recumbent ram

Lot 133. A small bronze figure of a recumbent ram, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Width 2⅜ in., 6 cm. Lot sold: 63,000 USD (Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 USD). © Sothebys.  Provenance: Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum, coll. no. T.1.3.   Sotheby's. A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1, New York, 22 March 2022

Lot 133. A small bronze figure of a recumbent ram, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Width 2⅜ in., 6 cm. Diameter 7⅛ in., 18.2 cm. Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 USD. © Sothebys. Provenance: Collection of Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum, coll. no. T.1.3. Sotheby's. A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1, New York, 22 March 2022

Lot 920. A small gilt-bronze figure of a recumbent ram, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) long. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 6,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Shown with head turned towards its long, finely delineated tail. Provenance: Christie's New York, 30 November 1984, lot 520.The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago. Christie's. Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection Part II, New York, 24 September... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3776. A white jade recumbent ram, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 7.9 cm., 3 1/8  in. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 HKD. Lot sold 275,000 HKD  (31,613 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's worked in the round as a ram resting upon its tucked-in hindlegs and kneeling forelegs, its head depicted turned backwards with its beard touching its robust back, its beard and tail detailed with fine incisions, the stone of an even white... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3777. A white jade recumbent ram, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 8.3 cm., 3 1/4  in. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 HKD. Lot sold 600,000 HKD  (68,974 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's worked in the form of a recumbent ram with the legs tucked under his body, his eyes downcast and mouth closed, the long ridged horns carved in openwork and extending along each side of the torso, its hair subtly picked out along the furled ears, curvaceous spine and pendant tail,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 127. A rare 'Yue' figure of a recumbent ram, Western Jin dynasty, 3rd century AD. Length 16.3 cm, 6⅜ in. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 GBP. Lot sold 40,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. the large and well-modelled animal with its front and rear legs folded beneath the body, with a curvaceous spine and robust rump, its head raised and with a pierced aperture on top, detailed with a pair of bulging eyes and curled striated horns encircling large ears, a striated bead below the slightly open mouth, all... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3130. A group of three jade carvings of recumbent rams, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or earlier; The largest, 2 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 350,000 - HKD 500,000. Price realised HKD 437,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 Each of the rams is carved with its legs tucked beneath its body and its head looking forward. The first stone is of a yellow and dark brown tone; the second stone is of a white tone with some darker streaky inclusions; the third stone is of an even pale celadon... [Lire la suite]

John Christopherson (1921 - 1996) is known for his later career as an artist, which only began in 1950, when he met Jacob Epstein and started to visit West End Galleries in London. In 1959 he resigned from the Civil Service and became a full-time painter, known for small townscapes, exhibiting at the Leicester Galleries, the Marjorie Parr Gallery, Agnews and England & Co. His last exhibition was a retrospective held in 1995 at the Woodlands Art Gallery in Blackheath. Christopherson was an avid letter writer, corresponding with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2208. A celadon glazed recumbent ram, Eastern Jin dynasty, 4th century. Sold for US$ 1,500 (€1,376). Photo Bonhams. Its body incised with wing-like forms above the four legs turned under, its head incised with the characterwang and a circular hole made in front of the curving horns, the translucent olive green glaze unevenly applied and displaying some opalescent bluish-white patches, the unglazed base burnt dark cinnamon brown (glaze degraded). 8 1/4in (21cm) long Notes: For a similar opalescent bluish... [Lire la suite]

A rare cloisonné enamel model of a recumbent ram and rider. Qianlong incised four-character mark in a line and of the period (1736-95). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 Finely modelled recumbent on a rectangular plinth with long curling horns, its body neatly covered in spiralling scrolls emulating fur, carrying on its back a seated figure dressed in ornate robes, 7½ in. (19 cm.) wide. Est. £15,000 - £25,000 Price Realized £361,250 Provenance: Acquired from Spink & Sons Ltd., London, September 1966. Literature:... [Lire la suite]