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Auction House:
Sotheby's
Number of lots recorded:16
Lots with images:16
Prices available:16
Category:
Antiquities
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A painted pottery figure of an equestrienne Tang dynasty, the rider with left hand poised as if to tug at the reins, wearing a long robe falling in folds with long slender sleeves, the hair drawn up into an elaborate coiffure, the horse standing four… ***
*** A small white-glazed bowl, 10th century, with widely flared sides and lipped rim, springing from a broad shallow footrim, covered inside and out with an ivory tinted glaze falling unevenly short of the base, box, 12 cm diameter. Provenance: Acquired in… ***
*** A small 'Jun' dish Yuan Dynasty, of shallow form, springing from a low spreading foot, covered inside and out with a thick lavender blue glaze thinning to buff around the incurved rim and fallling evenly short of the foot, 13.2 cm diameter ***
*** A Fragment of Head, Javanese, Majapahit Period, 15th century, fragment of a head of a Dvarapala, a guardian, or of a Yaksha, a spirit of nature, with prominent fangs ***
*** Two 'Qingbai' bowls, song Dynasty, each thinly potted body with six-lobed flared sides rising from a short straight foot, carved with a lotus spray extending over the interior beneath the transparent pale blue glaze (2) 19.5 cm, 20 cm ***
*** A rectangular soapstone seal, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, one side with a three line inscription, the stone with dense black and brown striations; together with a jade archer's ring, with carved decoration, the pale stone with dark brown areas (2) 10 cm… ***
*** Two 'Longquan' celadon bowls Song/Yuan dynasty comprising one with shallow sides carved with upright petals below the sea-green glaze; and another with steeply rounded sides springing from a short foot, covered with a sea-green glaze (2), 11 cm; and 13 cm… ***
*** An Annamese blue and white dish, 15th century painted in underglaze blue with a central flower spray within a floral meander, the exterior with a band of upright lappets, the base washed in brown; together with an Annamese box and cover; and an Annamese… ***
*** A qingbai bowl Song dynasty of widely flared shallow form with notched rim, springing from a short tapering foot, covered with a translucent pale blue glaze, box 16.5 cm diameter ***
*** A Thai Sawankhalok celadon deep dish, 15th century, the interior carved with a broad band of overlapping upright petals around the cavetto centred with a stylized flowerhead medallion, beneath the transparent blue-green glaze, the base burnt orange in the… ***
*** A rare Annamese blue and white vessel, 15th century, modelled as a seated cat facing forward, the body painted with irregular stripes, a band of petals encircling the aperture in its back, box, 9.5 cm. Provenance: Victor Shaw Ltd., Hong Kong 1976; Private… ***
*** Two 'Qingbai' dishes, song Dynasty, each thinly potted with six-lobed shallow flaring sides, the interior carved with a central floral medallion beneath the transparent pale blue glaze (2) 15.5 cm, 15 cm ***
*** A 'Qingbai' bowl, song Dynasty, with flared sides, the interior carved with a floral spray beneath the transparent blue glaze; together with a similar bowl carved on the interior with two fish (2) 17.5 cm, 18.5 cm ***
*** A 'Shu Fu' type bowl, song/Yuan Dynasty, decorated in shallow relief on the interior with a peony scroll encircling the rounded sides beneath the pale glaze of bluish tint 19.5 cm ***
*** A Thai Sawankhalok celadon bowl, 15th century, the steeply rounded sides carved on the interior with a band of overlapping lotus petals within concentric lines, beneath the glaze of grey-green tone, 24 cm. Compare with a similarly decorated bowl… ***
*** A Thai Sawankhalok box and cover, 15th century, painted in iron-brown with a continuous foliate scroll below a band of lappets encircling a crenelated ridge and stalk knop; together with a similarly decorated kendi, (2), 10 cm, 9.5 cm. Provenance: Private… ***