30 NOVEMBER 2020 | LIVE AUCTION 18244 Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

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

Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

 

AN EXCEPTIONAL SANDSTONE HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA

TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The face is sensitively carved with gently curving eyes below the graceful arch of the brows, full lips and a double chin to give a benevolent expression, framed by the long pendulous ears and the hair pulled up in a high chignon secured by a headdress. The back is uncarved.
15 in. (38.1 cm.) high, stand

Provenance

Collection of Dr. Friedrich Perzynski (author of Von Chinas Göttern), who travelled to China between 1912-1913
Ralph M. Chait, New York
The Hiram J. Halle Collection, sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York 17 March 1961, lot 26
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 18 September 1996, lot 274

Estimate

HKD 4,000,000 - HKD 6,000,000

(USD 518,446 - USD 777,669)

Price realisedHKD 5,000,000

 

 

 

DETAILS

 

AN EXTREMELY RARE AND LARGE BLUE AND WHITE LOBED DISH
HONGWU PERIOD (1368-1398)
The dish is painted at the centre with the flowers of the four seasons, pomegranate, peony, camelia and chrysanthemum, encircling a single lotus spray and surrounded by the cavetto moulded with sixteen bracket-shaped flutes, each decorated with a lotus spray. The exterior is similarly painted with lotus sprays below a band of waves at rim.
18 ¼ in. (46.4 cm.) diam.

PROVENANCE

A Japanese private collection, Kyoto, acquired between 1920-1930

 

Estimate   HKD 2,000,000 – HKD 3,000,000

Price realisedHKD 2,500,000

 

AN EXTREMELY RARE AND FINE LARGE DING ‘LOTUS’ BOWL
LATE NORTHERN SONG-EARLY JIN DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY


The large bowl is superbly potted with straight upright sides rising from a short foot and flaring slightly at the rim. The interior is incised with a continuous lotus scroll comprising two large fully-opened blooms, another bloom turning into a pod in the centre, two large leaves and two leaves of arrowhead. The exterior is carved with four rows of lotus petals, each petal with a raised central ridge. The bowl is covered inside and out with a lustrous, ivory-toned glaze with the exception of the mouth rim, which is bound in copper.
12. 3/8 in. (31.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

From the collection of William Cleverley Alexander (1840-1916), and later the Misses Alexander
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 6 May 1931, lot 48 (for £150)
Bought through Bluett & Sons, London (for £175)

 

EstimateHKD 6,000,000 - HKD 8,000,000(USD 777,387 - USD 1,036,516)

Price realised     HKD 27,850,000

 

A VERY RARE WOOD STANDING FIGURE OF GUANYIN
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)
The bodhisattva is modelled wearing loose flowing robes, and a dhoti tied with a sash at the waist, standing on bare feet above a large lotus flower raised on a stem for attachment. The head is tilted slightly forward with a rounded face under the long hair swept up into a topknot and secured with a diadem. The eyes are downcast to provide an expression of deep meditative contemplation.
22 in. (57 cm.) high

Provenance

Collection of Paul Houo Ming-tse, acquired prior to 1930
Objets d’Art de la Chine, Collection Paul Houo Ming-Tse de Pekin, sold at Hotel Drouot, 14-17 February 1932, lot 86
Sold at Hotel Drouot, 7 October 1987, lot 70
Sam and Myrna Myers

Estimate

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

(USD 259,317 - USD 388,975)

Price realised    HKD 2,250,000

 

A MAGNIFICENT LARGE AND RARE GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF a CROWNED BUDDHA
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The exceptionally modelled figure is seated legs crossed in dhyanasana with each sole of the foot incised with a dharmachakra, Wheel of the Buddhist Law. Both of the Buddha’s arms are held at right-angle beside the waist, the hands with each of the middle figure slightly curled pointing inward towards an outward bestowing palm. The figure is depicted with an urna on the forehead between eyes downcast to provide a benevolent expression. The head is framed with pendulous ears adorned with pendent earrings, and crowned with an elaborate five-leaf diadem, each leaf accommodating a tathagata Buddha. The diadem is neatly tied with long ribbons falling onto each side of the shoulders. The edges of shawl and dhoti are incised with floral scrolls, and the bare torso incised with a Buddhist wan symbol.
28 ¼ in. (72 cm.) high

Provenance

Offered at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 October 1994, lot 394
Acquired in Europe before 1996 by the present collector

Estimate

HKD 7,500,000 - HKD 9,000,000

(USD 972,438 - USD 1,166,926)

Price realisedHKD 9,250,000