Ceramics from the collection of Quincy Chuang sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30 November 2021
Lot 307. A blue-splashed jarlet, Tang dynasty (618-907); 9 cm, wood stand. Lot sold: 75,600 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's
Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang.
Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd, London (label).
1Lot 308. A sancai appliqué-decorated 'flowers' tripod censer, Tang dynasty (618-907); w. 20.1 cm, h. 17.3 cm. Lot sold: 56,700 HKD (Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's
Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang.
Lot 309. A sancai censer, Tang dynasty (618-907); 14.6 cm. Lot sold: 81,900 HKD (Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's
Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang.
Note: See a similar censer, formerly in the collection of Stephen Junkunc III, now in the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, on loan to Harvard University Art Museums from 1999-2006, object no. 2006.170.272, illustrated on https://hvrd.art/o/188084. Another example was excavated in 1984 from a Tang dynasty kiln site in Gongyi, Henan province. For line drawing, see Zhongyuan Wenwu [Cultural Relics of Central China], no. 4, 1992, p. 60, fig. 9.8.
Lot 310. A sancai figure of a groom, Tang dynasty (618-907); 44.5 cm. Lot sold: 63,000 HKD (Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's
Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang.
Lot 311. A sancai 'phoenix' ewer, Tang dynasty (618-907); 31.3 cm. Lot sold: 478,800 HKD (Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's
Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang.
The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a thermoluminescence test (Oxford sample 166 & 1). Certificate lost.
Provenance: Sotheby's Parke Barnet, 17th October 1974, lot 402 (US$8,000).
Lot 312. A blue-splashed jar, Tang dynasty (618-907); 23 cm. Lot sold: 23,940 HKD (Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's
Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang.
Provenance: Sotheby's Los Angeles, 13th March 1974, lot 29 (US$2,800).
Lot 313. A large standing figure of Weituo, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); wood stand, 54.8 cm. Lot sold: 302,400 HKD (Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's
Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang.
Lot 314. Four sancai cups, Tang dynasty (618-907); wood stand, 6.5 cm. Lot sold: 13,860 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's
Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang.
Lot 314. A moulded sancai 'floral' dish, Liao dynasty (907-1125); 17.7 cm. Lot sold: 25,200 HKD (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's
Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang.
Lot 316. A celadon-glazed handled tripod jar and cover, Han dynasty (218 BC-220 AD); 18.3 cm. Lot sold: 20,160 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's
Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang.
Lot 317. A straw-glazed standing figure of a warrior, Tang dynasty (618-907); 36.5 cm. Lot sold: 21,420 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's
Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang.
Lot 318. A green-splashed appliqué-decorated jarlet, Tang dynasty (618-907); h. 9.8 cm. Lot sold: 27,720 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's
Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang.
Lot 319. A celadon-glazed handled jar, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period; h. 19.5 cm; w. 29 cm. Lot sold: 17,640 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's
Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang.
Lot 320. A sancai 'floral' inkstone, Liao dynasty (907-1125); 18 cm. Lot sold: 16,380 HKD (Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's
Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang.
Lot 321. A pottery standing figure of a foreigner, Tang dynasty (618-907); 23.8 cm. Lot sold: 18,900 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's
Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang.
Lot 323. A yellow and green-glazed seated figure of Wenchang, Early Qing dynasty (1644-1911); 51.5 cm. Lot sold: 176,400 HKD (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's
Property from the collection of Quincy Chuang.
Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021