Chinese Ceramics sold at Bonhams NY 16-26 March 2025
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Lot 1201. Thirteen small proto-porcelain jars, Warring States period; the largest 12.7cm high (13). Sold for US$5,120. © Bonhams
Provenance: Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut
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Lot 1202. A painted grey pottery figure of a horse, Han Dynasty; 55.5cm high; 56.5cm. long (plexi stand). Sold for US$4,096. © Bonhams
Provenance: Wing Tat Hong Works of Art, Hong Kong, 1996
Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut
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Lot 1204. Three stamped grey pottery bricks, Han Dynasty; 97cm high each (3). Sold for US$8,320. © Bonhams
Provenance: Wing Tat Hong Works of Art, Hong Kong, 1994
Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut
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Lot 1205. Two Sichuan black burnished pottery amphoras, Han dynasty; 32cm high each. Sold for US$5,120. © Bonhams
Provenance: Lam's Gallery, Hong Kong, 1997, 1999
Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut
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Lot 1206. Three painted pottery equestriennes, Tang dynasty; the tallest 36.8cm high (3). Sold for US$2,304 © Bonhams
Provenance: Art Treasures Gallery, Hong Kong, 1995
Castle of Antiquities Co. Ltd., Hong Kong, 1997
Marco Polo Fine Oriental Antiques & Works of Art, Hong Kong, 1993
Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut
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Lot 1207. A painted pottery Laden camel, Six Dynasties; 40.5cm long; 35.5cm high. Sold for US$4,352. © Bonhams
Provenance: Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut
The results of the thermoluminescence testing are consistent with the suggested dating of this lot, Oxford Authentication sample No. C100f66, 15 March 2000.
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Lot 1208. A painted pottery figure of a groom with outstretched arms, Tang dynasty ; 40cm high; 33cm across. Sold for US$2,176 ,© Bonhams
Provenance: Ralph M. Chait label at base
The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection
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Lot 1209. A pair of painted pottery figures of warriors, Tang dynasty; 60.3cm high (2). Sold for US$768. © Bonhams
Provenance:: Eugene Y.C. Sung Collection, Ohio and New York
Note: This type of pottery warrior was made for mortuary purposes, to perform an apotropaic function in the tomb of the deceased. See another pair of painted pottery warriors of this type from the collection of Blanche Thebom sold twice in our San Francisco rooms: first on 23 August 2010, lot 6175, and again on 24 June 2013, lot 1176.