26 octobre 2009

A rare large green junyao bowl. Song - Jin dynasty, 12th/13th century The deep rounded sides covered inside and out with an unctuous olive-green crackled glaze thinning to a light mushroom tone at the rim, the unglazed foot rim burnt brown in the firing; 8 5/8 in. (21.8 cm.) diam.  Est. £6,000 - £8,000 Provenance: The Lindberg Collection; Sotheby's London, 12 December 1978, lot 196.The Plesch Collections (Ch22). Literature: John Ayers, Margaret Medley, Nigel Wood, Iron in the Fire, London 1988, no. 26, p. 45. ... [Lire la suite]

A fine large turquoise-lavender glazed junyao bowl, China, Song/Yuan dynasty Good condition - D. 22 cm - Est. 1 800,00 € Property from an important German private collection, purchased from Weinmüller, Munich in 1953. A large turquoise-glazed junyao bowl, China, Yuan dynasty D. 23,4 cm - Est. 1 300,00 € Property from an important German private collection A green-lavender glazed flat junyao bowl, China, Yuan dynasty Good condition - D. 15,2 cm - Est. 800,00 € Property from an important German... [Lire la suite]

A rare Junyao purple-splashed pear-shaped vase, Yuan Dynasty © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd The robustly potted vase of elegant form rising from a splayed foot to a rounded body and tall slightly-flaring neck, all under a thick bubble-suffused lavender-blue glaze with vibrant purple splashes, box. 36.9cm (14½in) high. (2). Estimate: £25,000 - 35,000, HK$310,000 - 440,000 Note: The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a thermoluminescence test, Oxford Authentication Ltd., P102s80.Jun ware vessels of this... [Lire la suite]

Liu Bolin (1973) «Garden from the Olympic Games» Photographie en couleurs. Signé et N° 1/8. (sous verre) 120 x 95 cm - Estimation : 800 / 1 000 € Liu Bolin (1973) «Camouflage» Photographie en couleurs. Signé et N° 2/8. (sous verre) - Estimation : 800 / 1 000 € Liu Bolin (1973) «Camouflage», 2007 Photographie en couleurs. Signé et N° 2/8. (sous verre) 100 x 125 cm -  Estimation : 800 / 1 000 € Liu Bolin (1973) «Camouflage» Photographie en couleurs. Signé et N° 2/8. (sous verre) 95 x 125 cm -... [Lire la suite]

Zwiener Jansen Successeur, fl. circa 1900. A Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted kingwood and satiné coromandel lacquer-mounted meuble à hauteur d'appui. Paris, circa 1905. photo Sotheby's Sarancolin marble top, the cupboard doors opening to two adjustable shelves; one mount has been removed to reveal the ZJ mark from the bronze master model. 112 cm; 113 cm; 44.5 cm - Est. 8,000—12,000 USD - Sold 12,500 USD Sotheby's. 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics, Silver and Works of Art. 21 Oct 09. New York www.sothebys.com

Maison Forest. A Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted kingwood, satiné and flower-head trellis marquetry and coromandel lacquer- mounted canted corner cabinet. Paris, circa 1895. photo Sotheby's surmounted by a brèche d'alep marble top, the cupboard door opening to three adjustable shelves; with metalic label inscribed MAISON FOREST / J Bezier Suc / 31 Rue Cambaceres Paris. 153 cm; 134.5 cm; 71 cm - Est. 6,000—8,000 USD - Sold 16,250 USD Sotheby's. 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics, Silver and Works of Art. 21 Oct... [Lire la suite]

François Linke (1855 - 1946), A Louis XV revival gilt-bronze and chinese coromandel lacquer mounted kingwood commode, Paris, circa 1897, index number 245 (variant) photo Sotheby's fleur de pêcher marble top, signed F. Linke to the right-hand chute, locks stamped by Clément Linke, keyhole escutcheon stamped FL and number 845 from linke's workshop metalworks numbering. 95.3 cm; 120 cm; 58.4 cm - Est. 60,000—80,000 USD - Sold 92,500 USD NOTE: The present lot is a rare example of Linke's output. His archives are frustratingly... [Lire la suite]

A fine pair of French Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted Sèvres lilac-grey porcelain vases "Tabouret" and liners, the Sèvres porcelain dated 1860, the mounts possibly by Christofle or Beauferey. photo Sotheby's each vase with the printed S60 within a lozenge in blue. Snake-cast handles lacking. 53.3 cm; 30.5 cm - Est. 50,000—70,000 USD - Sold 92,500 USD LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: The Art Journal Catalogue of the Paris Universal exhibition of 1867, London, P. 53 for an engraving of a 19th century example exhibited... [Lire la suite]

La protectrice du Dharma Dorje Yudrönma , XIXe siècle. Encre et couleurs minérales sur coton. H. 152 cm ; L. 81 cm. Gönpa de Phajoding, Thimphu. Crédit photographique : © Shuzo Uemoto Cette exposition réunit pour la première fois une centaine d’œuvres bouddhiques prêtées par divers temples et monastères du Bhoutan, royaume himalayen situé entre le Tibet et l’état indien de l’Assam, et qui constitue une enclave miraculeusement préservée et vivante du bouddhisme tibétain. Objets de culte, ces pièces n’avaient jamais pour la... [Lire la suite]

A fine pair of ormolu-mounted famille rose porcelain vases,  China, the porcelain Qianlong, the mounts French, 19th century H. 47,8 cm - Est. 9 000.00 € Property from an important German private collection, bought Sotheby's Zurich, 1.12.1998, Lot 455, fromer collection Jürg Stuker, Bern A pair of famille verte jars with european gilt-wood stands and covers, China, Kangxi period Good condition - H. 43(26,5) cm - Est. 8 000.00 € Property from an important German private collection, bought Sotheby's London,... [Lire la suite]