Littleton & Hennessy
Asian Art

Fall Exhibitions

Two Special Exhibitions at ‘TEFAF New York Fall’ and ‘Asian Art in London’ showing works of art from the Tang to the Qing Dynasty, including imperial porcelain, important pottery, archaistic bronzes, gilt bronzes and scholar’s objects.

An impressive large green and straw-glazed pottery watch tower (Liao Dynasty, 907-1125 AD)
Dimensions: 115 cm high

Provenance:
A private collection in The Netherlands
An English private collection, purchased in Hong Kong in the 1990s

Oxford TL-tested, Sample No. C103x32 (27 November 2003)

A very rare celadon-glazed double gourd vase from the Indianapolis Museum of Art Collection (Qianlong mark and period, 1736-1795)
Dimensions: 24.1 cm high

Provenance:
A private Asian collection
Christie’s Art of China: Online Spring Sale March 21-29, 2017 (Lot 43)
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Herzman Collection, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, accessioned in 1984.

Literature:
Little, The Herzman Collection, privately published, 2000, p. 89, in the section of gifts to the Indianapolis Museum of Art

Compare an identical vase from the Hosokawa Morisada Collection, offered at the ‘HEIRLOOMS OF CHINESE ART FROM THE HOSOKAWA CLAN’ sale at Sotheby’s Hong Kong (8 October 2014).

A chestnut-glazed Tang pottery horse (Tang Dynasty, 618-906 AD)
Dimensions: 83 cm high

Provenance:
A private collection in The Netherlands
An English private collection, purchased in Hong Kong in the 1990s

Oxford TL-tested, Sample No. C201d38 (18 January 2002)

A finely moulded ‘Qingbai’ dish (Yuan dynasty, 1279-1368)
Dimensions: 15.5cm diameter

Provenance:
A private Asian collection
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, ‘CHINESE ART INCLUDING SELECTED WORKS OF ART FROM THE T.Y. CHAO FAMILY COLLECTION’, 30 NOVEMBER 2017, lot 542
Sotheby’s London, 11th June 1996, lot 12

Huang Junbi – Running Stream in Cloudy Mountains (1947)
Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll
Dimensions: 133.8 by 60.9 cm, 52 5/8  by 24 in.

Provenance:
A private Asian collection
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, ‘Chinese Art from the T.Y. Chao Collection’, 30 Nov. – 1 Dec. 2017
A Hong Kong private collection
Sotheby’s London, 11th June 1996, lot 159.

 

A flambé-glazed ‘Meiping’ vase (Qianlong six-character incised seal mark and of the period, 1736-1795)
Dimensions: 35cm high

Provenance:
Christie’s London (May 2018)
A private English collection, acquired in the 1970s

A silver-inlaid tripod censer with wood stand and cover (Ming dynasty)
Dimensions: Height 25cm

Provenance:
A private Irish collection

A black-glazed ‘trompe l’oeil’ wall vase with faux-ivory celadon stand decorated with ‘ruyi’ (Qianlong period, 18th century)
Dimensions: 25cm high

Provenance:
A private European collection
Christie’s Paris, ‘Palais Abbatial de Royaumont’, 19-21 September 2011, lot 497
Palais Abbatial de Royaumont (Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild)

A group of Chinese bronzes from a private collection (Song to Ming dynasty)
Dimensions: various

Provenance:
A European private collection, acquired between the 1980s and 2000s

Sold separatelyA ‘Yue’ ware celadon-glazed ‘chicken head’ ewer (Western Jin, 266–316 AD)
Dimensions: 19 cm diameter

Provenance:
A private English collection, acquired in Indonesia in the 1970s

Compare an almost identical ewer excavated from Wujindun Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, illustrated by the Cultural Relics Protection Management Office.

A rare white-glazed Anhua-decorated ‘lotus’ stem cup (Ming dynasty, Jiajing period)
Dimensions: 14.5cm diameter

Provenance:
A private Asian collection
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, ‘CHINESE ‎ART INCLUDING SELECTED WORKS OF ART FROM THE T.Y. CHAO FAMILY COLLECTION’, 30 NOVEMBER 2017, lot 432
Sotheby’s London, 11th June 1996, lot 33

Compare a similar stem cup from the PHILIP CARDEIRO COLLECTION sold at Christie’s London, 13 May 2014.

An amber and cream-glazed pottery groom (Tang Dynasy, 618-906 AD)
Dimensions: 58 cm high

Provenance:
A private collection in The Netherlands
Christie’s London 2001
A private English collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1990s

Oxford TL-tested, Sample No. C101k89 (25 May 2001)

A silver and turquoise inlaid gilt bronze figure of ‘Yama’ (14th century)
Dimensions: Height 5” without stand

Provenance:
A private American Collector, acquired from an important Hong Kong gallery in the 1990s

A small ‘Qingbai’ lobed box and cover, moulded in the shape of chrysanthemum petals with a workshop mark reading ‘Li Jia He Zi’ (Song dynasty, 12th-13th century)
Dimensions: 6.9cm diameter

Provenance:
A private English collection, acquired in Indonesia in the 1970s

Compare a nearly identical, slightly lower ‘qingbai’ porcelain box of the same shape and diameter was excavated from the Hutian kiln in Jingdezhen between 1988 and 1999 and is now in the collection of the Jingdezhen Museum of Civilian Kiln. Another larger, but in terms of design closely comparable, ‘qingbai’ box is in the Yuegutang collection in Berlin, illustrated in ‘Yuegutang – A Collection of Chinese Ceramics in Berlin’, Krahl, R.  Berlin, 2000, no. 205, p. 251.

A small blue ‘lotus’ jar and cover with applied blossoming branch (Yuan dynasty, 1269-1368)
Dimensions: 10cm high

Provenance:
A private English collection, acquired in Indonesia in the 1970s

A silver and gold inlaid bronze archaistic vase, ‘Hu’ (Qianlong period, 18th century)
Dimensions: Height 181/4 inches

Provenance:
A private European collection
Christie’s London, 6 November 2007 (lot 111)

A gilt bronze figure of Mahakala (17th century)
Dimensions: Height 4 3/4” without stand

Provenance:
A private American Collector, acquired from an important Hong Kong gallery in the 1990s

A rare reticulated ‘Longquan’ celadon pear-shaped vase, ‘Yuhuchunping’, with incised decoration, and Japanese fitted box (Yuan dynasty, circa 1400)
Dimensions: 31.5cm high

Provenance:
A private Asian collection

Longquan celadon glazed vases of this type are rare, and the few existing examples mostly date to the Ming Dynasty. Compare a similar, albeit smaller example dating to the Ming Dynasty offered at Christie’s HK in the ‘Imperial Sale’ on 1 June 2016, lot 3314. Another example was sold at Sotheby’s London, 7 November 2012, lot 221.

A pair of white-glazed Meiping vases (Ming dynasty, 16th century)
Dimensions: each 21cm

Provenance:
A private Asian collection
Sotheby’s London, 10 November 2017, lot 248
An English Private Collection
Collection of Warren E. Cox
Collection of Ira and Nancy Koger

Literature:
John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection, London, 1985, pl. 53.

A ‘Yue’ ware celadon-glazed vessel in the form of a bear (Western Jin, 266-316 AD)
Dimensions: 9 cm high

Provenance:
A private English collection, acquired in Indonesia in the 1970s

Compare another animal, a celadon-glazed ram dating to the Western Jin Dynasty, sold at Sotheby’s London, Important Chinese Art (16 May 2018).

EXHIBITING AT:

TEFAF NEW YORK FALL

27-31 OCTOBER 2018
PARK AVENUE ARMORY, NEW YORK

FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER: VIP Preview
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SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER: 12-6PM
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ASIAN ART IN LONDON

1-9 NOVEMBER 2018
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LONDON
SW1Y 6DE
(BEHIND CHRISTIE’S KING STREET)

THURSDAY-FRIDAY 1-2 NOVEMBER: 10AM-5PM
SATURDAY 3 NOVEMBER: 12-4PM
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