30 août 2018
A lobed silver vase, Song dynasty (960-1279)
Lot 241. A lobed silver vase, Song dynasty (960-1279). Height 6 5/8 in., 16.8 cm. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Sold Price: 50,000 USD. © Sotheby's 2018.
thinly cast, the slightly tapering ovoid body divided into twelve vertical lobes rising to a waisted neck and flat everted rim, all raised on a short, straight foot, the patina a brownish-gray with dark brown and pale green encrustation .
Note: Compare a closely related silver vase of very similar form, excavated from a Song... [Lire la suite]30 août 2018
A rare marbled bowl, Northern Song dynasy (960-1127)
Lot 828. A rare marbled bowl, Northern Song dynasy (960-1127); 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 5,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The bowl has flared, rounded sides decorated inside and out with brown and white marbled slip beneath a plain band at the rim, all under a clear glaze, Japanese wood box.
Japanese wood box.
Provenance: Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art - Special Exhibition 'Run through 10 years', 2006, no.... [Lire la suite]30 août 2018
A Cizhou sgraffiato globular jar, Jin-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century
Lot 825. A Cizhou sgraffiato globular jar, Jin-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century; 7 in. (17.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The globular body is carved through the blackish-brown slip to the buff body with a broad band of bold leafy scroll between line borders and covered with a clear glaze, Japanese wood box.
Japanese wood box.
Provenance: Kochukyo, Tokyo.
Christie's. Masterpieces of Cizhou Ware: The Linyushanren Collection Part IV, New... [Lire la suite]30 août 2018
A Cizhou sgraffiato pear-shaped vase, yuhuchunping, Jin-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century
Lot 824. A Cizhou sgraffiato pear-shaped vase, yuhuchunping, Jin-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century; 11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 87,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The body is carved through the brown glaze to the buff body with a broad band of leaf scroll below a narrower band of leaf scroll on the shoulder, all within line borders below the brown-glazed, waisted neck and flared mouth, Japanese wood box.
Japanese wood box.
Provenance: Kochukyo, Tokyo.
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A small Cizhou sgraffiato jar, Jin-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century
Lot 823. A small Cizhou sgraffiato jar, Jin-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century; 3 ½ in. (8.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Price realised USD 6,875. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The deep, rounded sides are carved through the brown glaze with a broad band of leafy scroll between single line borders, Japanese wood box.
Japanese wood box.
Christie's. Masterpieces of Cizhou Ware: The Linyushanren Collection Part IV, New York, 13 September 2018.30 août 2018
A Cizhou white glazed meiping, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Lot 822. A Cizhou white glazed meiping, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 9.1/6 in. (24.9 cm.) high. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 37,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The vase is well-potted with a rounded shoulder below a narrow neck and a flat, everted rim, and is covered with a white slip under a clear glaze falling to the foot rim revealing the grey ware, Japanese wood box.
Japanese wood box.
Provenance: Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo.
Christie's. Masterpieces of Cizhou Ware: The... [Lire la suite]30 août 2018
A Cizhou cut-slip deep bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Lot 818. A Cizhou cut-slip deep bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 4 1/8 (9.4 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 30,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The rounded body is decorated with rows of tiny striations cut through a dark brown slip to reveal the white slip beneath, while the low neck, foot ring and the base are covered with a creamy white slip, all under a clear glaze, Japanese wood box.
Japanese wood box.
Literature: Kochukyo, Soji (Song Ceramics),... [Lire la suite]30 août 2018
A rare marbled bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Lot 817. A rare marbled bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 9 ¼ in. (23.4 cm.) high. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 5,625. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The bowl has four rounded sides decorated inside and out with a combed woven pattern of brown and white slip beneath a plain band at the rim, all under a clear glaze, Japanese wood box.
Japanese wood box.
Literature: Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art - Special Exhibition 'Run through 10 years', 2006, no. 92.
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A Cizhou white glazed meiping, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Lot 811. A Cizhou white glazed meiping, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 9 ¼ in. (23.4 cm.) high. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 5,625. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The vase is stoutly potted with a rounded shoulder below a narrow neck and lipped rim, and is covered with a white slip under a clear glaze falling to the foot rim revealing the grey ware., Japanese wood box.
Japanese wood box.
Provenance: Mayuyama, Tokyo.
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A rare and large 'Cizhou' carved 'Peony' vase, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Lot 205. A rare and large 'Cizhou' carved 'Peony' vase, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Height 18 3/8 in., 46.7 cm Estimate 150,000 —20,000 USD. Sold Price: 187,500 USD. © Sotheby's 2018.
superbly potted, the gently rounded ovoid body tapering to a splayed foot and surmounted by a tall trumpet neck and rolled rim, fluidly carved around the exterior through the iron-black slip to the white-slipped body with a dense undulating peony scroll, with combed details, continuing up the neck and stopping... [Lire la suite]