29 avril 2019

Lot 17. A fine and rare 'Jun' teabowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 11.4 cm, 4 1/2  in. Estimate £60,000 - £80,000. Lot Sold 72,500 GBP (93,677 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's. the short spreading foot supporting gently rounded conical sides rising to a flared rim, evenly applied on the interior and exterior with a fine milky sky-blue glaze suffused with pale crackles and draining to a mushroom tone at the rim, the glaze pooling unevenly above the unglazed foot. Property from... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 16. A rare large 'Jian' 'Hare's fur' bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279); 17.5 cm, 6 7/8  in. Estimate £80,000 - £120,000. Lot Sold 106,250 GBP (137,286 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's. the conical sides rising from a short foot to a flared rim, covered inside and out with a lustrous black glaze finely streaked with russet 'hare's fur' markings thinning to russet at the rim and pooling in a line and in thick droplets above the foot revealing the brown body. Property from the Rui Xiu... [Lire la suite]