Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25-220)

Lot 221. An inscribed bronze 'phoenix' mirror, Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25-220). Diameter 12.8 cm. Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 USD. Lot sold 3,810 USD. © Sotheby's 2023 with a four-character inscription reading jun yi gao guan (wish you achieve success and prosperity). Provenance: Collection of Dr. Wou Kiuan (1910-1997).Wou Lien-Pai Museum, coll. no. H.8.13.Sotheby's New York, 22nd March 2022, lot 108. Literature: Rose Kerr et al., Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou... [Lire la suite]

Lot 168. An inscribed bronze 'feline mask' mirror, Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25-220); 18.4 cm. Lot sold: 94,500HKD (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 cast with a quatrefoil design with double-scrolled ends around the central knob, each pointed petal of the quatrefoil enclosing a feline head and interspersed by four larger animal heads, all bounded by a ring of long inscription, a sunken scalloped band and a lozenge-patterned border, each decorative band detailed with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1304. An unusual painted grey pottery mythical beast-form stand, Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25-220); 16 in. (40.7 cm.) long. Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Price realised USD 25,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 Crisply modeled as a crouching, winged mythical beast, with pricked ears, layered tail and a short mane extending to the rectangular socket in the back, painted in red and black with feather markings and other details on a cream ground, wood stand. Provenance: Yin Chuan Tang Ltd., Hong... [Lire la suite]

Lot 249. A large green-glazed red pottery figure of a horse, Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25-220); 33 in. (83.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 25,000 - USD 35,000. Price realised USD 24,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2007 The head and neck made separately from the hollow body, the head modelled as if the horse were neighing, with mouth open below the flared upper lip and with ears pricked, the powerful, arched neck set atop the opening in the body which stands on four knife-pared legs, covered with a dark... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2. A green-glazed 'Immortal island' jar and cover, Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25-220). Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 (€4,200 - 7,000). Sold for £ 3,750 (€ 4,263). Photo Bonhams. The cylindrical body moulded with a frieze of animals in a continuous mountainous landscape, the domed cover shaped as mountain peaks with further animals, supported on three bear feet, all beneath a dark green glaze falling short of the base and interior of the cover. 28cm (11in) high (2). Note: Compare a similar jar... [Lire la suite]