22 janvier 2019
A very rare and magnificent Ge foliate dish, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty (1127-1368)
Lot 867. A very rare and magnificent Ge foliate dish, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty (1127-1368). Diameter 14 cm. Estimated price €200.000 - €250.000. Result: €1.100.000. © Lempertz.
With flaring sides rising to a notched rim divided into six lobes, on a recessed base, covered overall with a lustrous glaze of pale and creamy grayish-green tone suffused with a wide network of crackles stained black (tiexian, iron-wire) and a very slight crackle stained golden brown (jinsi, golden thread) below the rim.... [Lire la suite]22 janvier 2019
A large carved dingyao floral bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Lot 866. A large carved dingyao floral bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); Diameter 25.5 cm. Estimated price €15.000 - €25.000. Result: €17.500. © Lempertz.
With wide flaring rounded sides rising from a narrow foot, the interior carved with a lotus blossom and leafy scrolling branches, covered overall with an ivory-white glaze. The rim bound with copper.
Provenance: Collection Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964), Bremen, acquired in the 1920s, and thence by descent.
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A small carved dingyao dish, Song dynasty (907-1279)
Lot 864. A small carved dingyao dish, Song dynasty (907-1279). Diameter 11.7 cm. Estimated price €1.800 - €3.000. Result: €2.250. © Lempertz.
With angled sides and a flat base, incised to the interior with a lotus spray with a large blossom, covered overall with a pale ivory glaze stopping below the rim.
Provenance: Collection Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964), Bremen, acquired in the 1920s, and thence by descent.
Lempertz. Asiatische Kunst, 08.12.2018, 13:00, Köln
22 janvier 2019
A small egg-shaped vase, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
Lot 863. A small egg-shaped vase, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Height 10 cm. Estimated price €1.000 - €1.500. Result: €1.250. © Lempertz.
Covered with a crackled pale brownsih-white glaze.
Provenance: Dr. Burchard, Berlin, acquired at Cassirer & Helbing, Berlin, in 23.5.1928, lot 85
Collection Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964), Bremen, acquired at the above auction and thence by descent.
Lempertz. Asiatische Kunst, 08.12.2018, 13:00, Köln
22 janvier 2019
A qingbai jarlet and cover, Song dynasty (907-1279)
Lot 862. A qingbai jarlet and cover, Song dynasty (907-1279). Height 8.4 cm. Estimated price €1.000 - €1.500. Result: €1.125. © Lempertz.
Of melon shape, moulded with six double lobes separted by slender ribs, covered with a translucent glossy glaze of pale blue tone. Crack.
Provenance: Collection Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964), Bremen, acquired in the 1920s, and thence by descent.
Lempertz. Asiatische Kunst, 08.12.2018, 13:00, Köln
22 janvier 2019
Four Chinese bronze mirrors sold at Lempertz, 8 december 2018
Lot 744. A round bronze mirror, Warring States period-early Western Han dynasty, circa 3rd century B.C.; Diameter 18.6 cm. Estimated price €2.000 - €3.000. Result: €3.750. © Lempertz.
Thinly cast, the central small knob encircled by bands and four petals, the main field with four running dragons on a ground of spirals and granulation, the rim with twelve arcs. Spotty green ang brown patina.
Possibly from the Luoyang area, Henan province.
Provenance: Private collection, Belgium.
Literature: Compare: Ancient... [Lire la suite]22 janvier 2019
Four rhinoceros horn libation cups sold at Lempertz, 8 december 2018
Lot 831. An elegant and tall rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th century. Total height 14.7 cm. Estimated price €60.000 - €80.000. Result: €93.750. © Lempertz
With a handle in the shape of a pine tree spreading its branches over the rim into the interior of the cup, the outside finely carved with three scholars, a boy servant and a deer underneath trees and pines on river banks in a mountainous landscape. Minor losses to branches and the foot. 17th century. Wooden stand incised with a... [Lire la suite]22 janvier 2019
A rare glazed biscuit figure of a seated luohan, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Lot 1720. A rare glazed biscuit figure of a seated luohan, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 19 in. (48.3 cm.) high with stand. Estimate $30,000 - $40,000. Price Realized $35,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
The seated figure wearing a priest's patchwork robe painted in black, green yellow and mauve and with shou medallions, over an under-robe decorated with scattered flowers reserved on a mauve ground, his hands projecting from the wide sleeves, his broad, expressive face well modeled and covered with... [Lire la suite]22 janvier 2019
A famille verte double-gourd vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Lot 1719. A famille verte double-gourd vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 17 7/8 in. (45.4 cm.) high. Estimate $15,000 - $25,000. Price Realized $50,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
The lower and upper body decorated with conjoined lotus sprays, those on the lower set between a chrysanthemum lappet border and a chrysanthemum-filled ruyi collar, those on the upper interspersed with shou characters written in black, all within decorative borders.
Provenance: A.W. Bahr... [Lire la suite]22 janvier 2019
A green-glazed iron-red-ground 'dragon' dish, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the per
Lot 1718. A green-glazed iron-red-ground 'dragon' dish, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1662-1722); 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) diam. Estimate $8,000 - $12,000. Price Realized $16,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
With shallow rounded sides, painted in the center with a four-clawed dragon leaping amidst flames as it reaches for a flaming pearl, the well and exterior similarly painted with two dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls, all in green glaze reserved against... [Lire la suite]