Chine, Céramique /Chinese Ceramics

Boys in a lotus pond, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), 13th–14th century. Porcelain with bluish-toned glaze (Jingdezhen Qingbai ware). H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); L. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm). Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, 2010, 2010.311. © 2000–2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Sitting boy, Song dynasty (960–1279), 12th century. Pottery with slip. H. 12 in. (30.5 cm); W. 8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm); D. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); Wt. 2 lb. (0.9 kg). Lent by Dorothy Tapper Goldman Collection. © 2000–2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This plump male child is a rare example of secular figural sculpture from the Song dynasty. It was made at a moment when Song sculpture reached a pinnacle of naturalism. Song historical texts and archaeological discoveries indicate that this type of pottery doll (nihai’er),... [Lire la suite]

Lot 163. A blue and white bowl, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722); 20.3cm., 8in. Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 9,375 GBP. © Sotheby's 2013 the deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a wide everted rim, painted to the exterior with shaped cartouches enclosing figures.   Provenance: Collection of W.J. Holt.The Riesco Collection.Sotheby’s London, 23rd June 1970, lot 93.Sotheby’s London, 16th July 1985, lot 70. Exhibited: Chinese Blue and White Porcelain:... [Lire la suite]

Lot 140. A Jun purple-splashed dish, Jin-Yuan Dynasty (1115-1368); 7 in. (18 cm.) diam. Estimate HK$400,000 – HK$600,000. Price realised HKD 625,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The dish is potted with shallow rounded sides rising to an everted lipped rim. The interior is decorated with deep-purple splashes and covered overall under a pale sky-blue glaze thinning to a mushroom colour on the raised section of the rims. The slightly recessed base bears five small spur marks, box. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 119. A Dangyangyu brown-glazed bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) high. Estimate HK$70,000 – HK$100,000 ($15,547 - $23,320). Price realised HKD 52,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The cup is potted with deep rounded sides rising to a finger-grooved rim. It is covered inside and out with a slightly mottled brown glaze embellished with scattered russet spots, with the glaze ending evenly above the foot to reveal the buff body, box. Provenance: The Muwen Tang... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1054. A 'Cizhou' 'calligraphy' meiping, Song dynasty (960-1279). Height 13 3/4  in., 34.9 cm. Estimate $5,000 - $7,000. Sold: $23,750. © Sotheby's the ovoid tapering body rising from a recessed base to a short narrow neck and steeply everted mouth rim, calligraphically inscribed with a couplet in dark brown on a creamy-white ground. Provenance: Collection of Wah L. Liu, New York. Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York, 18 March 2017

Amphora, China, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, period of the fighting kingdoms, 475-221 BC. Grey terracotta covered with 'noir de fumée', representing a jar with two handles intended for the conservation of cereal seeds. H 29 cm. © Eric Pouillot at BRAFA 2019, Stand 26c. Buffalo and cart, China, Northern Qi Dynasty, 550-577. Grey terracotta with traces of brown, red and white ochre pigments, representing a buffalo harnessed for the parade pulling a cart. H 30 x W 54 cm. © Eric Pouillot at... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1103. A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed and biscuit-decorated dish, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Diameter 13 1/4  in., 33.6 cm. Estimate $6,000 - $8,000. Sold: $8,750. © Sotheby's the interior carved with a floral medallion below a foliate scroll decorating the well, the everted rim applied with eight prunus blossoms reserved in the biscuit and fired burnt-orange against the pale olive-green glaze continuing onto the exterior and over the foot ring, leaving an unglazed burnt-orange... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1045. A purple-splashed 'Jun' conical bowl, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1279-1644). Diameter 7 7/8  in., 20 cm. Estimate $6,000 - $8,000. Sold: $7,500. © Sotheby's robustly potted rising from a slightly splayed low foot, covered inside and out with a milky-blue glaze shading to gray at the rim, the interior dappled with eight free-form purple splashes, the glaze falling short of the foot on the exterior to reveal the coarse clay burnt orange in the firing. Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's:... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1044. A 'Longquan' celadon 'Lotus' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 4 7/8  in., 12.4 cm. Estimate $3,000 - $5,000. Sold: $3,750. © Sotheby's the deep rounded sides molded and carved on the exterior with overlapping lotus petals, covered overall in a sea-green glaze stopping neatly at the foot to reveal the unglazed foot ring burnt brick-orange in the firing. Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York, 18 March 2017