J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art

The 25th Biennale Des Antiquaires

A LONGQUAN CELADON SMALL TRIPOD CENSER

A POLYCHROME ENAMELED CIZHOU POTTERY FIGURE OF A DAOIST DEITY

A PAIR OF GOLD AND SILVER INLAID BRONZE FINIALS

A RELIEF-MOULDED YINGQING GLAZED PORCELAIN PILLOW

A JADE RUYI PENDANT WITH MONKEYS

A NEOLITHIC POTTERY SMALL AMPHORA

A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A CAPARISONED HORSE

AN EARLY ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL VESSEL (JIA)

A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A HOUND

AN EARLY YAOZHOU ENGRAVED CELADON JAR

A YINGQING-GLAZED PORCELAIN BUDDHIST SHRINE

AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL (LI)

A CARVED AND POLISHED STEATITE JAR

A BRONZE ‘LEAPING DRAGON’ MIRROR

A BRONZE MAT WEIGHT IN THE FORM OF A CAMEL

Highlights from the Gallery

Chinese Works of Art

Chinese Works of Art

A ‘Mirror Black’-Glazed Porcelain Bottle Vase

A Pair of Ming Style ‘Anhua’-Decorated White Porcelain Winecups

A Massive Imperial Black-Glazed ‘Neifu’ Stoneware Storage Jar

A Large Early Ming ‘Sweet White’-Glazed Porcelain Jar (Guan)

A Carved White-Glazed Cizhou Stoneware Vase (Yuhuchun Ping)

A Large Rust-Brown Painted Black-Glazed Stoneware Jar

A Carved Cizhou ‘Black- and white’-Glazed Stoneware Meiping

A Large Engraved White-Glazed Cizhou Stoneware Meiping

A Miniature White-Ribbed Black-Glazed Stoneware Jar

A White-Ribbed Brown-Glazed Stoneware Jar

A Carved ‘Black- and White’-Glazed Cizhou Stoneware Bowl

A Jizhou Black-Glazed Stoneware ‘Double Phoenix’ Meiping

An ‘Oil Spot’-Glazed Stoneware Lotus-Bud Form Jar

A Glazed White Porcelain Box and Cover with Game Counters

A Brown-Glazed Moulded Dingyao Bowl

A Moulded Dingyao White Porcelain Dish

A Black-Glazed Stoneware Cupstand

A Carved Two-Color Dingyao Porcelain ‘Ducks and Lotus’ Pillow

A Moulded Dingyao White Porcelain ‘Ducks-in-Lotus-Pond’ Dish

A Carved Dingyao White Porcelain Foliate Bowl

A Glazed White Porcelain Openwork Censer

A White Porcelain Melon-Shaped Ewer

A Dingyao White Porcelain Jar and Cover

A Xingyao White Porcelain Bottle-Vase

A Glazed White Porcelain Cupstand

An Inscribed White Porcelain Wine Cup

An Early Dingyao White Porcelain Ewer

An Inscribed Xingyao White Porcelain Bowl

A Glazed White Stoneware Jar and Cover

An Openwork Glazed White Stoneware Censer

A Burnished Black Pottery Alms Bowl (Patra)

A Burnished Black Pottery Buddhist Ritual Vessel (Kundika)

A Black Burnished Pottery ‘Phoenix-Head’ Ewer

A Moulded White Pottery ‘Dancing Monkey’ Flask (Bianhu)

A Neolithic Burnished Black Pottery Stemcup

A Neolithic White Pottery Tripod Ewer (Gui)

A Neolithic Burnished Black Pottery Vessel With Two Handles

Catalogues

All following prices do not include shipping charges:
$5.00 = U.S. priority mail
$13.00 = overseas air mail

Upcoming Exhibition

CHINESE CERAMICS IN BLACK AND WHITE

Exhibition and Sale
March 20–April 10, 2010

J. J. Lally & Co. is pleased to present an exhibition which explores the inspired use of the simplest materials by Chinese potters creating vessels for ritual, for display and for use from the Neolithic period through the 18th Century. Plain white and black clays, clear glazes and iron-based black and brown glazes are the only materials used to create these elegant vessels.

The earliest ceramics in the exhibition are products of the Longshan Neolithic culture which flourished at the end of the 3rd millennium B.C., circa 2400–2000 B.C. in the Northeastern part of China now designated as Shandong province. The surfaces of these vessels are embellished by burnishing and applied motifs.

Early in the Tang dynasty (618–907) sophisticated white pottery wares with clear glazes were made for use and for burial, black-glazed pottery wares were developed, and burnished black pottery vessels continued to be made. The exhibition includes a rare glazed white pottery pilgrim flask – a form introduced via the ‘Silk Road’ – moulded with a dancing monkey, and two burnished black pottery Buddhist ritual vessels: a kundika (holy water container) and a patra (alms bowl). 

In the late 9th/10th century high-fired white porcelains were produced at the famous Xing kilns in the North China province of Hebei at the beginning of the period, and later at the Ding kilns further north at Quyang in Hebei. A Xingyao white porcelain bottle formerly owned by the famous Swedish collector of Chinese white wares, Carl Kempe (1884-1967) is one of the finest porcelains in the exhibition. A thinly potted white porcelain bowl with freely engraved lotus decoration and a small white porcelain dish moulded with floral scroll show the classic decorative styles of the Ding kilns. The moulded Dingyao bowl was previously published by James Cahill in the catalogue of The Art of Southern Sung China, an Asia Society Museum exhibition in 1962.

The glazed stoneware vessels made at the Cizhou kilns in the Song dynasty (960-1279) show the use of applied, stamped, moulded and incised decoration.  An upright ovoid meiping-form bottle with carved peony blossoms on a white slip ground is a fine example of a classic pattern (peonies symbolize wealth and luxury in China) on one of the most sought-after of all vessel shapes produced in the Song dynasty.

The highly refined glazed porcelains of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties are represented by a massive imperial Ming black-glazed storage jar (guan) marked with two white characters Nei Fu “inner palace” and a tall ‘mirror black’-glazed bottle vase made in the Kangxi period (1662-1722).

A catalogue published for the exhibition will include a color photograph and detailed description of each piece, with footnotes citing comparable examples in museum and scholarly publications.

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Arts of Ancient China

Chinese Archaic Bronzes, Sculpture and Works of Art

Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr

Chinese Archaic Bronzes, Jades, and Works of Art

Brush & Clay: Paintings by Robert Ferris, Chinese Ceramics of the Song Dynasty from the Artist’s Collection

Early Dynastic China: Works of Art from Shang to Song

Arts of the Han Dynasty

Ancient China: Music & Ritual

Chinese Porcelain and Silver in the Song Dynasty

Bronze and Gold in Ancient China

Ancient Chinese Ceramics and Tomb Sculptures

Ancient China: Music & Ritual

Early Chinese Ceramics: An American Private Collection

Ancient Chinese Tomb Sculpture

Chinese Ceramics A.D. 400–1400: Selections from an American Collection

Arts of Ancient China

The Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Marvin L. Gordon: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

Two Thousand Years of Chinese Sculpture

Museum List

Works of Art Purchased from J. J. Lally & Co. are now in the following
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Services

CHINESE ART

J.J. Lally & Co. maintains a constant display of Chinese ceramics, bronzes, jades, sculpture, and a wide variety of different Chinese works of art including ivory, enamels, and glass, all available for purchase. In addition to our regularly changing display throughout the year, we mount a special exhibition with catalogue in March each year.

ADVISORY SERVICES

J.J. Lally & Co. offers advisory and consulting services to museums and qualified private collectors. J.J. Lally & Co. has helped clients around the world enhance their collections, by locating the best Chinese works of art and assisting with the best strategies for buying and selling. Many collectors have benefited from our personal service and comprehensive advice on the acquisition of Chinese works of art. We look forward to assisting you in fulfilling your collecting goals. Contact Us.

History

James Lally has been an active participant in the Chinese art market for more than 35 years.  He was a director of Chinese works of art at Sotheby’s in New York and Hong Kong from 1970, and in 1984 he was named president of Sotheby’s in North America.  In 1986 he founded J. J. Lally & Co. and mounted an inaugural exhibition which was sold out in the first week. Since then the gallery has established an advisory service and presented a series of successful special exhibitions each year, and a constant display of fine Chinese ceramics, bronzes, jades, sculpture and various works of art is maintained throughout the year. J. J. Lally & Co. is widely recognized as one of the finest Chinese art galleries in the world and James Lally is acknowledged as one of America’s preeminent experts on Chinese works of art and the international market for Chinese art.

 

Contact Us

If you are looking for a particular type of Chinese art or a specific item, let us know.  If you are interested in building your collection or refining your collection and you would like to discuss specific items or a general strategy, we have the expertise to help you succeed.  We have been actively involved in the Chinese art market for nearly 40 years.  If you are thinking of buying or selling Chinese art, give us an opportunity to help.

MAILING ADDRESS

J.J. Lally & Co.
41 East 57 Street
New York, NY 10022

Telephone: 212 371.3380
Facsimile: 212 593.4699
E-mail: staff@jjlally.com

GALLERY HOURS

Monday–Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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