44 AN INCISED YAOZHOU CELADON ‘LOTUS’ PILLOW, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY Celadon glaze stoneware with incised decoration China, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) This rare example of Yaozhou celadon ware is incised with a lotus blossom at the head-piece which has a lobed botanical shape with a pointed top. The top is connected to an integrated pedestal shaped base. The Yaozhou Kiln complex, at Huangbaozhen, Shaanxi, began production during the Tang dynasty, when it was notable for Sancai earthenware. Although considerably further from Kaifeng, which became the capital of the Song in 960, Yaozhou benefited from the move, as the previous main highquality celadon Yue ware, from further south, declined. At the end of the Northern Song in 1127, the Imperial court fled south, and the capital of the Southern Song was set up at Hangzhou. The nearby Longquan celadon kilns became the main producer of celadon and Yaozhou and the other Northern Celadons declined accordingly, in both quantity and quality, although celadons continued to be produced at Yaozhou until the Yuan dynasty. Shape: Lobed shape with pointed top Weight: 1,320.4 grams Dimensions: 20 x 20 cm, 11 cm height Condition: excellent condition with minor traces of wear and age Provenance: from an American private estate
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45 A MING DYNASTY CIZHOU PAINTED FIGURE OF A MAN WITH A PIPA LUTE Ceramic with creamy glaze and paintwork in Cizhou palette China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) The mustached man is sitting on a drum stool and wearing festive attire with and a small coolie hat that is tilting to the side. He is playing a lute, a so-called pipa with a curved neck made in the shape of a Ruyi scepter head. Shape: Figural Weight: 772 grams Dimensions: 29 cm height Condition: very good optical appearance, the head has been reattached and there is a small chip to the hem above his stretched-out foot Provenance: from an American private collection
Auction result comparison: for a related incised ‘Lotus’ Yaozhou bowl see Christie’s, The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 4 October 2018, Lot 21.
Auction result comparison: for comparable Cizhou painted figures of the Ming Dynasty see Bonhams, ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS, 15 Nov 2011, SAN FRANCISCO, lot 3319 or Christie’s, The Art of Asia, Online, 29 November - 8 December 2016, Lot 71.
⊿⬳侨ⶆ䩗曺慱咖剙䲳㜽 曺慱䁣☐⌘剙 ᷕ⚳炻⊿⬳ (960-1127)
㖶ẋ䡩ⶆ䏝䏞䏜ⷓ 䘥慱湹⸽ ᷕ⚳炻 㖶ẋ (1368-1644)
忈✳烉剙䒋攳⎋⼊ 慵慷烉 1,320.4 ⯢⮠烉 20 x 20 ⍀䰛, 檀11 ⍀䰛 ⑩䚠烉ᾅ⬀㤝⤥炻庽⽖⸜ẋ䕽嶉冯䢐㎵ Ἦ㸸烉伶⚳䥩Ṣ怢䓊
忈✳烉Ṣ䈑忈✳ 慵慷烉 772 ⯢⮠烉檀29 ⍀䰛 ⑩䚠烉夾奢㓰㝄朆ⷠ⤥炻柕悐慵㕘塓䱀忶炻Ỡ↢䘬恋晣僂䘬僂朊 㚱⮷䡽䡘
EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 800,Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 400,-
EstimateġỘ₡ġġEUR 400,Starting priceġ崟㉵₡ġġEUR 200,-