Southern Song Dynasty

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]

Lot 1980. A rare Guanyao brushwasher, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century; 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 400,000 - HKD 600,000. Price realised HKD 500,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010. Of shallow square form with four spur-marks to the glazed underside, covered overall in a thick greyish-green glaze suffused with dark stained crackles, wood stand, box. Note: Compare with a similar Song dynasty Ge-ware washer of round form from the Qing court collection... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1979. A very rare Guanyao mallow-form bowl, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century; 5 3/4 in. (14.6cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 5,000,000 - HKD 6,000,000. Price realised HKD 11,412,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010. The thinly potted body flaring widely from the narrow ring foot before rising to the very slightly everted rim cut with six notches, covered overall with a thick opaque glaze of greyish blue-green tone suffused with dark crackle ending neatly at the foot exposing the biscuit burnt... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1326. A rare small Guanyao shallow dish, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century; 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 35,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. Of shallow form with flared sides, covered all over in a thick glaze of greyish-blue tone suffused with a network of black crackle continuing onto the base, the foot left unglazed to expose the buff grey ware, Japanese wood box. Provenance: Private English collection.Bluett... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1495. A Qingbai pear-shaped vase, hu, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century; 7¼ in. (18.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 5,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The globular body is encircled by three raised ribs above the spreading stepped foot, and the shoulder is flanked by a pair of fixed-ring lion- mask handles below a herringbone band encircling the neck. The vase is covered in a characteristic semi-transparent glaze of pale blue tone continuing over... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1486. A pair of early celadon carved ovoid vases, Southern Song dynasty, 12th century; 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 12,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013  Of Lishui type, each tapering ovoid body is freely carved with a band of peony scroll bearing four blossoms set between petal bands below and on the shoulder below the cylindrical neck that rises to an out-turned rim. The vase is covered inside and out with a crackled, transparent olive-green... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1280. A rare Jizhou 'leaf' bowl, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century; 5 7/8 in. (15cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 23,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The bowl is of flared, conical form, and the interior bears the imprint of a large leaf fired to a yellowish-buff and pale brown color, in contrast to the matte glaze of dark brown color which covers the interior and exterior where it ends in a line above the foot to expose the off-white... [Lire la suite]