Sui-Early Tang Dynasty

  Lot 297. A white-glazed jar, Sui-early Tang dynasty. Height 4¾ in., 12 cm. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD. © Sothebys. Provenance: Asian Private Collection. Sotheby's London, 9th November 2018, lot 265. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 23 March 2022  

Lot 752. A silvery bronze circular mirror, Sui-Early Tang dynasty 6th-7th century; 9 1⁄2 in. (24.2 cm.) diam., cloth box. Estimate USD 7,000 – USD 10,000. Price realised USD 113,400. © Christie's 2022 The knob is cast within a square border surrounded by the Guardians of the Four Directions and the rim is decorated with the twelve animals of the zodiac.  Provenance: Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 19 October 1992. Note: A similar mirror was sold at Christie's New York, 14... [Lire la suite]

Lot 350. A transparent-glazed whiteware deep bowl, Sui-early Tang dynasty (589-907); 12.5 cm. Lot sold: 37,800 HKD (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

Lot 2048. A small gilt-bronze guardian figure, Sui-Early Tang dynasty, 6th-7th century; 3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price Realized USD 18,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  The guardian is shown standing triumphantly on the shoulders of a seated demon as he brandishes a spear in his raised left hand, and rests his right hand on his hip. He wears a sash-tied tunic that is partially tucked in leaving his chest and right arm bare, and a helmet with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 703. A small straw-glazed white stoneware ewer, Sui-early Tang dynasty, 6th-7th century; 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 20,000. © Christie’s Image Ltd 2014 The ovoid body is carved beneath the tapering spout with a narrow chevron band terminating in a foliate applique. A similar applique is at the base of the curved handle which has a band of beads in the center and is applied at the top with a human head looking over the shaped mouth rim. The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1306. A painted straw-glazed torso of a guardian, Sui-Early Tang dynasty, 7th century; 13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 13,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 Finely and crisply modeled, the face detailed in black with beard, mustache, eyes and scowling brows, his hands positioned and hollowed to hold weapons, wearing breast and back plates bound with cords and buckled straps, with animal mask epaulets at the shoulders, wearing a close-fitting leather helmet with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 250. A painted pottery figure of a soldier, Sui-early Tang dynasty, 6th-7th century; 20 in. (50.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 10,800. © Christie's Images Ltd 2007 Standing on a narrow platform, his right arm raised and both hands pierced and held in a fist, wearing a tiger skin hood with erect ears and intent gaze, the fangs framing his animated face, also wearing layered armor with epaulets at the shoulders, extensive pigment remaining, Japanese wood box. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2901. A rare silvery bronze kundika and cover, Sui-Early Tang dynasty, 7th century; 9 ½ in. (24.2 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 400,000 - HKD 600,000. Price realised HKD 875,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018. The plain ovoid body raised on a flared shallow foot ring and surmounted by a tall, slender, slightly waisted neck rising to an everted mouth rim, the shoulder applied with an elephant head with raised trunk and open mouth masking a small aperture in the body, the cover cast in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 10. A Rare Large High-Fired Early White Ware Cup, Sui-early Tang dynasty, 6th-7th century, Falk Collection no. 38; 4 7/8in. (12.9cm.) diam. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 7,638 © Christie's Images Ltd 2001 The deep thinly potted sides flaring slightly towards the rim, covered inside and out with a finely crackled transparent glaze stopping short of the splayed solid foot with beveled edge to expose the fine white ware Provenance: C.T. Loo, New York, December... [Lire la suite]

Lot 102. A glazed white stoneware cup, Sui-Early Tang Dynasty, 7th century; Diameter 3 3/8  in., 8.6 cm. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Lot sold 16,250. Photo Sotheby's thinly potted of deep U-shape, supported on a low flaring solid foot, covered overall in a transparent glaze suffused with crackles, pooling to shades of green to the interior and around the foot, stopping neatly above the foot to reveal the white body. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016, 10:30 AM