Five dynasties period

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 1071. A carved Yue celadon box and cover, Five Dynasties period, 10th century; 4 7⁄8 in. (12.3 cm.) diam, cloth box. Price realised USD 17,640 (Estimate USD 10,000 – USD 15,000). © Christie's 2022 The shallow domed cover is carved in relief with a scrolling peony spray. The box and cover are covered overall with a pale olive-green glaze. Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, 1988. Note: Intended to contain precious substances and objects, Yue ware covered boxes of this type were... [Lire la suite]

Lot 539. A rare small Yueyao celadon box and cover, Five Dynasties period, 10th century; 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 5,625. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008. Of almost spherical fruit form, the cover crisply carved with inverted overlapping petals below a slightly depressed roundel applied in the center with a pinched stem, both sections covered inside and out with a lustrous greyish-green glaze that continues onto the countersunk base which retains four marks from the... [Lire la suite]

An early Yaozhou celadon bowl. China, Five Dynasties period or early Northern Song dynasty, 10th century. Glazed ceramic. © Priestley & Ferraro A Yueyao mandarin duck-pattern box and cover, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), 11th-12th century. Diameter: 13.2cm, 5 ¼ in. © Priestley & Ferraro A Jianyao “hare’s-fur” teabowl. Early Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), 12th-13th century. Diameter: 11.2 cm, 4 3/8 inches. © Priestley & Ferraro A Cizhou pillow with tiger, Song dynasty... [Lire la suite]

Ewer with a Lion-shaped Spout, 10th-11th century, China, Shaanxi province, Tongshuan, Huangbaozhen, Five Dynasties period (907-960) or Northern Song dynasty (960-1126), green-glazed porcelaneous stoneware with modeled, carved and incised decoration, Yaozhou ware, Overall: h. 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1948.220 © The Cleveland Museum of Art. Incense Burner Top in the Shape of a Lion, 1100s, China, Shaanxi province, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), green-glazed porcelaneous stoneware,... [Lire la suite]

Ding Ware Square Bowl, Five Dynasties Period, 907 – 960 A.D. © Zetterquist Galleries Width: 10.8cm A deep square porcelaineous stoneware bowl with foliate form rim and molded floral decorations around the cavetto, conforming to the petals. The inside bottom has a central coin shaped medallion with molded plum blossom pattern. The entire piece, except for its flat unglazed base, is covered with an idyllic early Ding ware glaze that pools to a taupe color. One minute and two small rim chip restorations. Although this... [Lire la suite]

Foliate White Ware Bowl, Five Dynasties Period, 907 – 960 A.D. © Zetterquist Galleries Diameter: 17.2cm A northern white ware porcelaineous stoneware shallow bowl with its rim carved in a foliate design of five lobes divided into two petals each, and covered with a translucent glaze. (Some minute rim chips.) The outside has ivory colored glaze pooling and sits on a straight, neatly cut unglazed footrim more typical of Ding than Xing wares. From a private American collection. A similar example from the Carl Kempe... [Lire la suite]

Greenware circular box and lid with flower decoration, Yue kiln-sites, 10th century, Five Dynasties Period (AD 907 - 960); stoneware, with incised decoration under a green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim; with lid 4.5 cm (height), without lid 2.7 cm (height), 10.6 cm (diameter). Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956., EA1956.231 © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. Greenware circular box and lid with flower decoration, Yue kiln-sites, 10th... [Lire la suite]

Lot 218. A small 'Xing' ewer, Five dynasties period. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP (3,831 - 6,386 EUR). Photo Sotheby's rising from a short foot to an angled shoulder and waisted neck, set to one side with a strap handle and the other a short cylindrical spout, covered overall with a creamy-white glaze. 13 cm, 5 1/8 in.  Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London.Collection of Carl Kempe.Sotheby's London, 14th May 2008, lot 230. Exhibited: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe... [Lire la suite]

A very rare yueyao celadon box with cover, Five Dynasties (AD907-960). Estimate HKD150,000 - 200,000 (TWD607,000 - 810,000) (USD19,300 - 25,800). Photo courtesy Ravenel. The cover of this box, which fits snugly onto the bottom part, is very slightly arched. Below the edge of the cover's flat top a protruding decorative line runs all around. Box and lid have a smooth surface without any decorative designs. At the rims and the bottom of the foot the yellow-brown ceramic body is visible, but the rest of the object is covered... [Lire la suite]