Lot 124. A pottery tripod handled gui vessel, Neolithic period, Shandong Longshan culture; and a pottery 'owl-faced' jug, Neolithic period, Qijia culture; gui: 39cm high; jug: 8.1cm high (2). Sold for US$3,584. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: Chak's Company Limited, 23 Feb 2000
Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut

Lot 106. Property from the Simone and Alan Hartman Collection. A celadon-glazed jar with lug handles, hu, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); 36.8cm high. Sold for US$2,048. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection.

Note: Compare a very similar jar from the Hoyt Collection, illustrated in Hsien-ch'i Tseng and Robert Paul Dart, The Charles B. Hoyt Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts: Boston, Boston, 1964, no. 42.

The dating of this lot is confirmed by the results of a Thermoluminescence test by Oxford Authentication, Sample no. C124a93 dated February 6, 2024.

Lot 113. From the Estate of Jay and Mary Jayne Jones. A painted grey pottery figure of a lady, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); 32.4cm high (plexi stand). Sold for US$1,536. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: Honeychurch Antiques, Seattle, 3 July 1993

Lot 114. From the Estate of Jay and Mary Jayne Jones. A rare brown-glazed pottery model of an owl, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); 27.9cm high. Sold for US$40,960. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 2 May 2009.

The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a thermoluminescence test, Oxford Authentication Ltd., no. C108s10.

Note: Compare the very similar model of an owl illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume 3 (I), London, 2006, p. 153, no. 1159. Another closely related example was illustrated by Priestley & Ferraro, Animals for the Afterlife, Han Dynasty, November 2002, no. 13, and later offered in our Knightsbridge saleroom, 28 July 2020, lot 90.

Jay Jones (1924-2024) and Mary Jayne Jones (1924-2022) were married 72 years, living most of that time in the Seattle area. They enjoyed traveling, skiing and tennis, loved entertaining, and had a passion for collecting art. They had diverse artistic interests, from an extensive collection of Arctic Inuit sculpture to archaic Asian artifacts and an exquisite collection of early 20th century Japanese lacquer scholar's boxes. In addition, they had a unique collection of American paintings ranging from historic to contemporary.

Lot 115. From the Estate of Jay and Mary Jayne Jones. A green-glazed pottery figure of a dog, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); 30.7cm high. Sold for US$1,664. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 25 March 2014

Lot 116. Two painted pottery mastiffs, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); the seated mastiff: 68.5cm high; the standing mastiff: 59.7cm length (2). Sold for US$1,408. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: Lam & Co. Chinese Antiques, Hong Kong, 1999
Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut.

Lot 117. Four painted pottery sows, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); 39.4cm length of largest (4). Sold for US$537.60. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: Art Treasures Gallery, Hong Kong, 1994 and 1995
Lam's Gallery, Hong Kong, 1999
Po Yuen Tong Ltd, Hong Kong, 2001
Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut

Lot 118. A group of four painted pottery horse and equestrian, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); 51cm length of largest (4). Sold for US$1,024. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: One horse head: Chak's Company Limited, Hong Kong, 1996
The other horse head: Mee-Seen Loong, Hong Kong, 1997
Equestrian: Mee-Seen Loong, Hong Kong, 1997
Horse: Jim's Antique Co., Hong Kong, 1998
All: Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut

Lot 121. Seven painted pottery heads, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); 11.3cm height of largest (7, plexi stands). Sold for US$704. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: Six heads: Art Treasure Gallery, Hong Kong and Macau, 1996
Female head: Mee-Seen Loong, Hong Kong, 1990s
All: Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut

Lot 122. Two painted gray pottery 'cocoon' jars, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); each 34.3cm wide (2). Sold for US$1,088. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: Jim's Antique Co., Hong Kong, 1999
Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut.

Lot 123. Three small grren-glazed pottery jars, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); 17.8cm height of tallest (3). Sold for US$435.20. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: Lam & Co. Chinese Antiques, Hong Kong, 2000
Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut

Lot 103. Property from the Simone and Alan Hartman Collection. A white ground sancai-glazed tripod offering dish with 'duck' medallion, Tang dynasty (618-907); 29cm diam. Sold for US$16,640. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, L 111-54-4, by repute (according to label)
The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection.

The results of the thermoluminescence test are consistent with the dating of this piece, Oxford Authentication sample no. C124h11, 14 August 2024.

Lot 104. Property from the Simone and Alan Hartman Collection. Two sancai-glazed pottery tripod censers, Tang dynasty (618-907); 22.5cm and 20.7cm diam. Sold for US$7,040. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection.

Lot 105. Property from the Simone and Alan Hartman Collection. Two sancai-glazed jars and a sancai-glazed pottery tripod censer, Tang dynasty (618-907); jars: 16.5cm; 15.2cm high; censer: 16.6cm diam (3). Sold for US$7,040. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection.

Lot 107. Property from the Simone and Alan Hartman Collection. Two sancai-glazed seated court ladies and a ochre-glazed Buddhist lion, Tang dynasty (618-907); ladies: 20.7cm; 17.2cm high; lion: 7.8cm long (3). Sold for US$7,040. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection.

Lot 108. Property from the Simone and Alan Hartman Collection. Three painted pottery figures of 'foreign' grooms, Tang dynasty (618-907); 35.3cm high of tallest (3). Sold for US$3,328. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection.

Lot 109. Property from the Simone and Alan Hartman Collection. Six small glazed pottery artifacts, Tang dynasty (618-907); Comprising a seated lady; a handled cup; a bowl; a molded dish; a tile; and a jug with loop handles; 15.4cm height of the seated lady (6). Sold for US$7,040. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection.

Lot 110. Property from the Simone and Alan Hartman Collection. A sancai and blue-glazed caparisoned Bactrian camel with human-mask saddle bags, Tang dynasty (618-907); 38.7cm high. Sold for US$6,144. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection.

Lot 111. A sancai-glazed pottery camel, Tang dynasty (618-907); 54.6cm high. Sold for US$1,280. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: The Oriental Corner, California, 1 June 1999.

Lot 119. Four painted pottery ladies and two painted pottery dwarfs, Tang dynasty (618-907); 39.7cm height of largest (6), plexi stand for the tallest lady). Sold for US$896. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: Tall 'fat lady': Mee-Seen Loong, Hong Kong, 1997
Dwarfs: Mee-Seen Loong, Hong Kong, 1998
Ladies in orange dresses: Oriental Arts Gallery, Hong Kong, 1993
Small 'fat lady': Po Yuen Tong Ltd., Hong Kong, 1990s
All: Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut

Lot 120. A painted pottery groom, Tang dynasty (618-907) and a painted pottery soldier, Sui dynasty (581-618); groom: 40.6cm high; soldier: 39.4cm high (2, fitted stands). Sold for US$1,536. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: Groom: Mee-seen Loong, Hong Kong, 1997
Soldier: Castle of Antiquities, Hong Kong, 1997
All: Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut

Lot 102. Property from the Simone and Alan Hartman Collection. An amber-glazed potterry flask, Liao dynasty (907-1125); 31.2cm high. Sold for US$896. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection.

Lot 41. From the Estate of Jay and Mary Jayne Jones. An unusual Cizhou ivory-glazed carved 'peony' jar, Jin-Yuan dynasty (1115-1368); 25.4cm high. Sold for US$10,240. © Bonhams 2001-2025

Provenance: Collection of Palacios de Bruyn
Private American Collection
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 10 November 2011.

Note: Jay Jones (1924-2024) and Mary Jayne Jones (1924-2022) were married 72 years, living most of that time in the Seattle area. They enjoyed traveling, skiing and tennis, loved entertaining, and had a passion for collecting art. They had diverse artistic interests, from an extensive collection of Arctic Inuit sculpture to archaic Asian artifacts and an exquisite collection of early 20th century Japanese lacquer scholar's boxes. In addition, they had a unique collection of American paintings ranging from historic to contemporary.

Jay Jones (1924-2024) and Mary Jayne Jones (1924-2022)

Lot 42. Property from the Collection of Leonard Stanley. A massive black-glazed 'Neifu' stoneware jar, Early Ming dynasty, 15th century; 62 high. Sold for US$4,096. © Bonhams 2001-2025

The shoulder inlaid with characters reading 'neifu' (inner palace).

Provenance: Collection of Florence Bates Hayward (1892-1983)

Bonhams. Asian Art Online, Los Angeles, 16 – 25 June 2025