22 août 2016

Lot 147. A rare 'Guan' planter, Yuan-Ming Dynasty, circa 12th-14th century. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's of quadrilobed form, supported on four ruyi-shaped feet, covered overall in a lustrous silky glaze of grayish-celadon tone, suffused with a fine network of luminous golden-beige crackles, the interior with a central aperture surrounded by four dark-brown spur marks, the rim bound in metal. Length 9 3/8  in., 23.7 cm ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 146. A rare 'Qingbai' vase, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368). Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the pear-shaped body rising to a slender neck and flared rim, applied with fine beaded decoration forming the outlines of four ruyi heads, with upright bands of lappets around the neck, each head enclosing a character and forming the phrase shou bi nan shan, fu ru dong hai (a wish for longevity as enduring as the mountains and fortune as vast as the sea), covered overall with a pale... [Lire la suite]

Lot 145. A 'Longquan' celadon charger, Ming dynasty. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's heavily potted with shallow rounded sides gently rising from a short tapered foot to a lipped rim, covered overall with a lustrous olive-green glaze, the concave base with an unglazed ring burnt orange in firing. Diameter 16 5/8  in., 42.3 cm Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016, 10:30 AM

Lot 144. A large celadon-glazed bulb bowl, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the shallow rounded sides rising from three animal-mask feet to an incurved lip, carved around the exterior with lotus scrolls below a narrow band of applied floret studs, covered overall with a grayish-green glaze, pooling to a turquoise-green and suffused with a dense network of crackle, stopping unevenly at the center of the interior and base to reveal the dark-brown stoneware... [Lire la suite]

Lot 143. A 'Longquan' celadon 'lotus' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). Estimate 50,000 — 70,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's finely potted, the deep rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot, the exterior subtly molded with overlapping lotus petals, covered overall save for the foot ring with a sea-green glaze, the foot ring fired to a brownish-orange, two Japanese wood boxes (5). Diameter 5 1/4  in., 13.3 cm  Notes: Bowls of this form appear to have been particularly... [Lire la suite]

Lot 142. A blue 'Jun' tripod censer, Jin-Yuan Dynasty. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the compressed globular body raised on three short tapering legs, the short broad neck culminating in a wide angled galleried rim, covered overall with a blue glaze extending over the interior and exterior and completely covering the base, thinning to a mushroom tone at the rim, the tips of the feet left unglazed. Height 3 1/2  in., 8.9 cm  Provenance: Susan... [Lire la suite]

Lot 141. A sky-blue 'Jun' dish, Song dynasty (960–1279). Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the shallow rounded sides rising from a slightly recessed base, covered overall in a thick lavender-blue glaze thinning at the rim to a mushroom color, supported on an unglazed neatly pared foot ring. Diameter 7 in., 17.8 cm  Provenance: Susan Chen, Hong Kong, 1970s-80s. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016, 10:30 AM

Lot 140. A black-glazed 'ribbed' jar, Northern Song-Jin Dynasty (960-1234). Height 8 in., 20.3 cm . Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 42,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's 2016 of ovoid form rising to a short neck with lipped rim, the body with a series of evenly-spaced raised vertical trails of white slip, a pair of ridged and tapering strap handles on the shoulder, covered overall in a black glaze and thinning to cream color at the raised ribs and stopping well short of the foot,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 139. A russet-splashed black-glazed jar, Northern Song-Jin Dynasty. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's of ovoid form rising from a splayed foot to a short waisted neck with flared rim, the exterior applied overall with a russet-mottled black glaze accentuated with diagonal russet streaks, the glaze falling short of the foot to reveal the yellowish-brown stoneware body. Height 4 7/8  in., 12.4 cm The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 138. A large Henan russet-splashed brown-glazed bowl, Northern Song-Jin Dynasty. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's with deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a slightly incurved lipped rim, applied with a dark-brown and russet-streaked 'hare's fur' glaze with six russet splashes radiating from the center of the interior, the glaze to the exterior stopping irregularly above the foot to reveal the applied brown slip and buff body. Diameter 7 7/8  in., 20... [Lire la suite]