07 avril 2023

Longquan celadon ware sold at Christie's, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 23 march 2023

Lot 884. A Longquan celadon Guan-type vase, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high, cloth box. Price realised USD 478,800 (Estimate: USD 40,000 – USD 60,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023. The compressed pear-shaped body is raised on a wide ring foot and has a tall cylindrical neck that rises to a lipped rim. The vase is covered overall with a greenish-blue glaze suffused with a golden-brown crackle. Provenance: J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4541. Note: A Longquan celadon... [Lire la suite]

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]
13 janvier 2023

A longquan celadon cupstand, Ming dynasty

Lot 448. A longquan celadon cupstand, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); d. 17.2 cm. Lot sold: 40,320 GBP (Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's. Note: Compare a similar example from the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, exhibited in Green: Longquan Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2009, cat. no. 112. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 2 November 2022
10 janvier 2023

A Longquan celadon gu-shaped vase, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

Lot 445. A Longquan celadon gu-shaped vase, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368); h. 22.6 cm. Lot sold: 478,800 HKD (Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD). © 2022 Sotheby's. Note: See a similar vase in the collection of Zhejiang Museum, illustrated in Zhu Boqian, ed., Celadon from Longquan Kilns, Taipei, 1998, pl. 150, and online at https://www.zhejiangmuseum.com/Collection/ExcellentCollection/1722zonghepingtaiexhibit/1722zonghepingtaiexhibit. A Longquan celadon gu-shaped... [Lire la suite]
05 décembre 2022

Song Dynasty Longquan Celadon Ware sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 30 November 2022

Lot 15. A Longquan celadon pear shaped vase, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279); 13.2cm (5 1/4in) high. (2). Sold for HKD 784,200 (Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 With a pear-shaped body supporting a very broad neck and lipped rim, all supported on a straight foot of narrow cross-section, covered inside and out with a fine glaze of even grey-green colour and smooth surface suffused with wide colourless crackles, the footrim unglazed, box. Provenance: Sotheby's... [Lire la suite]
02 décembre 2022

A moulded Longquan celadon 'peacock' garden stool, 14th - early 15th century

Lot 141. A moulded Longquan celadon 'peacock' garden stool, 14th - early 15th century; h. 37 cm. Lot sold: 2,268,000 HKD (Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 in the form of a well-proportioned drum, sturdily potted, the top carved in relief with a large flower head, encircled by a continuous floral scroll, the bulging sides decorated with three peacocks in different poses - one standing proudly, another flying with grace, and a third combing its feathers - surrounded... [Lire la suite]

25 août 2022

A Longquan Celadon Openwork ‘Felicity and Longevity’ Vase With Handles, Yuan Dynasty, 1271-1368

Lot 3594. A Longquan Celadon Openwork ‘Felicity and Longevity’ Vase With Handles, Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). H 23.5cm. Sold for HKD 288,000 (Estimate HKD 180,000 - 250,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022 A jade vase in the form of a spring overlay, with a rounded body and flared footrim, and a begonia-shaped, flared mouth, the neck with two animal-headed, ringed lugs. The two sides of the vase are chased with flower-shaped openings in the centre, each decorated with the... [Lire la suite]
30 mai 2022

Song - Yuan dynasty Ceramics sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 25 May 2022

Lot 319. Two small qingbai ewers, Song - Yuan dynasty (960-1368); 17 and 11 cm. Lot sold: 23,940 HKD (Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1990s.   Lot 319. A Yaozhou moon-white glazed 'fish' stem cup and a small Longquan celadon double-gourd vase, Song - Yuan dynasty (960-1368); Cup: w. 7.6 cm, h. 5.8 cm, Gourd vase: h. 8 cm. Lot sold: 35,280 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 50,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 ... [Lire la suite]
28 mai 2022

Song dynasty Ceramics sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25 May 2022

    Lot 313. A Cizhou white-glazed incense burner, Song dynasty (960-1279); h. 9.9 cm, w. 11 cm, silver cover, wood stand, Japanese wood box. Lot sold: 25,200 HKD (Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Lot 315. A Henan 'oil spot' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 11.3 cm. Lot sold: 94,500 HKD (Estimate 60,000 - 80,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Lot 316. A Jian 'hare's fur' bowl, Song... [Lire la suite]
18 mai 2022

A small Longquan celadon washer, Southern Song dynasty

Lot 3604. A small Longquan celadon washer, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 14.3 cm. Lot sold 302,400 HKD (Estimate : 240,000 - 300,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: Yangdetang Collection. Christie's Hong Kong, 30th May 2018, lot 3096. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art including Jades from the De An Tang Collection and Gardens of Pleasure – Erotic Art from the Bertholet Collection, Hong Kong, 29 April 2022