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• Globular white-glazed vase

  28 August 2019 ( #ding, #garlic, #Hin-cheung Lovell, #incised, #ivory, #juluxian, #key-fret, #lotus, #Percival David, #phoenix, #Sotheby's, #ting Yao, #Truong, #vase, #white ware )

  Exceptional white-glazed and carved globular vase. Very finely incised with a band of key frets (frieze meanders), two phoenix bot with open wings, large lotus flower and associated foliage. China. 34 cm height. Presumably very ancient: Song or Yuan period....

• Lavender blue meiping vase

  28 August 2019 ( #auction, #biscuit, #chinese art, #christies, #collector, #guan, #jun, #lavender blue, #meiping, #moon, #Percival, #Song, #sotheby's, #vase, #Yuan )

  Exceptional lavender blue meiping vase. Jun style. China. 15 cm height. Private collection. Its color, shape and size are very close from a masterpiece from Sir Percival David collection (see third picture below from the British Museum). The so called...

• Investigation about an ancient Chinese white ware ceramic vase!

  28 March 2020 ( #ceramics, #Christies, #Ding, #foot rim, #Hin-Cheung Lovell, #Hongwu, #incised, #key-frets, #Percival David, #phoenix, #Sotheby's, #Ting Yao, #white ware )

  关于中国古代白瓷陶瓷花瓶的调查。 丁型。 中国陶瓷。 I propose you a great investigation. The objective is to identify the below vase. Its main characteristics are the following: Globular vase with long neck and garlic head. 34 cm high. White ivory glaze, small crackles. Very...

• Flower shaped longquan celadon brush washer

  02 January 2020 ( #carved, #Celadon, #chinese ceramics, #christies, #collector, #longquan, #min chiu society, #ming, #peony, #song, #sotheby's, #thick glaze, #truong )

  Exceptional Flower shaped Longquan celadon brush washer. Polylobed with a peony flower carved inside. Wonderful piece of work: finely carved, beautiful polylobed shape, wonderful volumes. Thick bright celadon glaze. Song or Ming dynasty. China. 13 cm...

• Lazurite splashed vase - Qianlong mark

  13 August 2020 ( #blue, #chinese ceramics, #christies, #eskenazi, #Lally, #lazurite, #monochrome, #sotheby's, #splashed, #truong, #vase, #william chak )

  Lazurite溅了蓝色的花瓶。 乾隆马克。 中国陶瓷。 I recently had the chance to find a rare lazurite splashed vase. It is shaped as long neck bottle, 15 cm high. The glaze is magnificent with blue, dark blue and white droplets. The glaze is very neatly stopping at the top...

• Extensive review of Chinese collectors profile and motivation

  29 September 2019 ( #Chinese ceramics, #Chow, #Clark, #collectors, #cunliffe, #grandidier, #hikonobu ise, #liu yiqian, #min chiu, #Pilkington, #richard kan, #sir percival david )

  As a Chinese ceramics collector myself, I really wanted to know more about all the past or present collectors that have shared this same passion with me. Having a passion is great but sharing it is exceedingly better. In this article, I will go through...

• Celadon yuhuchunping Yuan vase

  28 September 2019 ( #auction, #celadon, #China, #chinese ceramics, #christies, #glaze, #neck, #pear-shaped, #sotheby's, #vase, #yuan, #yuhuchunping )

  Beautiful ancient celadon pear-shaped vase. Its olive green tone glassy glaze is wonderful. Some crackles on the glaze give an insight on the weight of ages but the color, glaze and overall aspect is magnificent. The foot is not glazed but fully visible...

• Coral ground gilt decorated small cup

  13 August 2020 ( #asian art, #chinese ceramics, #christies, #Coral ground gilt decorated, #cup, #eskenazi, #Lally, #porcelain, #sotheby's, #truong, #william chak )

  珊瑚地面镀金装饰的小杯子。 中国陶瓷。 Very rare and fine wine cup. 6 cm diameter and 3,5 cm high. The top edge is very finely scalloped. Perfect glaze with coral ground and gilt decorated. Drawing of a phoenix on the outside glaze and of three carps and ruyi in the inside....

• Ai Weiwei - Chinese ceramics series of art pieces (Coca, Ming style, Han funeral urn smash)

  18 April 2020 ( #Ai Weiwei, #blue and white, #chinese ceramics, #Coca-Cola vase, #collector, #funeral urn, #Han dynasty, #Phillips, #provocation, #Song dynasty, #Sotheby's )

  As a Chinese ceramics amateur and collector, I needed to react to Ai Weiwei connection and use of Chinese ceramics. In 2004, the artist decided to use the deep symbol of ceramics to express himself. If not the highest, ceramics has ranged among the top...

• Cizhou wine jar with handles - Chinese ceramics

  08 March 2020 ( #alain truong, #ceramics, #China, #christies, #Cizhou, #collection, #handle, #metropolitan museum, #song dynasty, #sotheby's, #wine jar )

  Wonderful Cizhou wine jar with two very small handles. The jar is covered from a white glaze, painted with two brown foliage drawings. The foot is unequally uncovered from glaze and let appear a dark grey foot. Wonderful. China. Song dynasty. Height:...

• Pairs of Celadon vase - Versailles & Breteuil

  16 February 2020 ( #Breteuil, #Celadon, #ceramics, #Chinese ceramics, #Christies, #masterpiece, #Ming dynasty, #pair of vases, #Sotheby's, #Truong, #Versailles )

  I had the wonderful opportunity to visit the marvellous chateaux de Versailles and de Breteuil over the same week end in the near Paris area. There, I discovered two wonderful pairs of ancient celadon vases. The first one has been bought by King Louis...

• Pair of Ming aubergine and blue statuettes

  09 January 2020 ( #16th century, #aubergine, #auction, #Confucius, #Drouot, #glazed ceramics, #Immortals, #Ming dynasty, #Sotheby's, #statuette, #turquoise )

  一对茄子和蓝色小雕像 明代。 中国陶瓷。 Two turquoise blue and aubergine statuettes supposed to represent Confucius holding a paper attribute. At least a pair of immortals ("Pa-cheng") Glazed ceramics. Last sold in 1982 during French auction in Drouot (Cornette de Saint-Cyr)....

• Wu Donghuai - Painting on silk

  30 August 2019 ( #Asian art, #auction, #Chinese, #christies, #collection, #masterpiece, #painting, #silk, #sotheby's, #Wu donghuai, #zhiting )

  Wu Donghuai (1853-1904) Painting on silk figuring three scholars sitting, bamboo and small bird. China. XIXth century. 30 cm x 33 cm. Well known Chinese painter in the Fujian province. Nanping city museum holds a collection of his paintings. He is well...

• Xie Guanqiao - Painting on silk

  30 August 2019 ( #Asian art, #auction, #China, #Chinese, #christies, #collection, #dragon, #painter, #painting on silk, #sotheby's, #xie Guanqiao )

  Xie Guanqiao (1810-1864) Painting on silk. XIXth century. China. Famous Chinese legend of the dragon's painter. The Emperor asks the painter to draw a fresco with the dragon. The painter executes himself but does not draw the eyes of the dragon. The Emperor...

• Tongzhi octogonal bowl enamelled with vivid colors

  18 May 2020 ( #auction, #Chinese ceramics, #Christies, #collection, #collector, #enamel, #porcelain, #Sotheby's, #Tongzhi, #Truong )

  同治八角形碗上缀有鲜艳的色彩。 中国陶瓷。 Tongzhi bowls with turquoise foot to be found on the market are generally of quite poor quality. This one has directly attracted my attention as it is of much higher quality than usual ones. Main quality features are the following:...

• Blue and white dish with five claws dragon and phoenix - Qing dynasty

  14 May 2020 ( #blue and white, #Christies, #collection, #dish, #five claws dragon, #Kangxi, #phoenix, #Qing dynasty, #Sotheby's, #Truong )

  与龙和菲尼斯装饰的大蓝色和白色盘。 中国陶瓷。 Wonderful blue and white dish with a five claws dragon and phoenix. Ruyi clouds background. The drawings are magnificent. 37 cm diameter Qing dynasty Empty double circle on the base. Provenance: purchased from the heirs of an Indochina...

• Xiao Wen - Painting on silk

  30 August 2019 ( #antiques, #auction, #christies, #collection, #Dream of the red chamber, #painting, #silk, #sotheby's, #Xiao Wen )

  Painting from Xiao Wen. Painting on silk. China. Probably early XXth century as the legend painted had been censored during the Qing dynasty. After 1911 Revolution then. The woman painted is Wang Xifeng a character from the novel " the Dream of the Red...

• Painting on silk - Mrs Yang

  30 August 2019 ( #Asian art, #auction, #beautiful, #christies, #collection, #Mrs Yang, #painting on silk, #sotheby's, #XIXth century )

  Unknown artist. Stamp to be further investigated. Presumably XIXth century. China. Splendid vivid colors. The painting evokes a well know poem from the Tang dynasty (VIIIth century). Mrs Yang is the most beautiful woman the world has ever given birth...

• Powder blue and iron red punch bowl

  26 October 2020 ( #antiques, #asian art, #chinese ceramics, #collectors, #dynasty, #gallery, #porcelain, #punch bowl )

  浅蓝色和红色铁制打孔碗。 中国陶瓷。 Most generally if not always, I never let crackled pieces enter my collection. But today I did. I was just blessed by the emotion released by this ancient powder blue and iron red bowl. It has gone through the years within one single...

• Ernest Grandidier's Chinese ceramics collection - Guimet Museum

  03 May 2020 ( #Chinese ceramics, #Christies, #collection, #Grandidier, #Guimet, #Jingdezhen, #Meiping, #monochrome, #museum, #Qianlong, #Sotheby's, #Yongzheng )

  Ernest Grandidier (1833-1912) has collected over 6'000 pieces of Chinese ceramics during his collectors life which he started in the 1870's. he worked during the French Empire as Auditor at the French State Council. he also participated in some scientific...

• Oriental Ceramic Societies

  03 September 2020 ( #Asian art dealer, #Bonhams, #Christies, #collector, #Eskenazy, #Kangxi, #Lally, #Ming, #Oriental Ceramic Society, #Sotheby's, #William Chak )

  东方陶瓷学会。 中国陶瓷. Just to make Chinese ceramics passionate collectors comfortable, I wanted to write a short wrap-up on the societies or associations dedicated to ceramic lover communities. Maybe after reading this article, you will feel less isolated, knowing...

• Rouillac auction - 4th of October 2020

  04 October 2020

  珐琅花瓶拍卖。 中国陶瓷。 Just to share a quick post and express how sad I was to see that the two magnificent Chinese ceramics proposed by Rouillac auction house remained unsold. It is clear that covid-19 preventing everyone from cross-border travelling has made...

• 5 stars of Chinese ceramics

  16 October 2019

  中国陶瓷5星。 刘义谦 民潮学会。 "Lovely pieces. If you buy them, they are kept in your hands. If you don’t buy them, you keep the money in your pocket. Beautiful things always attract our eyeballs. Not sure when will these items come up for auction again." Liu Yiqian,...

• Reference galleries for Chinese Works of Art

  28 November 2020 ( #art gallery, #auction, #Chinese ceramics, #chinese gallery, #Chinese works of art, #christies, #collection, #masterpiece, #sotheby's )

  Via this post, I wanted to shortlist the top-notch Chinese Art galleries and share these addresses with you, collectors. The galleries below all focus on antique Chinese Works of Art. They all have pay a significant attention to Chinese ceramics; which...

• Celadon yen yen vase

  16 September 2018 ( #baluster, #biscuit, #carved, #celadon, #chinese, #christies, #foliage, #glazed, #meander frieze, #ming, #sotheby's, #vase, #yen yen, #yenyen, #yuan dynasty )

  Celadon Yen Yen vase. Carved with foliage and key-frets (meander frieze). Song or Yuan dynasty. 27 cm height. Private collection.