Lot 3669. A Dingyao ribbed cylindrical tripod incense burner, Northern Song dynasty (960-1227); w. 13 cm, wood stand and Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 3,040,000 HKD (Estimate 1,800,000 - 4,000,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: John Sparks Ltd., London, by repute.
A European private collection, assembled mostly during the 1930s to 1960s, and then by descent.
Bonhams London, 10th November 2016, lot 6.

Note: Adapted from an archaic bronze form, this elegant censer reflects the major impact on the arts that resulted from a drastic political shift during the early Song dynasty, from a society ruled by a hereditary aristocracy to one governed by a central bureaucracy of scholar-officials selected through civil service examinations. The resulting rise of Neo-Confucian ideals emphasized the importance of history in the pursuit of virtue. The increased interest in antiquities led to a revival of archaic jade and bronze forms that Song potters adapted into their repertoire. The present censer finds its roots in gilt bronze tripod wine vessels ( zun ) of the Han dynasty (206 BC – AD 220), generally supported on bear-shaped feet, fitted with ring handles and supplied with a cover, such as an example decorated with animals, that is engraved with an inscription identifying it as a wine vessel ( jiu zun ) and dating it in accordance with the year 26 BC, illustrated in Li Xueqin, ed.,  Zhongguo  meishu quanji: Gongyi meishu bian [Complete series on Chinese  art: Arts and crafts section], 5: Qingtong qi  [Bronzes], vol. 2, Beijing, 1986, pl. 217, together with another gilt-bronze wine  zun  with matching tripod stand in the Palace Museum, Beijing, pl. 236, which is decorated with a triple raised band in the center and single bands at rim and base, not unlike the present piece, and attributed to the reign of Guangwudi, AD 25-57.

For ceramic incense burners, this shape was popular from the Song dynasty right through to modern times, and this Ding version with simple raised ribs, became a  classic . nos 35-39, together with a roughly contemporary Jingdezhen copy, cat. no. 44, a later Dehua copy, cat. no. 67, and a 'Guang ware' copy, probably from Guangzhou, cat. no. 71, all from the collection of the National Palace Museum. Three of the five Ding censers in Taipei were also included in the exhibition  Dingzhou hua ci. Yuan zang Dingyaoxi baici tezhan/Decorated Porcelains of Dingzhou. White Ding wares from the collection of the National Palace Museum , National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2014, cat. no. II-5.6.7, all with fitted wooden covers with Yuan (1279-1368) or Ming (1368-1644) jade carvings as knobs, a type known to have been commissioned by the Yongzheng Emperor (r. 1723-1735) from the palace workshops.

Another censer of this size, also with two ribs near the mouth but with a metal rim mount, from the Carl Kempe collection and illustrated in Bo Gyllensvärd,  Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection , Stockholm, 1964, pl. 447, was sold in our London rooms, 14th May 2008, lot 238; another is illustrated in Hsien-ch'i Tseng & Robert Paul Dart,  The Charles B. Hoyt Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts: Boston , vol. II, Boston, 1972, pl. 29; a larger example, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is published in  Selection of Ding Ware. The Palace Museum Collection and Archaeological Excavation , Beijing, 2012, pl. 41, together with a slightly smaller version excavated from Tomb 1 in Yangjiawan, Changsha, Hunan province, and now in the Hunan Provincial Museum, pl. 40; another in the Tianjin City Art Museum, Tianjin, is published in  Tianjin Shi Yishu Bowuguan cang ci/Porcelains from the Tianjin Municipal Museum , Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 26; and a further example formerly in the Chang Foundation, Taipei, included in James Spencer (comp.),  Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing Dynasties , Taipei, 1990, cat. no. 24, was sold twice, first in our London rooms, 11th December 1984, lot 169 and again in these rooms, 3rd October 2017, lot 10, from the Le Cong Tang collection. Compare also a much smaller fragmentary example recovered from the Ding kiln site in Quyang, Hebei province, illustrated in  Zhongguo gu ciyao daxi. Zhongguo Dingyao/Series of China's Ancient Porcelain Kiln Sites: Ding Kiln of China , Beijing, 2012, pl. 108.

Lot 3695. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A qingbai-glazed Dingyao-imitation 'lotus' conical bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); d. 17.9 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 76,200 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 90,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Kochukyo Co., Ltd, Tokyo.

Lot 3696. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A large carved Dingyao floral lobed bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 21.5 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 482,600 HKD (Estimate 200,000 - 400,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Collection of the Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong.
Uragami Sokyudo, Tokyo.

Literature: Uragami Mitsuru, Kobijutsusho ni manabu Chugoku Chosentoji no Mikata Erabikata [Dealer's eyes: Chinese and Korean ceramics], Uragami Sokyudo, Tokyo, 2011, p. 78.

Lot 3672. A Longquan celadon cong vase, Southern Song dynasty (1227-1279); 27 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 1,778,000 HKD (Estimate 800,000 - 1,600,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: An old Japanese private collection, Tokyo, circa 2000s.

Note: Celadon vases of this form imitate archaic ritual jade objects in shape and color and represent one of the most characteristic types of Song ceramics. They derive from jade  cong , which are not shaped as containers but as open tubes, and are known particularly from the Neolithic Liangzhu culture in southeastern China. A fine jade example from the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, was included in the exhibition  Gems of Liangzhi Culture , Hong Kong Museum of History, Hong Kong, 1992, cat. no. 57.

Several Longquan  cong  vases can be seen in famous collections throughout the world; one in the Shanghai Museum is illustrated in  Longquan qingci  [Celadon of Longquan], Beijing, 1966, pl. 15; another is published in the  Illustrated Catalog of Sung Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum. Lung-ch'uan Ware, Ko Ware and Other Wares , Kyoto, 1974, pls 8 and 9; another from the Eumorfopoulos collection and now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is included in John Ayers,  Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum , London, 1980, pl. 124; and a fourth example from the Oppenheim collection and now in the British Museum, London, is published in Jessica Rawson (ed.),  The British Museum Book of Chinese Art , London, 1992, pl. 8 (left). Compare also a vase of this type, from the Toguri collection, sold in our London rooms, 9th June 2004, lot 53; and another from the Baron Hatvany collection, included in the exhibition  Song Ceramics , Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Singapore, 1983, cat. no. 36, and sold in our London rooms, 5th November 1996, lot 605. See also one sold in these rooms, 4th April 2012, lot 3122, and one sold in our London rooms, 5th November 2014, lot 23.

Lot 3674. A Longquan celadon appliqué-decorated 'peony' incense burner vase, Southern Song dynasty (1227-1279); d. 13.5 cm, Japanese double box, metal and wood covers. Lot Sold 1,016,000 HKD (Estimate 400,000 - 800,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Collection of Baron Fujita Denzaburo (1841-1912), Osaka.
An old Japanese family collection, acquired from above in 1929.

Literature: Fujita danshaku ke zohin nyusatsu mokuroku [Collection catalog of the Baron Fujita ], Osaka Bijutsu Club, Osaka, 10th May 1929, lot 216.

Note: Robed in an unctuous yet vibrant sea-blue glaze, the present incense burner is an extraordinary example of a much beloved Longquan design. Produced at the height of celadon production in the 13th century, the incense burner possesses all the features most desirable for a piece of this pot type, sturdily yet gracefully poised atop three feet, adorned with crisp floral molding coated in a dazzling thick glaze.

Known to Japanese connoisseurs as kinuta ('mallet'), after its more common appearance on vases of a 'mallet' shape, this thick and luminous blue-green glaze effect has long been coveted by collectors and appears only on the highest quality of Longquan ceramics, likely produced with the support of imperial patronage; see Suzanne G. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics , New York, 1989, pp 100-101.

It is rare to find an incense burner of this lian form molded with peony scrolls, let alone one so thickly glazed in the kinuta style. For related incense burners of this type but more thinly glazed, compare an example excavated from a tomb in Quanzhou, Fujian province, dated in accordance with AD 1286, illustrated in Longquan qingci [Longquan celadon ceramics] , Beijing, 1966, pl. 23 bottom, together with a censer, in the Shanghai Museum, attributed to the Yuan dynasty, pl. 50; and another sold in our New York rooms, 18th and 19th March 2014, lot 218. Compare also a closely related censer in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (no. B62P151), published in He Li, Chinese Ceramics , London, 1996, no. 271; and one in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Celadons from Longquan Kilns , Taipei, 1998, pl. 183-1, together with a later, Ming period, censer with molded decoration, in the Ningbo City Museum, pl. 258. A further example can be found in the Meiyintang collection, illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection , London, 1994, vol. 1, p. 303, pl. 568.

Lot 3686. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A Longquan celadon-glazed lotus tea bowl, Song-Yuan dynasty (960-1368); 15.8 cm, Japanese double wood box with inscription by Nobumori Ozaki (1880-1966) dated 1957. Lot Sold 279,400 HKD (Estimate 100,000 - 300,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Collection of Nobumori Ozaki (1880-1966)

Lot 3688. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A small Longquan guan-type celadon crackle-glazed washer, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 13.6 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 63,500 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 3689. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A Longquan celadon-glazed cup stand, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); d.16 cm. Lot Sold 990,600 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 3690. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A small Longquan celadon 'dragon'-handdled incense burner, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); wood cover with an amber final. Lot Sold 152,400 HKD (Estimate 50,000 - 100,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 3691. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A Longquan biscuit-decorated 'dragon' charger, Song dynasty (960-1279); 35 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 406,400 HKD (Estimate 80,000 - 160,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 3685. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A large carved Longquan celadon dish, Song-Yuan dynasty (960-1368); 31 cm. Lot Sold 228,600 HKD (Estimate 100,000 - 200,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Collection of Okayama Museum (currently Hayashibara Museum of Art), Okayama

Lot 3676. A very rare Jian celadon-glazed tea bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 12.7 cm. Lot Sold 127,000 HKD (Estimate 100,000 - 300,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: An Asian private collection.

Lot 3677. A Jian black-glazed tea bowl, Southertn Song dynasty (1127-1279); 12.5 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 635,000 HKD (Estimate 500,000 - 1,000,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: A Japanese private collection.
Acquired from the above in 2009.

Lot 3700. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A Jian 'hare's fur' tenmoku tea bowl, Southern Song dynasty (960-1127); d. 12.2 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 330,200 HKD (Estimate 200,000 - 400,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 3698. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A small black-glazed 'oil-spot' cup, Song dynasty (960-1127); d. 7 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 101,600 HKD (Estimate 50,000 - 100,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: The Seihaku-ken Collection, assembled by sencha tea master Degawa Shigeru (b. 1892), no. 474.

Lot 3699. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A small black-glazed tenmoku cupstand, Song dynasty (960-1127); d. 11.2 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 127,000 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Mayuyama & Co., Ltd., Tokyo.

Exhibited: The Small Exhibition of Autumn 2012, Mayuyama & Co., Ltd., Tokyo Art Club, Tokyo, 2012, cat. no. 18.

Lot 3704. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A black-glazed russet-splashed bowl, Song dynasty (960-1127); d. 12 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 63,500 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 3707. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A small black-glazed russet-splashed jar, Song dynasty (960-1127); h. 10 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 50,800 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 3705. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A Cizhou black-glazed handled jar, Song dynasty (960-1127); h. 22.5 cm. Lot Sold 63,500 HKD (Estimate 50,000 - 100,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Fujiwara Shukodo, Osaka (label).

Lot 3708. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A Cizhou brown-glazed carved 'fish and floral' vase, yuhuchunping, Northern Song - Yuan dynasty (960-1368); h. 25.6 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 127,000 HKD (Estimate 50,000 - 150,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Note: A similar but slightly taller vase is preserved in the Okada Museum of Art in Hakone, illustrated on the museum's website.

Lot 3711. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A Cizhou sgraffiato 'fish and lotus' jar​​​​​​​, Song - Yuan dynasty (960-1368); h. 23.8 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 48,260 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 90,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 3712. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A Cizhou carved 'peony' pillow, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 32.2 by 24 by h. 12.7 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 63,500 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 90,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: The Amemiya Collection.

Lot 3706. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A small Jizhou papercut 'phoenix' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 11.5 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 57,150 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Fujiwara Shukodo, Osaka (label).

Lot 3692. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A Junyao blue-glazed bowl, Northern Song dynasty 960-(1127-; 10.4 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 228,600 HKD (Estimate 150,000 - 300,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Collection of Takashi Todoroki (1939-2016).
Watanabe & Co., Ltd., Tokyo.

Exhibited: Todoroki Collection: Chinese Ceramics , Watanabe & Co., Ltd., Tokyo, 2017, cat. no. 4.

Lot 3693. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A small purple splashed Junyao bubble bowl,  Song dynasty 960-(1127-; 8.7 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 406,400 HKD (Estimate 200,000 - 400,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Collection of the Fujita Museum, Osaka.

Note: Considered one of the fabled ‘Famous Wares’ of the Song dynasty, Jun wares number among the most captivating ceramic pieces ever produced in Chinese history. Unlike most glazes, which rely on their chemical composition to produce a fairly consistent colour effect, the iridescent and dazzling effect of Junyao is enhanced by the glaze’s physical structure. Applied in thick layers, pooling down the bowl’s curvaceous interior, the present glaze is replete with microscopic bubbles which scatter the light to produce an ineffable ‘optical blue’. This technique, a testament to the consummate skill of these early potters, continued to be admired throughout the subsequent Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and particularly by the Yongzheng and Qianlong Emperors who sought (to no avail) to replicate the effect at the kilns of Jingdezhen.

One particularly desirable feature among small ‘bubble bowls’ of this form is the characteristic splashes of purple copper oxides applied to the glazed surface. These dramatic streaks, brushed on with abandon as free-spirited celebration negative space, emphasises the bowl’s subtle form and iridescent quality.

Several bowls of comparable size and form are preserved in the world’s most important collections including: one preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 222; another from the Eumorfopoulos Collection, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated in Rose Kerr, Song Dynasty Ceramics, London, 2004, pl. 26; a third from the Sir Percival David Collection and now in the British Museum, London, in Stacey Pierson, Illustrated Catalogue of Ru, Guan, Jun, Guangdong and Yixing Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1999, pl. 44; a fourth slightly smaller (8.5 cm) bowl from the Robert Lehman Collection, now preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated in Suzanne Valenstein, The Robert Lehman Collection. Decorative Arts, vol. XV, New York, 2012, p. 299; and a fifth sold in our London rooms, 1st November 2023, lot 183.

Two famous 'Jun' bubble bowls from the Edward T. Chow (1910-1980) Collection, perhaps the best extant examples, were both sold in our London rooms, 16th December 1980, lots 264 and 265, and again in London: the former on 19th May 1987, lot 209, later in the T.T. Tsui Collection; the latter, on 7th June 2000, lot 93, from the collection of Sakamoto Gorō (1923-2016), sold again in these rooms, 2nd October 2018, lot 3109.

Lot 3693. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A small Yaozhou persimmon-glazed hexalobed bowl,  Song dynasty (960-1127); 11.7 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 215,900 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Kusaka Shogado, Tokyo.

Note: See a similar lobed bowl in The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, reference no. 2013.1131.

Lot 3716. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A  Yaozhou moulded and carved 'peony' bowl, Northern  Song dynasty (960-1127); 18.1 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 114,300 HKD (Estimate 80,000 - 160,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Fujiwara Shukodo, Osaka.

Lot 3717. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A  Yaozhou celadon-glazed carved 'wave' bowl, Southern  Song dynasty (1127-1279); 18.9 cm, Japanese double wood box. Lot Sold 114,300 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Note: See a similar bowl preserved in the Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, no.TG-2475.

Lot 3718. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A  Yaozhou celadon-glazed moulded 'boys' bowl, Southern  Song dynasty (1127-1279); d. 14.8 cm, Japanese double wood box. Lot Sold 60,960 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 3723. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A carved Yaozhou celadon 'lotus' bowl,  Song dynasty (960-1279); d. 13.1 cm, Japanese double wood box. Lot Sold 38,100 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 3724. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A small Yaozhou celadon-glazed carved 'floral' five-feet incense burner,  Song dynasty (960-1279); d. 9.5 cm, Japanese wood box, the inside box cover with a label reading Gao shi zhencang ('the Gao collection'). Lot Sold 48;260 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Note: For incense burners similarly supported on five legs but without the animal-mask motifs, see one sold in these rooms, 5th November 1996, lot 669, and another from the collection of Carl Kempe, sold in our London rooms, 5th November, 2008, lot 517. See also another example with animal-mask legs, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3th December 2021, lot 2967.

Lot 3701. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A qingbai-glazed carved 'peony' bowl,  Song dynasty 960-1127); 19.8 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 101,600 HKD (Estimate 80,000 - 240,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Fujiwara Shukodo, Osaka.
Takashimaya Department Store.

Lot 3702. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A qingbai-glazed moulded and carved 'butterfly' pillow​​​​​​​,  Song dynasty 960-1127); 18 cm, h. 11 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 279,400 HKD (Estimate 80,000 - 160,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Kusaka Shogado, Tokyo.

Lot 3703. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A qingbai-glazed phoenix-head ewer​​​​​​​,  Southern Song dynasty (960-1127); 31.6 cm, Japanese wood box inscribed by Fujio Koyama (1900-1975). Lot Sold 698,500 HKD (Estimate 150,000 - 300,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Kusaka Shogado, Tokyo.

Lot 3725. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A qingbai-glazed 'floral' lobed dish,  Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 18 cm, h. 11 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 63,500 HKD (Estimate 50,000 - 100,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 7th December 1995, lot 24.

Lot 3726. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A qingbai-glazed ewer and cover,  Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); ewer l. 16.5 cm, overall h. 19.5 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 215,900 HKD (Estimate 50,000 - 100,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 3727. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A qingbai-glazed lobed pear-shaped vase,  Song dynasty (960-1279); 13 cm. Lot Sold 40,640 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 90,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Mayuyama & Co., Ltd, Tokyo (label).

Note: See a similar vase in The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, accession no. EC71.1962.

Lot 3728. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A qingbai-glazed 'foliage' ewer, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); h. 19.6 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 76,200 HKD (Estimate 50,000 - 100,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Exhibited: Kobijutsu no seika Iku Seiki ten [Masterpieces of antiquities: Several Centuries], Shibuya Tokyu Department Store, Tokyo, 20-26 May 2004.

Lot 3729. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A small qingbai-glazed reticulated 'scroll' incense burner, Song dynasty (960-1279); 7.7 cm. Lot Sold 203,200 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 3731. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A qingbai-glazed lobed cup and stand, Song dynasty (960-1279); cup d. 10.8 cm, stand d. 14.1 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 355,600 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: Mayuyama & Co., Ltd, Tokyo (label).

Lot 3732. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A qingbai-glazed moulded 'mandarin ducks' bowl,​​​​​​​ Song dynasty (960-1279); 17.5 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 38,100 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 3733. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A qingbai-glazed melon-shaped box and cover,​​​​​​​ Song dynasty (960-1279); overall h.9 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 69,850 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 90,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 3734. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A qingbai-glazed melon-shaped vase,​​​​​​​ Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 17.6 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 127,000 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Note: See a similar vase preserved in Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, no. 1121:1940, and another in the Princeton University Art Museum in Princeton, New Jersey, no. 2020-688.

Lot 3730. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A qingbai-glazed appliqué-decorated pedestaled 'dragon' vase, Southern Song - Yuan dynasty (1127-1368); 17.5 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 63,500 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 3715. Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A Yueyao celadon-glazed 'lotus' bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 16.5 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot Sold 63,500 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 60,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 3721 . Property from the collection of Mineo Hata. A green-glazed painted 'floral' jar, Song dynasty (960-1279); h. 19.8 cm. Lot Sold 254,000 HKD (Estimate 30,000 - 90,000 HKD) © Sotheby's 2025

Literature: Sekai toji zenshu / Ceramic Art of the World, vol. 11: Yuan Ming, Tokyo, 1955, pl. 221.

Exhibited: Jishuyou Meihin Ten / Masterpieces of Cizhou Wares, Osaka Bijutsu Club, Osaka, 1969, cat. no. 18 (unillustrated).
Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto (according to the label)

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 7 May 2025