Auction Preview: The Baofang Pavilion Collection of Imperial Ceramics at Christie’s, Hong Kong, May 29
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What: The Baofang Pavilion Collection of Imperial CeramicsWhere: Christie’s; Convention Hall, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, No. 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong KongWhen: May 29; 10.50 AMPublic Viewing: 24 May, 10:30am - 8pm25 May, 10:30am - 6:30Auction Preview: The Baofang Pavilion Collection of Imperial Ceramics at Christie’s, Hong Kong, May 29
What: The Baofang Pavilion Collection of Imperial CeramicsWhere: Christie’s; Convention Hall, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, No. 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong KongWhen: May 29; 10.50 AMPublic Viewing: 24 May, 10:30am - 8pm25 May, 10:30am - 6:30pm26 May, 10:30am - 6:30pm27 May, 10:30am - 6:30pm28 May, 10:30am - 6:30pmTop lots of the sale:—Lot 2805: “A Fine and Exquisite Pair of Yangcai Ruby-Ground Bowls.” Yongzheng Yuzhi Marks Within Double Squares And Of The Period (1723-1735). Each bowl is delicately painted in opaque enamels with three lemon-yellow-ground shaped panels, each enclosing a broad blossoming peony in shaded tones of aubergine, and framed with foliate scrolls connected by the slender stems bearing three smaller flowerheads picked out in blue amidst further leafy foliage of translucent green and yellow shades, detailed in black and ruby enamels. 4 ½ in. (10.8 cm.) diam, box (2). Estimate: 12,000,000 HKD - 15,000,000 HKD (1,536,492 USD - 1,920,615 USD)—Lot 2807: “A Very Rare Robin’s Egg-Glazed Pear-Shaped Vase.” Yongzheng Incised Six-Character Seal Mark And Of The Period (1723-1735). The vase has a compressed globular pear-shaped body rising from a spreading foot to an elegantly waisted neck and a wide flaring mouth. The widest part of the body is moulded with a double bow-string, all covered with a mottled glaze ranging from pale blue through turquoise to purple. 10 7/8 in. (27.7 cm.) high, box. Estimate: 6,500,000 HKD - 7,500,000 HKD (832,266 USD - 960,308 USD)—Lot 2808: “An Exceptionally Fine and Large Ru-Type Vase, Fanghu.” Qianlong Six-Character Sealmark And Of The Period (1736-1795). The vase is of facetted octagonal form and is applied to the neck with a pair of tubular lug handles, covered in a thick bluish-grey glaze suffused with a network of fine crackles. 15 1/4 in. (38.8 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese wood box. Estimate: 4,000,000 HKD - 6,000,000 HKD (512,164 USD - 768,246 USD)—Lot 2811: “A Fine and Rare Large Doucai Jardiniere.” Qianlong Six-Character Seal Mark In Underglaze-Blue And Of The Period (1736-1795). The jardiniere is sturdily potted with deep rounded sides rising to a thickened rim, finely painted on the exterior with four composite foliate roundels, interspersed by elaborate interlocking leafy scrolls, between borders of lotus petal lappets below and ruyi-heads above, with a band of interlocking quatrefoil panels each enclosing flower sprays reserved on a blue ground below the rim. The countersunk base is applied with a brown dressing surrounding the recessed centre inscribed with the reign mark. 13 ¼ in. (33.5 cm.) diam, box. Estimate: 2,800,000 HKD - 3,500,000 HKD (358,515 USD - 448,144 USD)—Lot 2801: “A Fine and Rare Enamelled and Copper-Red Decorated Water Pot, Matizun.” Kangxi Six-Character Mark In Underglaze-Blue And Of The Period (1662-1722). The steep incurved sides terminating in a wide mouth with lipped rim, each side painted with a rose in bloom rising on leafy stems from the foot, the flowers in copper-red with the leafy stem in green enamel detailed in black, the interior and base glazed white. 4 7/8in. (12.5cm.) diam,box. Estimate: 1,800,000 HKD - 2,600,000 HKD (230,474 USD - 332,907 USD)—Lot 2802: “A Rare Doucai Zun-Form Vase.” Yongzheng Period (1723-1735). The mid-section of the vase is decorated with two striding five-clawed dragons amidst clouds and flames divided by vertical flanges, below the broad flaring neck with branches of tree peony emerging from behind a pierced rock, above the pedestal foot decorated with three horizontal bands of lingzhi-shaped clouds, floral sprays and colourful dots. The underside of the base is inscribed with a six-character Chenghua mark within a double-circle in underglaze-blue. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high, box. Estimate: 1,800,000 HKD - 2,600,000 HKD (230,474 USD - 332,907 USD)—Lot 2809: “A Fine Blue and White Ming-Style Pear-Shaped Vase, Yuhuchunping.” Qianlong Six-Character Seal Mark In Underglaze Blue and of the Period (1736-1795). The vase is painted in vivid tones of underglaze blue, in imitation of ‘heaping and piling’, with plantain and bamboo growing beside rocks on grassy mounds, below a band of foliate scroll in-between upright leaves and a pendent ruyi collar at the waisted neck. The base is encircled by a band of upright lotus panels above a band of demi-florettes on the splayed foot, all between a band of upright ruyi lappets at the base and of band of knobbed scroll bordered by upright leaves and a stylised ruyi collar at the waisted, flaring neck, a band of lotus encircling the foot. 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm.) high, box. Estimate: 1,800,000 HKD - 2,800,000 HKD (230,474 USD - 358,515 USD)For details, visit: https://www.christies.com/Click on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/Founder: Louise Blouin Read more