tea bowl

Lot 849. A Jian 'hare's fur' tea bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm.) diam., cloth box. Estimate USD 15,000 – USD 20,000. © Christie's 2023 The conical bowl is covered overall with a thick, lustrous black glaze finely streaked with silvery-brown 'hare's fur' markings, which thins to a matte russet-brown at the rim and pools in a line above the foot. Provenance: J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4850. Note: For a similar Jian tea bowl from the Havemeyer Collection,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 408. A Yue celadon tea bowl, Tang–Five dynasties (618-960); d. 15.8 cm. Lot sold: 30,240 HKD (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD). © 2022 Sotheby's. Property from a Hong Kong private collection. Sotheby's. China/5000 Years, Hong Kong, 25 November 2022

Tea bowl, Tenmoku glaze with silvery spots, Southern Song dynasty, 12th century, Jian ware, w12.2 x h7.5 cm. The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka ; Gift of Sumitomo Group (The Ataka Collection). Important Cultural Property of Japan. Photo Kazuyoshi Miyoshi

Tea bowl, Tenmoku glaze with leaf design, Southern Song dynasty, 12th century, Jizhou ware, w14.7 x h5.3 cm. The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka ; Gift of Sumitomo Group (The Ataka Collection). Important Cultural Property of Japan. Photo Kazuyoshi Miyoshi

Lot 5032. A carved tixi lacquer tea bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); 12.6 cm. Lot sold: 529,200 HKD (Estimate: 300,000 - 400,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2021 Property from the Aoyama Studio Collection. Provenance: Bonhams Hong Kong, 24th November 2013, lot 337.Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3rd April 2017, lot 3028. HK0723. Sotheby's. Echoes of Fragrance – Evolution of Tea Culture from the Tang to the Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 16 December 2021

Lot 5014. A Jizhou russet-splashed black tea bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 12.1 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot sold: 56,700 HKD (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2021 Cup d. 7.4 cm. Cupstand 13.1 cm.  Note: For a pair of closely related cups and cupstands from the Meiyintang collection, see Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol. I, p. 317, no. 592.. Sotheby's. Echoes of Fragrance –... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5010. A Yue celadon-glazed tea bowl, Tang-Five dynastie (618-960); 14.9 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot sold: 50,400 HKD (Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2021 Provenance: Mayuyama & Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Japan. Note: Such Yue celadon tea bowls of this type are usually conical in shape, with a bi-disc form shaped foot. It was noted in Luk Yu's Cha Jing (Classic of Tea) that 'Bowls produced from Yue Zhou ranked high', and 'The celadon of the Yue stoneware contrasts... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2832. A rare Yulinting gilt-decorated black-glazed tea bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279); 4 7⁄8 in. (12.5 cm.) diam., box. Price realised HKD 1,000,000 (Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 400,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2021. The interior is decorated in gilt with cartouches enclosing the characters ‘shoushan fuhai', ‘mountain of longevity and sea of fortune’ against a ground of delicate lines above a florette in the centre. Exhibited: University Museum and Art... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2831. A Jizhou leaf-decorated tea bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279); 6 1⁄8 in. (15.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box. Price realised HKD 787,500 (Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 400,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2021. The bowl is delicately potted with wide flared sides. The interior is decorated near the centre with the gossamer imprint of a brownish-buff leaf against a dark-brown glaze that thins to an amber colour at the rim and ends above the shallow ring foot exposing the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2046. A russet-glazed tea bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 12.3 cm. Estimate: 1,000 - 2,000 HKD. Lot sold: 8,190 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Sotheby's. Eclectic, Hong Kong, 14 July 2021