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Chinese Works of Art
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A fine Ding ware tea caddy
Ding kilns, Hebei province Northern Song dynasty (AD 960–1127)
Chronology of China
Xia Dynasty 夏 2100c–1600c BC
Shang Dynasty 商 1600c–1100c BC Zhou Dynasty Western Zhou Eastern Zhou Spring and Autumn Period Warring States
周 西周 東周 春秋 戰國
1100c–256 BC 1100–771 BC 770–256 BC 770–476 BC 475–221 BC
Qin Dynasty 秦 221–206 BC Han Dynasty Western Han Xin Eastern Han
漢 西漢 新(王莽） 東漢
206 BC–220 AD 206 BC–8 AD 9–24 25–220
Period of Disunion 分裂時期 220–589 Three Kingdoms 三國 220–265 Jin Dynasty Western Jin Sixteen Kingdoms Eastern Jin
Southern and Northern Dynasties Liu Song Southern Qi Liang Chen Northern Wei Eastern Wei Western Wei Northern Qi Northern Zhou
晉 西晉 十六國 東晉
南北朝 劉宋 南齊 梁 陳 北魏 東魏 西魏 北齊 北周
265–420 265–317 304–439 317–420
420–589 420–479 479–502 502–557 557–589 386–535 534–549 535–557 549–577 557–581
Sui Dynasty 隋 581–618 Tang Dynasty 唐 618–907 Five Dynasties 五代 907–960 Liao Dynasty 遼 907–1125
960–1279 960–1127 1127–1279 Jin Dynasty 金 1115–1234 Yuan Dynasty 元 1279–1368 Ming Dynasty 明 1368–1644 Qing Dynasty 清 1644–1911
宋 北宋 南宋 © 2021 Lam & Co
Chinese Works of Art
October 28–November 6, 2021
An extremely rare Qijia culture pottery jug decorated with a deer Gansu or Qinghai province Neolithic period (2500 – 2000 BC) h: 13.5 cm 新石器時代 齊家文化鹿紋浮雕陶執壺
Provenance
Pottery amphora
Keshengzhuang culture, Neolithic period (2000 BC) h: 8.6 cm d: 14 cm
新石器時代 灰陶杯
Provenance
James J Lally New York 2019
The Collection of Walter Hochstadter (1914–2007)
A rare glazed proto-porcelain jar
Zhejiang province Warring States period (475 – 221 BC) h: 24 cm
戰國 原始瓷直線紋罐
A similar piece is found in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Vol. 1, item132, by Regina Krahl.
Provenance
Chinese Porcelain Company New York
A rare glazed proto-porcelain jar
Zhejiang province Warring States period (475 – 221 BC) h: 18 cm
戰國 原始瓷直線紋罐
A similar piece is found in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Vol. 1, item132, by Regina Krahl.
A turquoise and agate inlaid bronze buckle ornament
Western Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 8) d: 9.3 cm 西漢 嵌綠松石紅瑪瑙圓帶扣
Provenance
Eskenazi gallery London Nagel Auction 2013 The Julius Eberhardt Collection
Published
Sammlung Julius Eberhardt, Early Chinese Art, Vol. 1
Three maidservants
Luoyang region, Henan province Northern Wei dynasty ( AD 386–535)
h: 16 cm (standing figure)
北魏 彩繪勞作俑
Provenance
Sotheby’s New York, 31 March 2005, Fine Chinese ceramics & works of art, sale no. N08077, lot 249
David W. Dewey Collection
Published
Celestial Horse & Long Sleeve Dancers by Robert D. Jacobsen, PhD
A pair of stone apsaras
Longmen Grottoes, Luoyang, Henan province Northern Wei dynasty (AD 386–535) h: 16 cm
北魏 龍門飛天石雕
Provenance
Yamanaka Kyoko London Gallery Tokyo
A fine white glazed censer
Henan province Sui dynasty (AD 581–618) h: 20 cm
隋 白瓷香爐
Beehive shape, decorated with four sets of openings, each of eight vertical slots finely cut and symmetrically arranged high on the plain steep sides, alternating with the floral roundels.
Similar pieces are found in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, and in the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo.
A similar piece appears in Chinese Ceramics by He Li, Thames & Hudson, cat. no. 127.
Similar pieces are found in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco and Shanghai Museum, Shanghai.
A gilt-bronze figure of a seated bodhisattva
Tang dynasty (AD 618–907) h: 14.3 cm
唐 銅鎏金菩薩坐像
Provenance
Sotheby’s New York, 24 March 1998, lot 530
Sotheby’s New York, 23 September 2020, lot 590
A similar gilt-bronze figure of a bodhisattva, also seated with the hands in similar positions and with similar treatment of the garments and drapery, raised on a related stand, illustrated in Arts of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Osaka Municipal Museum of Fine Art, Osaka, 1977, cat. no. 3-67.
A gilt-bronze figure of a foreign merchant
Tang dynasty (AD 618–907) h: 8.5 cm
唐 銅鎏金胡人立像
Provenance
Collection of Arthur M. Sackler (1913–1987)
Christie’s New York, 1 December 1994, lot 57 Sotheby’s New York, 23 September 2020, lot 582
A similar piece is found in the Bliss Washington, Minkenhof, and Hart Collections, respectively, and is included in the C.T. Loo & Co., Exhibition of Chinese Arts, New York, 1941, cat. no. 192; subsequently illustrated in Hugo Munsterberg, Sculpture of the Orient, New York, 1972, pl. 91; and in the exhibition Ancient Chinese bronze vessels, gilt bronzes and sculptures; two private collections, one formerly part of the Minkenhof collection, Eskenazi, London, 1977, cat. no. 18, where the figure is described as Western Asiatic, possibly modeled after a Tocharian or Khorezmi.
A pair of gold and silver boxes
Shaanxi province Tang dynasty (AD 618–907) d: 7 cm 唐 金與銀盒子
A rare steatite melon-shaped vase with silver cover
Shaanxi province Tang dynasty (AD 618–907) h: 8 cm 唐 滑石瓜形瓶帶銀蓋
A black and white glazed bowl
Tang dynasty (AD 618–907) d: 5 cm
唐 外黑內白緇素瓷鉢
With steeply curved sides rising from a slightly concave circular base, covered with black glaze on the exterior, white glaze stopping unevenly around the inverted rim.
A similar piece is found in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Vol. 1, item 221, by Regina Krahl.
Another similar bowl was discovered in the foundations of the Qingshansi pagoda in Lintong county near Xian, together with a Buddha bone reliquary.
Another two similar pieces are found in the British Museum and Tokiwayama Bunko.
An extremely rare set of a black and white glazed dish and a gray clay bowl with black coating
Tang dynasty (AD 618–907)
d: 14 cm
唐 外黑內白緇素瓷盤與灰陶漆衣鉢
The flat base dish is finely potted, with steeply rounded flaring sides covered inside with white glaze and black glaze applied to the outside, continuing across the base, the base without foot and showing three spur marks.
The bowl with steeply curved sides incurving around the rim, the body in grey clay with black coating. The bowl rests perfectly on top of the dish.
唐代外黑內白緇素瓷平底碟與漆陶鉢。一平底碟，侈 口，外壁施黑釉，內壁施白釉，平底滿釉，上有三支小 如芝麻釘，這種做法在唐朝很罕見。一漆陶鉢，薄胎， 斂口，圓唇，深弧腹斜收小平底，剛剛扣在碟子上。據 考古發掘成果與歷史文獻記載，緇素瓷多見於寺院地 宮、佛教遺址，以及少數貴族墓葬，其功用一作供佛用 器，一作生活用具。緇素瓷在唐朝為寺廟所用，鉢更 是佛教寺廟的用器。這平底碟滿釉支釘燒非常罕見， 而陶鉢剛好完美置於緇素碟上，相信這套碟與鉢曾用 於佛教寺廟。
A rare Yaozhou celadon lobed dish
Shaanxi province Five dynasties (AD 907–960) d: 14.3 cm
五代 耀州青釉花口盌
Provenance
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 26–27 May 2021, lot 462
Celadon bowl
Yaozhou kilns, Shaanxi province Northern Song dynasty (AD 960–1127) d: 14 cm
北宋 耀州窑青瓷花式盌
A similar piece is found in the Hellner collection in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm.
Another similar piece is found in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Vol .1, item 404, by Regina Krahl.
Celadon bowl
Yaozhou kilns, Shaanxi province Five dynasties (AD 907–960) d: 16 cm
五代 耀州窰盌
A fine Ding ware tea caddy
Ding kilns, Hebei province
Northern Song dynasty (AD 960–1127) h: 10 cm d: 11.5 cm
北宋 定窰茶葉罐
A fine Qingbai lobed ewer with cover
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province Northern Song dynasty (960–1127) h: 23.5 cm
北宋 青白釉瓜棱式連蓋執壺
The body is elegantly potted with eight vertical lobes rising to a tall cylindrical neck flaring at the rim, set with a tall curved spout opposite the strap handle that is applied with a small loop at the top to a similar loop on the concave cover. The ewer and cover are covered with a transparent glaze of a pale greenish-white tone, with the exception of the base.
Similar pieces appear in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no. 18.57.1, and in the ATAKA Collection, The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, accession no. 00623.
White slipped deep bowl
Cizhou ware from the site of Chu-Lu-Hsien Northern Song dynasty (AD 960–1127)
h: 16.3 cm
d: 18.6 cm
宋 巨鹿磁州窰深鉢
巨鹿古城位於河北省邢台市，北宋大觀二年（1108）
秋，巨鹿因黃河決口被淹於地下。1918年春大旱，村
民掘井挖出大量瓷碗、瓷盤、瓷枕以及漆器殘件、鐵器 等，大部分瓷器上帶有黃土水痕，歷經八百多年的宋城 遺址因此重見天日。一般北宋城址多毀於宋金戰亂，而 巨鹿因整體被淹，保留遺物完整全面，實為瞭解北宋文 化的寶藏，被中外學者譽為「東方龐貝」。1923年， 天津博物院將帶有題字的73件巨鹿瓷器輯為《巨鹿宋器 叢錄》；1925年，英國學者霍普遜等人，通過對巨鹿 宋瓷的深入研究，第一次提出「磁州窯」的概念，獲得 學界認可。巨鹿古城以白瓷為代表的「巨鹿陶」的出 現，是瓷器史上的重大事件，目前英美日韓等公私藏家 所存的宋代磁州窯精品，多出於巨鹿古城。 此件帶有黃土水痕的磁州深鉢出自巨鹿古城。
The brownish yellow lines across the body of the bowl are caused by the loess and water of Chu-Lu-Hsien.
Provenance
Mayuyama & Co 1940–1950s
The museum Yamato Bunkakan Mayuyama & Co 2018 Song Exhibition 64
A piece of similar shape is found in Christie’s New York, 15 September 2016, The Linyushanren Collection, lot 710.
Reference
1. Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz’s-Chou Type Wares, AD 960–600, by Yutaka Mino, Indianapolis Museum of Art
2. Chu-Lu: a Northern Sung Ceramic Legacy, by Xie, Margaret Carney, published by University of Kansas, 1989
White glazed brush washer
Ding kilns, Hebei province Northern Song dynasty (AD 960–1127) d: 20 cm
北宋 定窰白釉洗
White glazed cup and stand
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province
Northern Song dynasty (AD 860–1127)
Cup d: 8.7 cm h: 4.3 cm
Stand d: 15 cm h: 2.5 cm
北宋 白瓷茶盞托
A Junyao ‘lotus bud’ waterpot
Henan province Song dynasty (AD 960–1279)
h: 10.7 cm
宋 鈞窰月白釉雞心罐
Provenance
Sotheby’s London, 10 November 1959, lot 58
Bluett & Sons, London
Collection of Dr. and Mrs. William L. Corbin, California
Christie’s New York, 13 September 2018, lot 1316
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 26–27 May 2021, lot 461
Exhibited
Selections from the William and Winifred Corbin
Collection of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, Portland Art Museum, Portland, 1964, cat. no. 12
Portland Art Museum, Portland, on loan, 2006–2010
Celadon bowl with cover
Longquan kilns, Zhejiang province Southern Song dynasty (AD 1127–1279) h: 8 cm
南宋 龍泉窰連蓋小罐
A rare ‘marbled’ Cizhou tall-necked baluster vase
Hebei province Northern Song dynasty (AD 960 –1127) h: 17.8 cm
北宋 磁州窰絞胎花口瓶
Raised on a tall spreading foot, the globular body executed with rich mottled layers under a foliate rim.
Provenance
Bonhams Los Angeles, 15 December 2020, lot 527
Three Cizhou painted bowls
Jin dynasty (AD 1115–1234)
d: 6⅛ in, 6½ in, and 6⅜ in (15.5, 16.5, and 16.2 cm) (3).
金 磁州窰白底紅綠彩盌
Each well-potted bowl with a flared rim, two painted with floral medallions on the well under a geometric band near the rim, the third with a fish among water weeds under concentric rings.
Provenance
Flores & Iva, November 1999
Bonhams Los Angeles, 14 December 2020, lot 113
A set of six glazed and painted pottery figures of attendants
Shanxi province Ming dynasty (AD 1368–1644) h: 28 cm 明 陶俑一組六件
Provenance
Sotheby’s London, 17 November 1999, lot 874
Sotheby’s New York, 28 September 2020, lot 1105
A pair of blue and white jars and covers
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province Kangxi period, Qing dynasty, (1662–1722)
h: 42 cm each with cover
清 康熙青花將軍罐一對
Painted around the exterior with long-tailed phoenix birds with trailing tails flying among blossoms, with shoulders gradually tapering to a slightly flared foot. The covers are similarly decorated.
A gilt-bronze figure of Jambhala
AD 16th–17th century h: 12.3 cm 清 銅鎏金布祿金剛贍巴拉坐像
Provenance
Sotheby’s New York, 23 September 2020, lot 613
Three molded ink cakes
Qing dynasty (AD 1644 –1911)
1 ¾ x 4 ¼ in (4.45 x 10.9 cm)
清 墨餅
Each of rectangular section and molded with a scholar standing in a pavilion surrounded by trees and rockwork, adorned in gilt and polychrome pigments, inscribed Cheng Junfang Zhi on the left and bearing the date Tianqi yuan nian on the right.
Provenance
Rosalind Ching Pastor collection
Bonhams Los Angeles, 14 December 2020, lot 58
Published and Exhibited
Masterworks of Chinese Art, The Rosalind Ching Pastor Collection, catalogue of an exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, July 28– September 25, 2005
Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2005
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