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Bergkristallkrug aus der Keir Collection. Ägypten – wahrscheinlich Kairo, fatimidisch, spätes 10. bis frühes 11. Jh.  Fassung in Gold durch Jean–Valentin Morel, 1854 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Sammlung Edmund de Unger, Foto: Andy Smart BERLIN.- The discovery of this intricately crafted rock crystal ewer recently caused a sensation on the British art market. The priceless object first made a stir in the press for being a 'sleeper', after being originally priced between ₤100 to ₤200 and mistaken by a smaller auction house... [Lire la suite]

Pair of Wedgwood Neoclassical Style Black Basaltes Figural Wine and Water Ewers. Date cipher for 1884. Photo Doyle New York Comprising a merman and a satyr representing Neptune and Bacchus, respectively, each seated on the shoulder and clinging to a dolphin mask or a ram's head, on a square base. Height 16 inches. each figure appears to have been partially ground down in the area of the top of the forehead; no other apparent chips, losses, hairlines, etc.; each is stamped on the underside: WEDGWOOD above an upper case letter "M"... [Lire la suite]

A Qingbai-type phoenix-head ewer, 10th century. photo Sotheby's the plain ovoid body rising to a tall tapering neck surmounted by the head of a phoenix, pierced to form the spout, the crest now missing, applied overall with a translucent glaze of pale blue tone; height 14 3/4 in., 27.5 cm. Estimate 8,000—12,000 USD. Lot Sold 31,250 USD PROVENANCE: Sotheby & Co., London, 14th November 1972, lot 334 Sotheby's. Informing the Eye of the Collector: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from J.T. Tai & Co. 22 Mar 11. New York... [Lire la suite]

A white-glazed pottery ewer. Tang dynasty. photo Sotheby's the bulbous body rising to a trumpet neck, the rounded shoulders with a tapering cylindrical spout opposite a three-stranded strap handle terminating in a stylized lion's head biting the rim of the neck, the overall ivory glaze finely crackled; height 10 1/4 in., 26 cm. Estimate 2,000—3,000 USD. Lot Sold 5,000 USD PROVENANCE: Sotheby & Co., London, 14th November 1972, lot 270. Sotheby's. Informing the Eye of the Collector: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from... [Lire la suite]

A large pair of iron-red ewers. Kangxi period. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2011 Decorated with an overall pattern of scrolling chrysanthemum vine on the washy iron-red ground, a row of overlapping white petals around the bases and flowers at the molded neck band and rim; 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high (2) - Estimate $12,000 - $18,000 A rare "clobbered" copper red vase, 18th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2011 The pear-shaped body painted in underglaze copper-red with Buddhist lions and then enameled in... [Lire la suite]

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]

A blue and white ewer from the Hoi An cargo, Vietnam, 15th/16th century. photo courtesy Nagel H. 23,5 cm - Estimate €900 Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 4th 2010 www.auction.de

A very fine and extremely rare Imperial blue and white porcelain ewer, China, Yongzheng six-character seal mark and of the period. photo courtesy Nagel H. 25,5 cm - Estimate € 300 000 Provenance: Former property of an American private collection - From an European private collection, bought at Nagel, 12th November 2004, Lot 1570 Cf. 'Selected Porcelain of the Flourishing Qing Dynasty at the Palace Museum', Hong Kong 1994, S. 161 - 'Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red III - The Complete Collection of... [Lire la suite]

An exceptionally rare imperial embellished gold ewer. Mark and Period of Wanli. photo courtesy Sotheby's inspired from a Persian metal form, the flattened pear-shaped body rising from an oval spreading foot to an elegant tall-waisted flaring neck, set to one side with an S-shaped spout and to the other with a tall strap handle with ruyi-head terminal, adorned on either side of the body with a large peach-shaped panel enclosing a gold filigree five-clawed scaly dragon in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' in the form... [Lire la suite]

A pair of French ormolu-mounted porphyry ewers. Circa 1870, in the manner of Pierre Gouthière. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 Each of slender ovoid form with dolphin handle and mask spout, on a circular base, 26¾ in. (68 cm.) high (2). Estimate £25,000 - £40,000. Price Realized £46,850. Provenance: Mrs. Derek Fitzgerald, Sotheby's London, 22 November 1963, lot 113. Notes: This elegant pair of porphyry vases are enriched with jewel-like ormolu mounts in the manner of Pierre Gouthière (1732-1814), who executed... [Lire la suite]