10th Mar, 2023 10:00

TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 355
 

355

A SANCAI-GLAZED ‘FLORAL’ DISH, LIAO DYNASTY
遼代三彩花卉紋盤

Sold for €4,160

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Lot details

China, 907-1125. Well potted with shallow sides rising from a short foot, the interior molded with a single chrysanthemum surrounded by peony blossoms picked out in amber and with emerald-green leaves against a creamy ivory ground, the exterior glazed in amber stopping well above the foot, revealing the buff gray ware.

Provenance: From the collection of R. Marian Hicks, OBE, who was a professor at the School of Pathology and Department of Oncology at Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London. She was an avid collector of Tang and Song dynasty ceramics and her noted collection also included Chinese bronzes, textiles, and rank badges.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, light surface scratches, minuscule glaze losses, and manufacturing flaws including spur marks, glaze crackling, and pottery lines.

Weight: 778.1 g
Dimensions: Diameter 24.9 cm

Literature comparison:
Compare a related sancai dish found in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, illustrated in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, vol. 4, Beijing, 2008, p. 72. Compare also with a related dish, illustrated in Tsugio Mikami, Ceramics Art of the Word, volume 1981, page 19, pl. 9.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 6 December 2017, lot 65
Price: USD 6,875 or approx. EUR 7,800 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A sancai-glazed pottery dish, Liao dynasty, 10th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, decoration, glaze, and size (24.5 cm)



遼代三彩花卉紋盤
中國,907-1125年。敞口,斜腹,圈足。碗心模印團菊一朵,周圍環繞牡丹花紋,飾葉紋,盤內施黃,綠,白三色釉彩,盤外施半釉。

來源:R. Marian Hicks私人收藏,她是倫敦米德爾塞克斯醫院醫學院病理學院和腫瘤學系的教授。她特別喜歡收藏唐宋陶瓷,收藏中還包括中國青銅器、紡織品和軍銜徽章。
品相:狀況極好,有輕微磨損、表面劃痕、極小的釉料缺損、製造缺陷、釉面裂紋和陶紋。

重量:778.1 克
尺寸:直徑24.9 厘米

文獻比較:
比較一件相近的內蒙古赤峰市出土的三彩盤,見《Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China》,卷4,北京,2008年,頁72。比較一件相近的彩盤,見 Tsugio Mikami,《Ceramics Art of the Word》,第1981期,頁19,編號9。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:紐約佳士得,2017年12月6日,lot 65
價格:USD 6,875(相當於今日EUR 7,800
描述:遼十世紀三彩印花牡丹紋盤
專家評論:比較非常相近的外形、裝飾、釉面和尺寸 (24.5 厘米)。

 

China, 907-1125. Well potted with shallow sides rising from a short foot, the interior molded with a single chrysanthemum surrounded by peony blossoms picked out in amber and with emerald-green leaves against a creamy ivory ground, the exterior glazed in amber stopping well above the foot, revealing the buff gray ware.

Provenance: From the collection of R. Marian Hicks, OBE, who was a professor at the School of Pathology and Department of Oncology at Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London. She was an avid collector of Tang and Song dynasty ceramics and her noted collection also included Chinese bronzes, textiles, and rank badges.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, light surface scratches, minuscule glaze losses, and manufacturing flaws including spur marks, glaze crackling, and pottery lines.

Weight: 778.1 g
Dimensions: Diameter 24.9 cm

Literature comparison:
Compare a related sancai dish found in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, illustrated in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, vol. 4, Beijing, 2008, p. 72. Compare also with a related dish, illustrated in Tsugio Mikami, Ceramics Art of the Word, volume 1981, page 19, pl. 9.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 6 December 2017, lot 65
Price: USD 6,875 or approx. EUR 7,800 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A sancai-glazed pottery dish, Liao dynasty, 10th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, decoration, glaze, and size (24.5 cm)



遼代三彩花卉紋盤
中國,907-1125年。敞口,斜腹,圈足。碗心模印團菊一朵,周圍環繞牡丹花紋,飾葉紋,盤內施黃,綠,白三色釉彩,盤外施半釉。

來源:R. Marian Hicks私人收藏,她是倫敦米德爾塞克斯醫院醫學院病理學院和腫瘤學系的教授。她特別喜歡收藏唐宋陶瓷,收藏中還包括中國青銅器、紡織品和軍銜徽章。
品相:狀況極好,有輕微磨損、表面劃痕、極小的釉料缺損、製造缺陷、釉面裂紋和陶紋。

重量:778.1 克
尺寸:直徑24.9 厘米

文獻比較:
比較一件相近的內蒙古赤峰市出土的三彩盤,見《Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China》,卷4,北京,2008年,頁72。比較一件相近的彩盤,見 Tsugio Mikami,《Ceramics Art of the Word》,第1981期,頁19,編號9。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:紐約佳士得,2017年12月6日,lot 65
價格:USD 6,875(相當於今日EUR 7,800
描述:遼十世紀三彩印花牡丹紋盤
專家評論:比較非常相近的外形、裝飾、釉面和尺寸 (24.5 厘米)。

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