Lot 610. A pottery tripod vessel, li, Neolithic period, 3rd millenium B.C. Width 12,8 cm. Price realised EUR 882 (Estimate EUR 2,000 – EUR 3,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: Certificate of expertise, Christian Deydier, London, 21 November 1988.

Lot 612. A painted pottery bottle vase, Han dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) Height 38.2 cm. Price realised EUR 1,512 (Estimate EUR 4,000 – EUR 6,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: Certificate of expertise, Christian Deydier, Paris, 6 July 1988.

Lot 613. A green-glazed pottery group depicting a geese pond, Han dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) Width 30 cm. Price realised EUR 1,134 (Estimate EUR 3,000 – EUR 5,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: Certificate of expertise, Agnes Deydier et Cie, Paris, 26 March 1990

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Lot 615. A pottery model of a boat, Han dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) Length: 35.5 cm. Price realised EUR 4,032 (Estimate EUR 2,000 – EUR 4,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: Certificate of expertise, Agnes Deydier et Cie, Paris, 6 July 1988.

Note: The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of the Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 466h75, 22 January 1988.

Lot 616. A rare green-glazed pottery ram-form vessel, Han dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) Length: 22 cm. Price realised EUR 1,890 (Estimate EUR 5,000 – EUR 7,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: Certificate of expertise, Agnes Deydier et Cie, Paris, 21 November 1988.

Literature: Oriental Bronzes Ltd. / Christian Deydier, The art of the Warring States and Han periods, exh. cat., London, 1991, cat. no. 28, pp. 92-93.

Exhibited: London, Oriental Bronzes Ltd. / Christian Deydier, The art of the Warring States and Han periods, 12-28 June 1991.

Lot 620. A large painted pottery figure of a soldier, Han dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) Height: 58 cm. Price realised EUR 5,040 (Estimate EUR 8,000 – EUR 12,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: With Oriental Bronzes Ltd. / Christian Deydier, London, April 1990

Lot 621. A large painted pottery figure of a soldier, Han dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) Height: 50 cm. Price realised EUR 4,032 (Estimate EUR 5,000 – EUR 8,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: With Oriental Bronzes Ltd. / Christian Deydier, London, 1989.

The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test number 566a28, 10 November 1989, is consistent with the dating of this lot.

Lot 617. Two painted pottery figures of equestrian soldiers, Northern Wei dynasty (368-535). Height 22.5 cm and 22.7 cm. Price realised EUR 1,368 (Estimate EUR 5,000 – EUR 7,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: With Oriental Rarities Ltd., New York, 19 May 1980.

Lot 618. A painted pottery figure of a kneeling camel, Northern Wei dynasty (368-535). Height 19.5 cm; Width 21 cm. Price realised EUR 1,386 (Estimate EUR 3,000 – EUR 5,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: Collection of Ezekiel and Lillian Schloss, New York.
With Christian Deydier, by repute.

Literature: Gilbert Katz, Selections of Chinese Art From Private Collections in the Metropolitan Area, New York, exh. cat., 1966, cat. no. 28, p. 24.
Annette L. Juliano / China House Gallery, Art of the Six Dynasties, New York, exh. cat., 1975, cat. no. 35, p. 59.

Exhibited: New York, China Institute in America, Selections of Chinese Art From Private Collections in the Metropolitan Area, 15 November 1966 - 15 February 1967.
New York, China House Gallery / China Institute in America, Art of the Six Dynasties. Centuries of Change and Innovation, 29 October 1975 – 1 February 1976.

Lot 619. A set of four painted pottery figures of horses, Northern Wei dynasty (368-535). Width from 16.7 cm to 18.8 cm. Price realised EUR 1,260 (Estimate EUR 5,000 – EUR 7,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: With Oriental Rarities, Ltd., New York, 19 May 1980.

Lot 622. Two large painted pottery figures of soldiers, Northern Wei dynasty (368-535). Height 69.5 cm and 71 cm. Price realised EUR 7,560 (Estimate EUR 15,000 – EUR 20,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: Collection of David David-Weill (1871-1952).
Sotheby's London, The D. David-Weill Collection. Catalogue of Fine Early Chinese Bronzes Jades, Sculptures, Ceramics and Silver, 29 February 1972, lot 4.
With Eskenazi, London, December 1980.

Lot 687. A straw-glazed pottery figure of a court lady, Sui dynasty (581-618). Height 36.7 cm. Price realised EUR 1,368 (Estimate EUR 4,000 – EUR 6,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: With Eskenazi, London, 4 July 1983.

Lot 623. A sancai-glazed pottery globular jar and cover, Tang dynasty (618-907). Diameter 12 cm. Price realised EUR 1,764 (Estimate EUR 2,000 – EUR 3,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: With China House of Arts, New York, 3 May 1985.

Lot 624. A sancai-glazed pottery rhyton, Tang dynasty (618-907). Width 13 cm. Price realised EUR 9,450 (Estimate EUR 4,000 – EUR 6,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: With China House of Arts, New York, 20 December 1985.

Lot 625. A sancai-glazed pottery bowl, Tang dynasty (618-907). Diameter 10 cm. Price realised EUR 2,142 (Estimate EUR 2,000 – EUR 3,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: With China House of Arts, New York, 23 April 1986

Lot 627. A painted pottery figure of a foreign dancer, Tang dynasty (618-907). Height 27.2  cm. Price realised EUR 6,048 (Estimate EUR 5,000 – EUR 7,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: With Eskenazi, London, 9 April 1986

Lot 627. A large sancai-glazed pottery figure of an official, Tang dynasty (618-907). Height 86 cm. Price realised EUR 4,032 (Estimate EUR 10,000 – EUR 15,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: Certificate of antiquity, Hong Kong Craft Merchants Association Limited, Hong Kong, 12 May 1975.
With The Great Wall Trading Co., Hong Kong, 14 June 1975.

Lot 686. A painted pottery horse, Tang dynasty (618-907). Width 59.7 cm. Price realised EUR 7,560 (Estimate EUR 5,000 – EUR 10,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.

Provenance: Property of a Private European Gentleman, acquired in Europe prior to 1996.

The result of Alliance Science Art test number 41.51.14 - TL 610198, is consistent with the dating of this lot.

Christie's. Art of Asia, Paris, 13 December 2024