'Boys' Bowl

Lot 854. A molded Yaozhou celadon 'duck and lotus' bowl and a saucer, Northern Song dynasty, 11th-12th century.Cup: 4 in. (10 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box; Saucer: 5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box. Estimate USD 15,000 – USD 25,000. Price Realised USD 52,920. © Christie's 2023 The petal-lobed bowl is decorated with a band of swimming ducks and lotus encircling a central floral medallion beneath leafy scroll. The saucer has an upturned rim and is similarly decorated on the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3652. A large coral-ground famille-verte and gilt-decorated 'boys' bowl, Seal mark and period of Jiaqing (1796-1820); 21 cm. Lot sold 1,197,000 HKD (Estimate : 400,000 - 600,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong prior to 1995.   Note: A closely related bowl in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelains of Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 159; one in the Shanghai... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 55. A carved Qingbai 'boys' bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 8 1⁄8 in. (20.6 cm.) diam. Price realised USD 4,000 (Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000). © Christie's 2021 Christie's. Art of China and Japan, New York, 1 Dec - 14 Dec 2021

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 844. A rare iron-red and green-enameled 'boys' bowl, Jiajing six character mark in iron red within a double circle and of the period (1522-1566); 9 in. (22.9 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box. Estimate: USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 32,500. © Christie's 2021 The bowl is decorated on the interior with an immortal in the center enclosed by a frieze of prunus, chrysanthemum and peacock feathers in the well. The exterior is decorated with four ladies with boys at play above a petal... [Lire la suite]

Kai-Yin Lo with her collection on view at Denver Art Museum, 1998. Kai-Yin Lo’s White Wares When in 1998 Kai-Yin Lo mounted an exhibition of her Chinese white wares entitled Bright as Silver, White as Snow at the Denver Art Museum, it was meant to be more than a showcase of a collector’s treasures. It was meant to celebrate something unique to China’s potters: the ability to create vessels of a pristine white out of earth. In the exhibition catalogue I started my essay by saying “The wish to create a ceramic ware... [Lire la suite]

Lot 716. A very rare coral-ground famille verte 'boys' bowl, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1662-1722); 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 70,000 - USD 90,000. © Christie's 2021 The bowl is decorated with enamels and gilt on a coral-red ground, with four groups of four boys, some playing with a squirrel and others engaged in different leisurely pursuits, beside rocks and plantain on a continuous fenced garden terrace. Provenance: T. T. Tsui... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2. A Qingbai carved 'Boys' bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279);  Diam. 19,7 cm, 7¾ in. Estimate: 1,500 - 2,000 EUR. Lot sold 7,500 EUR. Courtesy Sotheby's. de forme conique, les côtés très fins évasés et incisés à l'intérieur d'un décor de deux garçonnets parmi les fleurs de pivoines, la glaçure transparente aux délicates tonalités bleu pâle, la base laissée sans glaçure. Collection Particulière française. Sotheby's. Arts d'Asie, Paris, 18 Juin 2020

Lot 325. A small Yaozhou celadon 'Boys' bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 12.5 cm, 4 7/8  in. Estimate 50,000 — 70,000 HKD. Lot sold 93,750 HKD (10,655 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. the the conical sides rising from a short straight foot to a slightly everted rim, the interior carved with two boys among shoots of leafy bamboo and covered overall with an olive-green glaze. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 05 Jun 2020, 10:00 AM

Lot 3435. A green and yellow-enamelled 'boys' bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark within double circles and of the period (1723-1735); 6 in. (15.1 cm) diam. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 500,000. Price Realized HKD 937,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013  The bowl is delicately incised around the exterior with boys playing musical instruments forming a procession on a terraced garden between a band of petal lappets below a foliate band above. It is covered with a green enamel reserved... [Lire la suite]