31 août 2018
A rare green Jun bud-form water pot, Song-Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century
Lot 1316. A rare green Jun bud-form water pot, Song-Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century; 3 ¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 27,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The water pot of lotus bud-form is covered inside and out with a thick glaze of greyish-green tone thinning to mushroom at the mouth rim and ending in an irregular line above the low, waisted foot to expose the buff stoneware body.
Provenance: Sotheby & Co., London, 10 November 1959, lot... [Lire la suite]31 août 2018
A rare green Jun bracket-lobed bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century
Lot 1297. A rare green Jun bracket-lobed bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century; 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 25,000. Price realised USD 56,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The deep, rounded sides are molded as six petals that rise from the small ring foot to the barbed rim, and are covered inside and out with a crackle-suffused glaze of sea-green color that thins on the ribs of the interior.
Provenance: Priestley and Ferraro, London, 25 March 1999.Peter... [Lire la suite]31 août 2018
A molded Qingbai octagonal vase, Southern Song- early Yuan dynasty, 13th century
Lot 1300. A molded Qingbai octagonal vase, Southern Song- early Yuan dynasty, 13th century; 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
Each facet is divided into two registers, the lower molded with tall stems of either lotus, two different peonies, or chrysanthemum, below smaller flower sprigs on the shoulder, all repeated on the other side and separated by vertical ribs. The vase is covered with a glaze of pale blue color, and the flat base is... [Lire la suite]31 août 2018
A Qingbai octogonal ewer and cover, Northern Song dynasty, 12th century
Lot 1299. A Qingbai octogonal ewer and cover, Northern Song dynasty, 12th century; 8 ¾ in. (21.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 7,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The faceted body is applied with a curving spout and a double-strap handle, and the conforming cover is surmounted by an eight-petaled flower and bud-form finial. The ewer and cover are covered with a pale greyish glaze pooling to a faint blue in the recesses.
Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York,... [Lire la suite]31 août 2018
A Qingbai foliate-rim bowl, Northern Song dynasty, 12th century
Lot 1294. A Qingbai foliate-rim bowl, Northern Song dynasty, 12th century; 2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 5,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
With widely flared sides that rise to a rim cut with eight petal notches, the bowl is freely carved and rouletted on the interior with a scrolling foliate pattern, and is covered inside and out with a glaze of pale blue color.
Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 9 April 1999. Peter Scheinman... [Lire la suite]31 août 2018
An unusual Qingbai conical water dropper, Southern Song dynasty, late 12th-13th century
Lot 1294. An unusual Qingbai conical water dropper, Southern Song dynasty, late 12th-13th century; 2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 3,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
Of conical form, the water dropper has a pebbled surface beneath a pale blue glaze that falls irregularly to just above the unglazed base, cloth box.
Provenance: Christie's New York, 28 September 2004, lot 225.Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection, New York.
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31 août 2018
A Qingbai conical bowl, Northern Song dynasty, 12th century
Lot 1291. A Qingbai conical bowl, Northern Song dynasty, 12th century; 8 in. (20.2 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 5,625. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The bowl has slightly rounded sides decorated on the interior with a wide band of carved and rouletted clouds, and is covered inside and out with a pale blue glaze that continues over the foot to partially cover the base around the unglazed center.
Provenance: Roger Keverne, London, 1 February 2002. Peter... [Lire la suite]
31 août 2018
A Qingbai jar and cover, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
Lot 1289. A Qingbai jar and cover, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 10 ¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The jar has an ovoid body carved with overlapping rows of petals covered with a pale blue glaze below the shoulder and neck applied with the animals of the Four Directions, the green dragon (qinglong), the red bird (zhuque), the white tiger (baihu), and the snake-coiled tortoise (xuanwu), all left in the biscuit, as is the pierced center section... [Lire la suite]
31 août 2018
A very rare Ding dish with traces of gilded decoration, Northern Song dynasty, 11th-12th century
Lot 1311. A very rare Ding dish with traces of gilded decoration, Northern Song dynasty, 11th-12th century; 7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 40,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The dish has shallow, rounded sides rising to the flat, everted rim, and the interior bears traces of gilding with four evenly-spaced characters, shou shan fu hai (mountains of longevity and oceans of fortune). The dish is covered overall with a lustrous glaze of ivory color below the... [Lire la suite]31 août 2018
A white-glazed lobed porcelain jar, Five Dynasties-Early Northern Song dynasty, 10th-11th century
Lot 1287. A white-glazed lobed porcelain jar, Five Dynasties-Early Northern Song dynasty, 10th-11th century; 6 ¼ in. (15.6 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The sides of the globular body are divided into five lobes below the rounded rim, and the jar is covered inside and out with a glaze of ivory tone that falls irregularly above the foot exposing the fine white ware.
Provenance: J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 19 March 1993.Peter Scheinman... [Lire la suite]