brown lacquer

Lot 5021. A brown lacquer cup stand, Song-Yuan dynasty (960-1368); 17.4 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot sold: 189,000 HKD (Estimate: 150,000 - 200,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2021 Note: See several related cup stands with metal-mounted rims included in the exhibition The Colors and Forms of Song and Yuan China: Featuring Lacquerwares, Ceramics, and Metalwares, Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Tokyo, 2004: no. 144, in the Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Tokyo, no. 145, in the Fujita Art Museum,... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 201. A Large Painted and incised brown lacquer octagonal box and cover, Late 18th century; 13 ½in (34.3cm) across. Estimate US$ 1,200 - US$ 1,800. Sold for US$ 1,224. © Bonhams 2001-2021 incised and painted with a large roundel of leafy peony heads within a ruyi-head surround itself bordered at the octagonal edges with composite floral sprays of magnolia, chrysanthemum, prunus, and begonia, the vertical sides of the cover with various fruit and flower panels above a... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 562. A carved cinnabar lacquer box and cover, 16th century; 12.6cm (5in) wide. Estimate: 3,000 GBP - 5,000 GBP. Sold for £ 2,805 (€ 3,272). © Bonhams 2001-2021 The rectangular top carved with a scholar flanked by a deer, standing on a lake shore with his boy attendant offering an official's cap, the shore dotted with luxuriant plants and rocks, the ground and water finely picked out with variations of cell-pattern grounds, the sides of the box and cover with leafy branches of cherry blossoms on... [Lire la suite]

Lot 106. A brown lacquer cup stand, Song dynasty (960-1279); 16.3 cm, 6 ⅜ in. Estimate: 500,000 - 700,000 HKD. Lot sold 756,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. fine-walled, the cylindrical flaring foot supporting a broad circular tray upturning at the rim, the globular stand affixed atop the tray and opening at the interior forming a hollow column from the rim to the foot, evenly coated overall with a glossy layer of brown lacquer, the rims mounted with metal, Japanese wood box. Property from the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2024. A rare set of five brown lacquer prunus-shaped dishes, Song dynasty (960-1279); 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm. ) diam. Estimate HKD 400,000 - HKD 600,000. Price realised HKD 1,040,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010 Each with shallow sides flaring from the edge of the slightly recessed flat base to the metal-bound mouth rim and gently indented to form five lobes, covered overall in brown lacquer. Provenance: A Japenese private collection. Note: See a similar lacquer dish found... [Lire la suite]

Lot 107. A hardstone-inlaid brown lacquer plaque, Qing dynasty, 19th century; 153.6 by 104 by 46cm., 60 1/2  by 41 by 18 1/8 in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 43,750 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. of ruyi shape raised on four scrolled legs, the top inlaid with stained ivory, mother-of-pearl, soapstone, turquoise, lapis lazuli, agate, malachite, jade and tortoiseshell, depicting deer and cranes among a riverside landscape with distant pavilions and trees, all... [Lire la suite]

Lot 51. A tieli wood and brown lacquer corner leg table (tiaozhuo), Qing dynasty, 18th century. Height 33 5/8  in., 85.4 cm; Width 54 in., 137.2 cm; Depth 18 3/4  in., 47.6 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 6,250 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. a rectangular brown lacquer panel set within a hardwood molded-edge frame, above a recessed and lacquered waist, the straight beaded apron supported on four square section beaded legs terminating in hoof feet, the underside with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1470. A rare brown lacquer petal-lobed box and cover, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century; 6¼ in. (16 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 18,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013. The cover has a flat top surrounded by thirteen rounded lobes that curve downwards to the upright sides, and the box is of similar shape and raised a thin foot of corresponding outline. The exterior is covered in reddish-brown lacquer, and the interior with an olive-brown lacquer, Japanese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 674. A rare carved brown lacquer quatrefoil tray, late Yuan-early Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century; 8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 120,000 - HKD 150,000. Price realised HKD 203,150. © Christie's Image Ltd 2002  Finely carved around the cavetto through the brown lacquer to the cinnabar-red ground, with four peonies borne on a leafy meander, the central undecorated medallion corresponding in shape to the lobed rim, the gently rounded sides on the exterior with a further floral scroll,... [Lire la suite]

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]