Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279)

Lot 850. A pair of 'Jizhou' resist-decorated 'prunus' bottle vases, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century; Each: 8 in. (20.3 cm.) high, cloth box. Estimate USD 25,000 – USD 35,000. © Christie's 2023 Each pear-shaped vase is covered in a dark brown glaze and is decorated with two prunus sprigs in wax-resist technique with painted details and branches carved through the glaze. Provenance: J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4620a-b. Note: For a similar vase of slightly more squat... [Lire la suite]

Lot 849. A Jian 'hare's fur' tea bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm.) diam., cloth box. Estimate USD 15,000 – USD 20,000. © Christie's 2023 The conical bowl is covered overall with a thick, lustrous black glaze finely streaked with silvery-brown 'hare's fur' markings, which thins to a matte russet-brown at the rim and pools in a line above the foot. Provenance: J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4850. Note: For a similar Jian tea bowl from the Havemeyer Collection,... [Lire la suite]

Brush Rest, China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Glazed stoneware, Guan ware. Diameter: 2.8 x 7.6 cm; Overall: 6 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1957.42. There are twelve "hills" on this mountain-shaped brush rest. In China, access to political power was granted to those who passed the civil service examinations, a system that offered official service only at a high level of education. Chinese literati-officials, whose daily routine involved administrative work in an office, enjoyed precious... [Lire la suite]

One Hundred Children at Play, tradition of Su Hanchen (Chinese, active c. 1101–1125), tradition of Wang Juzhen (Chinese), China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album leaf; ink and color on silk. Image: 28.7 x 31.2 cm; with mat: 33.3 x 40.5 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1961.261.

Standing Guanyin, China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Wood with traces of gesso, polychromy and gilding, 162.9 x 55.9 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1980.80.

Lot 112. A Jizhou 'tortoise-shell'-glazed vase, meiping, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279); 21cm (8 1/4in) high. (2). Sold for HKD 885,000 (Est: HKD 900,000 - HKD 1,200,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 The slender ovoid body rising from a recessed base with a slanting footring, surmounted by a short neck and everted lipped rim, applied to the exterior and base with a chocolate-brown glaze suffused with buff and sandy-brown splashes in imitation of tortoiseshell, the interior and footring left... [Lire la suite]

Lot 108. An archaistic bronze ritual wine vessel, fangyi, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279); 12cm (4 3/4in) high. (2). Sold for HKD 355,800 (Est: HKD 100,000 - HKD 150,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Of well cast slightly tapering rectangular form, the decoration divided into three sections, each filled with repeating squares encircling hui dragons, vertically separated by narrow, notched flanges at the corners, and supported on a hollow foot with arched apertures at the centre of... [Lire la suite]

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]

Lot 327. A 'Jizhou' 'papercut' 'phoenix' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 6⅜ in., 16.1 cm. Lot sold: 9,450 USD (Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). Christie's New York, 13th September 2018, lot 1153. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 21 september 2022

Lot 326. A Qingbai molded 'fish' dish, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 4⅝ in., 12 cm. Lot sold: 7,560 USD (Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: China House of Arts, New York, circa 1980 Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 21 september 2022