What: Six Treasures from an Important Private CollectionWhere: Sotheby’s; 88, 5 / F One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong Pacific PlaceWhen: April 3; 10.35 am HKTPublic Viewing: FRI, 29 MAR 19 | 10:00 AM - 05:30 PM HKTSAT, 30 MAR 19 | 10:00 AM - 08:00 PM HKTSUN, 31 MAR 19 | 10:00 AM - 08:00 PM HKTMON, 01 APR 19 | 10:00 AM - 06:30 PM HKTTUE, 02 APR 19 | 10:00 AM - 06:30 PM HKTTop lots of the sale:—Lot 102: “An Extremely Rare and Important Blue and White Middle-Eastern Inspired Stand, Wudangzun.” Ming Dynasty, Yongle Period. Inspired by a Middle Eastern metal prototype, well potted with a hollow, waisted cylindrical body centred by a raised horizontal rib, flaring gently towards the top and bottom to an everted rim and foot, the exterior boldly painted in rich cobalt-blue tones with two horizontal bands, each with calligraphic Arabic script interlaced with meandering foliate scrollwork and two roundels enclosing a flower wreathed by a leafy meander, divided by a lappet band encircling the raised rib on the waist, all below stylised florets alternating with detached floral sprays on the underside of the rim, the decoration divided by double-line borders, the flat top of the rim and the foot painted with radiating lotus lappets, covered overall in a transparent bluish glaze save for an unglazed ring on the base revealing the buff-coloured body. H.17.2 cm, 6 3/4 in. Estimate: 20,000,000 HKD — 30,000,000 HKD (2,547,600 USD - 3,821,400 USD)—Lot 105: “A Rare Guan Lobed Jardiniere.” Southern Song – Yuan Dynasty. Of quatrelobed section, the deep gently flaring sides divided into four lobes, rising from four ruyi-shaped feet to a wide everted rim, the dark brown body covered overall in a silky opaque glaze of greyish-celadon tone, suffused with a fine network of luminous golden-beige crackles, the interior with five fine, dark brown spur marks, 15 cm, 5 7/8 in. Estimate: 15,000,000 HKD — 20,000,000 HKD (1,910,700 USD - 2,547,600 USD)—Lot 104: “A Rare Guan Hexagonal Jardiniere.” Southern Song – Yuan Dynasty. Of hexagonal section, the flaring sides divided into six facets, supported on six ruyi-shaped feet at the corners and rising to a flat everted rim, the dark brown body unctuously veiled with a bluish-grey glaze suffused with a matrix of dark crackles, the unglazed feet revealing the brown-dressed dark grey body. 16.5 cm, 6 1/2 in. Estimate: 10,000,000 HKD — 15,000,000 HKD (1,273,800 USD - 1,910,700 USD)—Lot 106: “A Superb and Rare Blue and White Moulded 'Dragon' Stem Cup.” Yuan Dynasty. The wide, flared cup with rounded sides rising to an everted rim, supported on a hollow splayed stem with horizontal bamboo-node ridges emphasised by incised lines, the interior crisply moulded around the well with two four-clawed dragons striding among flames in pursuit of a flaming pearl, one with the character yu (jade) in front of its foremost claw, set around a central medallion boldly painted in an outstanding shade of dark cobalt blue with a chrysanthemum spray within a moulded double-line border, all under a classic scroll at the rim, the exterior decorated in underglaze blue with a single three-clawed dragon with wide open jaws, a slender undulating body and scales finely detailed by cross-hatching, emitting flames and chasing a pearl between single line borders, the cup applied overall with a smooth transparent glaze slightly tinged to blue and thinning to white on the moulded designs on the interior, the interior of the stem and footring left unglazed and fired pale orange. D. 11.5 cm, 4 1/2  in. Estimate: 6,000,000 HKD — 8,000,000 HKD (764,280 USD - 1,019,040 USD)—Lot 101: “An Outstanding and Extremely Rare Wintergreen-Glazed Stem Bowl.” Ming Dynasty, Yongle Period. Finely potted, the bowl with steep rounded sides rising to a gently flaring rim, all supported on a splayed hollow stem with a raised horizontal ridge simulating bamboo node, delicately applied with a superbly fired flawless, translucent wintergreen glaze of ideal tone, thinning to white at the rim and subtly pooling to a darker shade above the foot, at the joint between the stem and the bowl, along the raised ridge and just below the rim, the interior of the stem applied with a transparent glaze slightly tinged to green, the footring left unglazed revealing a smooth pure white biscuit. D. 16.3 cm, 6 3/8  in. Estimate: 3,000,000 HKD — 5,000,000 HKD (382,140 USD - 636,900 USD)—Lot 103: “A Rare Longquan Celadon Tobi Seiji Pear-Shaped Vase, Yuhuchunping.” Yuan Dynasty. Delicately potted with a pear-shaped body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and elegantly sweeping up to a flared rim, covered overall in a thick sage-green glaze whimsically applied with dabs of irregular iron-brown splashes, the glaze stopping neatly at the unglazed footring revealing the light grey body, 26 cm, 10 1/4 in. Estimate: 2,000,000 HKD — 3,000,000 HKD (254,760 USD - 382,140 USD)For details, visit: https://www.sothebys.com/en/Click on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/Founder: Louise Blouin Read more