FIRST SESSION | LIVE AUCTION 20TH DECEMBER

"ASIAN ART"

LOTS 1 - 180

1:00 PM (Valencia, España)

Jade, ceramics and porcelain. Decorative arts. Sculpture and painting.

PREFERRED LOT

50 - A fine and rare blue and white "Dragon" meiping, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736 - 1795)

Delicately potted blue-and-white underglaze porcelain vase. The "meiping" vase shape is perfectly modelled, with high shoulders, and a short, notched neck, slightly open and with a rounded rim. The form rises from a circular base that widens elegantly. The neck is decorated with banana leaves, followed by a band of undulating waves and another of "ruyi" over the shoulders. The sides densely painted with five meticulously rendered five-clawed dragons portrayed emerging from crashing waves and flying between stylized clouds and flames. Their bodies are coiled and show vigorous postures in which their claws formed by five phalanges stand out. In general, each of their faces, although different, show an expression of respect and perfectly convey the imposing symbolism related to the emperor.

On the base a six-characters seal mark and period of Qianlong "大清乾隆年制" (Dà qīng qiánlóng nián zhì), executed in underglaze blue.

Height: 35.5 cm (14 in.); Diameter of mouth: 7.5 cm (2 in.); Diameter of base: 13.5 cm (5.5 in.)

Provenance:

Yamanaka & Co Bar Harbor, Maine, USA.

1912-1961 Wandenberg's private collection

1943, November 27 Certified by Yamanaka & Co New York, USA

1961-1990s Mr. Jan Belo's private Dutch collection

1990s private Dutch important collection

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UPCOMING SESSIONS

DECEMBER 20 "JEWELERY AND WATCHES" | AFTER THE FIRST SESSION

DECEMBER 21 "WESTERN ART" | START AT 4:30 PM

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