11 janvier 2008
A rare small anhua wine cup - Wanli six-character mark and of the period
A rare small anhua wine cup - Wanli six-character mark and of the period
The white-glazed cup entirely unadorned except for a design impressed in shallow relief on the interior wall of the cup, depicting two coiling dragons of typical late Ming style striding in mutual pursuit of small flaming pearls. 6 cm (2¼in) diam. - Sold for £8,500 plus Premium and tax
Footnote: For a similar example with less evident decoration and dated to the Jiajing period, see Shimmering Colours, Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods. The Zhuyuetang Collection, Hong Kong 2005, p.68, pl.12.
Bonhams. Fine Asian Art, 6 Nov 2006. New Bond Street
A blue and white kendi - Wanli
A blue and white kendi - Wanli
Finely painted around the slightly flattened globular body with a band of lotus flowers scroll, above a stylised band of ruyi clouds, the base and top of the neck mounted with a metal collar (restored).
19cm (7½in) high. Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 - Unsold.
Provenance: The Bloxham Collection
Note: A similar blue and white kendi in the Ardebil Shrine collection is illustrated by John Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington, 1956, pl.69. The Bloxam family collection originated with Rev J.F. Bloxam, who died in 1928. His heirs donated a number of fine Ming dynasty porcelains to the British Museum, including a Hongwu period cupstand.
Bonhams. Fine Asian Art, 6 Nov 2006. New Bond Street
A rare documentary inscribed blue and white incense burner - Dated equivalent to AD1597 and of the period
A rare documentary inscribed blue and white incense burner - Dated equivalent to AD1597 and of the period
Heavily potted with rounded sides and waisted neck below a straight-sided mouth rim, the exterior finely painted in rich tones of cobalt blue depicting the Guardian King and other figures in a rocky garden, a raised band in the centre of the neck inscribed: 'Dedicated by the Buddhist disciple Huang Hui-san when he was sixty-one years old in the Spring of the twenty-fifth year of the Wanli period of the Great Ming Dynasty' (cracked, incomplete, glaze frits). 35.6cm (14in) high. Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 - Unsold.
Footnote: Illustrated: Sheila Riddell, Dated Chinese Antiquities 600-1650, London, 1979, p.101, no.78
Bonhams. Fine Asian Art, 6 Nov 2006. New Bond Street
A pair of wucai six-sided dishes for the Japanese market - Circa 1620
A pair of wucai six-sided dishes for the Japanese market - Circa 1620
Each centrally enamelled in green, brown, yellow and iron-red with two insects perched in a cluster of leafy ripe fruit, within border panels of solitary figures and upright shrubs. 14cm (5½in) wide. (2). Estimate: £800 - 1,200 - Unsold.
Bonhams. Fine Asian Art, 6 Nov 2006. New Bond Street
A sancai model of a Bactrian camel - Tang Dynasty
A sancai model of a Bactrian camel - Tang Dynasty
Finely modelled standing four-square on a rectangular plinth, depicted with braying head, two humps and beaded saddle, covered all over in a rich chestnut glaze attractively splashed with amber and camellia-leaf green (old restoration). 55.2cm (21¾in) high. Sold for £1,700 plus Premium and tax
Footnote: The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a thermoluminescence test, Oxford Authentication Ltd., no. C299a94.
Bonhams. Fine Asian Art, 6 Nov 2006. New Bond Street
A green-glazed 'chicken-head' ewer - Tang Dynasty
A green-glazed 'chicken-head' ewer - Tang Dynasty
Moulded on both sides of the slender baluster body with a large high-relief peony divided by an applied chicken-head spout, the tall slender dragon-headed handle biting the flaring rim (top of handle chipped). 31cm (12¼in) high. - Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500 - Unsold.