Lot 441. Property from the Junkunc Collection. A gray pottery handled tripod vessel, Neolithic period, Longshan culture (c. 3000-1700 BC). Height 15.2 cm. Lot Sold 17,780 USD (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

Lot 443. Two black ‘eggshell’ stem cups, Neolithic period, Longshan culture (c. 3000-1700 BC). Height of the larger 21.6 cm. Lot Sold 10,795 USD (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Joseph Rondina, New York, 17th February 1995.

Lot 444. Two black ‘eggshell’ stem cups, Neolithic period, Longshan culture (c. 3000-1700 BC). Height of the larger 22.3 cm. Lot Sold 10,160 USD (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: The larger: Joseph Rondina, New York, 17th February 1995.

The smaller: Acquired in Hong Kong, 4th March 1995.

Lot 448. An ash-glazed handled jar, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (618-907). Height 32.4 cm. Lot Sold 4,064 USD (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 445. A small blue-glazed pottery jar, Tang Dynasty (618-907). Height 9 cm. Lot Sold 15,240 USD (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Offered at Sotheby's New York, 22nd March 2000, lot 85.

Lot 446. An amber-glazed molded pottery lobed cup, Tang Dynasty (618-907). Width 11.5 cm. Lot Sold 5,080 USD (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 447. An sancai-glazed rhyton-form cup, Tang Dynasty (618-907). Width 8.9 cm. Lot Sold 8,255 USD (Estimate 8,000 - 12,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Kochukyo & Co., Tokyo, 1956 (according to inscription on the box).

Japanese Private Collection.

Sotheby’s London, 9 November 2016, lot 102.

Lot 450. A painted pottery figure of a camel, Tang Dynasty (618-907). Height 31.1 cm. Lot Sold 2,540 USD (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 452. A 'Jun' blue-glazed dish, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Diameter 17.9 cm. Lot Sold 3,810 USD (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 453. A carved 'Yaozhou' celadon-glazed 'lotus' bowl, Northern Song dynasty​​​​​​​ (960-1127). Diameter 13.7 cm, wood stand (2). Lot Sold 2,540 USD (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 455. A molded 'Ding' white-glazed 'floral' bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty​​​​​​​ (960-1234). Diameter 18.6 cm, metal bound rim. Lot Sold 50,800 USD (Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 457. A russet-splashed black-glazed bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty​​​​​​​ (960-1234). Diameter 9.8 cm. Lot Sold 2,540 USD (Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 458. A 'Jian' black and russet-glazed tea bowl, Southern Song dynasty​​​​​​​ (1127-1279). Diameter 10.9 cm. Lot Sold 8,255 USD (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 459. A black russet-painted jar, Northern Song-Jin dynasty​​​​​​​ (960-1234). Height 21.3 cm. Lot Sold 2,540 USD (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 462. A 'Jian' black-glazed tea bowl, Southern Song dynasty​​​​​​​ (1127-1279). Diameter 12.7 cm. Lot Sold 3,810 USD (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 463. A 'Jian' black-glazed tea bowl, Southern Song dynasty​​​​​​​ (1127-1279). Diameter 10.7 cm, metal rim. Lot Sold 5,334 USD (Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 465. A carved Yaozhou bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234). Diameter 12 cm, metal rim. Lot Sold 7,620 USD (Estimate 2,000 - 3,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: English Private Collection (by repute).

Lot 465. A rare 'lingwu' black-glazed sgraffiato 'floral' dish, Xixia dynasty​​​​​​​ (1038-1227). Diameter 18.7 cm, metal rim. Lot Sold 12,700 USD (Estimate 12,000 - 18,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Capital Gallery, The International Asian Art Fair, New York, March 2002.

Note: This finely potted bowl belongs to a rare group of wares from the Xixia (also known as Tangut or Western Xia) dynasty in the northwest of China, which coexisted with the Song, Liao and Jin dynasties. The Lingwu kiln was located at Ciyaobao of Lingwu country, Ningxia, which lies 50 kilometers south of the capital of Xixia, Yinchuan, and was one of the major sites of ceramic production under the Xixia.

Further examples of Xixia wares decorated with similar cut-glaze techniques include a jar in the Meiyintang Collection, illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 1, London, 1994, pls 454 and 455; a white ‘cut-glaze’ meiping with leafy peony design, from the collection of Ruth Stricker and Bruce Dayton and now in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis (accession no. 2001.8); and a wine jar from the Malcolm Collection, sold in these rooms, 20th March 2019, lot 640.

The dating of this lot is consistent with the results of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. P124a95.

Lot 464. A guan-type square washer, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Width 7 cm. Lot Sold 24,130 USD (Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Sotheby's Arcade Auctions, lot 345 (according to label).