China

  Opium Pipe, 19th century, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Wood with silver and enamel ferrules, 59.8 cm (23 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore, Warner 1947.586.  Opium Pipe, 19th century, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Horn (?) with silver decoration, 52.8 cm (20 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner 1947.589. Opium Pipe, 19th century, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Wood, jade and silver decoration, 62.2 cm (24 1/2 in.). The... [Lire la suite]

Brush Rest, China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Glazed stoneware, Guan ware. Diameter: 2.8 x 7.6 cm; Overall: 6 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1957.42. There are twelve "hills" on this mountain-shaped brush rest. In China, access to political power was granted to those who passed the civil service examinations, a system that offered official service only at a high level of education. Chinese literati-officials, whose daily routine involved administrative work in an office, enjoyed precious... [Lire la suite]

Standing Guanyin, China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Wood with traces of gesso, polychromy and gilding, 162.9 x 55.9 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1980.80.

Landscape with Figures, China, Song dynasty (960-1279). Album leaf, ink and color on silk, 25.7 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.702.

Lot 133. A pale celadon and russet jade 'comma scrolls' disc, bi, China, Warring States period (475-221 B.C.). Diamètre : 12,3 cm. (4 7/8 in.). Adjugé : 21,420 € (Estimation : 10,000 -20,000 €). © Christie's Limited Images 2022 Le disque est très délicatement sculpté sur chaque face de picots en relief entre des bordures en relief. Le jade est d'une belle teinte uniforme céladon pâle avec une inclusion brune. The Marx Collection of Chinese Art. Provenance: With John Sparks Ltd., 128... [Lire la suite]

Mirror with Four Nipples and Eight Animals, AD 300, China, Western Jin dynasty (265-316). Bronze. Diameter: 19.6 cm; Overall: 1.3 cm; Rim: 1 cm; Weight: 1.495 kg. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.334. Inscription: On the day of wu, the first month, the first year of Yongkang, I made the bright mirror at the first of dawn by refining the yellow and the white [metals]. Great fortune and wealth will come as a result. May you live a long life. Up above are the King... [Lire la suite]

Candlestand in the shape of Lion, China, probably Zhejiang province, Western Jin dynasty (AD 265-316). Glazed stoneware with molded and incised decoration, Yue ware, 8.3 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1983.77.

Funerary Urn (Hunping), late 200s, China, Western Jin dynasty (265-316). Green-glazed stoneware with molded and sculpted decoration. Diameter: 28.8 cm; Overall: 52.1 cm . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1988.21. Green-glazed stoneware developed greater variety in the south after the Han dynasty. Large funerary urns known as hunping, or "the urn of the soul," are evidence for its prolific production. This type of urn features multistoried towers populated by human figures, animals, and... [Lire la suite]

Jar: Proto-Yue ware, China, Western Jin dynasty (265-316). Gray stoneware with combed, impressed, molded and applied decoration under iron glaze. Diameter: 23.8 cm; Overall: 17.2 cm; Diameter of mouth with rim: 12.2 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund 1984.5.

Seated Buddha, China, Shanxi or Henan province, approx. 1500-1600, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Stoneware with multicolor glazes. H. 146 cm x W. 69.8 cm x D. 61 cm (overall). The Avery Brundage Collection, B60P139. © Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture. This large sculpture is the product of a ceramics industry in northern China that began producing sculpture more than a thousand years ago. By the time this piece was produced, the technology had been sufficiently developed for artisans to produce... [Lire la suite]