Tang dynasty

Photo Bonhams. HONG KONG - Music has played many vital roles throughout Chinese history, be it ritual, spiritual, social of for leisure. Bonhams is delighted to present Hong Kong’s first-ever fine Chinese works of art thematic auction dedicated to music. The sale of Eternal Resonance: Music in Chinese Art, to be held on 1 December 2020, surveys a vast range of music-themed works spanning from the Bronze age to the present time. Discover our highlights from the auction, from an archaic bronze drum and ritual bells to bamboo... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A very rare grey limestone head of Buddha Shakyamuni, Tang Dynasty, Longmen Caves, 7th century AD; 38cm (15in) high. Estimate £ 80,000 - 120,000. Sold for £ 300,062 (€ 331,744). Courtesy Bonams. The smoothly carved face with meditative expression, the heavily lidded eyes down-cast beneath elegantly arched brows, the straight nose above gently curving lips, the hair carved as wavy curls, all between long pendulous ears, the stone of dark-grey tone, wood plinth stand.  Provenance: a French... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1510. A rare small dark grey stone Daoist stele, Tang dynasty, dated by inscription to AD 719; 7¾ inches (19.7 cm) high. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 47,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The front is carved with a central figure of the deified sage Laozi shown seated behind a u-shaped arm rest, flanked by acolytes standing on lotus-pod supports rising from the same stalk which also supports Laozi. The figures are carved in relief within an arched recess above a flat... [Lire la suite]

Mongol horse, China, North Wei Dynasty, 386-534 AD. Grey terracotta under polychrome pigments. 29.5 x 34 cm. © Eric Pouillot. The animal's neck is adorned with a bell. The saddle, which rests on a rug, is removable. It is represented doing the 'Spanish walk'. A similar model is preserved in the Meiyintang collection and illustrated in Regina Krahl, 'Trésors de la collection Meiyintang, Céramique chinoise ancienne', 2009, fig. 116. Eunuch presenting a bird, China, Tang dynasty, 618-907 AD.Salmon terracotta with important... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1372. A painted pottery standing figure of a court lady, Tang dynasty, 7th - early 8th century. Height 14 1/2  in., 36.8 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 USD. Lot Sold 37,500 USD. © Sotheby's. Provenance: Collection of Miss Claudette Colbert, Los Angeles.Galaxie Art & Gift Co. (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 13th October 1987.Collection of Florence and Herbert Irving, no. 781. Exhibited: The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty: A Loan Exhibition Organized by the Los Angeles... [Lire la suite]

Lot 502. An unusual bronze square mirror, Tang dynasty, 8th-9th century; 5 7/8 in. (14.8 cm.) square. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 9,000. Price realised USD 6,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008.   One side cast with two confronted lions wildly leaping on either side of the central knop on a ground of tiny bosses within a raised outer border, the reverse plain, the silvery surface with areas of satiny black patina and green encrustation. Provenance: Acquired at auction,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3087. A ‘Xingyao’ White-Glazed Waterpot, Tang Dynasty, 7th-10th Century. D 2.8cm H 4.4cm. Estimate HKD 30,000 - 60,000 (USD 3,821 - 7,642). Lot sold HKD 59,000 (USD 7,515). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited. Poly Auction Hong Kong. Imperial Curiosity – Art of Interior Decoration, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, 2 april 2019

Lot 3101. A ‘Xingyao’ ‘Ying’ White-Glazed Jar, Tang Dynasty, 7th-10th Century. H 15cm. Estimate HKD 60,000 - 100,000 (USD 7,642 - 12,737). Lot sold HKD 70,800 (USD 9,018). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited. Poly Auction Hong Kong. Imperial Curiosity – Art of Interior Decoration, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, 2 april 2019

Lot 3039. A Sancai Phoenix-Head Ewer, Tang Dynasty, 7th-10th Century. H 32cm. Estimate HKD 1,800,000 - 2,500,000 (USD 229,266 - 318,425). Lot sold HKD 2,124,000 (USD 270,534). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited The pear-shaped body is moulded on one side with an equestrian archer turned backwards on his galloping horse as he takes aim with his bow, and on the reverse with a triumphant phoenix, both surrounded by ornate flowers issuing from the oval surround, the neck surmounted by a phoenix head... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3034. A Rare Limestone Head of Avalokiteshvara, Tang Dynasty, 7th-10th Century: H 39cm. Estimate HKD 900,000 - 1,200,000 (USD 114,633 - 152,844). Lot sold HKD 1,062,000 (USD 135,267). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited. Provenance: 1. Yamanaka & Co., Tokyo, 19322. A Private Japanese Collection, and thence by descent3. Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 April 2015, lot.2930. Exhibited: Sekai Kobijutsu Dai Tenrankai [Expo of World antiques], Yamanaka & Co. and Tokyo Bijutsu Club, Nihon Bijutsu... [Lire la suite]