Lot 1110. A rare Ding persimon-glazed cup stand, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 12 cm diam., box. Price realised HKD 571,500 (Estimate HKD 300,000 – HKD 500,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance: Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 May 1995, lot 636

Note: Ding persimmon-glazed cup stands of this form are rare. Compare to a closely related example, together with its matching tea bowl, in the Victoria and Albert Museum (accession no. C.603&A-1918), illustrated by John Ayers in Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1980, no. 83. Another example was sold at Bonhams New York, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art including the Francine and Bernard Wald Collection of Fine Snuff Bottles, Part I, 17 March 2025, lot 120.

Lot 1117. A moulded Ding 'Fish and lotus pond' bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 18.5 cm diam. Price realised HKD 508,000 (Estimate HKD 400,000 – HKD 600,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance: Sold at Sotheby’s Los Angeles, 8 June 1981, lot 263.

Lot 1109. A Jun sky-blue glazed bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 10.8 cm diam., box. Price realised HKD 825,500 (Estimate HKD 500,000 – HKD 800,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance: Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 3202

Exhibited: University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Alchemy in Blue: Ancient Jun ware from the Yip Collection, Hong Kong, 5 July to 30 November 2008, p.33, cat. no. 9

Note: The bowl is well potted with deep, gently rounded sides rising to a flared rim. It is covered overall with a sky-blue glaze. Compare to a Jun bowl of similar form, sold at Instinct & Knowledge A Life in the Company of Song Ceramics, Bonhams London, 15 May 2025, lot 16.

The result of the C & C Authentication Laboratory thermoluminescence test (report no. 134NH14) is consistent with the dating of the current lot.

Lot 1114. A Cizhou carved 'Peony' pillow, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 26.5 cm across, Japanese wood box. Price realised HKD 190,500 (Estimate HKD 150,000 – HKD 250,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance: Mayuyama & Co. Ltd., Tokyo

Literature: Mayuyama Seventy Years, Vol. 1, Tokyo 1976, p. 207, no. 620

Exhibited: To So no Tochin [Special exhibition of pillows in the Tang and Song dynasties], Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto, 6 October–23 November 1970, no. 50

Lot 1115. A rare Yaozhou celadon cup stand, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 16 cm diam., Japanese wood box. Price realised HKD 635,000 (Estimate HKD 150,000 – HKD 250,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Lot 1118. A fine Jun purple-splashed sky-blue glazed dish, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 17.5 cm diam. Price realised HKD 1,143,000 (Estimate HKD 500,000 – HKD 800,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 17-18 May 1988, lot 129

Note: The dish is potted with shallow rounded sides rising to an everted lipped rim and is covered overall with a sky-blue glaze decorated with purple splashes. The base has three spur marks. A closely related example is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 230. Another example, formerly in the collections of the Siu Kan Fong Lau, Hong Kong, and Eskenazi, London, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 22 April 2021, lot 16.

Lot 1120. A Jun green-glazed dish, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 17.2 cm diam., box. Price realised HKD 152,400 (Estimate HKD 100,000 – HKD 200,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance: Manzo Nakao (1882-1936), by repute

Hiroshi Ieshiro, acquired prior to 1978

Uragami Sokyudo, Tokyo

Exhibited: On loan to the Kyoto National Museum from Hiroshi Ieshiro on 20 July 1978

Note: The current dish is accompanied with a loan certificate from Hiroshi Ieshiro to the Kyoto National Museum on 20 July 1978. Hiroshi Ieshiro is the son-in-law of the Japanese scholar Manzo Nakao (1882-1936). Reputedly, Manzo Nakao acquired the current dish in the 1920s-30s. After his decease in 1936, the dish was passed onto Hiroshi Ieshiro, who loaned it to the Kyoto National Museum in 1978.

Lot 1108. A small Jian tea cup, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 8.3 cm. diam., Japanese wood box. Price realised HKD 381,000 (Estimate HKD 200,000 – HKD 300,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance: Collection of Dr. jur. Roland Sonderhoff (1897–?), Germany, by repute.

Lot 1116. A Jian-type paper-cut resist-decorated ‘Prunus’ tea bowl and a lacquer stand. The bowl : Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); lacquer stand : Yuan-early Ming dynasty; 12.5 cm diam., Japanese wood boxes. Price realised HKD 698,500 (Estimate HKD 600,000 – HKD 800,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Lot 1119. A Longquan celadon bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279);;16 cm diam., Japanese wood box. Price realised HKD 1,524,000 (Estimate  HKD 300,000 – HKD 500,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance: A Japanese Private Collection, amassed in the early 20th century

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 30 April 2026