Cizhou

Lot 834. A large Cizhou vase, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 15 3/4 in. (40 cm.) high, cloth box. Estimate USD 30,000 – USD 50,000. Price Realised 60,480 USD. © Christie's 2023 The vase has a round body that tapers to the splayed foot, and a tall slender neck rising to the wide, flaring dish-shaped mouth. It is covered with a creamy white slip under a clear glaze suffused with fine crackle, with some areas stained a pale reddish tone opposite a double-stranded arching handle. The ewer is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3207. A rare Cizhou painted 'Tiger' pillow, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 14 1⁄8 in. (36 cm.) long, Japanese wood box. Lot sold: 56,700 HKD (Estimate: 20,000 - HKD 30,000 HKD). © Christie's 2022 Literature: 100 Ceramic Pillows- formerly The Hayashibara Museum collection, Tokyo, 2012, catalogue no. 31 Christie's. Pavilion Online – Chinese Art, 22 Nov - 6 Dec 2022

  Lot 3081. A sancai 'tiger' pillow, Liao dynasty (907-1125) and a carved Cizhou green-glazed 'floral' pillow, Song dynasty (960-1279); 32.5 and 31 cm. Lot sold: 69,300 HKD (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: Acquired in Japan in the 2000s. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Online: A Private Asian Collection, Hong Kong, 28 July 2022.

Lot 3091. A Cizhou incised dish, Northern Song dynasty, 10th-12th century. D 11.4 cm. Sold for HKD 192,000 (Estimate 150,000 - 250,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022. Provenance: 1. Christie's London, 7 November 2006, lot 157 2. The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, purchased from Eskenazi, no. EK304. Lot 3092. A Cizhou black-glazed melon-form jar, Song dynasty (960-1279). W 14.5cm. Sold for HKD 96,000 (Estimate 50,000 - 80,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong... [Lire la suite]

    Lot 313. A Cizhou white-glazed incense burner, Song dynasty (960-1279); h. 9.9 cm, w. 11 cm, silver cover, wood stand, Japanese wood box. Lot sold: 25,200 HKD (Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Lot 315. A Henan 'oil spot' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 11.3 cm. Lot sold: 94,500 HKD (Estimate 60,000 - 80,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Lot 316. A Jian 'hare's fur' bowl, Song... [Lire la suite]

Lot 813. An inscribed Cizhou green-glazed 'lion' pillow, Song dynasty (960-1279); l. 30 cm, inscribed Japanese wood box. Lot sold: 44,100 HKD (Estimate: 50,000-70,000 HKD). © Sotheby's. Provenance: Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Online: A Private Asian Collection, Hong Kong, 3 December 2021

Lot 5011. A superb Cizhou marbled clay bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 13.5 cm. Lot sold: 327,600 HKD (Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2021 Provenance: An old Filipino private collection. Sotheby's. Echoes of Fragrance – Evolution of Tea Culture from the Tang to the Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 16 December 2021

Lot 1049. A Cizhou painted figure of a lady, Southern Song - Jin dynasty, and a straw-glazed figure of a groom, Tang dynasty; 24.5 and 22.7 cm. . Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD. Lot sold: 75,600 HKD. (C) 2021 Sotheby's Note: A similar figure of a lady was sold in these rooms, 31st May 2019, lot 400. A similar figure of a man was sold in our New York rooms, 24th June 2020, lot 1078. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Online, including Song Ceramics from the Kai-Yin Lo Collection, Hong... [Lire la suite]

Kai-Yin Lo with her collection on view at Denver Art Museum, 1998. Kai-Yin Lo’s White Wares When in 1998 Kai-Yin Lo mounted an exhibition of her Chinese white wares entitled Bright as Silver, White as Snow at the Denver Art Museum, it was meant to be more than a showcase of a collector’s treasures. It was meant to celebrate something unique to China’s potters: the ability to create vessels of a pristine white out of earth. In the exhibition catalogue I started my essay by saying “The wish to create a ceramic ware... [Lire la suite]

Lot 43. A Cizhou sgraffiato 'Peony' meiping, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 13 1⁄2 in. (34.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price Realised USD 37,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2021 Provenance: J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993. Literature: Kaikodo Journal, New York, Spring 2019, no. 12.  Exhibited: Kaikodo, New York, 2019. Christie's. Art of China| Including Property from the Junkunc Collection, New York, 11 Jun - 29 Jun 2021