Tina Chow in Chanel haute couture (1983)

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Chanel haute couture, David Seidner, Tina Chow

Tina Chow in Chanel haute couture (1983), encrusted with triompe l’oeil embroidery (Lesage). Photo: David Seidner.

Three Qingbai porcelain water droppers, Song Dynasty

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fruit form box and cover, Qingbai porcelain, Song dynasty, water dropper

Three Qingbai porcelain water droppers, Song Dynasty. Estimate £2,500 – 4,000 (€3,100 – 5,000). Photo Bonhams.

One of faceted form with carved flowerspray terminal; one of rounded oval form, the stippled body carved with scattered flowerheads; and the third with two tiers of moulded overlapping petals, with leafy stem finial; and a fruit form box and cover of lobed melon form, all covered in a fine translucent pale bluish glaze. The largest 6cm (2.3/8in) high.

Notes: These small Qingbai water droppers were made for use on the scholar’s table to add drops of water to freshly ground ink. They exemplify the Song literati’s taste for simple forms with incised or moulded decoration.

Property from the Profesor Michael Besser Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art.

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Three Qingbai miniature vessels, Song-Yuan Dynasty

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miniature vessel, Qingbai, Song dynasty, Yuan dynasty

Three Qingbai miniature vessels, Song-Yuan Dynasty. Estimate £1,000 – 1,500 (€1,300 – 1,900). Photo Bonhams.

Comprising: a small globular jar standing on a tall foot, covered overall in a delicate, glassy and lightly crackled Qingbai glaze stopping short of the foot, the recessed cover with an applied finial in the shape of a leafy blossom, Song Dynasty; and a pair of miniature vases with trumpet necks and splayed foot, decorated with carved vertical ribs to the body and horizontal ribs to the neck, Yuan Dynasty. The jar 6.5cm (2 1/5in) high, the vases 7.2cm (2 7/8in) high (4).

Provenance: The vases Glade Antiques 11 October 2001
The jar K.Y. Ng Hong Kong, 2005
Property from the Profesor Michael Besser Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art.

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A Qingbai ewer and cover, Song Dynasty

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ewer and cover, globular ewer, Qingbai, Song dynasty, Song-Yuan dynasty

A Qingbai ewer and cover, Song Dynasty. Estimate £1,200 – 1,500 (€1,500 – 1,900). Photo Bonhams.

The oviform body with slender flaring neck rising to an everted rim, with elegant tapering spout and looped strap handle, the shoulder with twin lug handles, the finial in the form of a small gnarled stem, the glaze suffused with a creamy crackle, fitted box, 13.6cm (5.3/8in) high; a small ewer and cover moulded with a scrolling foliate design beneath a band of petals encircling the shoulder, 7cm (2.3/4in) high; and a small globular ewer with short spout and four lug handles applied to the shoulder, covered in a grey blue glaze, Song-Yuan Dynasty, 8cm (3.1/8in) high.

Provenance: Ewer K.Y.Ng, Hong Kong, 2001
Small ewer and cover, Denis Young, 2005
Stoneware ewer, Sotheby’s, 24 November 2001
Property from the Profesor Michael Besser Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art.

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A Qingbai waterpot, Song Dynasty

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Qingbai, Song dynasty, waterpot

A Qingbai waterpot, Song Dynasty. Estimate £3,000 – 5,000 (€3,800 – 6,300). Photo Bonhams.

The miniature vessel of compressed form, the opening formed with four petals with moulded foliate decoration, all covered in a translucent green glaze. 5.8cm (2 1/4in) wide (2).

Provenance: Paul Champkins Oriental Art 2012
Sidney L. Moss
Brodie and Enid Lodge Collection, inventory label M.212
Property from the Profesor Michael Besser Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art.

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A Qingbai petal lobed bowl, Southern Song Dynasty

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petal lobed bowl, Qingbai, Southern Song dynasty

A Qingbai petal lobed bowl, Southern Song Dynasty. Estimate £5,000 – 8,000 (€6,300 – 10,000). Photo Bonhams.

Finely potted with flaring sides rising from a cylindrical foot, the rim notched to form six lobes, the interior carved with scrolling leafy flowering stems on a finely patterned ground, the glaze of good pale blue tone pooling to a darker colour in the recesses, the base unglazed and partly burnt from the firing, fitted box. 19cm (7.1/2in) diam.

Provenance: Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, 23 June 2004
Property from the Profesor Michael Besser Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art.

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A Qingbai lobed jar and cover, Song Dynasty

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lobed jar and cover, Qingbai, Song dynasty

A Qingbai lobed jar and cover, Song Dynasty. Estimate £3,000 – 5,000 (€3,800 – 6,300). Photo Bonhams.

The finely potted vessel set on a short cylindrical foot, the body with seven lobes beneath four applied horizontal tubular lug handles at the shoulder, the neck with a double incised band, the cover with a slightly raised central roundel, the glaze pooling to a deep blue at the shoulder and around the handles, fitted box. 10.2cm (4in) high.

Provenance: K.Y. Ng, Hong Kong, 2003.
Property from the Profesor Michael Besser Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art.

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A Qingbai lobed jar and cover, Yuan Dynasty

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lobed jar and cover, Qingbai, Yuan dynasty

A Qingbai lobed jar and cover, Yuan Dynasty. Estimate £800 – 1,200 (€1,000 – 1,500). Photo Bonhams.

The squat jar formed with raised ribs, the slightly domed cover with a raised thread radiating foliate design and bracket rim, all covered in a pale sea-green glaze stopping short of the footrim. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high (2).

Property from the Profesor Michael Besser Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

Notes: For a comparable jar and cover dated Yuan Dynasty see H. Li, Chinese Ceramics, Thames & Hudson 2011, p. 177 pl. 366.

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A Qingbai conical bowl, Song Dynasty

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conical bowl, Qingbai, Song dynasty

A Qingbai conical bowl, Song Dynasty. Estimate £800 – 1,200 (€1,000 – 1,500). Photo Bonhams.

Set on a tall cylindrical foot with recessed unglazed base and deeply flaring sides, the interior with a small raised central roundel. 10cm (4in) diam.

Property from the Profesor Michael Besser Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art.

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An unusual Qingbai miniature cuspidor, zhadou, Song Dynasty

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miniature cuspidor, Qingbai, Song dynasty, zhadou

An unusual Qingbai miniature cuspidor, zhadou, Song Dynasty. Estimate £800 – 1,200 (€1,000 – 1,500). Photo Bonhams.

The cylindrical body rising from a convex, unglazed base, to a boldly flaring mouth, covered overall in a lustrous, glassy, clear whitish-blue glaze stopping short of the foot. 7.8cm (3 1/8in) diam.

Provenance: Glade Collection, 2001
Property from the Profesor Michael Besser Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art.

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