Southern Song Dynasty

Celadon vase with phoenix handles, Southern Song dynasty, 12th century, Longquan ware,  w12.8 x h28.8 cm. The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka ; Gift of Sumitomo Group (The Ataka Collection). Important Cultural Property of Japan. Photo Kazuyoshi Miyoshi  

Tea bowl, Tenmoku glaze with silvery spots, Southern Song dynasty, 12th century, Jian ware, w12.2 x h7.5 cm. The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka ; Gift of Sumitomo Group (The Ataka Collection). Important Cultural Property of Japan. Photo Kazuyoshi Miyoshi

Tea bowl, Tenmoku glaze with leaf design, Southern Song dynasty, 12th century, Jizhou ware, w14.7 x h5.3 cm. The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka ; Gift of Sumitomo Group (The Ataka Collection). Important Cultural Property of Japan. Photo Kazuyoshi Miyoshi

Lot 486. A rare 'qingbai' pillow in the form of a reclining female figure, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century; 21,2 cm. Sold: €9,000 (Est: €10,000 - €15,000). © Nagel The figure modelled in full relief, reposed on a flat rectangular platform from which sprouts a pedestal, carved with lotus petals, which supports a large, flat and rounded pillow section, which is carved with a singular lotus blossom. The figure is dressed in a long and flowing overgarment, her head supported on her left hand. The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3088. A Jizhou Spot-Decorated Bowl, Southern Song Dynasty, 1127-1279. D 8.2cm. Estimate HKD 150,000 - 200,000 (USD 19,231 - 25,641). Sold Price: HKD 372,000 (USD 47,692). Copyright 2021 © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited Provenance : 1. Eskenazi Ltd., London, no. C39422. The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, no. EK313. Poly Auctions. Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 21 April 2021  

Lot 3104. A Jizhou Iron-Spot Decorated Vase, Meiping, Southern Song Dynasty, 1127-1279. H 17.2cm. Estimate HKD 150,000 - 250,000 (USD 19,231 - 32,051). Sold Price: HKD 1,200,000 (USD 153,846). Copyright 2021 © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited Provenance : Sotheby's London, 13 July 2005, lot 1392. The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, no. SO387. Poly Auctions. Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 21 April 2021

Lot 5072. A Longquan celadon cup, Southern Song Dynasty or later; 6.8 cm, 2 5/8  in. Estimate 50,000 - 70,000 HKD. Sold for 200,000 HKD (23,664 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. potted with deep rounded sides rising from a recessed base, covered overall save for the base with a smooth sage-green glaze. Provenance: An Asian private collection.Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1st/2nd June 2017, lot 558.  Sotheby's. EYE/EAST, Hong Kong, 22 May 2020

Lot 3266. A large black lacquer mallow-form dish, Southern Song dynasty, 13th century; 5 ¾ in. (14.7 cm.) diam. Estimate $12,000 – $18,000. Price Realized $6,875. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The thin dish has shallow sides that are molded in the shape of seven overlapping mallow petals that flare from the broad center to the petal-lobed rim, and is covered all over in black lacquer, Japanese wood box. Note: Lacquer dishes of this mallow shape with seven petals were made in both black and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1353. A 'Kinuta' Longquan celadon 'Twin fish' dish, Southern Song dynasty, (1127-1279); 8 7/8 in. (22.4 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Price realised USD 16,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.  The interior relief-decorated in the center with two fish, and the exterior carved with a band of petals below the everted rim, covered overall with a lustrous glaze of sea-green color thinning on the raised areas, box.  Provenance: The Late Chingwah Lee Collection;... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1309. A Jizhou ‘Tortoiseshell-Glazed’ Bowl, Southern Song Dynasty, 12th-13th Century; 6¼ in. (16 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Price realised USD 8,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.  With conical sides rounding up towards the rim, covered inside and out with a rich dark brown glaze liberally splashed in translucent golden glaze in imitation of mottled tortoiseshell, the glaze ending short of the knife-pared foot to expose the... [Lire la suite]