Page 18 - Chinese and Japanese Art Auction February 27 and 28th 2020 Galerie Zacke

405 | A CIZHOU YUHUCHUNPING, SONG 409 | A JUNYAO CONICAL BOWL,
13TH-14TH CENTURY
China, 12-13th century. The generously rounded body rising to a
tall neck with elegantly flared rim, freely painted in dark-brown over China. The ribbed sides rising from a splayed foot, covered in
a creamy-white ground, with double-line borders dividing a broad bright lavender-blue glaze highlighted with a deep-purple splash
central frieze of abstracted floral and leave sprays, the brown glaze inside, draining to a mushroom tone at the upturned lip, and
falling in drips over the short foot revealing the buff ware. Older fitted stopping short of the naked foot revealing the brown ware.
box. (2)
Condition: Excellent condition with wear and traces of use,
Condition: Excellent condition with one chip to lip, some old wear minor scratching to well, few tiny manufacturing flaws.
and minor surface scratches, several firing imperfections. Provenance: Old English private collection.
Provenance: Property from a European private collection. Old
three-character collector inscription to base (see image), followed by Weight: 506.9 g.
inventory Nr. 253, all finely painted in black lacquer and covered with Dimensions: 18.2 cm diameter.
layer of transparent varnish for protection.
Auction result comparison: Compare with another conical Junyao
Weight: 573 g. bowl at Christies on March 21st - 29th, 2017, The Art of China,
Dimensions: Height 22.2 cm. lot 89.

Auction result comparison: Compare with a related Cizhou Estimate EUR 1.500,-
Yuhuchunping, dated to the Yuan dynasty, at Sotheby’s New York, on Starting price EUR 750,-
March 19th, 2007, in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, lot 401.
Estimate EUR 1.500,-
Starting price EUR 750,-
408 | A CARVED LONGQUAN CELADON
‘LOTUS’ JAR, YUAN TO EARLY MING
406 | A DING ‘LOTUS’ DISH, SONG
China, 13th – 14th century. The barrel-shaped jar with an incised
lotus design on the sides above a palm leaf border, the celadon
China, 12th-13th century. The gently rounded sides rising from a
short straight foot to an everted rim, freely carved to the interior with glaze covering both the exterior and the interior, except for the
a leafy lotus spray and covered overall in an ivory-white glaze falling in raised circular foot rim revealing the buff ware.
characteristic ‘teardrops’ down the exterior sides.
Condition: Superb condition with few minor traces of wear.
Provenance: English private estate. Sold by Woolley & Wallis
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and firing flaws, the
metal rim corroded to the extent of almost dissolution. in London on 15 July 2006 for £650 hammer price at Oriental
Provenance: German private collection. Ceramics and Works of Art, lot 459.
Weight: 2,518 g. 411 | A WHITE GLAZED DEHUA
Weight: 218.8 g. PORCELAIN JAR, MING
Dimensions: Diameter 19.5 cm. Dimensions: Height 27.8 cm.
Estimate EUR 800,- China, 1368-1644. The blanc-de-chine jar of a compressed shape
Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related dish at with curved sides, a short cylindrical neck and a raised circular
Sotheby’s London on November 7th, 2018, in Important Chinese Art, Starting price EUR 400,- foot rim, the exterior and interior covered in a soft, unctuous
lot 43.
white glaze.
Estimate EUR 1.500,-
Starting price EUR 750,- 410 | A QINGBAI MOLDED CERAMIC BOX Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing flaws.
AND COVER, SONG TO MING DYNASTY Provenance: English private collection.
China, Song (960-1279) to Ming (1368-1644) dynasty. This Weight: 1,188 g.
407 | A DING WARE EWER, molded ceramic box and cover with Qingbai glaze features a Dimensions: Height 15 cm. Diameter neck 9.7 cm.
NORTHERN SONG stunning vegetal design in the shape of mushrooms and plants
on the interior. Estimate EUR 500,-
China, 12th-13th century. The conical body Starting price EUR 250,-
rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck
with lipped flaring rim, set with a neatly incised Condition: Good condition with very minor chips around the rim
strap handle opposite an elongated tapering and manufacturing flaws on the cover.
spout, covered overall in an ivory-cream glaze Provenance: Austrian private collection.
pooling to characteristic teardrops.
Dimensions: Height 6 cm. Diameter 15 cm.
Condition: Remarkably good condition, Estimate EUR 800,-
especially considering the age of this ewer. Starting price EUR 400,-
Extensive crackling to glaze, possibly with
some glaze lines originated after the firing.
Old wear and manufacturing flaws.
Provenance: German private collection,
acquired at Nagel auction (by repute).
Weight: 984.1 g.
Dimensions: Height 19 cm.

Estimate EUR 500,-
Starting price EUR 250,-

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