Tang dynasty

A bronze 'Sea Beasts and Grapes' mirror, Tang Dynasty. Photo Sotheby's cast in relief with a crouching sea beast knob encircled with grape vines and six further sea beasts, the outer field with birds and beasts among similar vine scrolls, below a band of floral designs around the rim, the silvery-gray patina with green and brown encrustation. Diameter 5 in., 12.6 cm. Estimation 10,000 — 15,000 USD Provenance: Old Japanese collection, circa 1980, by repute. Exposition: Uragami Sokyu-do, Co., Ltd., Bronze Mirrors from Sui to Tang... [Lire la suite]

A bronze 'Sea Beasts and Grapes' mirror, Tang Dynasty. Photo Sotheby's the central knob cast as a crouching beast, surrounded by a further six beasts and grape vines, the outer field with sixteen birds in flight among further vine scrolls, the bright silver patina with green encrustation. Diameter 5 in., 12.6 cm. Estimation 10,000 — 15,000 USD Provenance: Old Japanese collection, circa 1980, by repute. Sotheby's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART. 18 MARS 2014 - 19 MARS 2014. NEW YORK - www.sothebys.com

A bronze 'Sea Beasts and Grapes' mirror, Tang Dynasty. Photo Sotheby's cast in high relief with a crouching sea beast knob encircled with grape vines and four further sea beasts, the outer field with twelve birds amidst similar vine scrolls, below a band of floral designs, the silvery-gray patina with green encrustation. Diameter 4 5/8 in., 11.7 cm. Estimation 8,000 — 12,000 USD Provenance: Old Japanese collection, circa 1980, by repute Sotheby's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART. 18 MARS 2014 - 19 MARS 2014. NEW YORK -... [Lire la suite]

Lokapala, Tang Dynasty, 618-906, Sancai glazed pottery, 35 ½ x 15 x 7, Gift of Fred and Jane Brooks, Bruce Museum Collection, 2013.15.01 GREENWICH, CONN.- The Bruce Museum of Greenwich Connecticut announced the gift of six Tang Dynasty ceramics from the collection of Fred and Jane Brooks of Greenwich. This generous gift and the promise of additional donations from the collection establish the Bruce as an important center for the collecting and study of Chinese antiquities.  Highlights of the gift include a dramatically... [Lire la suite]

Gilt-Silver Wine-Drinking Game Set. “The Analects Jade Candle” with inscribed “drinking strips.” China, Tang Dynasty, 8th century. Photo courtesy Kaikodo LLC Height: 10 inches (25.4 cm). Kaikodo LLC. 'The Immortal Past'. 74 East 79th Street, Suite 14B, New York 10075. T (212) 585 0121 - asianart@kaikodo.com - www.kaikodo.com. Asia Week New York. A Celebration of Asian Art. MARCH 14–22, 2014

Gilt Bronze Figure of the Bodhisattva Guanyin. China, Tang Dynasty, 8th century. Photo courtesy J. J. Lally & Co Height: 10 inches (25.5 cm). J. J. Lally & Co. 'Chinese Archaic Bronzes: The Collection of Daniel Shapiro and Ancient Chinese Sculpture: Recent Acquisitions'. 41 East 57th Street, 14th Floor, New York 10022. T (212) 371 3380 - staff@jjlally.com - www.jjlally.com. Asia Week New York. A Celebration of Asian Art. MARCH 14–22, 2014

A straw glazed pottery jar and cover,Tang Dynasty. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams. The jar potted with a flared rim to the short neck and a body of compressed ovoid form tapering inward above the flat base with a chamfered edge, the pale straw glaze covering the interior and most of the exterior walls, leaving the buff clay fabric visible along the base, the glaze also applied to the exterior of conforming cover with recessed circular knob and projecting rim and the underside left unglazed. 5 7/8in (15cm) high.... [Lire la suite]

An archaic bronze 'lion and grapes' mirror, Tang dynasty. Photo courtesy Bonhams The centralised knop fashioned in the form of a recumbent beast, encircled by further five Buddhist lions amidst dense fruiting grape vines in two tiers separated by raised edges. 10.9cm diam. Estimate HK$ 50,000 - 80,000 (€4,800 - 7,700) The design of sea creatures amidst grapevines is a popular motif during the Tang dynasty. For a comparable example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see Bronze articles for Daily Use. The Complete... [Lire la suite]

An inscribed early bronze mirror, Tang dynasty. Photo courtesy Bonhams Cast with one side flat and the other side with two concentric raised borders, the flattened circular ornament decorated with five mythical beasts running around grapevines encircling the rounded knop, the outer frieze with a series of kaishu inscription within geometric borders. 12.7cm diam. Estimate HK$ 40,000 - 60,000 (€3,800 - 5,800) Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Hong Kong. 24 Nov 2013 

A bronze dagger axe, and two bronze mirror. Photo courtesy Bonhams The dagger axe Shang dynasty, the mirrors Tang dynasty.  Comprising: a dagger axe with beak-shaped blade ending in an angled na decorated with raised bosses; a floral mirror cast with four riders; and a floral mirror cast with fruiting vines. The dagger axe 27.4cm long. (3). Estimate HK$ 20,000 - 40,000 (€1,900 - 3,800) Provenance 來源:Acquired by the father of the current owner, whilst serving at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Beijing... [Lire la suite]