02 janvier 2020
A pair of early celadon carved ovoid vases, Southern Song dynasty, 12th century
Lot 1486. A pair of early celadon carved ovoid vases, Southern Song dynasty, 12th century; 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 12,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
Of Lishui type, each tapering ovoid body is freely carved with a band of peony scroll bearing four blossoms set between petal bands below and on the shoulder below the cylindrical neck that rises to an out-turned rim. The vase is covered inside and out with a crackled, transparent olive-green... [Lire la suite]02 janvier 2020
A small Dingyao flower-form dish, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Lot 1490. A small Dingyao flower-form dish, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) together with a small qingbai dish, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); Both: 4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price realised USD 6,875. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
The shallow dish has slightly curved sides scored as six petals that flare from the flat base to the petal-cut rim, and is covered overall with a glaze of ivory tone. Together with a... [Lire la suite]02 janvier 2020
A rare small Yueyao celadon flower-form dish, Northern Song dynasty, 10th century
Lot 1487. A rare small Yueyao celadon flower-form dish, Northern Song dynasty, 10th century; 4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 37,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
The dish has shallow flared sides that rise to the rim carved as five petals, and is covered all over and on the flat base with a grey-green glaze. There are six spur marks on the base.
Provenance: The Ruth Dreyfus Collection, Paris, March 1970.Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York.Else... [Lire la suite]02 janvier 2020
A small Longquan celadon baluster jar and cover, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Lot 1491. A small Longquan celadon baluster jar and cover, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 4,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
The jar is carved with a band of foliate scroll bearing two flowers between a band of upright petals below and a band of clouds above. The cover is carved with rows of overlapping petals radiating from the center. Both are covered with a glaze of blue-green color.
Provenance: Frank Caro, New... [Lire la suite]02 janvier 2020
An unusual yellow-glazed globular jar, Late Ming-Kangxi period, late 16th-17th century
Lot 1346. An unusual yellow-glazed globular jar, Late Ming-Kangxi period, late 16th-17th century; 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 10,625. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
The exterior of the heavily potted body is covered with a glaze of egg yolk-yellow color that ends in a slightly irregular line on the white-glazed, rounded rim.
Provenance: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.Imperial Oriental Art, New York, December 2002.
Note: Compare the... [Lire la suite]02 janvier 2020
A rare pair of large carved white-glazed 'phoenix-tail' vases, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Lot 1351. A rare pair of large carved white-glazed 'phoenix-tail' vases, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 27 in. (68.6 cm.) high. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 37,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
Each vase is potted with a baluster body and a tall neck rising to a flaring mouth rim. The exterior is carved with peony flowers borne on scrolling vines. Each has a double circle in underglaze blue on the base.
Note: Compare the virtually identical single vase dated to the... [Lire la suite]02 janvier 2020
A Langyao bottle vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Lot 1380. A Langyao bottle vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 60,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
The compressed globular body and tall, tapering neck are covered with a crackle-suffused glaze of deep crushed-strawberry-red color falling in a thick line above the unglazed foot and thinning to a pale tone below the white rim. The base covered with a mottled copper-red and celadon glaze.
Provenance: Private Collection,... [Lire la suite]02 janvier 2020
A Langyao bowl, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Lot 1365. A Langyao bowl, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 8¼ in. (21 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 68,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
The bowl is well potted with wide flaring sides rising to an everted rim, and covered in a deep red glaze of crushed-strawberry tone thinning at the mouth rim and foot to a pale celadon tone, which also covers the slightly convex base, cloth box.
Provenance: J.M. Hu Collection.
Note: The present bowl is rare in its close... [Lire la suite]02 janvier 2020
A rare celadon-glazed carved bowl, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1662-1
Lot 1337. A rare celadon-glazed carved bowl, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1662-1722); 8 5/16 in. (21 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 18,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
The deep bowl is delicately carved on the exterior with a floral scroll bearing six large blossoms between a band of leaf tips below and a key-fret border above, all covered in a soft green glaze. The interior is incised under a clear glaze... [Lire la suite]02 janvier 2020
A rare small Ge-type lobed bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279)
Lot 403. A rare small Ge-type lobed bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279); 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) wide. Estimate GBP 20,000 - GBP 30,000. Price realised GBP 825,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2012
The small bowl is covered overall in a crackled pale greyish glaze. The glaze thins at the mouth rim, and the foot ring is unglazed.
Provenance: Acquired in the French Riviera in 1975.
Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 15 May 2012