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Lot 19. Two models of tea grinders, Five Dynasties (907-960). Estimate HKD 22,000 - HKD 30,000 (USD 2,830 - USD 3,859). Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

One green-glazed pottery, the other white-glazed stoneware. The larger, 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) long, box.

Property from the Mengdiexuan Collection.

Lot 20. A Yue box and cover, Tang dynasty (618-907); 3 5/8 in. (9.1 cm.) diam., box. Estimate HKD 60,000 - HKD 80,000 (USD 7,718 - USD 10,291). Price realised HKD 75,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, February 1983

Property from the Mengdiexuan Collection.

Note: Compare a very similar Yue circular box in the collection of Ningbo Tianyige Museum, illustrated in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China: Zhejiang, Beijing, 2008, pl. 129. (fig. 1)

fig. 1. Collection of Ningbo Tianyige Museum

Lot 21. A carved Yue 'Peony' jar and cover, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 4 in. (10.1 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 120,000 - HKD 180,000 (USD 15,436 - USD 23,154). Price realised HKD 525,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

Two Chinese characters, shi (ten) and ri (sun), are incised on the exterior side of the foot, box.

Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, October 1986 

Property from the Mengdiexuan Collection.

Note: Compare a very similar example without cover, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3121.

A small carved Yue ‘floral’ jar, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), from the Dexinshuwu Collection, 4 1/4 in. (11 cm.) high. Price realised HKD 375,000 at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3121. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

Lot 22. A Jun twin-handled jar, Jin dynasty (1115-1234), 5 in. (12.8 cm.) high, box. Estimate HKD 50,000 - HKD 70,000 (USD 6,432 - USD 9,004). Price realised HKD 60,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

Provenance: Galaxie Art & Gift Company, Hong Kong, June 1984 

Property from the Mengdiexuan Collection.

Note: Compare a similar jar from the Linyushanren Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 2 December 2015, lot 2810; and another sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 4 April 2017, lot 108.

A Jun twin-handled jar, Jin dynasty (1115-1234), from the Linyushanren Collection, 4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) high. Price realised HKD 375,000 at Christie’s Hong Kong, 2 December 2015, lot 2810. © Christie's Images Ltd 2015

A Jun handled jar, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234), 4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) high. Price realised HKD 325,000 at Christie’s Hong Kong, 4 April 2017, lot 108. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

This jar is potted with a globular body and flanked by two simple strap handles, covered with a thick glaze of even bluish-cream colour, the foot burnt brownish in the firing, Japanese wood box.

Lot 23. A white-glazed handled jar and cover, Song dynasty (960-1279), 10 7/8 in. (27.7 cm.) high, box. Estimate HKD 80,000 - HKD 120,000 (USD 10,291 - USD 15,436). Price realised HKD 100,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, September 1985 

Property from the Mengdiexuan Collection.

Lot 24. A Cizhou black-glazed russet-decorated ‘Floral’ globular wine jar, Song dynasty (960-1279), 9 1/8 in. (23.3 cm.) high, box. Estimate HKD 60,000 - HKD 80,000 (USD 7,718 - USD 10,291). Price realised HKD 75,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, July 1986 

Property from the Mengdiexuan Collection.

Note: The present jar is comparable to the one from the Robert Barron Collection, illustrated in Heaven and Earth Seen Within: Song Ceramics from the Robert Barron Collection, New Orleans, 2000, pp.112-113, pl. 41, where it is described as a globular bottle.

Lot 25. A Cizhou painted ‘Chrysanthemum’ circular box and cover, Jin dynasty (1115-1234), 4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 60,000 - HKD 80,000 (USD 7,718 - USD 10,291). Price realised HKD 300,000© Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The box is inscribed with three characters, renjiazao (made by the Ren family), in chocolate-brown, box.

Provenance: Alvin Lo Oriental Art Ltd.
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1987  

Property from the Mengdiexuan Collection.

Note: Compare a Cizhou circular covered box of similar compressed form, painted with a floral spray in dark slip, illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji, 28, (Shanxi taoci), Shanghai, 1984, no. 37.

Lot 26. A small Qingbai alms bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279), 2 1/2 in. (6.2 cm.) high, box. Estimate HKD 30,000 - HKD 50,000 (USD 3,859 - USD 6,432). Price realised HKD 43,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 

Property from the Mengdiexuan Collection.

Lot 27. A pair of small Qingbai incised dishes and a Qingbai cup, Song dynasty (960-1279). All, 3 3/4 in. (9.4 cm.) diam., boxes. Estimate HKD 30,000 - HKD 50,000 (USD 3,859 - USD 6,432). Price realised HKD 27,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

Provenance: Dishes: Acquired in Hong Kong, February 1983 

Property from the Mengdiexuan Collection.

Lot 28. A group of seven glazed vessels, Five dynasties and later. The tallest: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) high, boxes. Estimate HKD 50,000 - HKD 70,000 (USD 6,432 - USD 9,004). Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

Property from the Mengdiexuan Collection.

Note: For related Song ceramic miniatures, see Early Chinese Miniatures, China House Gallery, China Institute in America, New York, 1977.

Lot 29. A set of four small white-glazed miniature vessels, a set of five Qingbai miniature altar vessels and a Ding-type miniature alms bowl, Five Dynasties-Song dynasty (907-1279). The tallest, 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.), high, boxes. Estimate HKD 40,000 - HKD 60,000 (USD 5,145 - USD 7,718). Price realised HKD 50,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 

Property from the Mengdiexuan Collection.

Lot 30. A group of seven glazed containers, Song dynasty (960-1279). The tallest: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) high, box. Estimate HKD 30,000 - HKD 50,000 (USD 3,859 - USD 6,432). Price realised HKD 27,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017  

Property from the Mengdiexuan Collection.

Lot 31. A group of ten brown-glazed miniature stoneware vessels, Song dynasty (960-1279). The tallest: 3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) high, boxes. Estimate HKD 70,000 - HKD 90,000 (USD 9,004 - USD 11,577). Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017  

Property from the Mengdiexuan Collection.

Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 2 October 2017, Alexandra House, Hong Kong