Jar, Tang dynasty (618–907), first half of 8th century

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Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes, first half of 8th century, JAR, Tang dynasty

Jar, Tang dynasty (618–907), first half of 8th century. Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes. H. 14.2 cm (5 9/16 in.); diam. 17.4 cm (6 7/8 in.). Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection, 1927.272. Art Institute of Chicago ©2015 The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60603-640

Jar, Tang dynasty (618-906), first half of 8th century

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first half of 8th century, JAR, Slip-coated earthenware with green lead glaze, Tang dynasty

Jar, Tang dynasty (618-906), first half of 8th century. Slip-coated earthenware with green lead glaze. H. 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.); diam. 22.4 cm (8 13/16 in.). Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection, 1928.250. Art Institute of Chicago ©2015 The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60603-640

Pair of Blue Aluminum Fan Earclips, JAR, Paris

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Blue Aluminum Fan Earclips, JAR

Pair of Blue Aluminum Fan Earclips, JAR, Paris. Sold for $5,313. Photo Doyle New York.

Composed of stylized blue aluminum fans, signed JAR, Paris. With signed pouch. Estimate $3,000-4,000

Doyle New York. Important Jewelry. Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 10am

A Henan russet-painted brown and green glazed jar, China, Song Dynasty (960-1279)

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Henan russet-painted brown and green glazed, JAR, Song dynasty

A Henan russet-painted brown and green glazed jar, China, Song Dynasty (960-1279). Estimation : 3 000 € / 5 000 €.  Photo Cambi Casa d’Aste.

decorato con ramages. h cm 20

Collezione De Pasquale, Milano

CAMBI CASA D’ASTE, Importants Objets d’Art de la Chine, le 16 Décembre 2014 à à 10h30 et 14h30. CASTELLO MACKENZIE – MURA DI SAN BARTOLOMEO 16, 16122 GÊNES.  Contact: Emilie Volka. Tel: 0039 (0) 108395029 – emilie@cambiaste.com

A rare blue and white jar, guan, Jiajing six-character mark and of the period

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Blue-and-White, guan, JAR, Jiajing six-character mark and of the period

A rare blue and white jar, guan, Jiajing six-character mark and of the period. Estimate US$ 15,000 – 20,000 (€12,000 – 16,000). Photo Bonhams.

Thickly potted and painted in shades of cobalt blue with a band of pearl-centered lappets around the curving shoulder, branches of camellia, peony, lotus and chrysanthemum encircling the compressed globular body above a stiff leaf band rising from the foot, the six-character mark written in regular script within a double ring beneath a celadon-tinged glaze applied everywhere except the foot pad and the altered rim of the neck now covered with a metallic copper colored pigment. 8 1/2in (21.6cm) high, 11 1/4in (28.5cm) diameter

Provenance: Rare Art, Inc. 1981

A similar blue and white jar with the original neck preserved, also Jiajing mark and of the period, sold in Sotheby’s, Hong Kong sale HK0203, 25 April 2004, lot 298 (9 1/2in/24.2cm high).

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART, 16 Dec 2014 10:00 PST – SAN FRANCISCO

A diamond and citrine ring, by JAR

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diamond and citrine ring, JAR, old European cut diamond

A diamond and citrine ring, by JAR. Estimate $50,000 – $70,000. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2014

Bezel-set with an old European-cut diamond, to the calibré-cut citrine shoulders, mounted in 18k gold, with French assay mark, in a JAR pink suede pouch. Signed JAR, Paris

CHRISTIE’S. MAGNIFICENT JEWELS, 10 December 2014, New York, Rockefeller Plaza

A diamond and colored diamond Camellia flower cuff bangle bracelet, by JAR, 1995

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Camellia flower cuff bangle bracelet, JAR

A diamond and colored diamond Camellia flower cuff bangle bracelet, by JAR, 1995. Estimate $600,000 – $800,000. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2014

Designed as a Camellia flowerhead entirely pavé-set with diamonds and pink diamonds, centering upon an old-cut navette-shaped diamond, weighing approximately 13.03 carats, to the gold wire cuff, mounted in platinum and gold, 1995, inner diameter 2 1/8 ins, with French assay marks. Signed JAR Paris

Provenance: Formerly the Property of Lily Safra
Previously sold at Christie’s Geneva, Jewels for Hope, The Collection of Lily Safra, 14 May 2012, lot 17

Please note that the pink diamonds have not been tested for natural color.

CHRISTIE’S. MAGNIFICENT JEWELS, 10 December 2014, New York, Rockefeller Plaza

A pair of emerald and diamond drop earrings, by JAR, 1994

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briolette-cut diamond, briolette-cut emerald, Emerald and Diamond Drop Earrings, JAR

A pair of emerald and diamond drop earrings, by JAR, 1994. Estimate $80,000 – $120,000. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2014

One suspending a briolette-cut diamond, weighing approximately 2.84 carats, the other suspending a briolette-cut emerald, weighing approximately 3.30 carats, each within a single-cut diamond surround, joined by single-cut diamond links to the single-cut diamond bail, mounted in platinum, 1994, in a JAR pink leather case. By JAR

CHRISTIE’S. MAGNIFICENT JEWELS, 10 December 2014, New York, Rockefeller Plaza

Chinoiserie Dutch Delftware at Veilinghuis Carlo Bonte

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18th century, 2nd half 17th century, brush, Dutch blue and white, Dutch Delftware, JAR, late 17th century, teacaddy, Van Duyn, Veilinghuis Carlo Bonte

An 18th Century Dutch Delftware teacaddy with a plated cover, marked Van Duyn. Estimate € 200 – € 300. Photo Veilinghuis Carlo Bonte

H 13,5 cm

18th Century Dutch blue decorated Delftware brush. Estimate € 200 – € 300. Photo Veilinghuis Carlo Bonte

(brush part missing), W 12,5 – D 8,5 cm

A Dutch blue and white decorated Wan Li plate, 2nd half 17th century. Estimate € 150 – € 250. Photo Veilinghuis Carlo Bonte

minor rim damage, diameter 34,5 cm.

A blue decorated 18th century Dutch delftware dish. Estimate € 150 – € 250. Photo Veilinghuis Carlo Bonte

with a scalopped rim, diameter 22 cm

A pair of blue and white decorated 18th century Dutch Delftware plates. Estimate € 150 – € 250. Photo Veilinghuis Carlo Bonte

added a similar late 17th century jar, 2 x 23 cm diameter – H 18 cm (the usual rim damage)

Veilinghuis Carlo Bonte.

An extremely rare early Ming blue and white jar, guan, Yongle period (1403-1425)

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Early Ming, guan, JAR, Yongle Period

An extremely rare early Ming blue and white jar, guan, Yongle period (1403-1425). Estimate HK$2,000,000 – HK$3,000,000 ($260,000 – $390,000). Price Realized HK$2,200,000 ($284,909). Photo Christie’s Ltd 2014

The exterior of the jar is delicately painted in underglaze-blue with the ‘heaping and piling’ effect, depicting a continuous garden scene with leafy flowering branches of chrysanthemum and morning glory, beside rocks and millet sprays. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) wide

Provenance: Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 29 April 1997, lot 532

Notes: Blue and white jars of this design from the early 15th century are extremely rare, and only very few related examples have been published to date. Compare to another early 15th century example of similar design from the collection of Mrs. Alfred Clark, now in the British Museum, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World’s Great Collections, vol. 5, 1981, pl. 38. Another comparable example was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 September 1992, lot 471. No excavated example appears to have been found from the Yongle and Xuande strata at the Jingdezhen Imperial kilns so far, suggesting that only very few jars of this rare type were produced at the time.

It appears that this select group of early Ming jars became the prototype of much revered blue and white jars from the later Chenghua period, potted to similar forms and painted similarly with composite flowers but in a paler blue with less ‘heaping and piling’ which is characteristic of cobalt used during the period. One such example was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1387.

CHRISTIES. IMPORTANT CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 26 November 2014, Convention Hall