10 septembre 2010
Jade jewelry @ Doyle New York

10 septembre 2010
The Joe Grimberg Collection's three black jade snuff bottles
A black jade snuff bottle. 1780-1820. photo courtesy Sotheby's
very well hollowed, of flattened square form with rounded corners, sloping to a cylindrical neck, resting on a carved oval foot, the stone well polished, the white inclusion on one face deeply carved with an eagle proudly perched on a rock, with one talon raised, the reverse plain save for low relief carving of mist; height 2 3/8 in., 6 cm - Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 USD
PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28th April 1993, lot 554.
NOTE: The contrast of the... [Lire la suite]
10 septembre 2010
A Wucai baluster jar and cover. Transitional period, circa 1650

10 septembre 2010
Transitional period Blue & White porcelains @ Christie's

10 septembre 2010
'Puddingstone', fossiliferous limestone, mammoth tooth, amygdaloidal basalt & hair chrystal snuff bottles

10 septembre 2010
A blue and white fish-bowl. Wanli mark and period
A blue and white fish-bowl. Wanli mark and period. photo courtesy Sotheby's
stoutly potted with steeply rounded sides, painted in underglaze-blue of soft tone with a continuous scene of aquatic birds swimming amongst flowering lotus, arrow grass and other weeds, all below a border of florets sprinkled on stylized waves at the mouthrim interrupted by a cartouche with a six-character Wanli reign mark, the top edge further painted with a detached band of foliate scrolls; diameter 22 in., 55.7 cm - Estimate 80,000 - 120,000 USD
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10 septembre 2010
Ming Dynasty blue and white @ Christie's Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 16 - 17 September 2010, New York

10 septembre 2010
A small blue and white jar & A blue and white dish, Jiajing mark and period (1522-1566)
