Chinese Works of Art
Catalogue Information: 372 lots | 371 with images
Date: 2006
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
USA
Lot 1: A FINELY MODELED GREY POTTERY TRIPOD EWER (GUI) NEOLITHIC PERIOD, ERLITOU CULTURE (2000-1500 BC)
VARIOUS PROPERTIESmeasurements note10 3/4 in., 27.5 cm.thinly potted, the tall cylindrical body rising to a flared mouth, lightly incised around the sides with a wide register of detached triangles enclosing diagonal stripes between thin bands with s [...more]
Lot 2: A FINE RED POTTERY TRIPOD EWER (GUI) NEOLITHIC PERIOD, DAWENKOU CULTURE (4000-3000 BC)
measurements note9 1/4 in., 23.5 cm.the compressed globular vessel standing on three pointed mammiform legs encircled by a notched band around the widest section, surmounted by a funnel neck with wide everted rim, pinched on one side forming an angle [...more]
Lot 3: A RARE GREY POTTERY VASE AND COVER WARRING STATES PERIOD
measurements note9 1/4 in., 23.5 cm.of spindle form, the ovoid body supported on a waisted pedestal foot rising from a slightly domed base, surmounted by a waisted neck and dish-shaped mouth, accentuated with a series of concentric circles carved aro [...more]
Lot 4: A RARE GREY POTTERY TRIPOD VESSEL AND COVER (DING) EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTIONmeasurements notewidth across handles 13 1/2 in., 34.3 cm.the compressed globular body following the archaic bronze form, with molded taotie masks at the three feet and molded zoomorphs to the arch handles, [...more]
Lot 5: A GREEN-GLAZED 'CHICKEN-HEAD' EWER SUI DYNASTY
OTHER PROPERTIESmeasurements note16 3/4 in., 42.7 cm.the ovoid body with tall waisted neck, encircled by thick ribs around the neck and shoulder set with two loop handles and a chicken-head forming the spout, opposite an arching handle terminating in [...more]
