stoneware

Lot 713. A stoneware handled jar (Hu), Western Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 9). Height 13⅞ in., 35.2 cm. Lot sold: 3,150 USD (Estimate: 2,500 - 3,500 USD). © Sotheby's 2022 The Collection of Jay I. Kislak: Sold to Benefit the Kislak Family Foundation. Provenance: Sotheby's, 1987, lot 76. Sotheby's. China 5000 Years, New York, 27 september 2022 

  Lot 13. A Böttger Stoneware 'Eisenporzellan' Candlestick, Circa 1710-12; 5 5/8 in., 14.2 cm high. Lot sold: 30,240 EUR (Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 EUR). © Sotheby's based on a metal form, of hexagonal section, with waisted stem, partial Japanese Palace inventory number 206 in black. Provenance: The Royal Collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden; Porzellane und Waffen aus den Kgl. Sächsischen Sammlungen in Dresden, Rudolph Lepke’s Kunst-Auctions-Haus,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 176. A fine stoneware figure of Arhat Nagasena, China, late Song to early Ming dynasty; height 44.5 cm. Sold for CHF 390 700 (Estimate CHF 100 000 / 150 000 - € 93 460 / 140 190). © Koller Remains of polychrome paint. He is cleaning his ear in order to better hear the truth. Provenance: The Mount Trust collection of Chinese Art. Sotheby's Monaco, 27 June 1984, lot 3573 (invoice lost). Swiss private collection. Published: The Arts of the Sung Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society (Hrsg.),... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1021. A reticulated stoneware incense burner, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); h. 10.8 cm. Estimate: 35,000 - 45,000 HKD. Lot sold: 69,300 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 2012. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Including Property from the Collection of Cheng Huan, Hong Kong, 18 December 2020

Lot 1284. A dated sancai-glazed stoneware figure of Buddha, dated to mid-autumn of the yimao year of Jiajing, corresponding to 1555, and of the period; 15 in. (38 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 7,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The ochre-yellow, green and blackish-brown-glazed figure of Buddha is shown seated in dhyanasana atop a double-lotus base from which issue clouds that encase the bottom of the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2. A rare pair of Meissen Böttger stoneware octagonal vases and covers, circa 1710-13; 13cm high. Estimate: £40,000 - £60,000. Sold for £ 46,312 (€ 51,628). © Bonhams. Each decorated in gilding with a central lambrequin border and double-line borders on the various edges, the slightly differing covers centering a gilt flowerhead, and one lacquered on the interior. Provenance: Margravine Karoline Luise of Baden-Durlach (1723-83); Hereditary Prince Karl Ludwig of Baden (1755-1801); ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 101. A rare sancai-glazed stoneware 'Leopard's head' pillow, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 21.5 cm, 8 1/2  in. Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 GBP. Lot sold 32,500 GBP (41,993 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's. naturalistically modelled and glazed as a leopard head with large bulging eyes and flaring nostrils, the green-glazed semi-circular dished top incised with a fish within cash diaper and foliate scroll bands, the back inscribed under the glaze ci qu xie bi e (which may be... [Lire la suite]

Lot 811. A large green, yellow and cream-glazed stoneware figure of the 'Water-moon' Guanyin in a grotto, Ming dynasty, 16th century, 26¾ in. (68 cm.) high. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 62,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014 The bodhisattva is shown seated in rajalilasana on a rock ledge above a dragon-carp swimming in the water below, all within a rocky grotto interspersed with a seated Buddha, a figure, and a horse with books strapped to its back, the whole raised on a... [Lire la suite]

Phoenix stoneware ewer, Lê dynasty, recovered from the Cu Lao Cham shipwreck, National Museum of Vietnamese History, Hanoi.

Straight-sided bowl, Vietnam, 13th century-14th century. Stoneware, cream-brown glaze with moulded dimples around outside incised pattern,  9.0 × 14.2 cm diameter. Gift of Zorica McCarthy, 2010, 2010.334 © National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne