Ewer and Cover

Lot 918. Property from a Princely Collection. A small circular gold 'tortoise' box and cover, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907); 2.9 cm diam.; weight 16.3 g. Estimate USD 12,000 – USD 18,000. Price realised USD 27,720. © Christie's Image Ltd 2023 Provenance: Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK41.Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver; Sotheby's London, 14 May 2008, lot 80. Literature: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 34. An olive-green-glazed vase, Northern Qi-Sui Dynasty (550-618); 17.3cm high. Sold for £21,675 (Estimate £2,000 - 3,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 Of elegant pear shape rising from a short tapered foot to a tapered neck terminating with a bulbous mouth, with four double-bow strings across the body, covered overall in a light-green glaze turning to amber-brown.  The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test number TL test C206g43 (8 January 2007) is consistent with the dating of this lot. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3196. A celadon bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279); 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm.) diam. Lot sold: 69,300 HKD (Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD). © Christie's 2022 Lot 3198. A small Lonquan celadon 'bubble' bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279); 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm.) diam., box. Lot sold: 107,100 HKD (Estimate: 80,000 - HKD 120,000 HKD). © Christie's 2022   Lot 3201. A Jizhou 'leaf' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm.)... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1038. A superb and very rare carved white ware ewer and cover, Liao dynasty (AD 916-1125); 9 in. (22.5 cm.) high, hardwood stand and cloth box. Estimate USD 100,000 – USD 150,000. Price realised USD 441,000. © Christie's 2022 The ewer is carved on the body with overlapping petals below a band of peony sprays encircling the shoulder, which is set with an everted knife-cut spout opposite the strap handle. The ewer and cover are covered overall with a transparent glaze.  ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 24. A blue and white ewer and cover, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 31.5 cm, 12⅜ in. Lot sold: 10,710 EUR (Estimate: 1,000 - 1,500 EUR). © Sotheby's.  the hexagonal body supported on a high spreading foot painted with a band of 'Fo' dogs amidst auspicious symbols and flowers, the tall waisted neck similarly painted with cranes flying amidst ruyi clouds, applied at the shoulder with a tall loop handle and a long curved spout linked to the neck with a strut, the handle and strut... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 3618. A rare pair of Ming-style blue and white ewers and covers, Seal marks and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); overall 29.5 cm. Estimate: 3,000,000 - 5,000,000 HKD. Lot sold: 3,780,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the broad curving body painted with a foliate band of composite blooms between a ruyi border and a band of foam-crested waves, the vase angling to broad shoulders similarly painted with the sequence of crested waves, floral,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 361. A Qingbai moulded ewer and cover, Song dynasty (960-1279); overall 8.2 cm, 3¼ in. Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD. Lot sold 75,600 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Collection of Peter and Nancy Thompson. Exhibited: From the Tang to the Qing: Chinese Ceramics from circa 618-1850 A.D. from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Thompson, Hull University, Hull, 1996, cat. no. 33. Splendor of the Past: The Spirit and Form of Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 345. A moulded Qingbai lobed ewer and cover, Song dynasty (960-1127); w. 13 cm, 5 1/4  in. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 HKD. Lot sold 13,750 HKD (1,567 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. of lobed melon form, set with a short spout opposite a curved handle with a loop, the shoulder moulded with a lobed band of stylised foliate scrolls reserved against a punched ground, surmounted by a domed cover, covered overall in a transparent bluish glaze. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 05 Jun... [Lire la suite]

Lot 17. A pair of famille verte ewers and covers, Kangxi period, circa 1720; 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high, each. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 1,875. © Christie’s Image Ltd 2020 Richly enameled on each side with flowering prunus branches. Christie’s. Chinese Export Art Featuring the Tibor Collection, Part II, New York, 23 January 2020

Lot 1327. A pair of rare small blue and white ewers and covers, 18th-19th century; 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 25,000. Price realised USD 255,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 Each ewer is delicately potted with a globular body raised on a spreading foot with a pie-crust border, and is finely painted around the sides with a wide band of vertical foliate scrolls bordered by double lines and interrupted on one side by a long curving spout emerging from the mouth of a mythical... [Lire la suite]