14 octobre 2023

A rare carved cinnabar 'tixi' lacquer square dish, Southern Song dynasty

Lot 2515. Property from a Japanese private collection. A rare carved cinnabar 'tixi' lacquer square dish, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 19.1 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 1,651,000 HKD (Estimate 300,000 - 400,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2023 Exhibited: Sou Gen no Bi: Denrai no Shikki wo Chushin ni [The Colors and Forms of Song and Yuan China: Featuring Lacquerwares, Ceramics and Metalwares], Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Tokyo, 2004, cat. no. 108.in Chinese Lacquer,... [Lire la suite]

26 janvier 2022

A rare large carved cinnabar lacquer square dish, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

Lot 77. A rare large carved cinnabar lacquer square dish, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 39.5cm., 15 1/2 in. Sold 180,000 GBP (Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 GBP). © Sotheby's.  the rounded sides with indented corners, decorated to the interior with a pair of opposing phoenix in flight, both with spread wings and finely incised feathers, hovering in front of large stems of lotus issuing from rocks, bearing ten blooms, carved in relief through the bright brick-red lacquer... [Lire la suite]
27 janvier 2021

A sancai-glazed square dish, Liao Dynasty (907-1125 AD)

Lot 256. A sancai-glazed square dish, Liao Dynasty (907-1125 AD); 4.3/4 in. (12.1 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 1,000 - GBP 2,000. Price Realised GBP 1,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2018 The dish is moulded to the interior with a stylized chrysanthemum blossom and leafy tendrils in amber and green tones on a cream ground. The rim is decorated with further flowers and tendrils. The amber glaze covers the sides of the exterior and falls short of the base to reveal the reddish-buff coloured body. Provenance: Private English... [Lire la suite]
20 mars 2020

A black lacquer square dish, Song-Yuan dynasty (960-1368)

Lot 3554. A black lacquer square dish, Song-Yuan dynasty (960-1368); 7 in. (17.5 cm.) square. Estimate HKD 240,000 - HKD 260,000. Price Realized HKD 275,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013  The dish is formed with four everted sides with rounded corners rising from a flat square base, and covered in a lustrous brownish-black lacquer, Japanese wood box.  Note: Compare to a very similar black lacquer square dish in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the... [Lire la suite]
06 novembre 2019

A Dingyao square dish, Liao-Northern Song Dynasty (1115-1126)

Lot 66.  A Dingyao square dish, Liao-Northern Song Dynasty (1115-1126); 12.1cm (4 3/4in) wide. Estimate £ 30,000 - 40,000 (€ 35,000 - 46,000). Sold for £ 37,562 (€ 43,859). Photo Bonhams. The four sides tapering to a roliate rim, moulded in relief in the interior with four intertwined leaves beneath individually-fluted petals, covered overall with a rich creamy white glaze ecept for the base, revealing the high-fired biscuit body. Provenance: The Honorable Mr. Justice Robert Tang Kwok-ching,... [Lire la suite]
10 mars 2019

A mother-of-pearl-inlaid black lacquer square dish, Late Yuan-Early Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century

Lot 1644. A mother-of-pearl-inlaid black lacquer square dish, Late Yuan-Early Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century; 7 in. (17.8 cm.) square. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The dish has chamfered corners and is finely inlaid with mother-of-pearl in the recessed center with a scene of two horses behind a willow tree and rocky outcrop walking toward two attendants. The cavetto is decorated with continuous lotus scroll, and the reverse is lacquered black, silk pouch, Japanese lacquered... [Lire la suite]

26 novembre 2018

An inscribed moulded white-glazed square dish, Song dynasty (960-1279)

Lot 390. An inscribed moulded white-glazed square dish, Song dynasty (960-1279); 9.6 cm, 3 3/4  in. Estimate 100,000-150,000   HKD. Lot sold 200,000 HKD (22,476 EUR). © Sotheby's.  decorated on the interior with two butterflies, the everted sides with raised ridges, covered overall save for the flat base in an ivory-tinged glaze, the base incised with a guan (official) mark. Note: Although square dishes of such form are known in various moulded designs,... [Lire la suite]
03 juin 2018

An important and very rare pair of ‘Guan’-inscribed Ding square dishes, Five Dynasties-Early Northern Song dynasty, 10th century

Lot 2925. An important and very rare pair of ‘Guan’-inscribed Ding square dishes, Five Dynasties-Early Northern Song dynasty, 10th century;  3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm.) square. Estimate HKD 8,000,000 - HKD 12,000,000. Price realised HKD 9,460,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018. The flared sides that rise from the flat base to the foliate rim are decorated to the interior cavetto with a raised line of slip separating each petal above the quatrefoil motifs in the bottom of the... [Lire la suite]
11 mai 2018

A group of four famille verte biscuit square dishes, China, Kangxi period (1662-1722)

Lot 979. A group of four famille verte biscuit square dishes, China, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) square, the largest. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 32,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.  The larger decorated on the interior with water plants and with a four-character mark on the base, the smaller three with flowering plants on a yellow ground. Provenance: Larger: C.T. Loo & Co., New York, 9 March 1949.John D. Rockefeller, Jr., New York,... [Lire la suite]
19 août 2017

Square Dish, Ming dynasty, Jiajing period (1522-1566)

Square Dish, Ming dynasty, Jiajing period (1522-1566). Porcelain with underglaze yellow and overglaze reddish-brown decoration (Jingdezhen ware), 1 9/16 x 7 3/8 inches (4 x 18.8 cm). The Bloomfield Moore Collection, 1882; 1882-1313 © 2017 Philadelphia Museum of Art.