Liao Dynasty (907-1125)

Lot 821. A rare parcel-gilt silver repoussé 'makara' ewer, Liao dynasty (907-1125); h. 18.8 cm. Lot sold: 214,200 HKD (Estimate: 80,000 - 100,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2021 Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 31st May 2017, lot 3144 (offered). Lot 822. A rare parcel-gilt silver repoussé cup and cup stand, Liao dynasty (907-1125); cup: d. 6.9 cm, cup stand: d. 14.5 cm. Lot sold: 107,100 HKD (Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2021 Provenance: Christie's... [Lire la suite]

Lot 307. A blue-splashed jarlet, Tang dynasty (618-907); 9 cm, wood stand. Lot sold: 75,600 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang. Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd, London (label).   1Lot 308. A sancai appliqué-decorated 'flowers' tripod censer, Tang dynasty (618-907); w. 20.1 cm, h. 17.3 cm. Lot sold: 56,700 HKD (Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's Property from the... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 20. A green-glazed pottery 'double-gourd' ewer, Liao dynasty (907-1125). Height 10 in., 25.5 cm. Estimate: 5,000 - 7,000 USD. Lot sold: 6,930 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 recumbent with the legs tucked beneath, the voluminous body incised with wings and the outlines of the shoulders and hips, the head lifted with large round eyes and mouth closed in a subtle smile above a pointed goatee, the crown of the head with a central aperture flanked by a pair of ridged horns curling to... [Lire la suite]

Lot 187. A rare white-glazed flask, Liao dynasty (907-1125). Height 10¼ in., 26 cm. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD. Lot sold: 25,200 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 the walls tapering from the circular base to meet in a horizontal seam at the top accented with a bracket-lobed flange flanking the tubular lipped spout, the flange incised around its borders and pierced with a circular aperture, the narrow sides of the flask modeled with thin vertical bands... [Lire la suite]

Lot 487. An amber-glazed incised 'phoenix' vase, Liao dynasty (907-1125); 37cm (14 1/2in) high. Est: £800 - £1,200. Sold for £ 9,562 (€ 11,180). © Bonhams Finely potted with a lobed rim, the cupped mouth surmounting the phoenix head above a ribbed neck, the body of baluster form incised with floral sprays below two string bands and stylised feathers on the shoulders, the glaze of dark-honey tone. Note: For a similar amber-glazed phoenix-head vase, Liao dynasty, see R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3125. A pair of green-glazed pottery flasks, Liao dynasty (907-1125). The larger: 9 ¾ in. (25 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 30,000 - HKD 50,000. Price Realised HKD 137,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021. Christie's. Pavilion Online – Chinese Art, 27 May-11 June 2021

Lot 3114. A set of four small sancai-glazed stacking quatrelobed dishes, Liao dynasty (907-1125); 5 ¼ in. (13.5 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 30,000 - HKD 50,000. Price Realised HKD 106,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021. Provenance: Japanese private collection, 1990s (by repute). Christie's. Pavilion Online – Chinese Art, 27 May-11 June 2021

Lot 3113. A sancai-glazed floral vase, Liao dynasty (907-1125); 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high., Japanese wood box. Estimate HKD 15,000 - HKD 30,000. Price Realised HKD 22,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021. Provenance: Japanese private collection, 1990s (by repute). Christie's. Pavilion Online – Chinese Art, 27 May-11 June 2021

Lot 3101. A Liao dynasty (907-1125) bronze mirror and a parcel-gilt bronze mythical beast-form mirror stand, Yuan-Ming Dynasty (1279-1644). Estimate HKD 40,000 - HKD 60,000. Price Realised HKD 81,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021. The mirror is inscribed with QianqiuThe stand: 12 in. (30.5 cm.) long.The mirror: 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) wide. Provenance: Mirror stand: Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 6 October 2015, lot 185. Lot 3102.  A  bronze ‘five mountain’... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2. A pair of gold phoenix hairpins, fengchai, Liao Dynasty; 13.3cm (5 1/4in) long. Sold for HK$ 31,875 (€ 3,368). © Bonhams Each bird with uplifted wings and long tail plumage, standing on a flower-head platform issuing from a curving stem splitting into two prongs through a rolled leaf with indented detail. Note: Some decorative designs on gold jewellery during the Song and Yuan dynasties were inspired by known paintings or embroidery work; see related discussion by Z.S.Yang, Shehuazhise: Song Yuan Ming jinyinqi yanjiu (The... [Lire la suite]