CHRISTIE'S CATALOG
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
The sale was held in New York on March 19, 2008.
371 Lots, 351 Pages. Huge book. 
New Condition.

Total sold: $20,216,925. Ceramics highlights include: An important Longquan celadon "Kinuta" vase of the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) (sold: $2,281,000). This important vase was once in the possession of Matsudaira Fumai (1751-1818), a renowned tea master and daimyo of Izumo province who amassed an extensive and highly regarded art collection. The vase is a superb example of the kind long revered by connoisseurs in China and Japan for its thick, translucent, ideal bluish-green glaze - a difficult shade to procure. The vase is also quite rare for its crisply modeled dragon-fish handles, rather than the more commonly seen phoenix-shaped handles, and for its imposing and unusually large size.
A large blue and white moon flask is a testament to the craftsmanship of the potters at the imperial kilns during the Qianlong reign (sold: $541,000). The large size, shape, richness of cobalt blue, and decorative scheme of floral scroll all add to its overall rarity.

Among highlights, two rare and important gilt-bronze figures. An elegant figure of a seated bodhisattva is among the finest extant Five Dynasties/Liao gilt bronzes, and represents either an incarnation of Avalokitesvara (Guanyin) , the most popular and venerated Buddhist deity of the period, or Maitreya, the 'future Buddha' (sold: $2,505,000). The figure's unusually large size, excellent quality of casting and complex treatment of the drapery and headdress make it one of the finest luxury commissions technically attempted in the 10th or 11th century. Another highlight is a remarkably well-preserved large gilt-bronze figure of Manjusri, the embodiment of the Perfection of Wisdom (sold: $1,049,000).

The offerings of jade include: A large grayish-green jade blade, Shang dynasty, circa 1200 BC (sold: $421,000). A rare inscribe large white jade archaistic BI, Qianlong inscribed YU TI mark and dated to the JIA YIN year, corresponding to 1794, (sold: $337,000).

Detailed descriptions, gorgeous illustrations. Magnificent Catalog for Collector!

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