28 MAY 2021 | LIVE AUCTION 19677Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of ArtHONG KONG

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Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art (christies.com)

Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

 

Details

AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'KUI DRAGON' JAR
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
The jar is finely potted with a slightly compressed globular body rising to a vertical neck and lipped rim, supported on a low and broad foot, finely painted in rich saturated cobalt of inky-blue tone with areas of 'heaping and piling' to depict a striding three-clawed kui dragon with a long snout, curled horns pointed back toward its sinuous, muscular upper body and forelegs, its bifurcated foliate scroll tail extends from behind its wings, its jaws open wide with a floral sprig extending from its tongue. The foot is decorated with a band of petal panels, and a cloud collar with ten flower sprays on the shoulder below a ruyi band at the neck framing stylised trefoils. The reign mark is well written on the base.
7 1/4 in. (18.3 cm.) high, box

 

Provenance

Sold at Christie’s London, 12 December 1988, lot 173, and illustrated on the catalogue front cover (fig. 2)
The Robert Chang Collection

 

Exhibited

Christie's London, An Exhibition of Important Chinese Ceramics from the Robert Chang Collection, 2-14 June 1993, Catalogue, no. 12

A RARE AND LARGE BRONZE 'SIX MOUNTAIN' MIRROR

LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC

 

Estimate

HKD 500,000 - HKD 800,000

A RARE LARGE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING

LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC

 

Estimate

HKD 1,200,000 - HKD 1,800,000

A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE TRIPOD VESSEL, JIA

SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC

 

Estimate

HKD 2,000,000 - HKD 3,000,000

A VERY RARE LARGE GREY STONE BEAR-FORM STAND

HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

 

Estimate

HKD 400,000 - HKD 500,000

A RARE LARGE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE RESERVE-DECORATD ‘DRAGON’ VASE, MEIPING

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Estimate

HKD 2,000,000 - HKD 3,000,000

 

 

AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE BRONZE RITUAL OWL-FORM WINE VESSEL AND COVER, XIAO YOULATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH – 11TH CENTURY BC : EstimateHKD 7,000,000 - HKD 9,000,000

 

Details

AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE BRONZE RITUAL OWL-FORM WINE VESSEL AND COVER, XIAO YOU
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH – 11TH CENTURY BC
The vessel is powerfully cast in the form of two addorsed owls with rounded bodies and supported on four stout legs with gently splayed feet. The sides are finely cast in high-relief with curling serpents gathering at the chest on either side and separated by raised flanges. The shoulders are applied with loops suspending the domed handle, decorated with an intricate animal mask at each end. The gently domed cover is finely cast in high relief at each end as the head of an owl with upturned beaks and bulging eyes, all divided into four sections by raised flanges and surmounted by a bud-shaped finial.
7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high with handle, 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) across, box

Provenance

Chang Wei Hwa & Company, Taipei, 12 December 1993