Ding

Lot 828. A Ding circular box and cover, Five Dynasties-Northern Song Dynasty, 10th century; 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) diam., brocade box. Estimate USD 10,000 – USD 15,000. Unsold. © Christie's 2023 The box has straight sides tapering in towards the base and is raised on a small ring foot. The flat cover with beveled edge is divided into six equal lobes by deep notches embellished with finely incised feathery lines. Both are covered overall with a transparent glaze of ivory tone. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 868. An exceptionally rare carved Ding bean-shaped pillow, Northern Song-Jin dynasty, 12th century; 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm.) long, cloth box. Estimate USD 60,000 – USD 80,000. Price Realised USD 75,600. © Christie's 2023 The slightly concave top is decorated with a carp swimming amidst lotus blooms, lily pads, and other aquatic plants framed by a running scroll border and the tall sides are embellished with a wide band of scrollwork, all carved through the pale iron-brown slip to reveal the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 865. A rare Ding persimmon-glazed hexafoil bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) diam., Japanese double wood box. Estimate USD 70,000 – USD 100,000. Price Realised USD 113,400. © Christie's 2023 The bowl has rounded flared sides that rise from the small knife-cut foot to the notched, petal-lobed rim, and is covered overall with a glaze of rich, slightly lustrous reddish-brown color that thins on the rim and also covers the base. Provenance: Sheldon L. and Barbara R.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 801. A bronze ritual tripod food vessel, ding, late Shang dynasty, Anyang, 12th-11th century BC; 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 80,000 – USD 100,000. Price realised USD 75,600. © Christie’s 2023 The deep body is raised on three columnar legs and is cast with a band of circular bosses alternating with kui dragons below the everted rim set with a pair of bail handles. The patina is of mottled olive-green color with areas of malachite encrustation on the... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 205. A gold and silver-inlaid archaistic bronze censer, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Width 31.5 cm, 12⅜ in. Lot sold: £13,860 (Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000). © 2022 Sotheby's. cast beneath the handle with a three-character inscription reading Wo Fu Ji. Property from the Grasset collection. Provenance: Christie's London, 8th December 1986, lot 385. Note: The rise of Neoconfucianism in the Song dynasty (960-1279) led to a revival of interest in archaic bronze vessels,... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 202. An inscribed archaic bronze tripod food vessel, Ding, Shang dynasty. Height 15.3 cm, 6 in. Lot sold: £88,200 (Estimate: £70,000 - 90,000). © 2022 Sotheby's. the interior with an inscription who may read Zi and Long. Provenance: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 19th-20th February 1958, lot 251.Collection of Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987).Collection of Else Sackler (1913-2000), thence by decsent.Christie's New York, 17th March 2017, lot 1001. Literature : Robert Poor,... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 508. A large Ding moulded 'flower' bowl, China, Jin-Yuan dynasty (1115-1368). Diamètre : 25,5 cm. Price realised EUR 8,190 (Estimate EUR 4,000 – EUR 6,000). © Christie's Limited Images 2022 Reposant sur un petit pied droit circulaire, la panse est ornée à l'intérieur d'un décor moulé en léger relief de prunus, pivoines et coquelicots dans trois réserves polylobées contre un fond de motifs de treillage. Property from the V.W.S. collection. Provenance: Acquired by the father of V.W.S.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 13. A bronze food vessel, gui, Western Zhou Dynasty (1050-771 BC); 14.3cm (5 3/4in) high; 24.5cm (9 1/2in) wide. (2). Sold for HKD 255,000 (Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 The rounded body raised on a hollow pedestal foot terminating in a straight footrim, cast below the gently everted rim with a border filled with fire and four-petal leaves patterns bisected by animal-masks in high relief on two sides, interrupted on the other sides by two loop... [Lire la suite]

Bronze square tripod, Early Shang Dynasty (about 1600 BC - 1400 BC)0 The overall height is 86.5 cm, and the mouth length is 61 cm. Unearthed in Zhangzhai South Street, Zhengzhou, Henan in 1974. Henan Museum Collection. The mouth of the tripod is rectangular, with a pair of arched ears on the top, a deep abdomen, a slightly introverted abdominal wall, a flat bottom, and four hollow cylindrical feet with upper thickness and lower thickness. A set of single-line animal face patterns is cast on each of the four sides and four... [Lire la suite]

Lot 116. A very rare cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze tripod incense burner, ding, 15th century; 21.5cm (8 7/16cm) high. Sold for £88,500 (Estimate £60,000-£80,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 The robustly cast body of globular form supported on three short legs, exterior brightly enamelled in yellow, white, red, and dark blue with large lotus blossoms in two registers amidst leafy scrolls, repeated along the neck, the gilt-bronze rim applied with a pair of flaring upright handles with similar design, all... [Lire la suite]