Lot 226. A miniature ‘Yaozhou’ celadon-glazed ewer (Kundika), Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234). Height 12cm. Lot Sold 6,350 GBP (Estimate 5,000 - 7,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2024

Lot 227. A moulded ‘Yaozhou’ celadon-glazed 'chrysanthemum' bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234). Diameter 11.4cm. Lot Sold 4,064 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2024

Lot 228. Property from the Collection of Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023).  A rare 'Hongzhou' celadon-glazed jar, Six dynasties (220-589). Height 28.5cm. Lot Sold 6,095 GBP (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Priestley & Ferraro, London, 22nd November 1995.

Note: Compare two related examples with similar plate-shaped rim and bridge-shaped loops on the shoulder, illustrated in Su Shu, 'Nanjing chutu de liuchao hongzhou yao ciqi' [Hongzhou kiln wares of the Six Dynasties period unearthed in Nanjing], Dazhong Kaogu, Nanjing, 2020, pls 55 and 56. Compare also a closely related example, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Qingfeng cuise. Yueyao texzhan / Special Exhibition of Early Chinese Greenware. Principally Yueh Ware, Taipei, 1996, cat. no. 100; and three further examples, each with a longer neck than the current jar, illustrated in Yutaka Mino and Katherine R. Tsiang, Ice and Green Clouds. Traditions of Chinese Celadon, Indianapolis, 1987, pls 37, 37a and 37b.

The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a thermoluminescence test, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford, no. 766j90.

Lot 230. Two 'Xing' white-glazed dishes and a 'Xing' white-glazed ewer, 10th century. Height of ewer 18cm. Lot Sold 1,024 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2024

Lot 231. Two moulded 'Huozhou' white-glazed 'flowers' dishes, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Diameter of larger 12.6cm. Lot Sold 2,540 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2024

Lot 232. A moulded 'Ding' 'lion' washer, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Diameter 13.5cm. Lot Sold 30,480 GBP (Estimate 25,000 - 30,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Christie's London, 8th June 1987, lot 69.

Lot 234. A small carved 'Ding' 'dragon' dish, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Diameter 17.4cm. Lot Sold 20,320 GBP (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2024

Lot 237. A white-glazed basket-weave box and cover, Song dynasty (960-1279). Diameter 18.5cm (2). Lot Sold 3,810 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2024

Lot 238. A moulded Qingbai 'lotus pond' washer, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 14.4cm. Lot Sold 1,397 GBP (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2024

Lot 239. A 'Ding'-type persimon-glazed tea bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279). Diameter 13.5cm. Lot Sold 27,940 GBP (Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2024

Lot 240. A small black-glazed 'oil spot' dish, Song dynasty (960-1279). Diameter 16cm. Lot Sold 25,400 GBP (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2024

Lot 241. A 'Cizhou' black-glazed ribbed bowl, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Diameter 14.5cm. Lot Sold 15,240 GBP (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2024

Lot 242. A large sancai-glazed appliqué-decorated tripod censer, Tang dynasty (618-907). Width 2cm. Lot Sold 12,700 GBP (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, 1986. 

Note: Compare a closely related example, illustrated in The Hans Popper Collection of Oriental Art, New York, 1973, pl. 62; one illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. 1, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 270; and a tripod jar and cover, from the Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong, illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art. Chinese Ceramics I. Neolithic to Liao, Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 130, and sold twice at Christie’s New York, 22nd March 1999, lot 252, and again, 25th September 2020, lot 1802.

The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a thermoluminescence test, Oxford authentication Ltd., no. C123h75.

Lot 243. A sancai-glazed figure of an equestrian, Tang dynasty (618-907). Height 43cm. Lot Sold 8,255 GBP (Estimate 8,000 - 12,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999).
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 18th November 1986, lot 4.

Sotheby's. China/5000 Years, London, 17 May 2024

Lot 244. A large black pottery 'cocoon' jar, Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). Lenght 45cm. Lot Sold 8,890 GBP (Estimate 300 - 500 GBP). © Sotheby's 2024

Sotheby's. China/5000 Years, London, 17 May 2024