alms bowl

Lot 314. A marbled clay bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); d. 13.9 cm. Lot Sold 114,300 HKD (Estimate 60,000 - 80,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2023 Lot 315. A marbled clay bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); d. 13.1 cm. Lot Sold 444,500 HKD (Estimate 40,000 - 60,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2023 Lot 316. A marbled clay shallow bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); d. 11.5 cm. Lot Sold 203,200 HKD (Estimate 60,000 -... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A burnished black pottery alms bowl, patra, Tang dynasty (618-907); 9 1/2in (24.1cm) diam. Sold for US$11,475 (Estimate US$1,000 - 1,500). © Bonhams 2001-2023 The spherical bowl thinly potted with inverted rim, covered inside and out in a thin layer of black burnished coating with 'wheel's marks' still visible, areas of chipped coating revealed the burnt-orange pottery body. Published: Chinese Ceramics in Black and White, J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2010, no. 7. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 251. A Qingbai alms bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279). Width 9.2 cm, 3⅝ in. Lot sold: £27,720 (Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000). © 2022 Sotheby's. Sotheby's. Monochrome, London, 2 November 2022

Lot 1096. A bronze reliquary box and a large gilt-bronze alms bowl, Ming dynasty; d. 23.5 and h. 12.1 cm. Estimate: 30,000 - 40,000 HKD. Lot Sold: 44,100 HKD. (C) 2021 Sotheby's Sotheby's. Chinese Art Online, including Song Ceramics from the Kai-Yin Lo Collection, Hong Kong, 26 August 2021

Kai-Yin Lo with her collection on view at Denver Art Museum, 1998. Kai-Yin Lo’s White Wares When in 1998 Kai-Yin Lo mounted an exhibition of her Chinese white wares entitled Bright as Silver, White as Snow at the Denver Art Museum, it was meant to be more than a showcase of a collector’s treasures. It was meant to celebrate something unique to China’s potters: the ability to create vessels of a pristine white out of earth. In the exhibition catalogue I started my essay by saying “The wish to create a ceramic ware... [Lire la suite]

Lot 253. A Yaozhou celadon alms bowl, Jin Dynasty (1115-1234); 11.5 cm. (4 1/2 in.) wide. Price estimate: HKD: 50,000 - 70,000 (USD: 6,500 - 9,000). Auction Result: HKD: 103,840. © 2020 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Provenance: An important Taiwanese private collection. China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: Part I, 2020 Autumn Auctions

L0t 844. A rare and large mottled dark green jade alms bowl, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 9 ½ in. (24.1 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Price realised USD 237,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019. The deep vessel with thick sides and rounded base is well-carved in high relief on the exterior with seven Buddhas seated in dhyanasana. The stone is of mottled dark green, black and pale-green color.The deep vessel with thick sides and rounded base is well-carved in high relief on the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 68. A blue and white alms bowl, Guangxu six-character mark and of the period (1875-1908); 20.5cm (8 1/8in) diam. Sold for £ 3,500 (€ 3,923). © Bonhams. Brightly painted on the exterior with two writhing five-clawed dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl amid cloud scrolls, above foaming waves at the foot and a band of ruyi head at the lipped rim.  Provenance: an English private collection Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART. London, New Bond Street, 15 May 2014

Arcadian BeautyRegina Krahl In the Song dynasty (960-1279), probably more than in any other period of China’s history, culture and education were considered the most important prerequisites of the elite and valued higher than office and rank. Advancement in society was certainly desired and sought, but at the same time spurned, and the state’s most outspoken critics were often celebrated as sages. Even if the post of a high official in the service of the Emperor was considered the ultimate achievement, a modest and humble existence... [Lire la suite]

© Christie's Images Ltd 2017 Lot 19. Two models of tea grinders, Five Dynasties (907-960). Estimate HKD 22,000 - HKD 30,000 (USD 2,830 - USD 3,859). Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 One green-glazed pottery, the other white-glazed stoneware. The larger, 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) long, box. Property from the Mengdiexuan Collection. Lot 20. A Yue box and cover, Tang dynasty (618-907); 3 5/8 in. (9.1 cm.) diam., box. Estimate HKD 60,000 - HKD 80,000 (USD 7,718 - USD... [Lire la suite]