Chinese Monochrome sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 4 December 2024
Lot 937. The Leshantang Collection. A Langyao red-glazed vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); h. 22.6 cm. Lot Sold 288,000 HKD (Estimate 60,000 - 80,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Literature : The Leshantang Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Taipei, 2005, pl. 33.
Lot 9327. The Leshantang Collection. A Ge-type tripod incense burner, Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century; w. 11.6 cm, wood stand. Lot Sold 38,400 HKD (Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Lot 9324. A pair of apple-green and amber-glazed wine cups, Marks and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); h. 4.5 cm. Lot Sold 114,000 HKD (Estimate 150,000 - 250,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Provenance: A Spanish private collection.
Lot 9325. A red-glazed stem bowl, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); d. 18.3 cm. Lot Sold 102,000 HKD (Estimate 80,000 - 120,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Provenance: Collection of Peder Hammarskjöld (1923-1994), a Swedish diplomat served in China during the 1950s, and thence by descent.
Lot 9326. A celadon-glazed drum-shaped vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); h. 16.5 cm. Lot Sold 180,000 HKD (Estimate 100,000 - 300,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Lot 9328. A robin's egg-glazed bottle vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); h. 20.3 cm. Lot Sold 180,000 HKD (Estimate 200,000 - 400,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Provenance: Collection of Arron Rosenblatt.
Lot 9329. A fine tea dust-glazed bottle vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); h. 18.7 cm. Lot Sold 180,000 HKD (Estimate 200,000 - 300,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
potted with a compressed globular body with a tall slightly attenuated neck surmounted by a everted rim, all supported on a short splayed foot, covered overall in an olive-coloured glaze flecked with a fine yellow mist, the base incised with a six-character seal mark beneath a brown dressing
Provenance: Offered at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5th October 2016, lot 3644.
Lot 9348. A guan-type archaistic washer, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795); l. 8.6 cm. Lot Sold 54,000 HKD (Estimate 40,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Lot 9327. A celadon-glazed seal paste box and cover, Baoliang cangzhen mark, Qing dynasty, 18th century; d. 10.1 cm. Lot Sold 50,400 HKD (Estimate 50,000 - 90,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Note: The mark to the base of the box reads Baoling cangzhen, which translates to the collection of Baoling, is a private mark found on ceramic pieces of the Qianlong period, see Geng Baochang, Ming Qing ciqi jianding [Appraisal of Ming and Qing porcelain], Hong Kong, 1993, p. 400.
Lot 9352. A robin's egg-glazed bottle vase, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century; h. 25.5 cm. Lot Sold 102,000 HKD (Estimate 80,000 - 120,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Lot 935. A café-au-lait-glazed bowl, Seal mark and period of Daoguang (1820-1850); d. 42 cm. Lot Sold 50,400 HKD (Estimate 60,000 - 100,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Lot 935. A pair of yellow-glazed incised 'dragon and phoenix' bowls, Marks and period of Xianfeng (1850-1861); d. 11.1 cm. Lot Sold 192,000 HKD (Estimate 100,000 - 150,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Provenance: Sotheby's London, 11th May 2016, lot 320.
Sotheby's London, 2nd November 2022, lot 346.
Lot 9320. A yellow-glazed archaistic vase, hu, Qing dynasty, 19th century; h. 28.2 cm. Lot Sold 33,600 HKD (Estimate 20,000 - 100,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Lot 9351. The Leshantang Collection. A flambé-glazed lobed vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century; h. 19.4 cm, with apocryphal Qianlong mark, wood stand. Lot Sold 240,000 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 50,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Lot 9360. A clair-de-lune-glazed handledd 'melon' vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century; h. 16.1 cm, with apocryphal Qianlong mark, wood stand. Lot Sold 24,000 HKD (Estimate 100,000 - 300,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Lot 9358. A yellow-glazed cup, Mark and period of Guangxu (1875-1908); d. 9.5 cm. Lot Sold 102,000 HKD (Estimate 50,000 - 80,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Lot 9359. A pair of yellow-glazed incised 'dragon' bowls, Mark and period of Guangxu (1875-1908); d. 15.7 cm. Lot Sold 120,000 HKD (Estimate 60,000 - 100,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Lot 9355. The Leshantang Collection. A lavender-glazed 'chilong' vase, Yanqinglou zhi mark, Republican period (1911-1649); h. 12.4 cm. Lot Sold 48,000 HKD (Estimate 40,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Note: Yanqinglou is the hall mark of Cao Kun (1862-1938), a Chinese warlord and politician, who served as the fifth President of the Republic of China from 1923 to 1924.
Lot 9356. The Leshantang Collection. An apple green-glazed 'buffalo and farmer' brushpot, Republican period (1911-1649); h. 14 cm, with apocryphal Daoguang seal mark, wood stand. Lot Sold 108,000 HKD (Estimate 40,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Lot 9388. The Leshantang Collection. A Ru-type brushpot, by Tsai Hsiao-Fang, 20th century; h. 12.9 cm, signed Xiaofang (Hsiao-Fang), wood stand. Lot Sold 26,400 HKD (Estimate 10,000 - 20,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Lot 9389. The Leshantang Collection. A Longquan-type celadon-glazed handled incense burner, 20th century; w. 14.7 cm, wood stand. Lot Sold 2,400 HKD (Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2024
Sotheby's. Polychrome, Hong Kong, 4 December 2024