Liao-Jin dynasty (907-1234)

Lot 405. An amber-glazed cup, Liao dynasty (907-1125); d. 8.1 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot sold: 32,760 HKD (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD). © 2022 Sotheby's. Provenance: Kunryudo Co. Ltd, Tokyo, by repute.Kochukyo Co. Ltd, Tokyo.Mayuyama & Co., Tokyo. Lot 418. A moulded green-glazed pottery dish, Liao dynasty (907-1125); d. 14.7 cm. Lot sold: 32,760 HKD (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD). © 2022 Sotheby's. Property from an... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1036. A group of eleven amber ornaments, Liao-Jin dynasty (907-1234); the largest 6.5 cm. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD. Lot sold: 44,100 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Property from the collection of Cheng Huan. Provenance: Susan Chen, Hong Kong. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Including Property from the Collection of Cheng Huan, Hong Kong, 18 December 2020

Lot 3166. A white jade goose-form container, Liao-Jin dynasty (907-1234); 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) long. Estimate 150,000 - HKD 200,000. Price realised HKD 187,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.   The pebble is carved in the form of a goose with its feet tucked underneath, its long slender neck bent backward to form a loop for suspension, its plumage rendered by incised lines. The even white stone has sporadic pale russet 'skin' and natural fissures. Christie's. Important... [Lire la suite]

Lot 231. An exceedingly rare bronze figure of a dragon, Liao-Jin dynasty (907-1234). Height 3 3/4  in., 9.5 cm. Estimate USD 50,000 — 70,000. Courtesy Sotheby's. marvelously cast seated on three powerful legs, its right forepaw raised and holding a 'flaming pearl' in its claw, its ferocious head detailed with a pair of long curled horns above large protruding eyes and a long upturned snout exposing sharp fangs and a curled tongue, the scaly body sinuously curved with long... [Lire la suite]

Unknown Delights from the Tianminlou CollectionRegina Krahl  The Tianminlou collection, assembled by Ko Shih Chao, better known as S.C. Ko (1911 – 1992), can be considered one of the most remarkable private assemblages of Chinese ceramics. It is most famous for porcelains from the Jingdezhen kilns of the Yuan (1279-1368), Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties and its name does first of all evoke blue-and-white porcelain – a section that is particularly strong and representative. A fine selection of its... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2858. A magnificent and extremely rare polychrome wood figure of Water Moon Guanyin, Liao-Jin dynasty (907-1234); 26 in. (66 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 15,000,000 - HKD 20,000,000. Price realised HKD 30,100,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018. The bodhisattva is shown seated in rajalilasana, the ‘posture of royal ease’, wearing a shawl draped over the shoulders and lopped over the arms, and a scarf tied around the torso, the dhoti tied above the waist... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3206. A rare marbled bowl, Liao-Jin dynasty (907-1234), 12.4 cm, 4 7/8  in. Estimate 300,000 — 500,000 HKD. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's. well potted from marbled clays of pale buff and dark brown tone forming an dense pattern of irregular whorls, the marbled ware with deep rounded sides supported on a gently countersunk base and rising to a broad straight rim applied with a creamy-white slip Provenance: Galaxie Company, Hong Kong, prior to 1990. Note: Compare a marbled bowl from the Lindberg... [Lire la suite]