Cizhou-type

 Stephen Junkunc, III, circa 1930. Stephen Junkunc, III ranks amongst the most renowned collectors of Chinese ceramics and works of art, and is known for collecting a wide breadth of works of the highest standards of quality. At its height, his collection comprised over two-thousand examples of porcelain, jade, bronzes, Buddhist sculpture and paintings, and included two examples of the legendary Ru ware, of which only eighty-seven examples are known in the world. A superb Ru dish from... [Lire la suite]

Lot 508. Two Cizhou-type brown-glazed carved jars, Yuan-Ming Dynasty (1271-1644); 24.5cm (9 5/8in) high. Est: £2,000 - £3,000. Sold for £ 4,080 (€ 4,750). © Bonhams Both ovoid jars with slip and biscuit decoration of lotus and foliage, one with lappets on the shoulder and with slightly greenish glaze. Provenance: Dr Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), New York, (acc.nos.3804A-B), acquired prior to 1978.Christie's New York, 2 October 2009, lot 296 (part lot). Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne... [Lire la suite]

Lot 518. A Cizhou-type small 'oil-spot' globular jar, 12th-13th century; 4 1/4in (10.7cm) high. Estimate US$ 400 - 600. Sold for US$ 408 (€ 335). Courtesy Bonhams. With short slightly everted rim under a dark glaze with 'oil-spots' on a pale stoneware, kiln adhesions. Bonhams. Asian Decorative Works of Art, 15 Dec 2020, Los Angeles

Lot 2100. A small Cizhou-type russet-splashed black-brown-glazed jar and a cover, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price Realized USD 15,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  The tapering, high-shouldered jar is decorated with rust-colored splashes of slip that have fired matte in contrast to the lustrous black glaze that falls from the bottom of the short, brown-glazed neck to an irregular line lower on the body above a thin brown... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2087. A Cizhou-type cut-glaze meiping, Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century; 11¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price Realized USD 7,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  The tapering ovoid bottle is carved through the dark khaki-brown glaze to the buff-colored ground before firing with a broad band of leafy scroll reserved on a striated ground between double-line borders, and with another single line above the foot. Provenance: Warren E. Cox, New York,... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 2086. A Cizhou-type russet-splashed black-glazed bowl, Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century; 4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price Realized USD 5,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  The rounded, conical body is covered below the russet-edged rim with a lustrous, russet-dappled, blackish-brown glaze that is decorated on the interior with five large russet splashes composed of small russet flecks, and on the exterior falls in an irregular line on a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2085. A Cizhou-type painted tiger-form pillow, Jin-Yuan Dynasty, 12th-13th century; 14½ in. (37 cm.) long. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price Realized USD 68,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  The pillow is made in the shape of a recumbent tiger with its head resting on the front paws, and the dished center of the back is decorated with a scene of a water bird amidst the grasses of a pond below two birds in flight above. The decoration is painted in brown and pale russet... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2084. A Cizhou-type brown-painted black-glazed ovoid bottle, xiaokou ping, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 9 in. (23 cm.) high. Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 10,000. Price Realized USD 15,625. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  The broad, high-shouldered body is freely painted in russet brown slip on two sides with a large flower, perhaps suggesting an iris or a lily, that has fired matte in contrast to the lustrous blackish-brown glaze that covers the body and the small, waisted mouth. The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2082. A rare Cizhou-type silver-decorated black-glazed tea bowl, Southern Song-Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century; 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price Realized USD 13,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  The bowl has deep conical sides that become upright near the russet-edged rim, and is covered with a blackish-brown glaze decorated in silver glaze on the interior with a central flower head below four large flowers, each centered by a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1332. A brownish-black-glazed Cizhou-type box and cover, 11th-12th century; 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 4,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.  The box flaring widely from the flat foot to the upright sides, with domed cover, covered all over in a dark brownish-black glaze thinning to brown on the edges and stopping short of the rims and base to expose the buff ware, the sides of the interior of the box glazed brownish-black,... [Lire la suite]