Page 8 - 2021 March 18 to 19th, Important Chinese Works of Art, Christie's New York City

Thursday 18 March 2021

1.00 pm (Lots 701-756)

Chinese Ceramics from an
Important Private New York Collection

(Lots 701-736)

The following collection of thirty-six Chinese ceramics and porcelains was assembled by a New York
collector over the course of a decade, beginning in 2003. Building the collection became a source of
pleasure and inspiration: each annual trip to Asia was highly-anticipated, bringing the opportunity to
visit galleries, build friendships, and discover new treasures. From her initial purchases of monochrome
and blue and white Qing porcelains, the collector’s vision gradually expanded to encompass the refined
elegance of Song ceramics, as well as the richly-enameled opulent wares of the Kangxi, Yongzheng,
Qianlong and Jiaqing periods.
As the collection grew, a few pieces at a time, each new arrival was put on display in an elegant
Manhattan home, with an impeccable understanding of color and decorative effect. The unusual red and
aventurine overlay yellow-ground glass vase (Lot 899) is also from the same collection.

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE
NEW YORK COLLECTION
701
A RARE CARVED QINGBAI BARBED-RIM
‘IMMORTAL’ BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The bowl is molded in the center of the interior with
a small turtle surrounded by carved decoration of
an immortal holding a curved tablet, a crane and a
leafy branch, alternating with cloud scrolls, all within
a band of heavy leafy scrolls below the barbed rim.
The bowl is covered with a thin bluish glaze which
pools to a deeper tone in the recesses.
6¿ in. (15.6 cm.) diam.
$8,000-12,000

南宋 青白釉龜鶴仙人圖盌