Chine, Céramique /Chinese Ceramics

Lot 527. Property from the Collection of Robin Bradley Martin. The Guennol 'Jun' blue-glazed small dish, Northern Song- Jin dynasty (960-1234). Diameter 4½ in., 11.5 cm. Lot Sold 50,800 USD (Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 USD). © 2023 Sotheby's Provenance: Eskenazi Ltd., London, 17th April 1979.The Guennol Collection (collection of Alastair Bradley Martin and Edith Martin), and thence by descent. Literature: Amy G. Poster, 'Chun-yao Glazed Stoneware Dish', The Guennol Collection, vol.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 871. A small Jun dish, Northern Song-Jin dynasty, 11th-12th century; 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) diam., cloth box. Price realised USD 10,710 (Estimate USD 6,000 – USD 8,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023 Provenance: Collection of Ivan Traugott (1871-1952), Stockholm.Bukowskis, Stockholm, 7 December 2012, lot 1456.J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4746. Note: A very similar blue-glazed Jun dish formerly in the collection of Edward T. Chow is illustrated by R. Krahl in Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 11. A molded pottery 'welcoming figure' panel, Song-Jin dynasty, 12th century; 17in (43.2cm) high; 14 1/2in (36.8cm) wide. Sold for US$5,737.50 (Estimate US$1,500 - 2,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 A young lady holds the doorway open as if waiting for someone's return, her hair neatly drawn and wearing a floral-shaped diadem, the massive door panels with raised bosses suggesting a grand mansion beyond, the thick rectangular brick made of grey pottery, roughly finished on the back with impressed... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A burnished black pottery alms bowl, patra, Tang dynasty (618-907); 9 1/2in (24.1cm) diam. Sold for US$11,475 (Estimate US$1,000 - 1,500). © Bonhams 2001-2023 The spherical bowl thinly potted with inverted rim, covered inside and out in a thin layer of black burnished coating with 'wheel's marks' still visible, areas of chipped coating revealed the burnt-orange pottery body. Published: Chinese Ceramics in Black and White, J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2010, no. 7. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5. Two green glazed stoneware jars and covers, Sui dynasty (589-618); 10 3/8in (26.3cm) and 10in (25.3cm) high including covers (2). Sold for US$12,750 (Estimate US$1,000 - 1,500). © Bonhams 2001-2023 Each with high rounded shoulders rising from a small flat base, the short neck supporting a flared mouth rim, the gently domed cover with bud finial, covered with a translucent olive-green glaze pooling to a dark tone in areas, the base unglazed showing buff stoneware body. Note: Compare the... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 4. Two white glazed pottery vessels, Tang dynasty (618-907); 7 1/4in (18.5cm) high and 6 1/8in (15.5cm) diam (2). Sold for US$7,012.50 (Estimate US$2,000 - 3,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 The pottery jar of high-shouldered form, short neck and rolled lip, covered inside and out a transparent glaze over a white slip; and a pottery shallow bowl with 'bi'-disc-shaped foot, a white slip under the transparent glaze, from the Gongyi kilns in Henan province. Provenance: (jar)Sotheby's... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3. A dark-brown glazed stoneware tripod censer, Tang dynasty, 8th-9th century; 6 3/4in (17.2cm) high; 7 3/4in (19.7cm) diam. Sold for US$10,837.50 (Estimate US$1,500 - 2,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 Heavily potted, the spherical vessel on three short legs with turned-out feet, the rounded shoulders supporting a short neck and everted rim, covered inside and out a rich dark olive-brown glaze showing various tones from uneven applications, the underside pared flat at the center, leaving bare unglazed... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2. A green glazed stoneware model of a granary, Sui dynasty (589-618); 9 1/2in (24cm) high. Sold for US$4,462.50 (Estimate US$400 - 600). © Bonhams 2001-2023 Of elongated ovoid form supported by a platform base with perforated sides and a thick ring foot, incised low on one side an outline of a small door, the vessel covered with a finely crackled translucent olive-green glaze pooling to a darker tone in the recessed areas, the underside unglazed showing pale buff stoneware body. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1. A glazed white pottery stem dish, Sui dynasty (589-618); 4in (10.2cm) diam; 3in (7.6cm) high. Sold for US$6,375 (Estimate US$500  -700). © Bonhams 2001-2023 Supported by a slender column with flaring foot, the circular dish with shallow concave sides covered with finely crackled translucent green glaze, the underside unglazed showing white pottery body. Note: Compare the very similar white pottery glazed stem dish excavated from a Sui dynasty tomb in Qiao village, Anyang, Henan province, together... [Lire la suite]

Figure of a Horse with Saddle, Northern Dynasties, late 6th century. Earthenware, traces of pigment, 19 1/2 x 22 x 5 1/2 in. (49.5 x 56.0 x 14.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Peter W. Scheinman, 1999.138a-b. Horses were prized in China not only for their nobility and prowess in war but also because they were believed to be imbued with supernatural qualities. During the Han through Tang dynasties, military expansion to the far western regions was spurred by the quest for heavenly horses, also called “blood-sweating horses,” which... [Lire la suite]