'Cizhou'

Lot 647. A 'Cizhou' 'juluxian' bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234). Diameter 6 3/4 in., 17.1 cm. Estimate: US$6,000 - US$8,000. Lot Sold 6,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the deep sides set over a straight foot and rising conically to an everted rim, covered in an ivory-colored glaze suffused with swirling veins of milky taupe tones, the variegation effectively simulating that of marble, the glaze stopping unevenly above the foot exposing the grayish-white body. Provenance: Collection of Dikran G.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 645. A rare carved 'Cizhou' jar, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Height 5 in., 12.7 cm. Estimate: US$5,000 - US$7,000. Lot Sold 10,625 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the cylindrical sides set over a knife-pared foot, the exterior carved with a wide register of foliate scroll in relief between geometric borders above and below, the motifs picked out in white glaze applied to the raised areas and brown glaze applied to the recessed areas. Provenance: Collection of Dikran G. Kelekian... [Lire la suite]

Lot 642. A large painted 'Cizhou' ‘dragon and phoenix’ jar, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1279-1644). Height 14 1/2 in., 37 cm. Estimate: US$10,000 - US$15,000. Lot Sold 18,750 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. robustly potted, rising from a flat foot to broad, rounded shoulders and a short waisted neck, freely painted with a dragon coveting a 'flaming pearl' among scrolling clouds within a scalloped reserve, the reverse with a phoenix, set between line borders and below a floral band at the shoulder, all painted in deep brown... [Lire la suite]

Lot 641. A painted 'Cizhou' globular jar, Song-Yuan dynasty (960-1368). Diameter 6 3/8 in., 16.2 cm. Estimate: US$6,000 - US$8,000. Lot Sold 10,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. supported on a low, spreading foot and rising to a short, waisted neck, the body painted in dark brown with a scrolling foliate vine between line borders, a brown-painted petal band encircling the neck, all against an ivory-toned glaze save for the foot. Provenance: Collection of Stephen Junkunc III (d. 1978). Sotheby's. Important... [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

Lot 1050. A carved 'Cizhou' jar, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Height 7 in., 17.8 cm. Estimate $3,000 - $5,000. Sold: $5,625. © Sotheby's of baluster form rising from a gently flared foot to broad rounded shoulders and a straight neck, the sides carved through the light brown glaze to the buff body beneath, with a composite floral scroll with each flower head enclosing a single character forming the phrase Junzi ai cai (the gentleman loves wealth), below a keyfret band around the shoulders... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1351. A 'Cizhou' black and white-glazed dish, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234). Diameter 5 3/4  in., 14.6 cm. Estimate $3,000- $4,000. Sold: $7,500. © Sotheby's the shallow rounded sides rising from a short slightly splayed foot to an everted rim, decorated overall with a mottled brownish-black glaze and transparent glaze over white slip in producing of an unusual color contrast resembling yin-yang, the foot rim left unglazed revealing the pale buff-colored stoneware... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1035. A 'Cizhou' drum-form garden seat, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Height 17 7/8  in., 45.5 cm. Estimate $3,000 - $5,000. Sold: $25,000. © Sotheby's the body covered in a creamy-white slip and clear glaze, flanked by two handles formed by lion masks issuing fixed rings, large lotus blossoms on spiraling leafy vines painted in brown between rows of raised bosses, the seat top painted with a spotted qilin amidst auspicious objects. Provenance: Purchased in Hong Kong,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1030. A carved cream-glazed 'Cizhou' pillow, Song dynasty (960-1279). Width 10 in., 25.4 cm. Estimate $1,500 - $2,500. Sold: $1,000. © Sotheby's with a sloping, slightly concave top featuring a floral spray in a quatre-lobe medallion, the slip surrounding the spray carved away to reveal buff pottery, covered in a clear glaze stopping short of the flat base. Provenance: E & J Frankel, New York, 2012. Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art, New York, 18 March 2017

Lot 72. A carved 'Cizhou' 'Floral' jar, Yuan-Ming dynasty; 30,5 cm, 12 in. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 EUR. Lot Sold: 1.700 EUR. © Sotheby's la panse ovoïde terminée par un pied fuselé, au court col resserré à bord saillant, le corps chamois couvert d'une riche glaçure noire brillante gravée de deux frises florales, la base et le col sans glaçure. Sotheby's. Art d'Asie, 11 décembre 2018