Lot 1101. A rare large sancai-glazed box and cover, Tang dynasty (618-907); 18.6 cm diam., box. Price realised HKD 1,079,500 (Estimate HKD 300,000 – HKD 500,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's London, 12 July 2006, lot 26

The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, North America, no.SO423, prior to 200

Sold at Poly Hong Kong, Tang Sancai Ceramics From The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, 14 July 2022, lot 3206.

Lot 1103. A rare blue-glazed box and cover, Tang dynasty (618-907); 18.6 cm diam., box. Price realised HKD 508,000 (Estimate HKD 280,000 – HKD 400,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance: Berwald Oriental Art, no. WA1, according to label

J.J. Lally, New York, no. 3471

The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, North America, no. WA1, prior to 2000

Sold at Poly Hong Kong, Tang Sancai Ceramics From The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, 14 July 2022, lot 3205.

Lot 1107. A sancai and blue-glazed pottery figure of a seated lion, Tang dynasty (618-907); 13.8 cm high, box. Price realised HKD 635,000 (Estimate HKD 500,000 – HKD 1,000,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance: Acquired in Japan in 1992

Note: This figure of a seated lion is modelled in an extremely rare stance. The majority of Tang ceramic lions are modelled seated squarely on their hind legs with both forelegs straight and head facing forward. The current lion adopts a variant of the latter pose. Its head is turned and a hind leg is raised, but in this case the animal appears to be scratching the side of its head in a naturalistic and rather charming manner.

Another lion in similar pose, although the hind paw has not quite reached the head, in the Seikado Museum, Tokyo is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 11, Tokyo, 1976, p. 87, no. 67. A less elaborate figure of a lion scratching its head, was excavated in 1955 in Xi'an, and is now in the National Museum of History in Beijing illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji - Gongyi meishu bian 2 taoci (zhong), Shanghai, 1988, p. 28 and 68, no. 77.

Lot 1112. A large white-glazed jar, Tang dynasty (618-907); 40.7 cm high. Price realised HKD 609,600 (Estimate HKD 200,000 – HKD 400,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2026

Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's New York, 3 June 1987, lot 153

Acquired in Japan in 1987.

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