06 avril 2023

Song dynasty ceramics sold at Bonhams, New York, March 20, 2023

Lot 138. A Longquan celadon 'Lotus' saucer dish, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 18.1cm high. Sold for US$31,875 (Estimate US$5,000 - 8,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 The oviform body with rounded shoulder and slightly tapering short cylindrical neck with four simple applied double lug coil handles, all under an attractive lightly-crackled glaze that has a slightly green tone and which continues over the lip to the interior, and that stops unevenly just above the short buff-white... [Lire la suite]

08 mars 2023

A large russet-mottled black-glazed vase, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)

Lot 853. A large russet-mottled black-glazed vase, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm.) high, cloth box. Estimate USD 20,000 – USD 30,000. Unsold. © Christie's 2023 The vase has an ovoid body that rises to a short, narrow neck with a wide flaring lip, and is covered overall with a lustrous brownish-black glaze speckled with russet mottling that ends above the foot. Provenance: Linyushanren Collection, Tokyo.J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4840. Literature: R.... [Lire la suite]
16 décembre 2019

A brown-glazed Jian teabowl , Song dynasty (960-1279)

Lot 101. A brown-glazed Jian teabowl , Song dynasty (960-1279); 41⁄2 in. (11.5 cm.) diam. Estimate: USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised: USD 5,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The deep, rounded conical sides are covered inside and out with a thick dark brown glaze, stopping in an irregular line and pooling above the foot, exposing the blackish-brown body, Japanese wood box. Property from The Linyushanren Collection. Christie's. The Art of China: Winter Edition, 28 November... [Lire la suite]
16 décembre 2019

A small iron-spotted Qingbai vase, Song-Yuan dynasty (AD 960-1368)

Lot 99. A small iron-spotted Qingbai vase, Song-Yuan dynasty (AD 960-1368); 41⁄2 in. (11.5 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price Realised: USD 4,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The small vase with bulbous body rising to a wide neck and lipped mouth is covered with a pale greyish-green glaze daubed with spots of iron brown, Japanese wood box. Property from The Linyushanren Collection. Christie's. The Art of China: Winter Edition, 28 November - 5 December 2019
16 décembre 2019

A rare Qingbai petal-lobed box and cover, Song-Yuan dynasty (AD 960-1368)

Lot 97. A rare Qingbai petal-lobed box and cover, Song-Yuan dynasty (AD 960-1368); 31⁄4 in. (8 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised: USD 5,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The box and cover are each molded with chrysanthemum petals on the sides, and are covered with a transparent glaze of pale bluish-white tone with the exception of the base, exposing the fine white ware, Japanese wood box. Provenance: Mayuyama, Tokyo. Property from The Linyushanren... [Lire la suite]
16 décembre 2019

A Cizhou cut-slip jar, Song dynasty (960-1279)

Lot 94. A Cizhou cut-slip jar, Song dynasty (960-1279); 31⁄4 in. (8.2 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised: USD 5,625. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The rounded body is decorated with rows of oblique striations cut through a dark brown slip to reveal the white slip beneath, while the low neck, foot ring and the base are covered with a creamy white slip, all under a clear glaze, and the interior is covered with a thin brown glaze, Japanese wood box. ... [Lire la suite]

26 septembre 2019

A large Cizhou white-glazed baluster vase, Northern Song dynasty (960-1126)

Lot 512. A large Cizhou white-glazed baluster vase, Northern Song dynasty (960-1126); 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 70,000. Price realised USD 100,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The vase has a tapering, ovoid body raised on a spreading foot and is surmounted by a trumpet neck beneath an outward-curved mouth rim. The exterior is covered with a white slip under a milky transparent crackled glaze suffused with patches of pale russet, which stops above the foot to reveal the pale... [Lire la suite]
20 septembre 2019

A small Longquan celadon mallet-shaped vase, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

Lot1046. A small Longquan celadon mallet-shaped vase, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 6 in. (15.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 50,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019. The vase is well potted with straight flaring sides rising to angular sloping shoulders, surmounted by a wide cylindrical neck below a dish-shaped mouth. It is covered with an even lustrous glaze of bluish-green tone with wide crackles, thinning at the rims and leaving the ring foot... [Lire la suite]
03 septembre 2019

A rare large Qingbai chrysanthemum-shaped box and cover, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty (1127-1368)

Lot 1039. A rare large Qingbai chrysanthemum-shaped box and cover, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty (1127-1368); 4 7/8 in. (12.23 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019. The box and cover are each molded with chrysanthemum petals on the sides, and are covered inside and out with a transparent glaze of pale bluish-white tone with the exception of the base, exposing the fine white ware; Japanese wood box. Property from the Linyushanren Collection. Christie's. Important Chinese... [Lire la suite]
11 mars 2019

A Longquan celadon tripod censer, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

Lot 1715. A Longquan celadon tripod censer, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 4 ¾ in. (12.2 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The compressed body has three narrow flanges formed by slip beginning at the shoulder and trailing down each of the three slightly splayed, conical legs, all below the cylindrical neck that rises to a flat, everted rim. The censer is covered overall with a crackled glaze of rich blue-green tone that thins on the flanges, Japanese... [Lire la suite]