pou

Lot 34. An archaic bronze ritual vessel (Pou), Late Shang dynasty. Diameter 13 in., 33.1 cm. Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 USD. Lot sold: 252,000 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 the compressed globular form rising from a tall splayed foot to a short tapering neck surmounted by a wide flaring mouth, the central band crisply cast with three taotie patterns each centered by a narrow flange in low relief, below a band of confronting kuilong divided by three ram... [Lire la suite]

Lot 704. A bronze ritual wine vessel, pou, Late Shang Dynasty, 12th-11th century BC; 13 in. (33 cm.) wide. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. © Christie's 2021 The slightly compressed body is cast in shallow relief with a central band of taotie masks on a leiwen ground, centered by a low flange, below a narrow band of confronted kui dragons divided by three raised beast-head masks. The splayed foot has two pierced apertures above a band of addorsed birds and beast masks. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5028. An archaic bronze 'mythical beast' vessel, pou, Late Shang dynasty; d. 26 cm (d. of mouth 19 cm), with Japanese wood box and two X-rays. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD. Lot sold: 567,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, 2012. Note: Pou first appeared in the Shang bronze casting repertory at the end of the Erligang phase and disappeared before the beginning of the Western Zhou. The present piece is notable for its large size and swelling... [Lire la suite]

Lot 503. A bronze ritual wine vessel, pou, Late Shang Dynasty, 13th-12th century BC; 13 in. (33 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Price realised USD 237,500. © Christie's 2021  The bulbous body is flat cast around the sides with a wide frieze of three large taotie masks formed by pairs of dragons with large eyes, scroll-filled bodies and raised tails confronted on a narrow flange, each mask bordered by slender descending dragons, below a band of nine dragons... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1239. A rare and finely cast large ritual bronze wine vessel, pou, Shang dynasty, 11th century BC; 11 in. (27.9 cm.) high. Estimate USD 400,000 - USD 600,000. Price realised USD 1,022,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 Raised on a tall, slightly splayed foot crisply cast with addorsed dragons centered around short flanges and masks cast in low relief, the lower register of the body cast with three large taotie masks with bulging eyes beneath a plain, narrow band and a wider band of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1077. An inlaid archaistic bronze vessel, pou, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Diameter 10 3/8 in., 26.4 cm. Estimate: 6,000-8,000 USD. Sold Price: 16,250 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the sides rising conically from the broad foot and sweeping inward from the round shoulder to the waisted neck and galleried rim, the body cast with a modified-leiwen ground, each unit of the diaper centered with a boss inlaid with a colored stone, traces of inlaid triangular lappet bands at the shoulder and foot, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3020. A rare parcel-gilt bronze ‘shou’ jar, pou, Late Ming-early Qing period. Estimate HKD 700,000 - HKD 900,000. Price realised HKD 875,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The globular body is decorated in gilt and relief with one hundred and twenty-eight shou characters rendered in different forms of sealscript, all against a fish-roe punched ground, below an archaistic wavy border on the neck and a key-fret band on the galleried mouth rim. The shoulders are set with a pair of ring handles... [Lire la suite]

Chen Rong (active ca. 13th century) as catalogued in Shiqu Baoji, Six Dragons, (detail). Handscroll, ink on paper. Estimate: $1,200,000 - 1,800,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017. New York – On March 15, Christie’s will offer Important Chinese Art from the Fujita Museum, a selection of 31 Chinese works of art, including highly important Shang and Zhou dynasty ritual bronzes, classical paintings, Buddhist stone sculptures, celadons and scholar’s objects. All of the works were collected by Denzaburō... [Lire la suite]

Lot 638. Pot à Anse, pou, Période Han-Viet (ca. 111 BCE – 603 CE). Terre cuite. H. 22 cm. Estimation 360 - 450 €. Invendu. Photo courtesy Cornette de Saint Cyr Décor de zigzag.  CORNETTE DE SAINT CYR. MARDI 29 OCTOBRE À 14H30. HÔTEL SALOMON DE ROTHSCHILD - GRAND SALON - 11, RUE BERRYER - 75008 PARIS. EMAIL : INFO@CORNETTE-SAINTCYR.COM - TÉL. : +33 (0)1 47 27 11 24 - FAX : +33 (0)1 45 53 45 24

Lot 637. Pot à Anse, pou, Période Hán Việt (ca. 111 BCE – 603 CE). Terre cuite H. 22 cm. Estimation 360 - 450 €. Résultat 250 €. Photo courtesy Cornette de Saint Cyr Décor d'empreinte de vannerie.  CORNETTE DE SAINT CYR. MARDI 29 OCTOBRE À 14H30. HÔTEL SALOMON DE ROTHSCHILD - GRAND SALON - 11, RUE BERRYER - 75008 PARIS. EMAIL : INFO@CORNETTE-SAINTCYR.COM - TÉL. : +33 (0)1 47 27 11 24 - FAX : +33 (0)1 45 53 45 24