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A VERY RARE HUAIREN WHITE-RIMMED ‘OIL SPOT’ TEA BOWL
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
Estimate
HKD 2,000,000 – HKD 3,000,000
DETAILS
A VERY RARE HUAIREN WHITE-RIMMED ‘OIL SPOT’ TEA BOWL
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
The rounded bowl is covered inside and out with a blackish-brown glaze applied with dense silvery snowflake-shaped iron spots, the glaze stops in an irregular line on the exterior above the foot covered with purplish dressing. The brown glaze was scraped away at the mouth rim and applied with a milky white glaze.
4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
The rounded bowl is covered inside and out with a blackish-brown glaze applied with dense silvery snowflake-shaped iron spots, the glaze stops in an irregular line on the exterior above the foot covered with purplish dressing. The brown glaze was scraped away at the mouth rim and applied with a milky white glaze.
4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
PROVENANCE
A Japanese private collection formed in the 1940s, by repute
Acquired in Japan in 1994
Acquired in Japan in 1994
AN EXTREMELY RARE ‘NUMBERED THREE’ JUN TRIPOD BULB BOWL
YUAN-MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
Estimate
HKD 4,000,000 – HKD 6,000,000
DETAILS
AN EXTREMELY RARE ‘NUMBERED THREE’ JUN TRIPOD BULB BOWL
YUAN-MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
The sturdily potted bowl has a band of twenty ‘nail-head’ bosses applied between bow-string borders, and a further seventeen bosses above the three ruyi-form feet. The bowl is covered with a thick glaze, the interior of pale blue and lavender tone and the exterior of mottled magenta that thins to brownish-olive on the raised areas. The base has a thin olive glaze and a ring of spur marks, and is incised with the character san (three).
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diam., double Japanese wood boxes
YUAN-MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
The sturdily potted bowl has a band of twenty ‘nail-head’ bosses applied between bow-string borders, and a further seventeen bosses above the three ruyi-form feet. The bowl is covered with a thick glaze, the interior of pale blue and lavender tone and the exterior of mottled magenta that thins to brownish-olive on the raised areas. The base has a thin olive glaze and a ring of spur marks, and is incised with the character san (three).
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diam., double Japanese wood boxes
PROVENANCE
Matsushige Hiroda (1897-1973)
Manno Art Museum, Osaka
An important private collection, acquired circa 2000
Manno Art Museum, Osaka
An important private collection, acquired circa 2000
AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE PAIR OF ‘GUAN’-INSCRIBED DING SQUARE DISHES
FIVE DYNASTIES-EARLY NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY
Estimate
HKD 7,000,000 – HKD 9,000,000
AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE PAIR OF ‘GUAN’-INSCRIBED DING SQUARE DISHES
FIVE DYNASTIES-EARLY NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 10TH CENTURY
The flared sides that rise from the flat base to the foliate rim are decorated to the interior cavetto with a raised line of slip separating each petal above the quatrefoil motifs in the bottom of the interior. Each dish is covered overall with a clear glaze except for the unglazed base incised with a guan (official) mark.
3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm.) square, Japanese wood box
AN EXTREMELY RARE BLUE AND WHITE POMEGRANATE-FORM VASE
XUANDE MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
Price realisedHKD 34,255,000
Estimate
HKD 25,000,000 – HKD 35,000,000
AN EXTREMELY RARE BLUE AND WHITE POMEGRANATE-FORM VASE
XUANDE MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
Of hexafoil lobed shape, each lobe of the vase is painted with a lingzhi spray between a pendent lappet above and an upright lappet below, with another petal gracing the splayed foot. The neck is painted with three conjoined circles below the everted mouth with further band of pendent lappets, all in brilliant tones of blue with heaping and piling.
7 3/4 in. (19.3 cm.) high
XUANDE MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
Of hexafoil lobed shape, each lobe of the vase is painted with a lingzhi spray between a pendent lappet above and an upright lappet below, with another petal gracing the splayed foot. The neck is painted with three conjoined circles below the everted mouth with further band of pendent lappets, all in brilliant tones of blue with heaping and piling.
7 3/4 in. (19.3 cm.) high
PROVENANCE
Sold at Osaka Bijutsu Club, 19 February 1939, lot 267
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK
YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425)
Estimate
HKD 8,000,000 – HKD 12,000,000
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK
YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425)
The elegant flask is well potted with a flattened, but slightly domed, circular lower section and a globular upper section narrowing to a short neck and a bulb-shaped mouth. The widest part of the upper bulb is painted with a band of composite floral scroll, above the lower section painted on each side with an eight-pointed arabesque centred by a yinyang symbol encircled by petals, bordered by a 'half cash' band around the edge. The flask stands on an oval foot flanked by a pair of strap handles on either side joining the neck and shoulders of the vessel, with petal-shaped terminals on the shoulders. All in brilliant tones of blue with heaping and piling.
10 1/4 in. (25.7 cm.) high
YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425)
The elegant flask is well potted with a flattened, but slightly domed, circular lower section and a globular upper section narrowing to a short neck and a bulb-shaped mouth. The widest part of the upper bulb is painted with a band of composite floral scroll, above the lower section painted on each side with an eight-pointed arabesque centred by a yinyang symbol encircled by petals, bordered by a 'half cash' band around the edge. The flask stands on an oval foot flanked by a pair of strap handles on either side joining the neck and shoulders of the vessel, with petal-shaped terminals on the shoulders. All in brilliant tones of blue with heaping and piling.
10 1/4 in. (25.7 cm.) high
PROVENANCE
Collection of Enrico Maestrini
Eskenazi Ltd, London
The Meiyintang Collection
Eskenazi Ltd, London
The Meiyintang Collection
A FINE FLAMBÉ-GLAZED MOONFLASK
YONGZHENG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Estimate
HKD 3,500,000 – HKD 5,500,000
A FINE FLAMBÉ-GLAZED MOONFLASK
YONGZHENG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The vase has a flat circular body with a central domed medallion, the cylindrical neck is flanked by a pair of archaistic scroll-form handles, raised above a spreading pedestal foot, all covered under a purplish-red glaze streaked with blue, the base is covered with a yellowish-brown wash with uneven patches of celadon-green glaze.
13 in. (33.1 cm.) high
YONGZHENG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The vase has a flat circular body with a central domed medallion, the cylindrical neck is flanked by a pair of archaistic scroll-form handles, raised above a spreading pedestal foot, all covered under a purplish-red glaze streaked with blue, the base is covered with a yellowish-brown wash with uneven patches of celadon-green glaze.
13 in. (33.1 cm.) high
PROVENANCE
The Meiyintang Collection, no. 835
A VERY RARE RUBY-PURPLE ENAMELLED CHRYSANTHEMUM DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
Estimate
HKD 1,500,000 – HKD 1,800,000
A VERY RARE RUBY-PURPLE ENAMELLED CHRYSANTHEMUM DISH
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The dish has rounded sides that are moulded as chrysanthemum petals rising from the foot ring with corresponding notches to the scalloped rim. It is covered overall with a ruby-purple enamel that surrounds the circular reserve for the mark on the base.
6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) diam.
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The dish has rounded sides that are moulded as chrysanthemum petals rising from the foot ring with corresponding notches to the scalloped rim. It is covered overall with a ruby-purple enamel that surrounds the circular reserve for the mark on the base.
6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) diam.
PROVENANCE
Property of a European Gentleman
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1484
Eskenazi Ltd, London
The Meiyintang Collection
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1484
Eskenazi Ltd, London
The Meiyintang Collection
A FINE AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE PIERCED RIM DISHES
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER IRON-RED SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Estimate
HKD 7,000,000 – HKD 9,000,000
A FINE AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PAIR OF YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE PIERCED RIM DISHES
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER IRON-RED SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each dish is intricately enamelled in shades of blue, red, pink, yellow and green with a facetted geometric 'jewel' in the centre, surrounded by alternating lotus blooms and bats borne on scrolling tendrils, below a band of pendent leaves and florettes at the rim, all against a bright yellow ground. The wide everted rim of each dish is pierced with a band of perforations joined by gilt cords, between borders of trefoils and florettes. The turquoise-enamelled bases are inscribed with the reign marks in iron red.
15 1/2 in. (39.3 cm.) diam., box
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER IRON-RED SEAL MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each dish is intricately enamelled in shades of blue, red, pink, yellow and green with a facetted geometric 'jewel' in the centre, surrounded by alternating lotus blooms and bats borne on scrolling tendrils, below a band of pendent leaves and florettes at the rim, all against a bright yellow ground. The wide everted rim of each dish is pierced with a band of perforations joined by gilt cords, between borders of trefoils and florettes. The turquoise-enamelled bases are inscribed with the reign marks in iron red.
15 1/2 in. (39.3 cm.) diam., box
PROVENANCE
Samuel C. Davis (1871-1940), then to his granddaughter Alita Davis (with label on the dish), and thence by descent within the family
