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Fine neolithic black pottery stemcup
Longshan Culture, Shandong province, 3rd millennium B.C.
Very thinly potted, the steep-sided cup resting on a narrow stem
with large cylindrical knop pierced with five rows of vertical slits,
20,6 cm
Sold at Sotheby's London, 7th December 1993,lot no. 116
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Rare neolithic pottery tripod ewer, li gui
Longshan Culture, 3rd millennium B.C.
the globular body resting on three legs and encircled by a rope-twist band,
the tall cylindrical neck joined to the body with a broad strap handle and
rising to the flared mouth to form a long spout, the speckled body buffed to
a gentle sheen
33,5 cm
Sold at Sotheby's London, 7th December 1993, lot no. 117
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Two brown-glazed pottery vases, Hu
Han dynasty
Each encircled on the body with grooved borders and moulded with taotie
mask handles,
33 and 34 cm
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Green-glazed pottery ladle
Han dynasty
Moulded with a band of stylised waves, the green glaze with areas of iridiscence
Length 13 cm
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Two painted pottery ladles
Han dynasty
Each handle terminating in a dragonŐs head finial, painted in black and red pigment.
Length 25 and 12 cm
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Two painted grey pottery figures of soldiers
Han dynasty
Standing wearing black and white wide-sleeved coats over full short trousers and
caps with red details, black boots , each with hands lifted and pierced with an
aperture as if holding a spear
52 cm
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A fine moulded earthenware sancai bowl
Tang dynasty
The outside moulded with florets on a seeded ground, glazed allover with green, ivory and ochre splashes
Diam. 9,5 cm
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Large painted pottery figure of a horse
Early Tang dynasty
Finely modelled, standing foursquare, the halter, chest and rump straps decorated with applied florets and hung with leaf medallions
55 cm
SOLD
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Pair of painted pottery figures of officials
Tang dynasty
Standing with hands clasped together, wearing long-sleeved tunics and butter-
fly-formed hats, remains of red and black pigments and traces of gilding
58 cm
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A pair of painted pottery figures of female polo players
Tang dynasty
Each rider with body in a lively position and arms upwards, the horses standing foursquare, one with head slightly turned to the right, traces of red, black and white pigments
Height 36 and 37 cm
SOLD
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Three painted pottery figures of ladies
Tang dynasty
One pair standing carrying a bag, the other an expecting mother, with remains of red and black pigments
22-24 cm
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Jizhou 'Prunus' resist-decorated vase
Song dynasty
Decorated in wax-resist technique with a prunus branch with brown-painted
details, all on a dark brown ground
Compare a similar vase illustrated by Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell and
Partridge Feathers, 1996, pl.102
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Small Longquan celadon square dish,
Yuan dynasty
Moulded with a square panel of a deer, the everted sides with cartouches
enclosing a single character forming the rebus tian lu zhi mei,
9,5 cm
An almost identical dish is illustrated by Medley, Yuan Porcelain and Stoneware,
London, 1974, pl. 68A.
A similar dish was sold in Christie's New York , 23 March 1995, lot 353
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Longquan celadon saucer dish
Ming dynasty
Of shallow form with barbed rim, carved in the centre and everted rim with floral designs
12,5 cm
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Two Longquan celadon vases
Yuan/Ming dynasty
one pear-shaped with fixed double ring handles, the other of kinuta shape
16 and 13,5 cm
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Small moulded yingqing vase
Song dynasty
Moulded with two bands of flowers, the tall neck with six- lobed flared flower-
shaped mouth, the domed foot with further moulded petal border, all under a
light blue glaze,
14,1 cm
Sold at Sotheby's London, 7th December 1993, lot no. 194.
A very similar vase waw included in the Min Chiu Society Exhibition: An
Anthology of Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1980, Catalogue,
no. 50
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Rare Yingqing flattened circular ewer
Yuan dynasty
Moulded on each side with a large cash-shaped panel enclosing a flowerhead below a petal-shaped border, all below a border of bosses, under a translucent bluish-white glaze,
12 cm high
Provenance: Marchant & Son, London
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Yingqing tripod censer
Song dynasty
the U-shaped body with everted rim supported by three dragon and claw feet covered with an even translucent bluish-white glaze,
8,5 cm high
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Painted Cizhou jar
Song dynasty
Of slender ovoid shape, applied with four ribbed strap handles around the short
neck and painted in dark chocolate brown slip with freely drawn leaves divided
by multiple bands
25 cm high
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Painted Jizhou box and cover
Song dynasty
Painted in iron-brown on the creamy white ground wit a flower head below
circular bands
SOLD
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A rare gilt-decorated Jizhou bowl
Southern Song dynasty (13th century)
Painted in gilt with four cloud-shaped panels of auspicious characters surrounded by radiating lines on a dark brown ground
Sold at Christie's Amsterdam
A very similar bowl is illustrated in the Catalogue of the Museum of East Asian
Art, Bath , Inaugural Exhibition, Volume 1 Chinese Ceramics, 1993, no 115.
SOLD
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A rare marbled bowl
Song dynasty
The curved sides rising from a rounded base, finely potted with cream and dark brown clays creating a radiating feathered pattern encircling a flowerlike centre, covered inside and out with a transparent ivory glaze
Diam. 10,5 cm
SOLD
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A russet-splashed cizhou bowl
Song dynasty
Shallow form with wide spreading sides, covered inside and out with
a lustrous black glaze attractively splashed in russet and stopping neatly
above the short slightly waisted foot
Diam. 13,5 cm
SOLD
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A white-rimmed bowl
Northern Song dynasty
Conical form, the rim with a white band, covered overall in a deep
lustrous brownish-black glaze, with irregular pooling short of the footrim
Diam. 11,8 cm
SOLD
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A Henan splashed black-glazed bowl
Northern Song dynasty
Shallow form with straight sides, the buff stoneware glazed inside and out
with a brownis-black glaze splashed with russet vertical stripes, stopping
irregularly above the slightly played foot
Diam. 10 cm
For a similar bowl see Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang
Collection, part 1, no 467
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A fine black-glazed bowl
Song dynasty
of wide flared shape, partly covered with a lustrous brownish-black glaze
leaving a star-shaped design on the white slip continuing over the rim to form
another star-shape design on the outside covering further white slip falling in
an even line with a few drops to expose the buff ware
Diam. 15 cm
SOLD
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A 'Jun' tripod censer
Yuan dynasty
on cabriole legs, the shoulders with upright flared handles, both sides with a
purple splash on the sky-blue ground, Japanese pierced silver cover,
with Japanese wooden box
Height 9 cm
Provenance: Japanese collection
SOLD
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A very rare Cizhou painted turquoise-glazed vase
Yuan dynasty
The pear-shaped body supported on a splayed foot , the body painted
in black on the turquoise ground with scrolling flower heads on a striped ground,
the sloping shoulders with upright leaves, the long cylindrical neck with freely
painted leafy sprays all divided by double or triple border lines, covered allover
with a deep turquoise glaze
Height 29 cm
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