Eastern Han dynasty

Figure of a dog, China, Eastern Han dynasty, 25–220 A.D. Earthenware with dark green glaze. Gift of Stanley Herzman, in memory of Adele Herzman, 1991 (1991.253.1). Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. NEW YORK, NY.- The Department of Asian Art of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Asia Week New York will co-host the annual reception in the Asian art galleries of The Museum on Monday, March 19 to celebrate Asia Week.  This private by-invitation only reception has become a must attend event on the... [Lire la suite]

Kneeling Archer (detail), Qin dynasty (221–206 B.C.). Earthenware, H. 491⁄16 in. (122 cm). Excavated in 1977, pit no. 2, mausoleum complex of Qin Shihuangdi (d. 210 B.C.), Lintong, Shaanxi Province. Photo: Courtesy Qin Shihuangdi Mausoleum Site Museum, Lintong  “When you see your face reflected here, this mirror will dispel all harms and woes. May the Central Kingdom [China] be peaceful and secure, and prosper for generations and generations to come, by following the great law that governs all.”—excerpt... [Lire la suite]

Mirror (Jing) with 'TLV' Design, China, Eastern Han dynasty, 25-220. Cast bronze, 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (1.27 x 16.51 cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Lidow (AC1998.251.29). Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Mirror (Jing) with Eight-pointed Star, China, Eastern Han dynasty, 25-220. Cast bronze. Diameter: 6 1/2 in. (16.51 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Lidow (AC1998.251.27). Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Lot 1130. A silvery bronze mirror, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220). Price Realised  USD 21,250. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2011. The knob encircled by a band of nine bosses joined by leafy tendrils, hatchured and plain bands, and an outer field of seven roundels with a central nipple that alternate with a seated Daoist immortal and six divine beasts and birds, all within another hatchured border below dogtooth and zigzag bands on the rim, with added silvery patination on some of the decoration, with silvery grey... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1123. A bronze figural mirror, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220); 8 7/8 in. (22.6 cm.) diam. Price Realised  USD 50,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2011. The large knob surrounded by a narrow decorative band and an outer field of four seated immortals surrounded by numerous Daoist figures, dignitaries, entertainers, four nipples encircled by beaded borders, and four brief inscriptions, all crisply cast within a hatchured band below dogtooth and cloud bands on the canted rim, the outer edge also canted,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1135. Two bronze circular mirrors, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220). Price Realised USD 10,625. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 The large knob is surrounded by two seated deities and an attendant separated by four nipples from a dragon and a tiger with backward-turned head, within a hatchured border and below a dogtooth border and band of cloud scroll on the rim. The other has a silvery grey patina and a large knob encircled by four petals separated by characters within a field of eight scallops separated by... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1134. A gilt-bronze circular mirror, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220). Price Realised USD 7,500. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 The large knob is surrounded by four bixie separating seated deities within an outer band of semi-circles alternating with rectangles cast with characters below a canted dogtooth border and a pictorial band and narrow scroll border on the rim. Together with a silvery grey bronze circular mirror, Three Kingdoms period (220-265), the knob surrounded by three dragons cast in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 23. A celadon jade carving of a buffalo, Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25-220). Estimate HKD 150,000 - HKD 250,000 (USD 19,420 - USD 32,367). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. The surface is carved in intaglio with fine hair markings. 2 5/8 in. (6.5 cm.) long Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, 1993 Christie's. The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 4 October 2016, Hong Kong

Lot 1302. An unusual green-glazed red pottery model of an yi and ladle, Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25-220). Estimate USD 1,000 - USD 1,500. Photo: Christie's Image Ltd 2016.  The bowl has deep sides that are somewhat pinched into an oblong shape and a short arched handle that projects from the rim on one side. The ladle, which is fused by glaze to the interior, has a similar, but longer curved handle, and the bowl and ladle are covered overall with a green glaze that has degraded extensively to a silvery... [Lire la suite]