Chine, Céramique /Chinese Ceramics

Lot 1064. A Longquan celadon 'Eight Immortals' jar, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); h. 23.2 cm. Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 HKD. Lot sold: 52,920 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, 2012. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Including Property from the Collection of Cheng Huan, Hong Kong, 18 December 2020

Lot 1060. A cream-glazed wine vessel, a cream-glazed cup stand and a sancai-glazed cup, Tang dynasty (618-907); the largest 10.7 cm. Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 HKD. Lot sold: 21,420 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Including Property from the Collection of Cheng Huan, Hong Kong, 18 December 2020

Lot 1053. A large carved polychrome stone head of Buddha, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); h. 79 cm. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD. Lot sold: 126,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. The dating of this lot is consistent with the results of a thermoluminescence test, Oxford Authentication Ltd., sample no. C105c45. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Including Property from the Collection of Cheng Huan, Hong Kong, 18 December 2020

Lot 1028. Two small celadon-glazed dishes, Ming dynasty; d. 12 and 11 cm. Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 HKD. Lot sold: 9,450 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Property from the collection of Cheng Huan. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Including Property from the Collection of Cheng Huan, Hong Kong, 18 December 2020

Lot 1021. A reticulated stoneware incense burner, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); h. 10.8 cm. Estimate: 35,000 - 45,000 HKD. Lot sold: 69,300 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 2012. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Including Property from the Collection of Cheng Huan, Hong Kong, 18 December 2020

Lot 1019. A marble-glazed dish and three sancai vessels, Tang dynasty (618-907); the marbled dish d. 14 cm, the larger pouring vessel d. 15.5cm. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD. Lot sold: 69,300 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Including Property from the Collection of Cheng Huan, Hong Kong, 18 December 2020

Lot 1018. A large inscribed Longquan celadon 'jinyu mantang' meiping, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 53.5 cm. Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 HKD. Lot sold: 252,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Hartman Rare Art, New York. Asiantiques, Florida. Note: The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a thermoluminescence test, Oxford Authentication Ltd., sample no. P120e64. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Including Property from the Collection of Cheng Huan, Hong... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1016. A sancai 'mandarin duck' ewer, Liao Dynasty (907-1125); h. 17 cm, d. 17.5 cm. Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 HKD. Lot sold: 107,100 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Note: The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a thermoluminescence test, Oxford Authentication Ltd., sample no. C120e62. A closely related sancai ewer, excavated at Lingyuanxian, Liaoning, is now in the Liaoning Provincial Museum and illustrated in A Selection of the Treasures of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1014. A Qingbai figure of Budai, Song-Ming dynasty (960-1644); h. 25 cm. Estimate: 180,000 - 250,000 HKD. Lot sold: 277,200 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Note: The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a thermoluminescence test, Oxford Authentication Ltd., sample no. P120e16. A closely related qingbai figure of Budai was sold at Christie's New York, 22nd/23rd March 2012, lot 1974. See also a similar figure from the collection of Benjamin W. Yim, included in the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1010. A Yaozhou celadon carved 'Floral' bowl, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); d. 21.5 cm. Estimate: 150,000 - 200,000 HKD. Lot sold: 478,800 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2002. Christie's New York, 13th-14th September 2012, lot 1390. Note: A similar Yaozhou celadon bowl is illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Vol.1, p. 122, no. 350. See also the example illustrated by J. Wirgin in Sung Ceramic Design, B.M.F.E.A., no. 42, Stockholm, 1970,... [Lire la suite]