Cunliffe Collection

Lot 133. A Jian tea bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 4 15⁄16 in. (12.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised USD 15,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2021. The bowl is covered inside and out with a lustrous brown glaze flowing from the russet band below the rim and stopping irregularly above the foot exposing the unglazed body. The center of the interior has a black glaze with light 'hare's fur' markings. Provenance: The Cunliffe Collection, no. T30 (according to... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1521. A very rare Ming imperial doucai stemcup, Chenghua six-character mark and of the period (1465-1487); 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 4,500,000 - HKD 5,500,000. Price realised HKD 6,840,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2006 The small stemcup delicately potted with deep flaring sides rising to a slightly everted rim, painted in underglaze-blue and enamelled around the exterior with two pairs of birds perched on fruiting boughs, the interior plain, supported on a slender... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2695. A miniature 'Tang Ying' 'Shou' character wine cup, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 4.8 cm., 1 15/16 in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD. Lot Sold 9,020,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's 2010. the finely potted flaring body rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, finely gilt decorated to the interior with two bats in flight and a large peach inscribed wan shou wu jiang ('May you live forever'), the exterior encircled with three rows... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1120. A very rare Ge-type bronze-form vase, hu, Yongzheng seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1723-1735), 12¾ in. (32.4 cm.) high. Estimate USD 400,000 - USD 600,000. Price realised USD 2,042,500 © Christie's Images Ltd 2011  Of pear shape, molded with two double bow-string bands below a pair of lug handles that flank the neck, with a very slight raised edge on the lower body above the spreading foot which is encircled at the top by a single bow-string band, covered... [Lire la suite]

Lot 233. An important large Dingyao carved 'dragon' dish, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 200,000 - GBP 300,000. Price Realized GBP 505,250 © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 The interior freely carved across the centre with a writhing dragon, the scales naturalistically defined and the head and claws finely outlined, all under an even ivory glaze pooling slightly on the exterior, the rim left unglazed with a copper mount, fitted box. Provenance: Cunliffe... [Lire la suite]

A pair of exceptionally rare Imperial doucai waterpots, Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period (1723-1735). Each: 5.3cm (2 1/8in) high. Estimate: 10,000,000-15,000,000 HKD. Sold for HK$ 12,640,000 (€1,546,158) at Bonhams Hong Kong, 2 June 2016, lot  12. Photo Bonhams. Each gracefully potted with gently curving sides, the exterior delicately outlined in subtle underglaze-blue with vaporous swirling clouds encircling the base and rising towards the top, exquisitely enamelled... [Lire la suite]

Lot 297. A 'Huozhou' white-glazed bowl, Jin-Yuan Dynasty (1115-1368). Estimate GBP 3,000 — 5,000. Photo Sotheby's. the rounded sides rising from a short slightly spreading foot, the interior moulded with a band of birds in flight, covered overall in a creamy-white glaze save for an unglazed ring in the interior; 11 cm, 4 3/8  in. Provenance: Bluett, London (according to paper label). Cunliffe Collection, no.TT23 (according to paper label). Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Londres, 09 nov.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 35. Property from the Cunliffe Collection. A copper-red petal-moulded bowl, Yongzheng period (1723-1735); 20.3cm (7 7/8in) diam. Sold for £2,500 (€3,198). Photo Bonhams. Well potted, finely moulded with two registers of petal panels, incised with thin lines and rising from the foot corresponding to the lobed rim, painted around the exterior with two deer, a leafy branch of peaches and two bats. Provenance: Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 36. Property from the Cunliffe Collection. A rare yellow-glazed saucer dish, Wanli six-character mark and of the period (1573-1619), 18.5cm (7 1/4in) diam. Sold for £15,000 (€19,045). Photo: Bonhams. The shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to the flaring rim, covered overall with a speckled lemon-yellow glaze, the base glazed white.  Provenance: Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 38. Property from the Cunliffe Collection. A very rare blue and white 'lotus' bowl, lianzi wan, Yongle period (1403-1425); 20.8cm (8 2/8in) diam. Sold for £98,500 (€125,066). Photo: Bonhams. The deep sides rising from a slightly tapered foot, the exterior finely painted in dark blue tones with a band of elongated lotus petals below a keyfret band around the rim, the interior with a central spray of fruiting loquat within double circles, surrounded by leafy scrolls of alternating blossoming camellias and... [Lire la suite]