Tang dynasty

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]

An fine and exceptionally large court lady, Tang dynasty 618-907 AD. Photo courtesy Berwald Oriental Art ASIAN ART IN LONDON. 31st October -- 9th November 2013. Berwald Oriental Art. John Berwald. Phone +44 (0)20 7434 0424 - Mobile +44 (0)797 3822 724 - Email john@berwald-oriental.com - Website www.berwald-oriental.com

A sancai-glazed jar, Tang dynasty. Photo courtesy Sotheby's. elegantly potted, the tapering ovoid body with an incurved rim, incised with three line borders around the shoulder, covered with green, ochre and cream splashes falling unevenly midway down the body to reveal the buff-coloured body, Japanese wood box. Quantité: 2; 29.2cm., 11 1/2 in. Estimation 10,000 — 15,000 GBP  Provenance: A Japanese Private Collection. Litterature: Mizuno Seiichi, Tôji Taikei: Tô... [Lire la suite]

A cream-glazed phoenix-head ewer, Tang dynasty. Photo courtesy Sotheby's. the pear-shaped body supported on a spreading foot, rising to a waisted neck surmounted by a phoenix head and an oval rim, set with a loop handle to one side, the front and back face moulded in relief with shaped cartouches variously enclosing an equestrian archer and a phoenix standing atop a lotus bloom encircled by stylised floral sprays, covered overall with a cream-coloured glaze running short of the foot, wood stand and Japanese box. Quantité:... [Lire la suite]

Ming Yungle Gilt-Bronze Figure of a Seated Shakyamuni Buddha. Photo: Sotheby's.  HONG KONG.- The five sales of Sotheby’s Hong Kong Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art concluded on 8 October with a combined total of HK$1.26 billion / US$161.5 million (total estimate: HK$750 million / US$96 million*). Multiple records were set, including the top lot, A Massive Gilt-Bronze Figure of a Seated Shakyamuni Buddha which sold for HK$236.44 million / US$30.3 million (Expected to fetch in excess of HK$50 million / US$6.4 million) to... [Lire la suite]

Terracotta mask, China, Tang Dynasty (618-907). Photo courtesy Vanderven Oriental Art. Height 36 - Width 41 - TL-test by Oxford Authentication. Price on request A Chinese terracotta mask with the face of a threatening beast. The mask is made up of Lionesque features such as manes, large bulging eyes and a big nose above sharp teeth. On top of the head are stylized horns. These kind of masks were probably placed on tomb doors to ward off evil spirits. A knocker would probably have been held by the teeth.  ... [Lire la suite]

Ancient: This undated picture released by the Shaanxi provincial cultural relics bureau shows a stone marker carved with an epitaph inside the newly discovered tomb of Shangguan Wan'er. © AFP/Getty Images BEIJING (AFP).- Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a 7th-century female politician who was one of the most powerful women in China's ancient history, local media said on Thursday. Shangguan Wan'er -- who lived from 664 to 710 in the Tang dynasty -- was a trusted aide to China's first empress Wu Zetian and is... [Lire la suite]