5 octobre 2021

Lot 838. A carved Longquan celadon tripod censer, Ming Dynasty, 16th century; 24 5/8 in. (61 cm.) diam. Estimate: USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 52,500. © Christie's 2021 The dish is heavily potted with fluted sides rising from the low foot ring to the everted, barbed rim. The dish is covered with a thick glaze of sea-green tone, except for a ring on the base which is burnt orange in the firing. Provenance: Chait Galleries, New York (according to labels).E. & J. Frankel, New York,... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 837. A carved Longquan celadon tripod censer, Ming Dynasty, 16th century; 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) diam., softwood stand, Japanese wood box. Estimate: USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Price realised USD 10,000. © Christie's 2021 The deep bombé-form body is raised on three cabriole legs and carved with florets within a geometric design below a band of cloud pattern on the straight neck. It is covered overall with a crackled glaze of sea-green tone with the exception of the unglazed center of the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 836. A Longquan celadon stem cup, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); 5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 6,000. © Christie's 2021 The cup has deep rounded sides rising to a lipped rim and is impressed in the center with a flower head. The cup is raised on a stem foot encircled by three ribs, and is covered overall with a glaze of green color. Provenance: Private American collection.Marchant, London, 2010. Literature: Southeast Asian Ceramics Society, 1978,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 834. A rare Longquan celadon jar, Song-Yuan dynasty (960-1366); 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) diam. Estimate: USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 12,500. © Christie's 2021 The jar has a squat, compressed globular body and is covered with a glaze of soft bluish-green color. Provenance: Postan Collection, no. 103 (according to label).Bluett and Sons, London (according to label).Blitz Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 2006. Note: Located at Huangpuzhen, Tongchuanxian, Shaanxi... [Lire la suite]

Lot 833. A carved Yaozhou celadon bowl, Northern Song dynasty (AD 960-1127); 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box. Estimate: USD 25,000 - USD 35,000. Price realised USD 27,500. © Christie's 2021 The bowl is finely potted with rounded sides rising to a lipped rim. The interior is carved with a scrolling stem bearing a lotus blossom, a large leaf and another flower. The bowl is covered inside and out with a glaze of olive-green tone, except for the base of the foot ring which shows the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 832. A rare painted Jizhou bottle, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 27,500. © Christie's 2021 The bottle is painted in brown on a white slip with lotus blossoms, leaves, and seed pods on scrolling stems, enhanced with details, all under a clear glaze. Provenance: Kaikodo, New York.Henry Ginzberg Collection, 2009. Literature: Kaikodo Journal, New York, Autumn 2000, no. 72.Kaikodo Journal, New York,... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 826. A russet decorated black-glazed ovoid bottle, xiaokou ping, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 7 in. (17.7 cm.) high, Japanese wood box. Estimate: USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 8,750. © Christie's 2021 The tapering ovoid bottle is surmounted by a small double-ribbed neck, and covered with a lustrous black glaze. The shoulder is painted in russet-brown with two long-tailed birds in flight. Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, 4 December 1984, lot 241.Mayuyama, Tokyo, November 2011. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 830. A carved Qingbai 'boys' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) diam. Estimate: USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 27,500. © Christie's 2021 The bowl has deep rounded sides and is carved on the interior with two boys playing amidst flower petals and is covered overall with a transparent pale blue glaze. Provenance: J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 2007, no. 2337. Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 23-24 september 2021

Lot 829. A small Jun tripod censer, Song-Yuan dynasty (960-1366); 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) diam. Estimate: USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 13,750. © Christie's 2021 The globular censer has a cylindrical neck rising to an everted rim and is covered with a pale blue glaze. Provenance: David Baker Oriental Art Ltd., London, 2012. Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 23-24 september 2021

Lot 828. A small Ding jar and a cover, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) diam. Estimate: USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 12,500. © Christie's 2021 The compressed globular body is raised from a short foot and is covered with a glaze of ivory tone. The flat cover, possibly Ding ware, is surmounted by a flat finial. Provenance: Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden.Sotheby's London, 5 November 2008, lot 512. Literature: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the... [Lire la suite]