19th Jan, 2023 11:00
Asian Art Discoveries
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A GREEN GLAZED CERAMIC MODEL OF A WATCHTOWER, HAN
Sold for €4,420
including Buyer's Premium
China, Han Dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD). Consisting of five pieces, the tall building rising on sturdy stilts from a square gated courtyard, the two upper floors with balconies, beneath overhanging ridged roofs decorated with foliate tiles at each of the corners. Covered overall with an olive-green glaze with beige patches.
Condition: Overall presenting well, and commensurate with age, as expected from Han dynasty excavations. Losses, fissures, extensive wear to the pigments, repairs, and encrustations.
Provenance: Private Collection of Joseph Rondina. American trade, acquired from the above. Joseph Rondina (1927-2022), was born in Auburn, New York, in 1957 he opened Joseph F. Rondina Antiques Ltd.in New York city, his interests focused on European, Chinese, Korean and Japanese furniture and art objects. He was invited to decorate a room at Tiffany & Co's flagship jewelry store, was featured in three issues of Architectural Digest, and was named one of the 5 most trusted Interior Designers with a "Golden Eye" by the New York Times.
Scientific Analysis Report: A Thermoluminescence sample analysis has been conducted by Daybreak nuclear and medical systems, Inc., test no. 373A29, dated 16 November 1989, and is consistent with the suggested period of manufacture, a copy of the thermoluminescence analysis report accompanies this lot.
Dimensions: Height 113 cm
Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related watchtower, also dated to the Han dynasty, at Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art on 21 March 2000, lot 246, sold for USD 13,800.
Literature comparison: See a closely related model of a pavilion or watchtower, also dated to the Han dynasty at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Accession Number 88.77.1.
Pottery models of watchtowers and pavilions were typically manufactured for internment in the highest-ranking tombs of the Eastern Han dynasty and greatly varied in height, number of floors, architectural features and types of animals and human figures portrayed. During this time, improved methods of construction involving the use bricks and wood made it possible to devise tall towers.
China, Han Dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD). Consisting of five pieces, the tall building rising on sturdy stilts from a square gated courtyard, the two upper floors with balconies, beneath overhanging ridged roofs decorated with foliate tiles at each of the corners. Covered overall with an olive-green glaze with beige patches.
Condition: Overall presenting well, and commensurate with age, as expected from Han dynasty excavations. Losses, fissures, extensive wear to the pigments, repairs, and encrustations.
Provenance: Private Collection of Joseph Rondina. American trade, acquired from the above. Joseph Rondina (1927-2022), was born in Auburn, New York, in 1957 he opened Joseph F. Rondina Antiques Ltd.in New York city, his interests focused on European, Chinese, Korean and Japanese furniture and art objects. He was invited to decorate a room at Tiffany & Co's flagship jewelry store, was featured in three issues of Architectural Digest, and was named one of the 5 most trusted Interior Designers with a "Golden Eye" by the New York Times.
Scientific Analysis Report: A Thermoluminescence sample analysis has been conducted by Daybreak nuclear and medical systems, Inc., test no. 373A29, dated 16 November 1989, and is consistent with the suggested period of manufacture, a copy of the thermoluminescence analysis report accompanies this lot.
Dimensions: Height 113 cm
Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related watchtower, also dated to the Han dynasty, at Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art on 21 March 2000, lot 246, sold for USD 13,800.
Literature comparison: See a closely related model of a pavilion or watchtower, also dated to the Han dynasty at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Accession Number 88.77.1.
Pottery models of watchtowers and pavilions were typically manufactured for internment in the highest-ranking tombs of the Eastern Han dynasty and greatly varied in height, number of floors, architectural features and types of animals and human figures portrayed. During this time, improved methods of construction involving the use bricks and wood made it possible to devise tall towers.
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