10th-11th century

Lot 1069. A white-glazed ovoid lobed ewer, Five dynasties-Northern Song dynasty, 10th-11th century; 6 in. (15.5 cm.) high, cloth box. Price realised USD 4,788 (Estimate USD 3,000 – USD 5,000). © Christie's 2022 The oval body is set with a short spout and has a Y-shaped handle decorated with small florets, terminating in two molded floral appliques. The whole is covered in an ivory-white glaze that continues onto the base. Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, 1989. Christie's. Important... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 1036. A Northern white ware pentafoil bowl, Five Dynasties period-Northern Song dynasty, 10th-11th century; 5 1⁄4 in. (13.2 cm.) diam., cloth box. Estimate USD 8,000 – USD 12,000. Price realised USD 8,820. © Christie's 2022 The bowl with plain lobed sides is covered overall with an olive-tinged creamy white glaze. Provenance: The J. M. Hu (1911-1995), Zande Lou Collection. Literature: Helen D. Ling and Edward T. Chow, Collection of Chinese Ceramics from the Pavilion of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2083. A rare Cizhou cream-glazed carved crescent-shaped pillow, Northern Song dynasty, 10th-11th century; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide. Estimate USD 25,000 - USD 35,000. Price Realized USD 62,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  The canted top is well carved through the white slip with a leafy peony spray bearing three flowers, and around the sides with a band of foliate scroll, all within striated borders surrounded by a plain cream field, and under a clear glaze that continues onto the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 379. A rare gilt-bronze figure of Guanyin, 10th-11th century; Height 11 in., 27.9 cm. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 USD. Lot sold 298,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's. the graceful figure standing barefoot with hands in anjalimudra, the upright body adorned with jewelry, wearing a long robe with a hood pulled over the tall tiara and chignon, head slightly turned, the forehead set with an urna above the narrow eyes and broad nose. Note: The slight turn of the... [Lire la suite]

Sūrya, Northern India, Bihār or Bengal, 10th-11th century, Pāla dynasty (8th-12th century). Sandstone. H 68 cm. © Galerie Christophe Hioco. Provenance: private collection, France. Buddha head, Thailand, Harīpunjaya kingdom, 12th-13th century. Stuccoed terracotta. H 27 cm. © Galerie Christophe Hioco. Provenance: private collection, France, acquired in 1960-1970. Standing Buddha, Ancient region of Gandhāra, circa 3rd century. Schist. H 67.3 cm. © Galerie Christophe Hioco. Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 1956; Vérité collection,... [Lire la suite]

  NEW YORK, NY.- On September 9 and 11, Bonhams will offer four Asian art sales — Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, Chinese Works of Art, Property from the Collection of Drs. Edmund and Julie Lewis Part I, and Fine Japanese and Korean Art. The sales present 700 lots of quality and rarity that span centuries ranging from sculpture, ceramics, prints, paintings, among others. Public exhibitions begin September 5. In conjunction with the sales, Bonhams will also host a day of lectures on September 7 and 9, featuring guest... [Lire la suite]

Lot 396. A very rare and important gilt-bronze figure of a seated bodhisattva, Five Dynasties-Liao dynasty, 10th-11th century; 8¼ in. (21 cm.) high. Estimate USD 1,000,000 - USD 1,500,000. Price realised USD 2,505,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008. The slender, elegant figure exceptionally well cast and seated in dhyanasana, the right hand raised in abhyamudra and the left held out in front, wearing a ruyi head cloud-collar incised with lotus scroll over a thick breastplate above the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 84. A rare and intact Fatimid lustre jar, Egypt, 10th-11th century; 10in. (25.4cm.) high. Estimate GBP 200,000 - GBP 300,000. Price realised GBP 217,875. © Christie's Image Ltd 2013 Of elegant baluster form with gently tapering neck and flaring rim, the white ground painted in golden lustre with a register of bold fleur de lys on a ground of scrolling vine contained inside drop-shaped cartouches, the neck with a further fleur de lys contained within heart-shaped cartouches,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1330. A rare Yaozhou celadon flower-shaped bowl, Five Dynasties, 10th-11th century ; 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 50,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010. Thinly potted with wide, flaring sides divided into five petal lobes by deep grooves on the exterior and corresponding high ridges on the interior, decorated in the center with a molded bird-form appliqué, covered inside and out and on the base with a glaze of even pale silvery-green tone, the whole supported on a short foot... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2902. A fine rare Ding turtle-form tea grinder, Early Northern Song dynasty, 10th-11th century; 3 in. (9.5 cm.) long. Estimate HKD 400,000 - HKD 600,000 (USD 51,221 - USD 76,831). © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 The vessel is naturalistically modelled as a turtle with a small curled tail and a short protruding head, the back incised with a honeycomb pattern, glazed in a semi-translucent greenish-white glaze stopping neatly in a circle above the base, revealing the fine, beige biscuit body, box. ... [Lire la suite]