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@shinigami Thanks! Interesting, I assumed they were Chinese, but this is certainly not my area of expertise.
Period: 9th/10th Century
Size: Dia. 15.5 cm, height 4.8 cm
Condition: Very good condition, wear, especially in the well, minor firing flaws, some grit attached to the base and the outside body. No visible cracks or repairs.
Provenance: From a private collection brought together by a Swedish Connoisseur of Art. Making a career first at SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooporation Agency) and then later, he had a long career with the United Nations where he came to work mostly in Sweden, Iran, India, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and New York for close to 30 years.
SKU: 59
References: Bowl excavated from the Ding kiln site in Quyang County, Hebei Province, illustrated by the Palace Museum in Selection of Ding Ware – The Palace Museum’s Collection and Archaeological Excavation, Beijing 2012, p. 60, no. 16.
Bowl excavated from a Tang tomb in Xingtai City, Hebei Province, illustrated by Zhao and Zhang in Xing Kiln in its Millennium, Beijing, 2007, p. 78.
Shards excavated in the Ding kiln, Hebei Province, illustrated by the Palace Museum (Feng Xiaoqi) in The specimens of ancient Chinese kilns in the collection of the Palace Museum, 2005, p. 227, 228.
Price: € 650
Shipping rates: Sweden €15, Europe €35-40, Rest of the world €50
Period: Jin-Yuan Dynasty (1115-1368)
Size: Height 11.8 cm, diameter of mouth 10.7 cm
Condition: Very good condition, wear consistent with age and use, firing flaws and impurities to the glaze. No cracks or repairs.
Provenance: Earlier in the collection of Stig Bojling, Sweden, amassed during the 1960s-1990s.
SKU: 35
References: There are several similar jars in the Palace Museum illustrated in “Porcelains of Yuan Dynasty Collected by the Palace Museum II, The Forbidden City Publishing House, 2016, Plate 155, 156, 160, 169, 170.
Price: € 1900
Shipping rates: Sweden €15, Europe €35-40, Rest of the world €50
Period: Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279 AD)
Size: Height 25.5 cm with lid
Condition: For a detailed condition report see my website. To summarize, the jar is in good condition, with a few parts of the extremities to the dragon’s body missing, and the cover is in poor condition as can be seen in the pictures.
Provenance: From a Swedish private collection, Sold at Antik-Anders Auktioner (now Skånes Auktionsverk) in 2003, a sticker from Chinoise Tonying, Paris to the base (Antique business established in Paris in 1902 by Zhang Renjie).
SKU: 48
References: There are three related jars in the Palace Museum illustrated in Longquan of the world – Longquan Celadon and Globalization, Vol. 1 – A history of Thousands of Years, The Forbidden City Publishing House, 2019, Plate 24, 25, 26.
There is a similar jar in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (link on my website)
A few similar jars have also been sold by the major auction houses (links on my website)
Price: € 5400
Shipping rates: Sweden €15, Europe €35-40, Rest of the world €50
Period: Song dynasty (960-1279 AD)
Size: Height 4.9 cm, diameter 10.3 cm
Condition: Good condition, wear consistent with age and use, hairline crack to the rim approximately 2.5 cm long (see pictures), kiln grit in the well.
Provenance: From a Swedish private collection
SKU: 56
References: There are three related bowls in the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, links on my website.
Price: €360
Shipping rates: Sweden €15, Europe €35-40, Rest of the world €50
Period: Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
Size: Height 19 cm, Dia at the widest place 15 cm
Condition: Very good condition, some firing flaws and minor chips to the rim
Provenance: From a Swedish private collection
SKU: 63
References: -
Price: € 620
Shipping rates: Sweden €15, Europe €35-40, Rest of the world €50
Period: Republic (1912-1949)
Size: 18.5 x 12.5 cm (without frame)
Condition: Very good condition, minor scratches.
Provenance: From a private Swedish collection
SKU: 68
References: -
Price: € 420
Shipping rates: Sweden €15, Europe €35-40, Rest of the world €50
Period: Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
Size: Dia. 18.7 cm, height 8.3 cm
Condition: Good condition, expected wear and firing impurities, small shallow chip to the rim, small area on outside body missing glaze (from manufacturing), no visible cracks or repairs.
Provenance: From the collection of Johan Lilliehöök (1865‑1949), thence by descent. Johan Lilliehöök was a Swedish lawyer and diplomat. He was posted in Shanghai 1922‑1932 as the Swedish consul general and his Chinese collection was acquired at that time.
SKU: 74
References: There are two related bowls in the Palace Museum illustrated in “Porcelains of Yuan Dynasty Collected by the Palace Museum II, The Forbidden City Publishing House, 2016, Plate 201,202. Several bowls of similar type were excavated from a hoard at the Tuchengzi city, Inner Mongolia which are illustrated in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art unearthed in China – Inner Mongolia, Zhang Bai, Science Press, Bejing, 2008, Plate 147-154.
Price: € 1200
Shipping rates: Sweden €15, Europe €35-40, Rest of the world €50
A Ding-type dish with moulded decoration
Period: Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
Size: Dia. 18.2 cm, height 3.8 cm
Condition: Good condition, wear and firing impurites, no visible cracks or repairs.
Provenance: From the collection Johanne Huitfeldt (1932-2023) who was a well-known Norwegian art historian and curator at the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design. She took a special interest in East Asian Art, and it was due to her that the museum in Oslo got a permanent exhibition of East Asian art and crafts in 1983.
SKU: 78
References: -
Price: € 1300
Shipping rates: Sweden €15, Europe €35-40, Rest of the world €50
Thanks, appreciate your comment. I try my hardest to keep it that way 😊
Period: Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Size: Height 26 cm
Condition: Good condition. Surface wear. Some glaze losses/peeling, primarily around the foot and lower body, but also to the upper body, the handles and the rim. Small chips to the rim. Small hairline crack running from the rim, only detectable with UV-light (see pictures). Crazing and glaze cracks.
Provenance: From the collection of Johanne Huitfeldt (1932-2023) who was a well-known Norwegian art historian and curator at the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design. She took a special interest in East Asian Art, and it was due to her that the museum in Oslo got a permanent exhibition of East Asian art and crafts in 1983.
SKU: 81
References: There is an almost identical vase in the Palace Museum illustrated in Longquan of the world – Longquan Celadon and Globalization, Vol. 1 – A history of Thousands of Years, The Forbidden City Publishing House, 2019, Plate 3. (shown in pictures 13,14)
Several comparable vessels excavated from Longquan city are illustrated in A survey on the Longquan kiln in the Northern Song dynasty, Shen Yueming & Zheng Jianming, Bejing Publishing House, 2018, Pages 118-122. (shown in pictures 15,16,17)
A similar vase was offered by Christies, New York in 2023, and a lidded example was sold by Christies in Hong Kong in 2015 (links on my website)
Price: € 2800
Shipping rates: Sweden €15, Europe €35-40, Rest of the world €50
A Dehua Gu -shaped vase – Mid- 17th Century
Period: Mid- 17th Century
Size: Height 22.6 cm, diameter of mouth 13.5 cm
Condition: Excellent condition, light wear and minor firing impurities, no visible cracks or repairs. A number has been written on the footring with a UV-marker (see picture).
Provenance: From the collection of Christine Carlsson, who died 1938, married to a British consul in Hong Kong, who died 1933, thence by descent.
SKU: 80
References: A very similar vase is illustrated in Blanc de Chine, Porcelain from Dehua, A Catalogue of the Hickley Collection, Singapore (Rose Kerr & John Ayers) plate 67. See also Chinese Ceramic Treasures – A selection from Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, including the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, 2002, plate 794. A few Dehua GU vases have also been sold by the major auctionhouses (see links below) for examples.
Price: € 3800
Shipping rates: Sweden €15, Europe €35-40, Rest of the world €50
A carved Longquan shallow bowl – Ming Dynasty
Period: Early Ming (15th century)
Size: Height 14.7 cm
Condition: Very good condition, wear and minor firing impurities, no visible cracks or repairs. Glaze slightly matt, possibly from burial or exposure to sea water.
Provenance: From a private British collection
SKU: 91
References: A similar bowl, but with barbed rim, was excavated at Fendongyan kiln site in Dayao. It was dated to early Ming and is illustrated in Porcelain unearthed from Fengdongyan kiln site, Longquan Dayao, Zhejiang provincial institute of cultural relics and Archaeology and museology, Beijing: Cultural relics publishing house, 2009, plate 200.
Price: €380
Shipping rates: Sweden €15, Europe €35-40, Rest of the world €50
A Qingbai jar with scrolled handles – Song Dynasty
Period: Song dynasty (960-1279), probably late 11th century.
Size: Height 13.6 cm
Condition: Very good condition, wear and minor firing impurities, no visible cracks or repairs.
Provenance: From a private British collection
SKU: 87
References: A similar jar was excavated from the tomb of Wu Zhengchen (dated to 1087) in Anhui. It is illustrated in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art unearthed in China - Anhui, Zhang Bai, Science Press, Bejing, 2008, Plate 101.
See also jar excavated in Xinjian, Jiangxi, illustrated in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art unearthed in China - Jiangxi, Zhang Bai, Science Press, Bejing, 2008, Plate 39.
There was a similar jar in the Kai-Yin Lo Collection illustrated in Bright as Silver White as Snow – Chinese White Ceramics from Late Tang to Yuan Dynasty, Yungmingtang, 1998, plate 32.
Price: €680
Shipping rates: Sweden €15, Europe €35-40, Rest of the world €50
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