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A FINE COLLECTION OF FIVE QINGBAI ZODIAC FIGURES, AND ONE HUMAN FIGURE, SONG DYNASTY
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03月12日 晚上6点 开拍
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Published: Jean-Paul Desroches (ed.) et al, The Beginning of the World. Dragons, Phoenix and Other Chimera, Fondation Baur, Geneva, 2020, p. 242-243, no. 168-169 (the zodiac figures).Exhibited:1. Fondation Baur, The Beginning of the World - According to the Chinese. Dragons, Phoenix and Other Chimera, Geneva, 11 November 2020-23 May 2021 (the zodiac figures).2. Musée Départemental des Arts Asiatiques, The Beginning of the World - According to the Chinese. Dragons, Phoenix and Other Chimera, Nice, Summer 2021 (the zodiac figures).China, 960-1279. The set comprising of a group of four smaller zodiac figures of an ox, tiger, rooster, and pig, modeled as a human figure standing ramrod straight with hands clasped beneath the long sleeves of court robes; a fifth taller zodiac figure covered almost entirely in a swaddle with the head of an ox to his chest; and a robed human figure leaning back as he relaxes with hands clasped to his chest. (6)Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Expected firing irregularities including age cracks, encrustations, dark spots, pitting, and glaze recesses. Scattered small chips, mineral deposits, and tiny losses, all as expected.Weight: 68.7 g (the smallest), 277.6 g (the largest)Dimensions: Height 5.7 cm (the smallest), 19 cm (the largest)Zodiac figures first appeared during the Han dynasty as artisans began casting representations of the animals in bronze as offerings. From the Northern Wei dynasty onwards, the zodiacal animals began to be anthropomorphized, as seen on several examples in the present lot.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's Hong Kong, 7 December 2021, lot 3252 Price: HKD 21,250 or approx. EUR 2,500 (for one) converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A Qingbai zodiac 'Ox' figure, Song dynasty Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling, expression, swaddled robe, and related ox head to the chest. Note the size (20.5 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Zacke, Vienna, 11 September 2025, lot 34Price: EUR 19,500: A fine collection of eighteen Qingbai figures, Song dynastyExpert remark: Compare the closely related modeling, expression, glaze, and similar stance of the zodiac figures. Note the size (4-18.4 cm) and that the present lot is also from the same collection.

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