Yangdetang Collection

Lot 3604. A small Longquan celadon washer, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 14.3 cm. Lot sold 302,400 HKD (Estimate : 240,000 - 300,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: Yangdetang Collection. Christie's Hong Kong, 30th May 2018, lot 3096. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art including Jades from the De An Tang Collection and Gardens of Pleasure – Erotic Art from the Bertholet Collection, Hong Kong, 29 April 2022

Lot 1033. A rare Qingbai tixi-style carved meiping, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 10 1⁄2 in. (26.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box. Estimate USD 100,000 – USD 150,000. Price realised USD 214,200. © Christie's 2022 The tall, high-shouldered, tapering body is carved with a broad band of scrolling tendrils between double line borders, all under a crackled glaze of pale aquamarine tone that continues over the short neck and molded rim and ends just above the foot to expose the fine ware. ... [Lire la suite]

Following two highly successful sales of archaic jades from the Chang Wei-Hwa collection, Christie’s is honored to present part III: The Chang Wei-Hwa Collection of Archaic Jades: The Spring and Autumn & Warring States Periods. This dedicated standalone live auction will be held on 3 December 2021 and it is comprised of 77 lots with dating spanning across the Spring & Autumn and Warring States Periods. The sale has been carefully curated and is arranged by types of carvings, aesthetics and academic importance. Marco... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2712. A celadon jade ‘cloud-scroll’ ornament, Hongshan Culture, circa 3500 BC; 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm.) long. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 500,000. Price realised HKD 1,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019  The jade is carved and pierced as a continuous cloud-scroll composed of three inter-connected modular units with subsidiary arched and toothed segments protruding from various joins and corners, with a small pierced aperture to the top. The stone is covered by white alteration, box. Provenance:... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3062. A rare and large purple-splashed Jun bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 1,600,000 - HKD 2,800,000. Price realised HKD 1,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. The bowl is well potted with deep, rounded and straight sides rising from a low rising from a low, spreading foot to a slightly inverted rim, and is covered with milky blue and purple splashes suffused with copper green spots. The thick glaze on the exterior stops short of the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2706. A large jade carving of a ‘pig-dragon’, Hongshan culture, circa 4000-3000 BC; 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 3,000,000 - HKD 5,000,000 (USD 385,335 - USD 642,224). Price realised HKD 6,125,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019  The jade is carved as a coiled stylised mythical animal with incised circular eyes below pricked ears, and pierced with a circular aperture to the centre between a slit and a smaller aperture for suspension. The stone is of a green tone with extensive... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3124. A russet-painted blackishbrown-glazed jar with rope-twist handle, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 80,000 - HKD 150,000. Price realised HKD 187,500. Price realised HKD 75,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016. The high-shouldered tapering body is painted in matte russet brown with two long-tailed birds with spread wings swooping down from the shoulder in contrast to the lustrous blackish glaze which also covers the interior where it... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2984. A pair of Longquan celadon weiqi boxes and covers, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 3 7/8 in. (9.7 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 180,000 - HKD 260,000. Price realised HKD 400,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018. Each is potted with deep straight sides, carved on the exterior with overlapping lotus petals and the bowl is covered inside and out below the unglazed rim with a pale bluish-green glaze. The cover is similarly carved and glazed. Property from the Yangdetang Collection. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2916. A rare Yaozhou carved 'egrets and peony' truncated meiping, Northern Song dynasty (960 – 1127); 5 7/8 in. (14.6 cm) wide. Estimate HKD 500,000 - HKD 700,000. Price realised HKD 2,125,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018. The broad, high-shouldered body is carved with two egrets on opposite sides, against a background of dense peony scroll, above a band of petal lappets, and below a scalloped border, covered inside and out under an olive-green glaze, with the exception of the base,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2985. A carved white-glazed ‘Phoenix-head’ ewer, Northern Song dynasty (960-1279); 7 3/4 in. (19.8 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 280,000 - HKD 350,000. Price realised HKD 350,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The ewer is potted with a globular body which rises to a tapering ribbed neck surmounted by a phoenix head. It is covered in a greenish-white glaze and has a strap handle opposite the short, curved spout; box. Provenance: Property of the Yangdetang Collection. Note: The earliest ceramic... [Lire la suite]