14th-15th Century

Lot 223. A 'Longquan' celadon dish, 14th-15th century, 26.2cm, 10 3/8 in. diameter. Estimation 2,000 — 3,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's shaped circular, carved to the centre with a lotus and two characters: Ji Chang, with floral scrolls to the well, below an inverted bracket lobed rim, covered with an olive green glaze. Sotheby's. From Earth to Fire, Londres, 04 mai 2017, 10:30 AM  

Bowl,  Vietnam, Trần or Later Lê dynasty, 14th-15th century, Hải Dương province, Red River Delta kilns. Stoneware with white slip and iron and cobalt pigments under clear glaze; iron wash on the base. H x W x D: 7.5 x 16.9 x 16.9 cm (2 15/16 x 6 5/8 x 6 5/8 in). Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment, Freer Gallery of Art, F1994.9 © 2017 Smithsonian Institution

Dish, Vietnam, Trần or Later Lê dynasty, 14th-15th century, Hải Dương province, Red River Delta kilns. Stoneware with white slip and iron pigment under clear glaze; iron wash on the base. H x W x D: 3.8 x 12.1 x 21.1 cm (1 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 8 5/16 in). Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment, Freer Gallery of Art, F1994.10 © 2017 Smithsonian Institution

Dish with fluted rim, Vietnam, Trần or Later Lê dynasty, 14th-15th century, Hải Dương province, Red River Delta kilns. Stoneware with ivory glaze; iron wash on base. H x W x D: 3.8 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm (1 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in). Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment, Freer Gallery of Art, F1994.13 © 2017 Smithsonian Institution 

Lot 213. A large gilt-bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni, Tibet, 14th-15th Century. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13392.Height: 12 ¼ in. (31.5 cm) Provenance: Nikolaus Sonne Fine Arts, Berlin, 2 February 2002. Note: This very fine and large-scale sculpture of Buddha Shakyamuni is a testament to the powerful legacy of the Newari aesthetic imported into Tibet from the Kathmandu Valley in the medieval period.  Displaying tremendous power and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3019. A fine large early Ming carved Longquan celadon barbed-rim bowl, Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 400,000 (USD 39,000 - USD 52,000). Price Realised HKD 620,000 (USD 79,965). © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 The sturdily-potted deep bowl moulded with fluted walls extending from the straight foot to the bracketed rim, the interior carved with an open flower within a combed quatrefoil panel, surrounded by four scrolling peonies separated by leafy stems, a band of keyfret... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2003. Longquan pot, Probably Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 14th-15th century. Estimate: 800 - 1,200 EUR (851 - 1,277 USD). Photo Van Ham. Nearly white, heavy stoneware body with celadon green glaze. Bulbous pot with nearly straight neck on a high foot. Lip unglazed. The neck decorated with the Eight Immortals modeled in biscuit relief. Bottom inside and inside the foot ring stepped. Height 21.5cm, width 20.5cm. Condition A. Van Ham. Asian Art, Auction 384 (08/12/2016) 

Lot 1228. A rare gilt-bronze figure of Guanyin and a child, late Yuan-early Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century. Estimate: USD 80,000 ~ 120,000. Price Realised  USD 93,750. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. The bodhisattva is shown seated in rajalilasana holding a pearl in the right hand and the left supporting a young boy seated on the left knee. A shawl is draped over the shoulders and a broad belt is tied with a bow around the top of the dhoti which is folded at the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 725. A very rare ‘Number Three’ Jun tripod narcissus bowl, Yuan-Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century. Estimate USD 300,000 - USD 500,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. The sturdily potted, shallow rounded body is applied with a band of sixteen ‘nail-head’ bosses above the three ruyi-shaped feet, and a further band of nineteen bosses possitioned between a bow-string border and the raised edge of the rim. It is covered overall in a milky lavender-blue glaze shading to reddish brown on the raised areas.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 724. A very rare ‘Number Three’ Jun jardinière, Yuan-Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 25,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. The jardinière is finely potted with a compressed globular body that rises from a spreading foot to a slightly flared neck, its mouth rim is now mounted with a copper band. It is covered with a purplish glaze with lavender-blue suffusions on the exterior, while the interior is covered with a rich mottled lavender-blue color. The base is pierced... [Lire la suite]