Carl Kempe Collection

Lot 828. A small Ding jar and a cover, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) diam. Estimate: USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 12,500. © Christie's 2021 The compressed globular body is raised from a short foot and is covered with a glaze of ivory tone. The flat cover, possibly Ding ware, is surmounted by a flat finial. Provenance: Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden.Sotheby's London, 5 November 2008, lot 512. Literature: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 246. A rare 'Cizhou' jar, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 17cm., 6 5/8 in. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 13,700 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's. the globular body rising from a short straight foot to a broad tapering short neck, modelled around the exterior in high relief with five rows of curled peony petals, covered overall in a creamy-white slip and transparent glaze falling short of the foot to reveal the pinkish-buff body. Exhibited: Kunst Industri Museet, Copenhagen, 1950, cat. no. 308. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3967. A superb white-glazed 'chrysanthemum' dish, Yongzheng six-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1723-1735); 7 in. (17.7 cm.) diam. Estimate 1,200,000 - HKD 1,800,000. Price realised HKD 1,100,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2012.   The shallow, rounded sides are moulded as chrysanthemum petals rising from the foot ring with corresponding notches. The dish is covered overall with a lustrous transparent glaze. Provenance: The Carl Kempe CollectionSold at... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3985. A rare late Ming yellow-ground green-enamelled incised 'Daoist figures' bowl, Jiajing six-character mark and of the period (1522-1566); 6 1/2 in. (16.6 cm.) diam. Estimate 900,000 - HKD 1,200,000. Price realised HKD 1,340,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2012.  The bowl is finely potted with rounded sides rising to a flared rim, the exterior incised and enamelled in a bright green against a yellow ground, with four Daoist figures holding their attributes dancing in a balustraded... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3984. A fine white-glazed bracket-lobed washer, Zhengde four-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1506-1521); 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.) diam. Estimate 3,000,000 - HKD 4,000,000. Price realised HKD 3,620,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2012.  The washer is delicately potted with gently flaring sides divided into ten bracket-lobes, covered overall with a milky-white glaze with a faint bluish tinge. The base bears the reign mark in underglaze blue. Provenance: Carl... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3982. A fine and very rare early Ming white-glazed wine cup, Xuande six-character mark and of the period (1426-1435); 8 3/8 in. (21.2 cm.) diam. Estimate 500,000 - HKD 700,000. Price realised HKD 2,900,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2012.  The cup is thinly potted with flaring sides and slightly everted rim under even milky-white glaze, supported on a cylindrical foot and the base inscribed with the reign mark in underglaze blue. Provenance: Collection of H.R.N. NortonCarl... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3981. A fine large early Ming white-glazed anhua-decorated bowl, Xuande six-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1426-1435); 8 3/8 in. (21.2 cm.) diam. Estimate 1,000,000 - HKD 1,500,000. Price realised HKD 980,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2012. The bowl is potted with deep rounded sides. It is intricately incised to the exterior with two bands of lotus petals below a frieze of stylised waves around the mouth rim. The interior is decorated with a medallion in the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 28. An Extremely Rare Doucai Stem Cup, Mark and Period of Chenghua (1465-1487); 7.9 cm., 3 1/8 in. Estimate 10,000,000 — 15,000,000 HKD. Lot Sold 11,860,000 HKD (1,523,773 USD). Photo Sotheby's delicately potted, the deep U-shaped cup raised on a tall, plain stem foot splaying towards the base with an underglaze-blue ring just above the footrim and a plain fillet towards the top, the thin and slightly translucent sides of the body decorated... [Lire la suite]

Lot 573. A blue and white shallow dish, Jiajing six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1522-1566); 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 11,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 The shallow, rounded sides raised on a tapering ring foot painted in purplish-blue tones on the exterior with two pheonixes in flight separated by cruciform clouds, one with long trailing tail feathers, the other tail feathers scrolled, with three... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1279. A rare miniature silver box and cover, Tang-Song dynasty, 9th-12th century; 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,0000. Price realised USD 12,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010. The cover chased with a serpent coiled around a tortoise (The Dark Warrior), each with head turned to face the other, reserved on a crosshatch ground and within a single line border encircled by leafy scroll and a dogtooth pattern at the edge, above a further band of leafy scroll on the side repeated on the sides of... [Lire la suite]