Chinese ceramics

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Qi Baishi "Massive Peaches, Baishi. Hanging scroll, ink and color pigment on paper. Signed Qi Baishi, with two artist seals. (Lot 17)

Gianguan Auctions Holiday Season Sale Has Affordable and Extraordinary Chinese Items

Released: November 22, 2012

Gianguan Auctions Holiday Season sale on Sunday December 9 is geared toward buyers looking for good buys at reasonable prices as well as collectors in the market for iconic paintings by internationally renowned Chinese artists Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian and others. Among the exemplary paintings is Qi Baishi's color ink-on-paper of "Massive Peaches," (Lot 17.) In contrasting strong bush strokes with a detailed image of a tiny dragonfly, the master is at his best. He moves in another direction with "Ducks in a Lotus-Pond," (Lot 69) where the bold monochromatic strokes produce a pair su...

Mandarin Duck in Lotus Pond by Jiang Tingi, Qing Dynasty

Gianguan Auctions Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Fall Asia Week Sale September 9

Released: August 24, 2012

Gianguan Auctions of New York City celebrates its tenth anniversary on September 9 with a sale of Fine Chinese Paintings, Ceramics, Bronzes and Works of Arts. Painting highlights include Lot 24, Jiang Tingi's Qing Dynasty work, "Mandarin Duck in Lotus Pond." With two ducks below, a bird above the lotus blossoms and a poem in the upper right, the inscribed ink and color on paper is an excellent example of the romanticism and balance inherent in fine Chinese paintings. Interestingly, the artist is known as more than a painter or scholar. He was also editor of the Gujin Tushu Jinchen...

A large doucai, ‘Lotus and Bats’ jar and cover, Qianlong seal mark and period, est. £300,000-500,000.

Newly Discovered Imperial Chinese Jar Expected to Fetch £½ Million at Auction

Released: October 31, 2011

When antiques appraiser Jeremy Rye was invited to a house in Shropshire, England, to look at an English dessert service, little did he know that he would spot an Imperial Chinese vase and cover worth £500,000. The vase, which measures almost 50cm high, had spent most of the last 30 years unrecognized on the floor of a dining room by a window. The extraordinary large and elegant Doucai ‘Lotus and Bats’ baluster-shaped jar and cover, dating from the Qianlong Period (1736-95) is one of the most expensive lots in Sotheby’s auction of Fine Chinese Ceramic s and Works of Art on Wednesday, Novembe...

Lot 502: Important and rare, large 15th Century Chinese Ming Dynasty porcelain charger; central reverse design of writhing dragon amid crashing waves, surrounded on the cavetto with a continuous band of lotus blossoms borne on a single undulating stem with lobed leaves; the exterior with a band of five-toed dragons chasing flaming pearls; six-character Xuande Mark and of the Period; D: 49 cm, H: 9 cm (Estimate: $150,000-250,000)

888 Auctions' October 20 Sale Showcase 15th Century Xuande Period Blue & White Reverse Dragon Charger

Released: October 2, 2011

Richmond Hill, ON – 888 Auctions’ October 20th sale of Important Chinese Ceramics & Asian Works of Art in Richmond Hill will showcase over 600 lots of an exciting array of Chinese porcelains and Asian works of art. Highlighting the autumn sale will be an Important 15th Century Chinese Blue & White Reverse Dragon Charger, Xuande Period, Ming Dynasty (lot 502). This exceptional porcelain charger painted in deep cobalt blue features a central medallion of a reverse design of a carved writhing dragon. Surrounded on the cavetto with a continuous band of lotus blossoms borne on a single u...