sancai-glazed

Lot 655. A sancai-glazed figure of a horse, Tang dynasty (618-907). Height 13 in., 33 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. well modeled standing four square on a rectangular base, the head turned slightly leftward detailed with large eyes, flared nostrils, and pricked ears, the body covered in a rich amber glaze, the saddle unglazed with traces of red and green pigments. Provenance: C.T. Loo, New York, 1940s-50s.Collection of Marjorie (1917-2014) and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 412. A large sancai-glazed and painted pottery figure of a Ferghana horse, Tang dynasty (618-907); 24 1/8 in. (61.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 100,000 - USD 150,000. Price realised USD 104,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008   Naturalistically modeled standing foursquare on a rectangular plinth, the head turned slightly to the left and ears pricked, the hogged mane covered with an amber glaze, the trappings molded with florets and hung with large medallions with floriform heads, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 704. A sancai-glazed figure of a woman holding a goose, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907); 12½ in. (31.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 81,250. © Christie’s Image Ltd 2014 The woman is seated on a rock stool while holding a goose-form wine vessel in her arms. She wears a tunic worn over the right shoulder, while the left sleeve is tucked under the belt in back, and is splash-and-resist-glazed in green, amber and cream. The head and chest are unglazed. The round... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1309. Two small sancai-glazed pottery vessels, Tang dynasty (618-907); 5 7/16 and 4 in. (13.9 and 10.2 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 5,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 One a small shallow dish, impressed in the center with a flower head in amber, green and cream glaze reserved on a green glaze that continues over the rim to partially cover the flat base; the other a small bowl with deep rounded sides, molded on the exterior with a pattern of four-petaled flowers... [Lire la suite]

Lot 439. A sancai-glazed waterpot and cover, Tang dynasty (618-907); 7.7 cm, 3 in. Estimate £2,000 - £3,000. Sold: £10,625. © Sotheby's the globular body with slightly concave base, irregularly splashed in green, ochre and cream glazes, the slightly domed cover surmounted by a lotus bud finial and similarly glazed.  Provenance: Bluett and Sons, London, 1936. Collection of Captain A. Napier. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Chinese Art, London, 10 November 2017

Lot 77. A small sancai-glazed standing horse, Tang dynasty (618-907); 19 1/8 in. (48.5 cm.) high, fitted Japanese wood box. Estimate HKD 100,000 - HKD 150,000 (USD 12,803 - USD 19,204). © Christie's Images Ltd 2018. Provenance: A Japanese private collector, acquired from Mayuyama prior to 1990. Christie's. The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 4 October 2018

Lot 1404. Two sancai-glazed Daoist figures, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Heights 19 in., 48.3 cm. Estimate: 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Sold Price: 10,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. each modeled wearing long robes with ringed pendant sashes, stylized official's headdress, and upturned ruyi-toed shoes, one with yellow-glazed skin bearing a stern expression, the left hand holding the belt, the other with a calm expression with hands clasped to hold a tablet (now lost), seated on tiered... [Lire la suite]

Lot 79. A pair of large sancai-glazed dragon roof tiles, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 117 cm, 46 in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Lot Sold 32,500 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018. each composed in four sections, modelled in the form of an animated scaly four-claw dragon, the body modelled in high relief supporting a figure on its back, covered in a thick yellow, green and straw coloured glaze. Provenance: Christie's New York, 20th September 2001, lot 323. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 16 may... [Lire la suite]

Tang dynasty's ceramics from a private English collection at Christie's London, 15 May 2018 © Christie's Images Ltd 2018. Lot 31. A sancai-glazed blue-splashed pottery jar, Tang dynasty (618-907); 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000 (USD 6,975 - USD 11,160). Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018. The jar is decorated to the exterior with a thin cream-coloured glaze splashed with blue and green streaks starting from the rim and falling down towards the foot to expose the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 965. A sancai-glazed pottery jar, China, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907); 10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 21,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The wide ovoid body liberally splashed with bright amber, cream and green glazes that covers the short neck and continue over the out-turned rim, all on a white slip that falls irregularly towards the flat base exposing the pale pinkish-buff body. Provenance: Yamanaka & Co., Bar Harbor, 1929. Mrs. Abby Aldrich... [Lire la suite]