4 décembre 2008

An Impressive Ruby And Diamond Bracelet Composed of seven flowerheads, each set with an oval-shaped ruby within a cushion-shaped diamond surround, to the cushion-shaped diamond spacers, mounted in 18k white gold, 17.0 cm long - Estimate HK$6,800,000 - HK$9,800,000 ($870,000-1,200,000) - Price Realized HK$10,068,000 ($1,305,322)Accompanied by seven reports dated from 26 September 2007 and 13 September 2008 from the Gübelin Gemmological Laboratory with the following detail:Report Weight Origin Treatment0809557 4.19 Burma... [Lire la suite]

A Superb Belle Époque Sapphire And Diamond Ring Designed as a two-stone ring, set with an antique cushion-shaped sapphire weighing 9.22 carats and a cushion-shaped diamond weighing 5.25 carats, to the single and old European-cut diamond shoulders, mounted in platinum, circa 1910, ring size 5¾  - Estimate HK$12,000,000 - HK$20,000,000 ($1,600,000 - $2,600,000) - Price Realized HK$14,100,000 ($1,828,073) Accompanied by report no. 44969 dated 6 July 2005 from the SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute stating that the 9.22... [Lire la suite]

An Exquisite Belle Époque Diamond Rivière Necklace Composed of thirty graduated old European-cut diamonds to the diamond collet spacers, mounted in platinum and gold, circa 1910, 38.5 cm long - Estimate HK$9,500,000 - HK$14,500,000 ($1,200,000-1,800,000) - Price Realized HK$15,780,000 ($2,045,886) Christie's. Jewels:The Hong Kong Sale. 2 December 2008. Hong Kong. Image 2008 Christie's Ltd. www.christies.com

Lot 2542. A fine and rare Ming blue and white 'dragon' dish, Zhengde four-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1505-1521); 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diam. Estimate HK$800,000 - HK$1,200,000 ($103,720 - $155,581). Price Realized HK$2,060,000 ($266,997). © Christie's Image Ltd 2008.   Finely potted with rounded sides and painted in vibrant inky-blue tones in the centre with a sinuous five-clawed dragon amidst a dense lotus meander, surrounded by two further dragons striding around the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2538. A fine and exceptionally large Early Ming Longquan celadon barbed-rim charger, Ming dynasty, 14th-Early 15th century; 24 1/4 in. (61.5 cm.) wide. Estimate HK$500,000 - HK$700,000 ($64,825 - $90,755). Price Realized HK$2,420,000 ($313,657). © Christie's Image Ltd 2008. Sturdily potted, the slightly convex centre encircled by a flaring petal-moulded well rising to the barbed everted rim with raised edge, covered with a lustrous glaze of rich sea-green tone, continuing over the moulded foot rim onto the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2535. A fine and rare 'numbered' junyao foliate rim tripod 'Narcissus' bowl, Yuan-Early Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century; 7 7/16 in. (19.2 cm.) wide. Estimate HK$500,000 - HK$800,000 ($64,825 - $103,720). Price Realized HK$2,420,000 ($313,657). © Christie's Image Ltd 2008. Potted with rounded sides rising to an everted lipped rim and shaped into six barbed lobes, supported on a footrim of conforming shape with three ruyi-head shaped feet, the underside base carved with the numeral Shi, 'ten', and washed... [Lire la suite]

North Italian, 16th century. A pair of bronze busts of Mars and Minerva on socles. both overall: 44cm., 17 3/8 in. Estimate 10,000—15,000 GBP. Lot sold 25,000 GBP NOTE: The war-like gods Mars and Minerva were popular pendants in the sixteenth century as male and female figures in full armour. In the Trojan wars Minerva favoured the Greeks whilst Mars championed the Trojans. The two gods battled on the plains of Illium and Minerva conquered with a boulder thrown at Mars. The battle was allegorical of Wisdom, personified... [Lire la suite]

Italian, 17th century. A pair of small marble busts of a Roman Emperor and Hercules on porphyry socles. both overall: 33cm., 13in - Estimate 6,000—8,000 GBP - Lot sold 16,250 GBP Sotheby's. The Studiolo: Old Master Paintings and Works of Art from the London Residence of Luigi Koelliker. 03 Dec 08. London. Photo courtesy Sotheby's. www.sothebys.com

German, probably 18th century. A pair of Tour de Force ivories 49cm., 19¼in. and 47cm., 18½in. Estimate 10,000—15,000 GBP - Lot sold 31,250 GBP NOTE: This pair of intricately turned ivory works of art is an excellent example of a noble tradition in European art. The turner's lathe captured the imagination of the aristocracy from the late Renaissance through to the 18th century. The remarkable manipulations of the ivory represented man's conquest over nature. The more complicated the turned ivory object was, the greater the... [Lire la suite]