iron-brown-decorated

  Lot 327. A rare iron-brown-decorated Qingbai 'floral' vase, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Height 6⅞ in., 17.5 cm. Lot sold: 25,200 USD (Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 30th May 1990, lot 91. Note: Although it is not uncommon to find qingbai vases modeled with an integral stand, the form of this particular piece is very rare. The present iron-painted 'stand' appears to simulate wood, illustrating how such vases may have been displayed.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 108. An iron-brown-decorated teadust-glazed vase, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Height 7 ¾ in., 19.7 cm. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot sold: 6,048 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the slightly compressed globular body rising from a recessed base to a short neck set with a flange below the lipped rim, freely painted around the shoulder in iron-oxide with two abstract designs of flower sprays, reserved on a speckled teadust-brown glaze save for the foot ring to... [Lire la suite]

A Qingbai iron-brown-decorated drum-form tripod censer, China, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Estimate USD 1,500 - 2,500. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 Raised on three butterfly-shaped supports, the exterior and rim covered with a pale grey-blue glaze, and the two rows of applied 'nail head' bosses highlighted in iron-brown; 5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) diameter at rim Property from the Private Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Christie's. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH VOLUME VII: CHINESE WORKS OF... [Lire la suite]