'peony' pillow

Lot 130. A 'Cizhou' sgraffiato 'peony' pillow, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Width 10⅞ in., 27.7 cm. Estimate: 2,500 - 3,500 USD. Lot sold: 4,032 USD. © Sothebys.  Provenance: L. Wannieck, Paris.  Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 22nd March 1961, lot 116. Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. T.5.25.   Sotheby's. A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1, New York, 22 March 2022... [Lire la suite]

The Dream Quest Collection was assembled since 1990. Beginning with an interest in Cizhou ceramic pillows, the collector gradually expanded his collection to other provincial kilns. Thence, a comprehensive collection of over 100 ceramic pillows, spanning from the Tang to the Qing dynasties, of various shapes, techniques, glazes and decoration was amassed. The Dream Quest Collection of ceramic pillows is unquestionably second to the renowned Yeung Wing Tak Collection. Lot 426. An amber-glazed marbled pillow, Tang dynasty... [Lire la suite]

Lot 526. An oval 'peony' pillow, Liao dynasty (907-1125); 9 3/4in(24.8cm) long. Estimate US$ 800 - 1,200. Sold for US$ 828 (€ 681). Courtesy Bonhams. The bombe body rising from a low foot and tapering into a double ribbed neck set off by paired bovine handles below a flared rim, covered in and out with a pale blue-green glazed of complex craquelure, the foot rim burnt orange in firing. Bonhams. Asian Decorative Works of Art, 15 Dec 2020, Los Angeles 

Lot 692. A 'Cizhou' sancai-glazed 'peony' pillow, Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234). Length 11 1/2  in., 29.4 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot Sold 13,750 USD. © Sotheby's. of bean shape, the slightly concave top deftly incised with a luxuriant amber-glazed peony blossom borne on a green-glazed leafing stem amidst dense foliage on a creamy-white ground, enclosed by an amber-colored triple-line border and a green-glazed outer band of freely incised foliate motifs, the glaze continuing down the... [Lire la suite]