Southern Song-Yuan Dynasty

Lot 40. An inscribed silver footed cup with squared handle and a documented silver dish, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th century; 10.3cm width of cup over handle; 16.5cm diam of dish (2). Sold for US$8,925. © Bonhams 2001-2023 The small cup with everted rim and a rolled lip on the exterior, the horizontal 'h'-shaped handle and flared high foot soldered on, a set of stamped maker's marks below the lip rim on either side of the handle, brushed in black ink one single character at the bottom of... [Lire la suite]

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]

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. Price Realised USD 25,200. © 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... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1092. A Longquan celadon vase, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 12th-14th century; 10 3⁄8 in. (26.4 cm.) high, Japanese wood box. Estimate USD 20,000 – USD 40,000. © Christie's 2022 The body is molded with peony blossoms borne on curling stems below a series of concentric rings encircling the trumpet-shaped neck. The vase is covered overall with a glaze of even blue-green tone. Provenance: Acquired in Japan, 1980s. Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 25... [Lire la suite]

Lot 59. Two Longquan celadon 'Twin fish' dishes, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 12th-14th century; 8 1⁄4 and 5 in. (21 and 12.5 cm.) diam. Price realised USD 7,500 (Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 4,000). © Christie's 2021 Provenance: The smaller dish: Warren E. Cox Collection, New York, according to label.One dish: Chadwick Shand Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 1986. Christie's. Art of China and Japan, New York, 1 Dec - 14 Dec 2021

Lot 853. A very rare small Ge censer, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 12th-14th century; 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) wide across handles. Estimate USD 100,000 - USD 150,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2021 The censer has a compressed globular body raised on a short foot and is flanked by a pair of stylized fish-form handles, covered overall in a thick greyish-cream glaze with a network of 'iron' crackle suffused with a tighter network of reddish-gold-tone crackle. Provenance: F. C. Harrison (1863-1938)... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2813. A rare large polychrome lacquer circular tray, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century; 12.½ in. (31.8 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 500,000. Price realised HKD 350,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. The tray is constructed with a countersunk base rising to slightly curved sides with two raised bands, the mouth mounted with a metal rim. The interior is applied with red lacquer, the sides with green lacquer, and the base with brown lacquer, Japanese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3256. Two Qingbai vessels, Southern Song-Yuan Dynasty, 12th-13th century; 4 7/8 and 3 ¾ in. (12.4 and 9.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price Realized USD 13,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 One is a dish with upright sides, the interior carved with a foliate sprig; the other is a bowl carved on the interior with a flowering branch. Each is covered with a delicate, pale greenish-blue glaze below the unglazed mouth rim.  Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 15... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2101. A rare small Qingbai phoenix-head ewer, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century; 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price Realized USD 8,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  The body is carved with eight vertical lobes that rise to a short ribbed neck surmounted by a phoenix head with incised eyes and feathers. Attached to the body is a strap handle and a short curved spout. The ewer is covered overall in a glaze of pale blue tone, wood... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1355. A molded Longquan celadon baluster vase, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 12th-13th century; 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm.) high. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 15,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.  With rounded midsection decorated in relief with lotus scroll above upright petals and beneath a bow-string band and leafy lotus sprays on the neck that flares slightly towards the reduced, metal-bound rim.  Provenance: Roland Moore, New York.Herbert D. Robbins,... [Lire la suite]