14th-15th Century

Lot 174. A Vietnamese olive-yellow glaze bowl, 14th-15th century, from a group of five assorted Chinese and Vietnamese bowls and dishes, Tang dynasty and later. Estimate $3,000-5,000. Sold for $2,860 © Freeman’s Comprising a Changsha bowl, Tang Dynasty, decorated with stylized scrollwork; a small Chinese white ware floriform small bowl, probably Song Dynasty; a cream and grey-blue decorated circular dish, probably south Chinese; a Vietnamese green-glazed floriform bowl, 14th century; a Vietnamese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1176. A carved Longquan celadon baluster vase, Early Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century, 15 7/8 in. (40.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The tall, heavily potted, slender vase is carved with leafy chrysanthemum scroll, beneath a band of sawtooth design on the canted shoulder, and a line border around the short, straight neck. The whole is covered in a glaze of rich olive-green color suffused with crackle. Provenance: Collection of Ambassador Ti-Tsun Li... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1563. A Longquan celadon tripod bulb bowl, Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century, 12 ½ in. (31.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 6,250 © Christie's Images Ltd 2016 The compressed body is raised on three curved mask supports and carved around the sides with the Eight Trigrams (bagua) between bands of bosses. The whole is covered in a glaze of rich sea-green color, revealing the burnt-red body in the center decorated with a molded flower medallion, wood stand.  ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1559. A Longquan celadon carved jar, Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century, 13 in. (33 cm.) wide. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 23,750 © Christie's Images Ltd 2016 The rounded sides are carved as petals bound by a bowstring band, and the bowl is covered inside and out with a glaze of sea-green color that continues over the foot and onto the base to the edge of an unglazed circle burnt brick-red in the firing, wood cover with jade finial.  Note: The same... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1550. A Longquan celadon shrine of the South Sea Guanyin, Early Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century, 10 in. (25.4 cm.) high. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 10,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2016 The figure of Guanyin is left in the biscuit and shown seated on a cloth-draped ledge within a grotto framed by vertical outcroppings of rocks and scrolling clouds that rise towards further clouds and the moon above, while two acolytes are shown standing below.  Note : The South Sea Guanyin is a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4243. A rare early Ming Longquan celadon 'Lotus' bowl, Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century, 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 400,000. Price realised HKD 375,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2012 , Standing on a small cylindrical foot, the bowl is carved to the exterior of the flaring sides with two bands of upright lotus petals below a classic scroll near the mouth rim, the centre of the interior with a lotus blossom at the medallion and a keyfret band below the mouth rim. The bowl is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4240. A very rare early Ming Longquan celadon globular 'Chrysanthemum' vase, Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century, 14 in. (35.5 cm) high. Estimate HKD 600,000 - HKD 800,000. Price realised HKD 860,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The sturdily potted globular body is deeply moulded and carved with four foliated chrysanthemum scrolls above a band of narrow upright petals, the ribbed neck with bands of incised chevron and ruyi pattern flared upwards to a rolled-top mouth... [Lire la suite]

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