Alain.R.Truong

Lot 270. A 'Xing' dish, 10th century; 15.2 cm (6 in.). Estimate ,000 — 2,000 GBP. Lot sold 1,750 GBP. © Sotheby's. of bronze form, the octagonal lobed slightly domed front face covered with a glossy creamy-white glaze, the reverse unglazed and centred with a simple loop handle. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Asian Art, London, 09 Nov 2018

Lot 248. A 'Xing' mirror, 10th century; 7 cm, 2 3/4  in. Estimate 400 — 600 GBP. Lot sold 1,875 GBP. © Sotheby's. of bronze form, the octagonal lobed slightly domed front face covered with a glossy creamy-white glaze, the reverse unglazed and centred with a simple loop handle. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Asian Art, London, 09 Nov 2018

Lot 261. A white-glazed foliate-rim dish, Five Dynasties, 10th century; 15.2 cm, 6 in. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 GBP. Lot sold 2,500 GBP. © Sotheby's. the shallow flaring sides rising from a short spreading foot to an everted foliate rim, covered overall in an even ivory-white glaze. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Asian Art, London, 09 Nov 2018

Lot 280. A marbled bowl, 10th century; 11 cm, 4 3/8  in. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 3,750 GBP. © Sotheby's. the robustly-potted body with deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a rolled rim, the brown and white clay marbled to produce a design of light and dark irregular stripes, covered overall in a clear glaze. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Asian Art, London, 09 Nov 2018

Lot 274. A 'Gongyi' sancai jar, 10th century; 7 cm, 2 5/8  in. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 3,750 GBP. © Sotheby's. the ovoid body rising from a flat base to a short neck, set at the shoulder with four strap handles divided by high-relief palmettes, covered overall with green and cream splashes on an ochre ground; together with a similarly shaped smaller jar covered overall in an apple-green glaze. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Asian Art, London, 09... [Lire la suite]

Lot 276. A blue-glazed jar, 10th century; 8 cm, 3 1/4  in. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 3,750 GBP. © Sotheby's. the globular body rising from a short spreading flat foot to a waisted neck with everted rolled rim, covered with a rich dark-blue glaze falling down the body to mid point to reveal the pinkish-beige body. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Asian Art, London, 09 Nov 2018

Lot 275. A blue-splashed pottery bowl, 10th century; 10.5 cm, 4 1/8  in. Estimate 1,000-2,000 GBP. Lot sold 4,000 GBP. © Sotheby's. the rounded sides rising from a short spreading foot to an everted rolled rim, covered overall in a straw glaze falling short of the foot to show the pinkish-beige body and decorated to the interior and exterior with blue streaks. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Asian Art, London, 09 Nov 2018

Lot 279. A phosphatic-splashed jar, 10th century; 12 cm, 4 3/4  in. Estimate 6,000-8,000 GBP. Lot sold 8,750 GBP. © Sotheby's. the globular body rising from a short spreading foot to a short waisted neck with rolled rim, set at the shoulder with a pair of lug handles and covered overall in a brown glaze irregularly splashed in creamy-blue. Provenance: Gisele Croes Oriental Art, Brussels, 1984. Christie's New York, 23rd March 2012, lot 1959. Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Asian... [Lire la suite]

Genève – Ce soir, à Genève, l’une des plus importantes collections de bijoux royaux jamais mises en vente est entrée dans l’histoire des enchères. Les 100 trésors de la famille Bourbon-Parme ont réalisé un montant total de CHF 53 522 875 (53 138 046 $), une enchère record pour une vente de bijoux royaux, éclipsant la vente légendaire des bijoux de la Duchesse Windsor qui avait réalisé 50,3 millions $ en 1987. Ce résultat représente plus de sept fois les estimations précédant la vente (est. 4,2 – 7 millions... [Lire la suite]

HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s will present two sales of Chinese art at its Hong Kong Gallery this November: Chinese Works of Art from the Collection of Emil Hultmark (29 Nov) and Chinese Art (29 – 30 Nov). The former sale presents a selection of items from the collection of the Swedish academic Dr Emil Hultmark (1872-1943). Ranging from archaic bronzes and jades to early Ming ceramics, and all acquired in Europe during the 1930s, this sale provides collectors with a fascinating window into this golden age of European... [Lire la suite]