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© 2022 Smithsonian Institution The largest bronze foundry complex from antiquity was excavated at Houma in northern China in the mid-twentieth century. At the two-acre site, archaeologists discovered evidence of extremely sophisticated manufacturing techniques. Fragments of reused clay models, master pattern blocks, and decorated clay molds indicate the adoption of ceramic pattern transfers to cast ornamented bronze objects. Using pattern blocks to increase the speed and volume of production without sacrificing quality was an... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1045. A copper-inlaid ritual bronze wine vessel and cover, Hu, Warring States period (475–221 BC); h. 22.5 cm. Estimate: 100,000 - 200,000 HKD. Lot sold: 151,200 HKD. (C) 2021 Sotheby's Provenance: Acquired in Tokyo, 2012. Lot 1062. A pair of archaic bronze ritual food vessels and covers, Gui, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770-221 BC); w. 26.5 cm. Estimate: 150,000 - 200,000 HKD. Lot sold: 189,000 HKD. (C)... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5024. An archaic bronze ritual food vessel and cover, dou, Warring States period; 31.8 cm, with two X-rays. Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 HKD. Lot sold: 100,800 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Acquired in Japan, 1990s, by repute. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Online, including a Private Hong Kong Collection, Hong Kong, 2 July 2021

Lot 1320. A fine and very rare blue and white archaistic stembowl and cover, dou, Qianlong six-character sealmark and of the period (1736-1795); 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) overall height. Estimate HKD 900,000 - HKD 1,200,000. Price Realized HKD 3,256,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2006.  Modelled after an archaic Warring States bronze vessel, dou, with a rounded body supported on a stem and tiered foot, applied with a pair of loop handles at the stepped shoulder, painted... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1807. A rare clair-de-lune-glazed stembowl and a cover, dou, Qianlong moulded sealmark and of the period (1736-1795); 10 in. (25.5 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 247,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008. The deep bowl supported on a cylindrical stem and splayed foot, moulded in imitation of archaic bronze with taotie masks with geometric patterns and lappets, the domed cover surmounted by an openwork rope-twist finial, all under an even sky-blue... [Lire la suite]

Lot 165. A blue-glazed ritual vessel and cover, dou, Daoguang incised seal marks and period (1821-1850). Height 23.4 cm, 9 1/5 in. Estimate: 18,000 - 22,000 GBP. Lot sold 23,750 GBP. Photo Sotheby's the U-shaped body supported on a tall waisted spreading foot, surmounted by a domed cover set with a rope-twist knob, moulded to the exterior with anarchistic bands in shallow relief, covered overall with a rich blue glaze, the interior of the cover and foot each with a raised... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3409. A Fine and Rare Blue and White ‘Floral’ Stem Cup, Dou, Xuande Period, 1426-1435. H 10.5cm. Estimate: 500,000-1,000,000 HKD (USD 63,727 - 127,453). Sold Price: 1,534,000 HKD (USD 195,513). © Poly Auction Hong Kong The cup has a body of globular form standing on a flared foot, finely painted in bright tones of blue with a central frieze of dianthus borne of a leafy undulating stem below a geometric band at the rim. The base of the cup and the flaring foot are decorated with bands of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1001. An important and very rare bronze ritual stem bowl, Dou, Western Zhou dynasty, 9th-8th century BC; 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high. Estimate $200,000 - USD 300,000. Price realised USD 401,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014 The heavily cast vessel has a shallow bowl with incurved rim and is cast in high relief around the upright exterior with eight whorl-decorated bosses flanked by scrolls and arranged in pairs in four panels above four large openings in the underside and at the top of the hollow pedestal foot,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 226. A yellow-glazed archaistic stem bowl and cover, dou, Guangxu six-character incised mark and of the period (1875-1908); 10 in. (25.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 20,000. Price realised USD 37,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014  The flared pedestal foot, rounded sides, and domed cover are molded with bands of archaistic designs in crisp relief and covered inside and out with an egg-yolk-yellow glaze. The mark is incised in a line inside the flared foot. Christie's. FINE CHINESE... [Lire la suite]

Lot 925. A turquoise-glazed archaistic stem bowl and cover, dou, Guangxu six-character incised mark and of the period (1875-1908); 10 in. (25.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 16,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014  The vessel and domed cover are molded with bands of archaistic motifs in crisp, shallow relief and covered with an opaque glaze of deep turquoise color on the exterior and inside the foot. The interior of the bowl and cover are covered with glaze of emerald-green... [Lire la suite]