Qingbai

A rare qingbai porcelain dish with archaistic molded decoration. Southern Song Period. Photo Bonhams Its shallow curving well molded with a center medallion of a flowers arranged in a container shaped as a bronze tripod and surrounded by further reserves of flower-filled vases and tripods below a key-fret band, the rim bound in metal and all exposed surfaces covered with a very pale blue-green glaze, 6 1/2in (16.5cm) diameter - Sold for US$10,980 Provenance:: purchased from Douglas J. K. Wright Ltd., Oriental Art, London... [Lire la suite]

A Jun Purple-Splashed cup and cup-stand. Song Dynasty. Photo Sotheby's the cup with deep rounded sides rising from a short foot, the cupstand with a small deep cup resting on a broad gallery flaring up slightly, all supported on a high unglazed foot, both covered in a pale sky blue glaze liberally splashed with pale purple; 7.7cm., 3in. Estimate 5,000—7,000 GBP.. Lot Sold 18,750 GBP A Ding-type ewer. Song Dynasty. Photo Sotheby's the rounded body shaped into eight lobes rising from a short foot to a tall cylindrical neck, the... [Lire la suite]

A fine and rare Konoha Temmoku tea bowl. Southern Song Dynasty, 12th/ 13th century.  Photo Sotheby's of 'Jizhou' manufacture, of conical shape with a small raised knob in the centre, covered with a fine opaque dark brown glaze that leaves the lip in a slightly lighter tone, and decorated on the inside with a large trefoil tree leaf with worm-eaten holes, forming an attractive yellowish-brown silhouette with fine veining, ivory-tinted edges and a honey-coloured stem, the low narrow footring and recessed base exposed in the... [Lire la suite]

A rare large Blue and White 'Lotus' Guan Jar. Late Yuan-Early Ming dynasties. Photo Sotheby's robustly potted in ovoid form with a short splayed neck set with a slightly everted rim flange, boldly painted in a dark, greyish cobalt blue with a broad stylised lotus scroll around the centre, with six large blooms alternating in full view and in profile among dense scrolling foliage and attendant buds, set between pendent and upright petal lappets draping the shoulder and skirting the waist, the shoulder lappets containing Buddhist and... [Lire la suite]

Qingbai Foliate Shallow Peony Dish. Northern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). Courtesy Vermeer & Griggs A fine Song Qingbai shallow foliated dish, the rim shaped to form six petals, raised on a short ring foot decorated with carved and combed design of a peony flower covered in a pale blue green colored glaze. The base is unglazed and the biscuit is burned in the firing. The dish likely made at the Jingdezheng kilns in Jiangxi province. Diameter:  6" (15.2cm). Condition: Excellent, minor kiln grit... [Lire la suite]

Coupe en grès émaillé beige à décor de fleurs. Qingbai yao, époque Song. photo courtesy Pierre Bergé & associés Bord cerclé de métal. D_17 cm - Estimation : 600 - 800 €Pierre Bergé & associés. Orient - Extrême Orient. Lundi 15 novembre à 14h00. Drouot-Richelieu - Salle 7 - Paris. EMail : contact@pba-auctions.com

A Longquan celadon lotus bowl. Song Dynasty. photo Bonhams Its wide, curving well rising from a flat floor and its exterior walls carved with overlapping lotus petals, the limpid gray-green glaze covering all surfaces except the foot pad. 6 1/4in (16cm) diameter - Sold for $3,965 Provenance: Ex-collection Pankow Family Trust, San Francisco;purchased Bonhams & Butterfields Fine Asian Works of Art sale, 7 June 2005, part lot 2147 A Longquan celadon glazed stoneware jar with carved floral decoration. Ming Dynasty. photo... [Lire la suite]

A 'hare's fur' bowl. Song. photo Bonhams Of conical form, the glaze with characteristic streaky markings and pooling at the foot, 12.2cm diameter. Estimate: £400 - 600 A small celadon bowl. Probably Song. photo Bonhams Carved with central lotus flower within a border of phoenix and flowers beneath a Qingbai style glaze, 17.7cm diameter. Estimate: £300 - 400 A Dingyao style bowl. Probably Song. photo Bonhams The circular bowl with gently sloping sides, a central flower head motif within a key-pattern... [Lire la suite]

Footed bowl. Porcelain covered with blue glaze, Qinbai. China, Yuan dynasty, beginning of 14th century. H. 10; Diam. 9.5 cm. Inv. no. 2372. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum  © 2008 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Bowl with double walls with four foliate panels where holy personages from the Taoist religion stand out in relief under bamboo leaves, framed by a fine rope of pearls that accentuates the lobed edge and is repeated in the interior. Partially translucid, it is covered with bluish glaze, described by the term qingbai... [Lire la suite]

A rare 'qingbai' 'peony' handled cup. Song dynasty. photo Sotheby's of shallow rounded form, applied at one side with a circular loop handle issuing from a flat everted flange, the interior intricately carved with a peony flower borne on leafy stems, covered all over in a delicate shadowy-blue glaze, the unglazed rim revealing the white body burnt russet-orange in the firing - 17.8 cm., 7 in. Est. 200,000—300,000 HKD. Lot Sold 250,000 HKD PROVENANCE: Sotheby's London, 12th Novemeber 2003, lot 74. EXHIBITED: Song Ceramics... [Lire la suite]