Lot 17079. A painted pottery jar, China, Majiayao culture, ca. 3rd millenium BC. H. 36 cm. Sold: €900 EUR (Est: €1 000 EUR - €1 500 EUR) © Nagel Auction
 

Traces of age
 

Provenance: From an old North German private collection, originally assembled by diplomat Wilhelm Haas (1896-1981) during his tenure at the Consulate General in Shanghai beginning in 1927 and at the Legation in Beijing beginning in 1929.
 

Note: These types of storage vessels are the most characteristic objects of the Majiayao culture. The development of these vessels, with their distinctive, often wavy lines and striking black and red pigments, is usually associated with a significant change in the way Chinese ceramics were made. Unlike their predecessors, Majiayao culture vessels were made in centralized workshops, the largest of which was found in Baidaogouping, Gansu. The scale of production suggests that an interaction between the hunter-gatherers of the Qinghai region and the westward expanding Yangshao culture led to a leap in social complexity.

Lot 17078. A terracotta vase with spherical body, splayed mouth, and two lugs, China, Han dynasty. H. 40,7 cm (Minor wear). Sold: €600 EUR (Est: €300 EUR - €500 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Provenance: From a German private collection
 

Note: A 24 November 1994 TL analysis is consistent with the dating of this lot.

Lot 17080. An earthenware lion with remnants of glaze, China, Han Dynasty. L. 20,5 x 30,5 x 13 cm. Sold: €240 EUR (Est: €400 EUR - €600 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Very slightly chipped near the feet.
 

Provenance: From an important South German private collection.

Lot 17081. A large two part court lady model in beige earthenware, China, Han Dynasty. H. 55 cm. Sold: €100 EUR (Est: €200 EUR - €250 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Minor rest. and slightly chipped.
 

Provenance: From an important Süd German private collection, collected since the 1960s.

Lot 694. A 'Sancai'- glazed earthenware vase, Tang Dynasty. H. 11,7 cm. Sold: €3 600 EUR (Est: €1 000 EUR - €1 500 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Compact, bulging body with finely craquelled 'Sancai'glaze, which runs in stripes to just before the unglazed stand - very minor traces of age

Provenance : Southern German private collection, sold at Nagel, 12.11.2006, Lot 1032a and acquired by the present owner.

Lot 695. A partly amber-glazed earthenware figure of a standing horse, Tang dynasty. H. 32,7 cm. Sold: €2 800 EUR (Est: €1 200 EUR - €1 800 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Wooden base - Restored breaks to the legs, minor further restorations.

Provenance : From an old Bavarian private collection

Lot 696. A fine 'sancai' -glazed earthenware horse, Tang dynasty. H. 49,5 cm. Sold: €13 000 EUR (Est: €15 000 EUR - €50 000) © Nagel Auction

Finely moulded horse with a saddle üstanding on a rectangular plinth over a spotted saddlecloth, its head turned slightly to the left. The bridle is also covered with mottled glaze, which decorates the amber-coloured glazed horse. This ceramic horse was part of a set of figurines depicting a procession belonging to the tomb of a high-ranking person. In ancient China, tombs were equipped with all the items needed in the afterlife - including horses as an important means of transport - Minor rest.

Provenance: From an important Southern German private collection, collected before 2007

Note: A very äsimilar horse is in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, publ. Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned: cat. no. 98, p. 93.

Lot 697. A slightly floriform 'qingbai' bowl with carved floral decoration and mounted silver rim, Song dynasty. D. 18,3 cm. Sold: €2 600 EUR (Est: €2 500 EUR - €3 500 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Aside from very few minor firing blemishes in overall good condition.
 

Provenance: Important Spanish private collection, assembled since the 1970s.

Lot 698. A floriform 'qingbai' ware tea cup and associated stand, Song dynasty; D. 8,2-12,3 cm. Sold: €1 100 EUR (Est: €1 200 EUR - €1 800 EUR) © Nagel Auction

The stand's foot slightly chipped.

Provenance: Important Spanish private collection, assembled since the 1970s

Lot 699. A 'qingbai' ware stem cup or lamp, Song dynasty; 12 cm. Sold: €1 400 EUR (Est: €1 000 EUR - €1 500 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Very few firing imperfections, overall good condition
 

Provenance: Important Spanish private collection, acquired at Yue Gu Zhai Antique Co., Hong Kong, 29 May 2006 (invoice present)
 

Note: Cf. a similar lamp, sold at Sotheby's London, 4 Nov 2020, lot 361 as well as J. Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, Han-Shan Tang Ltd. 1979, Pl.29b.

Lot 700. A black-glazed russet-splashed tea bowl on an associated base, Northern Song dynasty. D. 8-13 cm. Sold: €5 000 EUR (Est: €3 000 EUR - €5 000 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Provenance: Important Spanish private collection, assembled since the 1970s, the bowl with a label "Carl Schmid-Wahlgren, Göteborg Collection"

Lot 703. A fine persimmon-glazed 'ding' ware dish, Northern Song dynasty; 12,2 cm. Sold: €4 500 EUR (Est: €2 000 EUR - €3 000 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Finely potted, the floriform dish covered all over with a reddish-brown persimmon glaze, thinning at the rim to brown and cream tones, extending to the unglazed flat foot. Tiny chip to the rim, few very small firing blemishes
 

Provenance: Important Spanish private collection, acquired at Sotheby's New York, 18 March 2008, lot 108 (invoice copy preserved)
 

Note: Cf. similar dishes but standing on footrims, e.g. from the Linyushanren collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong,2 Dec 2015, lot 2819 as well as at Sotheby's New York, 19 Sep 2023, lot 768. -

Lot 704. A fine conical 'Yaozhou' ware bowl with floral decoration, Song dynasty. D. 20,7 cm. Sold: €4 500 EUR (Est: €3 000 EUR - €5 000 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Minor firing blemishes (small fragments baked into the rim)

Provenance: Important Spanish private collection, acquired at Yue Gu Zhai Antique Co., Hong Kong, 29 May 2006 (invoice present) -

Lot 705. A finely carved 'Yaozhou' celadon lotus bowl, Song dynasty. D. 17,3 cm. Sold: €2 800 EUR (Est: €2 500 EUR - €3 500 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Few very small chips to the footrim.

Provenance: Important Spanish private collection, assembled since the 1970s.

Lot 707. A small Jun-glazed brush washer with purple splashes, probably Jin/ Song dynasty. D. 6,5 cm (traces of age). Sold: €500 EUR (Est: €1 000 EUR - €1 500 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Provenance: German private collection.

Lot 708. A good Junyao jar with lavender-colored glaze and purple splashes, Yuan Dynasty. D. 13.7/ H. 10.6 cm. Sold: €1,300 EUR (Est: €1,800 EUR - €2,800 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Well-shaped with deep, rounded sides that rest on a slightly flared foot and rise to a broad shoulder and a straight rim with two handle grips. The outside is covered with an intensely craquelured, lavender-colored glaze, which becomes thinner towards the rim and the handles and is decorated with large splashes of purple at the shoulder. Beige body, unglazed at the base and in the lower fifth of the vessel. Minimal signs of age, good condition.
 

Provenance: From an old South German private collection, acquired at Nagel on 19 May 2001, lot 3907 from the estate of the Dr. Guo Ruping Collection (1913-1992), Berlin.
 

Notre: Compare a closely related Junyao splashed twin-handled jar, also dated Jin/Yuan dynasty, 13th century, 12.5 cm tall, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 1975.1.1663.

Lot 709. A lavender-blue violet-splashed 'Jun' ware bowl, Yuan dynasty. D. 18 cm. Sold: €1 500 EUR (Est: €1 500 EUR - €2 500 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Provenance: Important Spanish private collection, assembled since the 1970s.

Lot 710. A lotus bud vase with Jun glaze and violet splashes, possibly Song-Yuan dynasty. H. 11,3 cm (Minor wear). Sold: €1 500 EUR (Est: €1 500 EUR - €2 500 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Provenance: Important Spanish private collection, assembled since the 1970s.

Lot 713. A fine 'Longquan' celadon lotus dish, Southern Song dynasty, 12th/13th c. D. 15,8 cm. Sold: €6 000 EUR (Est: €800 EUR - €1 200 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Provenance : Important Spanish private collection, assembled since the 1970s.

Note : Cf. a slightly larger but almost identical dish from the Songde Tang collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 Dec 2021, lot 2826, also at Sotheby's London, 28 July 2020, lot 129.

Lot 724. A conical 'Yaozhou' ware celadon bowl with carved decoration, possibly Song dynasty. D. 21,1 cm. Sold: €1 800 EUR (Est: €800 EUR - €1 200 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Provenance: Important Spanish private collection, assembled in the 1970s.

Lot 722. A Longquan celadon dragon jar and cover, late Song to Yuan dynasty. H. 22 cm. Sold: €1 000 EUR (Est: €2 000 EUR - €3 000 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Jar with an elongated, barrel-shaped body that tapers slightly towards the base. Cylindrical neck on a flat shoulder, upon which a sculpturally moulded dragon coils upwards in high relief. The jar is crowned by a flat lid topped with a bird's knob. A thick, silky matt glaze in a pale grey to lime green shade coats the entire body evenly but omits the reddish-brown oxidised firing rims on the foot and mouth. The interior of the lid and the recessed area within the foot ring are also glazed. The upper rim of the jar with the Japanese kintsugi technique restord, a fine stress crack to the foot ring, some encrustations and minor chipping

Provenance : From a German private collection, acquired before 2007.

Note: Cf. a lidded jar of the same type in the V&A Museum, East Asia Collection, accession no.: C.28&A-1935; Pair of Longquan lidded vases in the British Museum, asset number: 440992001.

Lot 723. A lotus bud vase with Jun glaze, possibly Yuan dynasty, 12,3 cm. Sold: €500 EUR (Est: €1 000 EUR - €1 500 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Provenance : Important Spanish private collection, collected since the 1970s.

Lot 17150. A small 'yaozhou' celadon bowl with modeled wave and conch decoration, Southern Song dynasty, 13th century. D. 11,5 cm. Sold: €1 100 EUR (Est: €600 EUR - €1 000 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Minor firing blemishes and few scratches to the underside.

Provenance : Minor firing blemishes and few scratches to the underside

Lot 17152. A small floriform 'qingbai' box and cover, Song dynasty, 12th century. D. 7,2 cm. Sold: €140 EUR (Est: €200 EUR - €300 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Provenance : Old South German private collection.

Lot 715. A Cizhou jar with figure decoration and a stylised inscription in Cizhomu ware, Ming dynasty. H. 25,4 cm. Sold: €2 000 EUR (Est: €2 500 EUR - €3 500 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Upwardly widening shape on an unglazed stand. Cream-coloured glaze with brown decoration. Wear, the stand partly chipped, glaze partly corroded.

Provenance : From an old South German private collection, acquired at Nagel, 15.5.1999, lot 2184

Lot 718. A floriform celadon qilin relief charger, Ming dynasty. D. 36,2 cm (Minor wear). Sold: €2 000 EUR (Est: €500 EUR - €800 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Provenance ::Old European private collection

Lot 719. A rare celadon-glazed oil lamp with openwork wall with floral decoration, Ming dynasty. H. 14,5 cm. Sold:€3,000 (Est: €3,000 - €5,000) © Nagel Auction

A very small chip to the inside of the footrim, fine firing crack inside the foot.

Provenance : Formerly from an old Italian private collection - German private collection.

Note: Cf. a Longquan oil lamp sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30 May 2019, lot 311 and a Longquan celadon stand sold at Christe's, 5-12 Dec 2018, lot 16318. 

Lot 720. An incense burner with cash pattern and celadon glaze, 16th-17th century. D. 26,5 cm. Sold: €300 EUR (Est: €600 EUR - €1 000 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Partly stabilized cracks

Provenance : From old German diplomatic property, by inheritance to the present owners

Lot 721. A rare deep celadon bowl with a single peony blossom, Ming dynasty, ca. 15th-16th century. D. 35,5 cm. Sold: €6 000 EUR (Est: €3 000 EUR - €5 000 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Unusually shaped deep bowl with beautiful intense green celadon glaze with a large blossom next to foliage engraved in the mirror, borders with waves and serrated friezes merging into the wall. The base partially colored reddish by firing, partly glazed. Very slightly chipped few short hairline cracks to rim.

Provenance : From the estate of the well-known German porcelain dealer Heinz Reichert (1932-1999)

Lot 725. A Longquan figure of a dignitary with celadon glaze, Ming Dynasty. H. 22,3 cm. Sold: €300 EUR (Est: €600 EUR - €1 000 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Few very small chips to the foot.

Provenance : From old German diplomatic property, by inheritance to the present owners -

Lot 17148. A deep Longquan circular bowl with a Japanese inscribed kiri tomobako, Ming dynasty. D. 17,2 cm. Sold: €600 EUR (Est: €750 EUR - €1 000 EUR) © Nagel Auction

Intensive changing green to light grey-brown glaze. Minor glaze imperfections.

Accompanied by an old index card inscribed in French with the reference Oriental Art Spring 1979, Kiri-tomobako with inscriptions.

Provenance : Old Hessian private collection 

Lot 734. A ceramic figure of a standing monk, Ming dynasty.H. 33,7 cm (minor wear, slightly chipped). Sold: €500 EUR (Est: €600 EUR - €1 000 EUR) © Nagel Auction
 

Provenance: German private collection.

Lot 737. A 'sancai' glazed ceramic roof tile in the shape of a fo lion, Ming dynasty. H. 25 cm (Minor wear). Sold: €700 EUR (Est: €400 EUR - €600 EUR) © Nagel Auction
 

Provenance: From an old South German private collection, assembled between 1972 and 2001; acquired at Bernd Rieber Auction House, March 1993, Lot 3962 (copy of invoice on file).