Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art - Property from the Ping Y. Tai Foundation

17 September 2008

  • A Yellow-Ground Green-Enamelled ‘Dragon’ Vase (Ganlan Ping)
  • A Limestone Head of Buddha
  • An Imperial Zitan Incense Stand (Fangxiangji)
  • An Eel-Skin-Glazed Petal-Molded Tripod Bulb Bowl
  • Painted Grey Pottery Figures of Equestrian Hunters
  • A Ming-Style Blue and White Pear-Shaped Vase (Yuhuchunping)
  • An Early Ming Tianbai-Glazed Anhua-Decorated Vase (Meiping)
  • A Bronze Ritual Tripod Food Vessel (Ding)
  • A Blue and White Moon Flask
  • A Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel (Zun)
  • A Large Pair of Painted Pottery Figures of Prancing Horses
A well-Carved Pale Greenish-White Jade Brushpot, (Bitong)
Christie’s New York sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art will feature archaic bronzes, lacquer, jade, scholar’s objects, classical Chinese furniture, Buddhist stone sculpture, as well as ceramics and porcelain from all major dynasties in China ranging from the Shang to Tang, Ming and Qing periods. The sale will also feature property from the Ping Y. Tai Foundation.
Sale 2027, Lot 329
Property from a Midwest Collection
A well-carved pale greenish-white jade
brushpot, (bitong)
Qianlong period (1735 – 1795)
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high,
7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm.) diam.
Estimate: $40,000 – 60,000

Joe-Hynn Yang, Department Head, Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York