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Ceramics — Chinese - Oriental - Sotheby's
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
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Ceramics - Chinese
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| *** | An impressive 'Famille-Rose' 'Hundred Boys' vase, Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing period, the ovoid body with tall trumpet neck, set with two stylized dragon handles picked out in blue enamel below the galleried rim encircled with a ruyi-head border repeated around… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowls marks and period of Kangxi each finely potted with steeply rounded sides rising to a flared rim, the exterior brightly enamelled with a green and a red dragon chasing flaming pearls interspersed with two… | *** |  |
| *** | Two famille-rose 'figural' plaques, 20th century, both of rectangular form, one depicting Tao Yuanming appreciating chrysanthemum flowers, the sage conversing with a young boy carrying a jardiniere of flowers in a garden setting, artist's seal of Wang… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Doucai conical wine cups, Qing Dynasty Kangxi period, each with flaring sides rising from a short tapering foot, the exterior painted with a scene of Su Dongpo bowing to a large garden rock, while his attendant shades him with a banana leaf fan,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Guan-type vase, Fang Hu, Xianfeng mark and period, of archaic bronze form, the pear-shaped body of rectangular section, supported on a short straight foot and rising to a slightly waisted neck set with two squared tubular handles, either side with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine blue and white cylindrical bottle vase seal mark and period of Qianlong the body of gently tapered form decorated with ten gently lobed panels each enclosing alternating blooms of camelia and peony on long leafy stems vibrantly painted in… | *** |  |
| *** | An impressive blue and white 'Three Friends' jar Wanli mark and period, of baluster form, the sides painted in deep cobalt blue with pine, prunus and bamboo rising from the base with birds in flight among trailing clouds above, all between a band of… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of famille-rose 'Balsam pear' teabowls and covers, seal marks of Daoguang, each bowl with steeply rounded sides flaring to the lipped rim, finely enamelled to the exterior with a fruiting and flowering Balsam pear entwined around a spray of bamboo… | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow-glazed dish, Hongzhi mark and possibly of the period, the shallow rounded sides rising from a tapering wedge-shaped foot, covered in a rich egg-yolk yellow glaze, the white-glazed base inscribed in underglaze-blue with a six-character reign mark… | *** |  |
| *** | A turquoise enamel bowl and cover, seal marks of Qianlong the deep rounded sides covered on the exterior with an opaque celeste blue enamel, the base of the interior painted in iron-red with five bats in flight reserved on the white ground, the matching… | *** |  |
| *** | A Wucai 'Dragon' dish mark and period of Kangxi finely painted with two dragons pursuing a central flaming pearl, one in underglaze-blue the other in green enamel, among flame-like clouds in green and iron-red, within a double line border, the reverse… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of 'famille-rose' 'Balsam pear' bowls and covers, seal marks of Daoguang each bowl with steeply rounded sides flaring to the lipped rim, finely enamelled to the exterior with a fruiting and flowering Balsam pear entwined around a spray of bamboo… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white 'floral spray' bowl mark and period of Yongzheng, with flared sides and broad everted rim supported on a splayed foot, painted in tones of cobalt blue stippled with simulated 'heaping and piling', the interior with a central medallion… | *** |  |
| *** | A turquoise-ground 'famille-rose' charger seal mark of Daoguang robustly potted with shallow rounded sides and broad everted rim supported on a splayed foot, painted on the interior with iron-red bats and stylised floral sprays encircling a central shou… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'famille-rose' 'peach' vase, Tianqiuping Qing dynasty, 19th century, the globular body rising to a slightly tapering cylindrical neck, brightly enamelled with two gnarled peach trunks, the knotted boughs in sepia and brown growing from a grassy bank,… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Famille-rose' bowl and cover, Sealmarks of Qianlng with deep rounded sides flaring to the lipped rim, finely painted with a fruiting and flowering gourd vine entwined around a spray of bamboo and with a hovering butterfly above, the stems extending… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white beaker vase, Gu, Qing dynasty Shunzhi period the sides painted with birds in flight and perched on branches of a blossoming prunus tree growing beside flowering plants, the centre with a band of lotus, pomegranate and pierced rockwork… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Doucai bowls, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period, each painted on the exterior with two iron-red carp swimming among overlapping green crested waves encircling the base, a flowering cherry tree growing from underglaze-blue rocks rising at one side,… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-ground 'famille verte' rouleau vase the straight sides decorated in coloured enamels with rectangular panels of flowers and birds below further floral panels on the neck, all reserved on the gilt decorated rich blue ground, the base inscribed with… | *** |  |
| *** | A large 'Longquan' celadon Barbed rim dish, Ming Dynasty, 15th century, robustly potted with petal moulded shallow rounded sides, carved with a central medallion enclosing four clumps of lotus in a pond, encircled with panels enclosing chrysanthemum… | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow-glazed bowl mark and period of Yongzheng, the finely potted steeply rounded sides rising to a lipped rim from the short straight foot, glazed on the exterior with an egg-yolk yellow glaze, the rim and interior in white, the base inscribed in… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of famille-rose 'mille-fleurs' cups Qing dynasty, each of deep 'U' form, the sides slightly flaring to the rim supported on a small foot, the exterior and foot delicately painted with an overall profusion of colourful flowers, including clusters of… | *** |  |
| *** | A large lime-green ground 'famille-rose' vase Qing dynasty, Guangxu period the ovoid body surmounted by a tall slender neck, enamelled with the bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems) amongst large lotus blooms, fruiting peach sprigs and scrolling foliage… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Famille-Verte' saucer dish, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period, delicately painted on the interior with Zhang Qian seated in a log raft floating over crested waves, a crane in flight overhead beside the seal pian shi in iron-red, the base inscribed with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white 'Dragon' dish, Qianlong seal mark and period, with shallow rounded sides, the interior painted with a sinuous five-clawed dragon pursuing a flaming pearl among scattered flames, within a double line border repeated around the lipped rim,… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Longquan' celadon garden seat Ming dynasty of barrel form, the sides decorated with an openwork frieze of Buddhist lions among flowering stems and cloud scrolls, between bands of key fret and further flowering sprays, the slightly domed top carved with… | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose 'Balsam pear' teabowl and cover, seal mark and period of Daoguang, with steeply rounded sides flaring to the lipped rim, finely enamelled to the exterior with fruiting and flowering kugua vines entwined around a spray of leafy bamboo and… | *** |  |
| *** | An unusual green and aubergine 'Dragon' dish seal mark and period of Qianlong with shallow rounded sides and everted rim, painted on the exterior with two dragons chasing 'Flaming pearls' among clouds, the decoration finely incised and picked out in… | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow-ground 'famille-rose' sgraffiato bowl seal mark and period of Qianlong well potted with steeply rounded sides and flared rim, the exterior finely decorated with two detached composite flowering sprays, each with scrolling foliate stems, one… | *** |  |
| *** | A Doucai chrysanthemum 'Roundels' dish, mark and period of Yongzheng, the interior painted with a central double chrysanthemum roundel encircled with four stylised lotus sprays, within a double line border repeated on the rim, the underside with a frieze… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of lime-green ground 'Famille-Rose' vases and covers, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, each of baluster form with short cylindrical neck, the sides painted in bright enamels with a pair of pheasant perched on rockwork among flowering peonies, blossoming… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'famille verte' rouleau vase the cylindrical sides surmounted by a straight neck with galleried rim, the body painted in bright enamels with a maiden and two female attendants, one carrying a large dragon banner, riding in a carriage pushed by two… | *** |  |
| *** | A Ming style celadon-glazed ewer, the pear-shaped body supported on a short straight foot, rising to a slender waisted neck with broad everted mouth, set on one side with a slender upright spout joined to the side with a shaped strut opposite the bold… | *** |  |
| *** | A wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl mark of Kangxi, with steeply rounded sides and flared rim, the exterior brightly enamelled with a green and a red dragon chasing flaming pearls interspersed with two descending phoenix in flight, on a ground of floral… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Aubergine-glazed bowls, marks of Kangxi, each with steeply rounded sides covered inside and out with a glaze of deep purple tone, the white glazed base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character mark within a double circle, box(2) 12 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Dehua multi-armed figure of Guanyin Qing dynasty, 19th century, seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base supported on an octagonal pedestal pierced with wan and oval motifs, the primary hands held in anjalimudra, the lower pair in dhyanamudra, the other… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of famille-rose 'figural' porcelain plaques Republic period, each of rectangular form, one depicting Lin Hejing Appreciating prunus, the old man accompanied by a young boy gazing at a blossoming prunus tree growing beside bamboo and other plants,… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-glazed 'Cong' vase seal mark and period of Daoguang of square section rising from a short tapering foot and surmounted by a short circular neck, the rectangular body set on opposite sides with elephant-head handles suspending fixed rings, covered… | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow-ground 'famille-rose' bowl seal mark and period of Daoguang with rounded sides rising from a slightly tapering foot to the gently flared rim, densely painted on the exterior with a composite floral scroll of peony, lotus, lilly and hibiscus on… | *** |  |
| *** | A large 'Longquan' celadon dragon dish, early Ming Dynasty, with shallow rounded sides and everted rim, the interior moulded with a scaly dragon pursuing a 'Flaming Pearl' beside cloud scrolls in a central medallion within a continuous band of scrolling… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'famille-verte' vase of tapering shouldered form, boldly painted with birds and insects among flowering peony, chrysanthemum, bamboo and other plants and trees growing beside rockwork, extending over the sides below floral sprays on the short waisted… | *** |  |
| *** | An iron-red decorated 'Dragon' vase the ovoid body tapering to a tall narrow neck spiritedly painted with a fierce scaly dragon pursuing a flaming pearl among scattered flames, between a band of lappets around the base and neck below a cell diaper border… | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose 'hundred butterflies' bottle vase, mark and period of Guangxu, the compressed globular body rising from a short foot to a tall waisted neck, painted on the exterior with the 'hundred butterflies' design divided by a band of lotus scrolls… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Longquan' celadon bowl, Ming Dynasty with rounded sides springing from a short tapering foot, the interior carved with scrolling peony sprays radiating from a central medalliion, and with further flowering sprays on the exterior below a foliate meander… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Guan'-style vase, Fang Hu, mark of Guangxu, (2), of archaic bronze form, the pear-shaped body of rectangular section supported on a short straight foot and rising to the slightly waisted neck set with two squared tubular handles, either side with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'famille-rose' coral-ground, composite vase and cover, mark of Hongxian, 20th century, the ovoid outer section gilt with floral scrolls on an iron-red ground reserved with three openwork medallions of 'The Three Friends' in 'famille-rose' enamels, the… | *** |  |
| *** | An underglaze blue and iron-red 'dragon' dish seal mark of Qianlong with shallow rounded sides and everted rim, painted on the interior with a central medallion enclosing an iron-red dragon amongst waves, the exterior with a frieze of nine dragons in… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Famille-Rose' 'Butterfly' Bottle Vase, Guangxu mark and period, the globular body with trumpet neck and short foot painted with iron-red and 'Famille-Rose' enamels with various open winged butterflies, the collar with a band of lotus scrolls and shou… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'famille-verte' vase of slender ovoid form, painted with three figures and boy attendant standing conversing beside rocks and trees in a continuous garden setting, below the slender trumpet neck, the base with lingzhi sprig mark in underglaze blue, 29 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two yixing stoneware teapots and covers, (4), comprising one of globular form, the neck with galleried 'monk's cap' rim above a key-fret band, the base with impressed marks, the other with simulated bamboo spout and handle, the sides slip-decorated in… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white 'dragon and lotus' box and cover mark of Wanli of rectangular form with shallow rounded sides, the slightly raised top painted with two dragons confronted on a flaming pearl among ruyi -shaped clouds above crested waves and rocks, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of 'famille-rose' 'dragon and phoenix' bottle vases marks of Guangxu each of squat globular form surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck, decorated with a dragon pursuing a flaming pearl and a phoenix in flight among cloud scrolls, above a band of… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white vase, Qing Dynasty 18th century the globular body surmounted by a tall slightly waisted neck, the sides painted with a continuous composite floral scroll of open blooms among scrolling foliage in a broad band above a border of pencilled… | *** |  |
| *** | A coral-glazed bowl mark of Yongzheng, with slightly everted sides and lightly lipped rim rising from a straight foot, the exterior covered with a rich coral glaze, the interior and base left white, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of blue and white 'dragon' dishes Qing dynasty, 19th century, (2), each of saucer shape, painted on the interior with a scaly dragon coiled among scattered clouds in a central medallion within a double line border repeated around the rim, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A flambe-glazed 'pomegranate' vase seal mark of Qianlong of hexafoil section, the lobed body rising from a spreading foot to the waisted neck and everted mouth, the sides divided by pairs of vertical ribs, and covered overall with a milky lavender-blue… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Famille-Verte' vase, of slender ovoid form, painted with an official holding court with dignitaries in attendance and maidens and children in the garden nearby, the waisted neck with boys at play, the base inscribed with an apocryphal six-character… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Canton 'Famille-Rose' moon flasks, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, a pair of Canton 'Famille-Rose' moon flasks, Qing Dynasty, 19th century each of flattened circular form, standing on a high slightly splayed foot and surmounted by a tall cylindrical… | *** |  |
| *** | An impressive blue and white 'Three friends' jar, Wanli mark and period of baluster form, the sides painted in deep cobalt blue with pine, prunus and bamboo rising from the base and with birds in flight among trailing clouds above, all between a band of… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white rouleau vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, of characteristic cylindrical form painted on the exterior in bright cobalt blue with a continuous scene of sages in discussion and otherwise occupied along a riverscape with high mountains, and… | *** |  |
| *** | An archaistic celadon jade vase and cover Qing dynasty, 19th century, of oval section, the ovoid body supported on a slightly splayed foot, surmounted by a tall neck above the domed shoulders, and set with double elephant head loose ring handles on a… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white ovoid jar and cover, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, either side decorated with a large panel depicting a maiden and attendants walking in a garden beside jardinieres of flowers, watched from behind a walled enclosure by other maidens and a… | *** |  |
| *** | A massive gilt decorated blue ground Mingyao vase (Hu), Guangxu mark and period. Height 47.5 cm the sides set with two deer head handles below the mouth and decorated in gilding on one side with three Buddhist lions and a deer, the reverse with a monkey… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Famille-Verte' dish, Kangxi mark and period, painted with three vases of flowering plants encircled around the broad everted rim with a frieze of alternating panels of mythical animals and flowering plants, the base inscribed in underglaze-blue with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white 'Dragon' bowl, seal mark and period of Jiaqing of double-ogee form, painted in rich tones of cobalt blue with two dragons pursuing flaming pearls among scattered clouds, between double line borders, the interior with a central dragon… | *** |  |
| *** | A copper-red glazed bowl, Yongzheng mark and period well potted with steeply rounded sides springing from a slightly tapering foot, covered on the exterior with an evenly applied rich red glaze deepening in tone around the footrim, the interior and base… | *** |  |
| *** | A Ming-style celadon dish, stoutly potted with shallow petal moulded sides and barbed everted rim, the centre with a raised circular band, carved with a flowerhead encircled with a floral meander and radiating floral sprays within a foliate scroll border,… | *** |  |
| *** | A doucai 'mandarin duck and lotus' bowl seal mark and period of Jiaqing, with steeply rounded sides rising from a straight foot to the flared rim, decorated on the exterior in underglaze blue, iron-red and green enamel, with two pairs of mandarin ducks… | *** |  |
| *** | An unusual famille-rose 'eight horses' vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century, of archaistic hu form, set on the sloping shoulders with a pair of iron-red square-section handles with key-fret in relief, the sides painted with the eight horses brightly enamelled… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of figures of 'Laughing Boys' Qing Dynasty each well modelled standing holding a basket of fruit in both hands, including peaches, pomegranate, grapes, and finger citron, picked out in aubergine, yellow, blue and green glazes, wearing a yellow… | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow-glazed beaker mark of Jiajing, with steeply rounded sides rising from a high straight foot to the flared rim, covered inside and out with an egg-yolk yellow glaze, the white base inscribed with an underglaze blue six-character reign mark, 11.5 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Guan'-style vase, Cong, the body in the form of an archaic jade cong, of square section supported on a short tapering foot and rising to a flat shoulder and tapering short neck, each corner with eight raised horizontal bands within raised rectangular… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue ground 'famille-verte' rouleau vase, 19th/20th century, the sides decorated with four panels of birds perched on flowering and fruiting branches, and two further flower panels on the cylindrical neck, all reserved on the gilt decorated rich blue… | *** |  |
| *** | An iron-red decorated rouleau vase the sides painted with a large carp leaping from florette strewn crested waves, the neck with lotus sprigs and formal borders, the base with ding mark in underglaze blue, 25.3 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-decorated coral-ground 'famille-rose' vase mark and period of Hongxian, both sides painted with a panel of birds and flowering plants, one of birds beside peony and bamoo, the other of a bird perched over a lotus pond, all reserved on the bright… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of underglaze blue and iron-red 'dragon' bowls each with steeply flared sides painted on the exterior with two iron-red dragons pursuing flaming pearls among underglaze blue cloud scrolls above a band of wave splashed rocks, the base inscribed in… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of yellow-ground dragon dishes, Guangxu marks and period the incised dragons picked out in green and aubergine; together with a later pair of 'Famille-rose' saucer dishes, the interiors with four phoenix and flowering sprays, Xuantong marks, fitted… | *** |  |
| *** | A powder-blue glazed bowl, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, with widely flaring sides springing from a slightly tapering foot, covered inside and out with a glaze of rich tone, the base inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark within a double… | *** |  |
| *** | A Doucai 'Lotus Pond' saucer dish, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, the interior painted with a medallion enclosing a pair of Mandarin ducks, one swimming in a lotus pool, the other in flight above, within a double circle and a border of alternating iron-red… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese Wucai ‘Dragon and Phoenix' bowls, mark and period of Daoguang, each of deep rounded form, the sides rising to an everted rim, the exterior painted with two dragons in pursuit of ‘Flaming pearls' alternating with two plunging phoenix,… | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose landscape vase, late 19th/early 20th century, of square section, the slightly tapering body surmounted by a short narrow waisted neck with lipped rim, each side painted with mountain views, with three sages and an attendant in the… | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow-glazed dish mark of Jiajing, with shallow rounded sides and lipped rim standing on a short tapering foot, covered overall with an egg-yolk yellow glaze falling short of the footrim, the white-glazed base inscribed in underglaze blue with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white 'dragon' bowl seal mark and period of Daoguang, of ogee form, painted on the exterior with two dragons among scattered cloud scrolls, the interior with a further dragon in a central medallion, all between double line borders, box, 17.2 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | Two yixing teapots and covers, 20th century, (4), comprising one incised with a long inscription and with fish among lotus plants, the base and cover with impressed seal marks, the other simulating roughened bark on the exterior, the cover with knop in… | *** |  |
| *** | An unusual blue and white vase, early Kangxi period, finely painted with a gathering of scholars drinking wine and painting, seated at a table in a garden setting, and with a long inscription, apocryphal six character Chenghua mark to the base. Height 26… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white 'Dragon' bowl, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, well potted with steeply rounded sides rising from a straight foot, the exterior softly painted with a frieze of five coiled dragons pursuing flaming pearls, each differently positioned above a… | *** |  |
| *** | A copper-red glazed bowl Daoguang seal mark and period, the deep rounded sides springing from a short straight foot covered on the exterior with a deep red glaze thinning to white at the rim, the interior glazed in white, the base inscribed in underglaze… | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow-ground famille-rose floral dish Qing Dynasty, with shallow rounded sides and lipped rim, painted on the exterior with sprays of different exotic blooms among leafy tendrils reserved on a lemon-yellow ground, the interior with five bats in… | *** |  |
| *** | An unusual red-ground 'prunus' bowl Qing dynasty, 19th century, the steeply rounded sides with flared rim springing from a short foot, decorated on the exterior predominantly in tones of grey and pink with a blossoming prunus tree growing beside lingzhi… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of figures of laughing boys, Qing dynasty, (2) each well modelled standing holding a basket of fruit in both hands, including peach, pomegranate, grapes and finger citron, picked out in aubergine, yellow, blue and green glazes, and wearing a yellow… | *** |  |
| *** | A Guan-type vase, seal mark of Qianlong, the globular body rising from a spreading foot to an hexagonally lobed slightly waisted neck flaring to the scalloped rim, and flanked by a pair of C-scroll handles, covered overall with a pale greyish green glaze… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Longquan' celadon censer, late Ming Dynasty, the shallow rounded sides supported on tripod feet and carved with peony sprays beneath the green glaze falling short of the base inside and out, an impressed medallion in the centre, 28.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large 'Longquan' celadon vase, Ming Dynasty, stoutly potted of slender ovoid form surmounted by a short narrow mouth, the sides carved and combed with lozenge diaper between formal borders around the base and shoulders, all beneath the glaze of rich… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Famille-Rose' bowl, 20th century, the widely flared sides springing from a straight foot, delicately painted with a flower spray bearing an iron-red petalled open bloom and bud among green foliage, and a branch of blossoming prunus, the slender… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of thirteen Sancai figures and a Palan Quin, Ming Dynasty each standing and clad in robes on a square base 19.5 to. Height 22 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Longquan' celadon meiping Ming dynasty, of stoutly potted baluster form, the exterior carved with a broad continuous peony scroll between foliate scrolls around the shoulders and waisted base, covered overall with a greyish green glaze apart from the… | *** |  |