04 juillet 2009
Top des enchères : Vase balustre de la Famille Verte, 6 juin 2009
Chine - Famille Verte, vase balustre en porcelaine à décor polychrome de scènes de palais. Epoque Fin XVIIe siècle.
H. 43 cm. Adjugé 11 500 €
Samedi 6 juin – Maunier et Noudel-Deniau, Toulon contact@hdvtoulon.fr
Top des enchères : Coupe sur piédouche en porcelaine doucai, 7 juin 2009
Coupe sur piédouche en porcelaine blanche décorée en bleu sous couverte
et émaux polychromes dits « doucai » de quatre fleurs de pivoines rouges et jaunes alternées entourées de feuillage, le bord supérieur décoré de perles et rubans noués. Au revers de la base, la marque à six caractères en kaishu de Chenghua (Fêlures). H. 7,8 cm. D. 6,2 cm. Adjugé 498 000 € (frais compris)
Référence : Coupe de même décor mais taille légèrement différente conservée au Musée Guimet, Paris.
Une autre coupe de même décor et taille vendue chez Sothebys, Hong Kong, le 26 octobre 2003, n°11.
Une coupe similaire reproduite dans "A survey of Chinese Ceramics. Ming official Wares. 4", par Liu Liangyu, Aries Gemini Publishing Ltd., 1991, p. 145.
Dimanche 7 juin – Mercier & Cie, Lille www.mercier.com
03 juillet 2009
Ravier circulaire à sept compartiments. Chine, marque à six caractères kaishu et époque Wanli, XVIe siècle.
Ravier circulaire à sept compartiments. Chine, marque à six caractères kaishu et époque Wanli, XVIe siècle.
en porcelaine et émaux wucai (cinq couleurs) à décor d'oiseaux et motifs floraux en réserves alternant avec des motifs géométriques. A l'intérieur, six compartiments rayonnent autour du septième. Diam. 18 cm. Monté en encrier, avec cerclage du bord en argent et encrier en argent au centre, avec poinçons français. Estimation : 1 500 / 2 000 €
Vente du Mardi 7 juillet 2009. Art d'Asie. Boisgirard Provence-Côte d'Azur - 06000 Nice. M. Pierre ANSAS. Pour tout renseignement, veuillez contacter Patricia Perrier à la maison de ventes au 04 93 80 04 03.
02 juillet 2009
Two Chinese Export Encre-de-Chine plates. Circa 1740
A Chinese Export Encre-de-Chine 'Marriage' plate. Circa 1740
Painted at the centre en grisaille with a wedding scene in a Baroque cupola including angels, peacocks, and doves, various sea-nymphs and Triton in the foreground, the building surmounted by an arch inscribed 'semper amor prote, firmissimus atque fidelis', between two coat-of-arms resting on a frieze above the columns, all within a Meissen-stye gilt scrollwork border. 22.7 cm. diam. Est. €1,200 - €1,800 - Price Realized €2,000
Provenance: The property of a Dutch Family
Notes: The arms of this plate have been attributed to the families Van Bergen van der Grijp and Van Beaumont and is from one of about ten services with Dutch coat-of-arms with the same scene. The scene probably derives from a seventeenth century book frontispiece and at least six different pairs of arms are illustrated by J.A. Lloyde Hyde, Chinese Porcelain for the European Market, Lisbon, 1956, p. 88, pl. XV, no. 48; For a similar example see also D.S.Howard, Choice of the Private Trader, London, 1994, p. 82, fig. 66
A Chinese Export Encre-de-Chine 'Nativity' plate. Circa 1740
Painted en grisaille and gilt, showing 'The Nativity' with Joseph, Maria, the Three Kings and the Shepherds surrounding the newborn Child in the manger, within a du Paquier-style border. 22.8 cm. diam. Est. €1,000 - €1,500 - Price Realized €1,500
Christie's. The Decorative Arts Sale Includingg The J.V.N. Van Achterbergh Collection And Fine Paintings. 30 June - 1 July 2009. Amsterdam www.christies.com
A Chinese pair of large wucai jars and wood covers. Qing Dynasty, probably 19th Century
A Chinese pair of large wucai jars and wood covers. Qing Dynasty, probably 19th Century
The baluster sides painted in mirror image with a group of figures in a terraced pavilion garden, in the presence of a dignitary a central lady dances while others hold fans, lanterns or offer various gifts. 36 cm. high (without covers) (2). Est. €3,000 - €5,000 - Price Realized €11,250
Provenance: The Property of a Dutch Lady
Christie's. The Decorative Arts Sale Includingg The J.V.N. Van Achterbergh Collection And Fine Paintings. 30 June - 1 July 2009. Amsterdam www.christies.com
A collection of Chinese famille rose orcelain sold @ Christie's Amsterdam
A Chinese famille rose pink ground five-piece garniture. Qianlong (1736-1795)
Comprising three baluster jars and covers and a pair of beaker vases, painted to each side with a lobed panels enclosing flowering peony, reserved on a pink ground enriched with formal lotus scrolls, one cover with some retouching, one beaker with minor cracks. the jars 29.5 cm. high, the beakers 23.5 cm. high (5) Est. €3,000 - €5,000 - Price Realized €8,125
A Chinese famille rose desk set for the European market. Circa 1750
Comprising a rectangular pen box and hinged cover decorated with a mountainous landscape, with attached three-sectioned tray with fixed candleholder flanked by a square sander and inkwell, painted and gilt with interior scens, birds in gardens, vases and river scenes, candleholder reglued. 20.9 cm. long. Est. €3,000 - €4,000 - Price Realized €6 875
A large pair of Chinese Canton famille rose baluster vases. 19th Century
Brightly enamelled and gilt with variously shaped panels depicting figure scenes on a ground of pink flowers, butterflies and 'Antiquities', rim restoration. 76 cm. high (2) Est. €4,000 - €6,000 - Price Realized €5,000
A Chinese famille rose vase. 19th Century, Qianlong four character seal mark in iron-red
Of rectangular tapering section, each side delicately painted with roundels and shaped panels depicting various figures scenes, all reserved on a moulded keyfret-pattern ground above a row of shou characters, the shoulders with four bats below a keyfret ground band enriched with landscape cartouches around the neck. 49.7 cm. high. Est. €1,500 - €2,000 - Price Realized €4,000
A set of eight Chinese famille rose figures of Immortals. Late 18th/early 19th Century
Each standing on a turquoise base, wearing coloured robes and holding their various attributes, damages and repair. 23 cm. high max. (8). Est. €1,500 - €2,000 - Price Realized €3,250
A pair of Chinese Canton famille rose 'Islamic Market' bowls and a set of ten saucer dishes. 19th Century
All decorated with clusters of peony, lotus, pomegranate and finger citrus, below a border of flower panels and flower sprays, three inscribed to the reverse with an Islamic inscription, comprising a pair of bowls, 23.5 cm. diam.; three dishes, 27 cm. diam.; and seven dishes, 24 cm. diam., minor damages (12). Est. €1,500 - €2,500 - Price Realized €2,750
A Chinese Export famille rose 'Cape Town' plate. Circa 1770
Decorated in coloured enamels with a view of Cape Town from the bay with various Dutch ships and rowing boats in the foreground, in the horizon Table Mountain flanked by Lion's Head and Signal Hill, within a trellis border and four sprays of pink flowers, small glaze cracks, slight rubbing. 22.5 cm. diam. Est. €4,000 - €6,000 - Price Realized €€2,500
Notes: From the 17th century onwards Table Bay became an important stop for ships travelling between Europe and China as it was half way. Several versions have been made of this view. A similar plate from the Princesshof Museum, Leeuwarden (Netherlands) is published in F. & N. Hervouët, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Decor Occidental, Paris 1986, p. 39 no.: 2.9. And one was sold at Sotheby's Amsterdam, 5 November 2003, lot 173
An assorted lot of Chinese famille rose dishes and plates. Qianlong (1735-1796)
Comprising a dish decorated to the central roundel with a fenced garden-landscape, 35.5 cm. diam.; a dish painted with a large spray of peony, 39 cm. diam; a set of four deep plates painted to the centre with an abundant flower bouquet surrounded by a composite floral border at the rim, 21.9 cm. diam.; and a set of three plates decorated with peony, 22.9 cm. diam., minor frits (9) Est. €1,500 - €2,500 - Price Realized €€2,375
A Chinese Canton famille rose large baluster vase. 19th Century
Brightly enamelled with shaped cartouches of figures in river landscapes, 'Hundred Antiquities' and flowers, all reserved on a turquoise ground enriched by flower scrolls, the neck and shoulder applied with qilin and lions in gilt below the everted foliate rim, small rim chip and glaze frits. 61.7 cm. high. Est. €1,500 - €2,000 - Price Realized €€1,750
A matched pair of Chinese famille rose pink ground 'medallion' bowls. Daoguang seal mark, one of the period (1821-1850), the other later
The exterior decorated with four medallions depicting various river landscapes with figures and in a different palette, all on a pink sgraffiato ground reserved with stylised lotus sprays, the interior enamelled and gilt with a stylised flower-head, small cracks and one with small rim restorations. 14.8 and 15 cm. diam. (2) Est. €1,000 - €1,500 - Price Realized €€1,750
A set of six and one Chinese famille rose 'double peacock' plate. Qianlong (1735-1796)
Comprising three soup plates, two plates and a dinner plate decorated with a peacock and a peahen perched on rockwork among large flowering peony blossoms, within a spearhead-pattern band at the well, the rim painted with a pink diaper-pattern and flower-sprays, 23.2-26 cm. diam.; and a soup-plate painted en suite with a border decorated with flower-sprays, 22.5 cm. diam., minor damages (7). Est. €1,400 - €2,200 - Price Realized €€1,625
A set of three Chinese famille rose dishes. Qianlong (1735-1796)
Painted to the centre with a large spray of peony, the rim and well further enamelled with four clusters of peony and prunus, glaze cracks
32.5-35 cm. wide (3). Est. €1,500 - €2,500 - Price Realized €€1,375
A pair of small Chinese famille rose saucers. Daoguang seal mark and of the period (1821-1850) in iron-red
A pair of small famille rose dishes enamelled with a river landscape, the upright flaring sides enamelled in blue with a white and turquosie formal lotus scroll, 13.2 cm. diam.; and a pair of underglaze blue and famille rose scalloped plates, painted centrally with boats moored by a fortified harbour, below a composite border enriched with butterflies, glaze frits, mid 18th Century, 22.6 cm. diam. (4) Est. €1,000 - €1,500 - Price Realized €€1,375
A set of five Chinese famille rose 'cockerel' plates. Qianlong (1735-1796)
Each enamelled with a cockerel perched on rockwork looking at another, among branches of flowering peony, surrounded by a composite border enclosing panels of white flowers, minor chip and hairline crack. 22.9 cm. diam. (5) Est. €1,000 - €1,500 - Price Realized €€1,258
A fine Chinese famille rose saucer dish. Yongzheng (1723-1735)
Enamelled and gilt with a finely dressed lady with elaborate hairdress seated in a horseshoe back armchair behind a table with marble top, surrounded by various vessels on the table and floor, the reverse with a Taoist symbol in underglaze blue, fine hairlines and very small rim restoration. 16.4 cm. diam. Est. €1,000 - €1,500 - Price Realized €€1,125
Notes: For a similar dish, see Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, 1989, p.224, nr.53
A pair of Chinese famille rose duck tureens and covers. late 19th/20th Century
Modelled as a duck looking straight ahead, the iron-red feathers heightened at the wings in green and blue enamels with touches of black, the interior glazed turquoise, gilt beaks. 17 cm. high (2). Est. €1,000 - €1,500 - Price Realized €€1,000
A Chinese famille rose rouleau vase. Yongzheng (1723-1735)
The cylindrical body painted with a boy holding a flower approaching the acolyte of the god of literature, surmounted with a trumpet neck. 20.4 cm. high. Est. €1,500 - €2,000 - Unsold
Christie's. The Decorative Arts Sale Includingg The J.V.N. Van Achterbergh Collection And Fine Paintings. 30 June - 1 July 2009. Amsterdam www.christies.com
01 juillet 2009
A Chinese underglaze-blue, red and celadon vase. Xuande six character mark, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
A Chinese underglaze-blue, red and celadon vase. Xuande six character mark, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
slender baluster sides, painted, incised and moulded in shallow relief with a continuous river landscape, depicting a fisherman, two scholars conversing under a pine tree and a servant bringing a qin, small rim and base restorations. 41 cm. high. Est. €4,000 - €6,000 - Price Realized €6,000
Christie's. The Decorative Arts Sale Includingg The J.V.N. Van Achterbergh Collection And Fine Paintings. 30 June - 1 July 2009. Amsterdam www.christies.com
A collection of Chinese famille verte porcelain sold today @ Christie's Amsterdam
A large Chinese famille verte baluster jar and a cover . Kangxi (1662-1722)
Enamelled around the sides with a continuous rocky landscape, depicting foreigners with curly hair and prominent noses, a figure with large red nose waiting cross-armed by a pavilion, one dignitary seated beside a Chinese beauty in a horse-driven cart and surrounded by bannermen, a servant carrying a picnic basket and water jug suspending from a pole, from behind rocks two men carrying game, rim crack and frittings. 56 cm. high. Est. €8,000 - €12,000 - Price Realized €39,400
A Chinese famille verte beaker vase and a circular bowl and cover. Kangxi (1662-1722)
The beaker vase painted to the centrul bulge with fishermen in a mountainous landscape, the upper and lower section with flowers and butterflies reserved on a green speckled ground, 18.2 cm. high; and a bowl and cover of compressed globular shape decorated with lappets of lotus and scrolling foliage on a ground of Symbols, 10.5 cm. high (2) Est. €2,000 - €3,000 - Price Realized €2,500
Two Chinese famille verte plates and a pair of saucer dishes . Kangxi (1662-1722)
The saucer dishes painted to the centre with an open-winged bird perched on a flowering branch of peach, beneath a floral border at the rim, 20.9 cm. diam; and two plates, each painted with an equestrian figure and his attendant before a walled pavilion, surrounded by symbols and stylised lotus-scrolls at the rim, 21 cm. diam., some frits (4) Est. €2,000 - €3,000 - Price Realized €3,750
A Chinese group of three famille verte nesting bowls. Chenghua six character mark, Kangxi (1662-1722)
The flaring sides finely painted with different figure scenes, the first depicting a scholar pointing at a reclining goat beside a servant carrying a gourd, the second with a scholar standing beside a deer, the third with a pensive scholar seated on a grassy riverbank. 7.8, 9.1 and 10 cm. diam. (3) Est. €1,500 - €2,000 - Price Realized €9,375
Christie's. The Decorative Arts Sale Includingg The J.V.N. Van Achterbergh Collection And Fine Paintings. 30 June - 1 July 2009. Amsterdam www.christies.com
A collection of Chinese iron-red porcelains, one for Islamic Market circa 1710, the others, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Two pairs and a set of three Chinese iron-red and gilt plates. Kangxi (1662-1722)
Comprising a pair of plates painted to the central roundel with two ladies in a fenced garden, surrounded by tulip-shaped panels enclosing flowers at the well, 22.5 cm. diam.; a pair of plates painted with a lady holding a baby accompagnied by two servants, the rim painted with tulip-shaped floral panels, 22.5 cm. diam.; and a set of three iron-red and underglaze-blue plates painted with a roundel of two ladies in a fenced garden, surrounded by petal-shaped floral panels at the shaped well, 21 cm. diam., frits and hairline cracks (7). Est. €1,000 - €1,500
A Chinese iron-red Islamic Market ewer. Circa 1710
After an Islamic prototype, moulded to the flaring neck with foliate panels and bulbous mid section, the body moulded with tear-drop shaped panels above another moulded petal-shaped band, painted and gilt with lotus, lily and chrysanthemum, the spout with flower-scroll, restoration. 26.5 cm. high. Est. €6,000 - €8,000
A pair of Chinese iron-red and gilt silver-mounted sprinklers. Kangxi (1662-1722), the silver later
Each decorated to the pear-shaped body with a scrolling meander of iris, camellia and chrysanthemum, supported on a high spreading silver-mounted foot, terminating in a tall tapering silver-mounted neck, glaze cracks. 26 cm. high (2). Est. €800 - €1,000
Christie's. The Decorative Arts Sale Includingg The J.V.N. Van Achterbergh Collection And Fine Paintings. 30 June - 1 July 2009. Amsterdam www.christies.com
27 juin 2009
Potiche. Chine, XVIIIe siècle
Potiche. Chine, XVIIIe siècle
couverte de forme lancelle en porcelaine blanche et émaux de la famille rose à décor canards et échassiers parmi les lotus. Haut. 50 cm Estimation : € 2,000-3,000
TAJAN SVV. HAUTE-EPOQUE - MOBILIER & OBJETS D'ART DES 17E, 18E ET 19E SIÈCLES, 30 juin 2009 19:00, Espace Tajan www.tajan.com