) high. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000 A blue and white porcelain bottle vase. Transitional Period Its reeded neck and lobed shoulder painted with flower scrolls and saw-tooth bands, the saw-tooth band repeated around the foot and the lower body featuring eight... [Lire la suite]

A Chinese late Ming blue and white silver-mounted bottle vase . Wanli (1573-1619), the silver 17th Century Of pear shape painted with three standing cranes among lotus scrolls, all reserved on a washed-blue ground, the bulbous neck with silver mounting and cover. 29 cm. high. Est. €4,000 - €6,000 Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Drs A.M. Sengers. Exhibited: Exhibited at The Hague Municipal Museum, May 1983, no. 33 in the exhibition of VOC silver.Exhibited in 'Schatten uit de Oost' or 'De Kunst van het... [Lire la suite]

A small chinese porcelain dark aubergine-glazed bottle vase, 18th century 9 5/8in. (24.5cm.) high, wood stand . Est. $3,000 - $4,000 Christie's Interiors. 30 June - 1 July 2009. New York, Rockefeller Plaza www.christies.com