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
  • A well-Carved Pale Greenish-White Jade Brushpot, (Bitong)
  • An Imperial Zitan Incense Stand (Fangxiangji)
  • An Eel-Skin-Glazed Petal-Molded Tripod Bulb Bowl
  • 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
Painted Grey Pottery Figures of Equestrian Hunters
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 406
An unusual pair of painted grey pottery figures of equestrian hunters
Tang Dynasty (618 – 907)
17 1/4 and 17 3/4 in.
(43.8 and 45 cm.) high
Estimate: $60,000 – 80,000