Sold on behalf of a German private collector at Christie’s Paris, 16 December 2022 (lot 79) for €46.620 (Estimate €30,000-50,000).
Possibly from one of the Huairen kilns, Shanxi province. The rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a slightly everted rim, covered in
Carved with a continuous scene of the sages and attendants beside a bridge in a rocky mountainous landscape, with wutong trees and retreats nestled into the
Worked with a dragon head terminal facing a chilong carved on the curved shaft, the reverse with a circular knop, the stone of a translucent even
The rounded sides rising from a short foot to a slightly everted rim, the interior carved with two swimming fish, surrounded by combed work suggesting
Possibly Ding or Huozhou kilns. The gently sloping sides rising from a slightly splayed foot to an everted petal notched rim, the exterior sides scored
Worked in the form of a recumbent horse, its head turned to the left and looking back towards its hind quarters, the stone of a pale