3 septembre 2011

Lot 1225. An archaistic rhinoceros horn cup, 17th century; 6 in. (15.3 cm.) long, box. Estimate $100,000 - USD 150,000. Price Realized $290,500. © Christie's Ltd 2011 Carved around the sides with a band of taotie masks reserved on a leiwenground, the handle formed by two clambering chilong, the larger reaching over into the interior as it bites the rim, which is incised with a further band of key fret, the horn of rich honey color. Property from the Margaret N. and Everett A. Palmer, Jr.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1123. A bronze figural mirror, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220); 8 7/8 in. (22.6 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 9,000 - USD 11,000. Price Realised USD 50,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2011. The large knob surrounded by a narrow decorative band and an outer field of four seated immortals surrounded by numerous Daoist figures, dignitaries, entertainers, four nipples encircled by beaded borders, and four brief inscriptions, all crisply cast within a hatchured band below dogtooth and cloud bands on... [Lire la suite]

Tsuguharu Fujita - © photo Cea - 2011 - Licence CC BY-SA 2.0 HAKONE  - Le 31 août 2011, un collectionneur privé a cédé près d’une quarantaine d’œuvres de l’artiste Tsugouharu Foujita, au musée Pola à Hakoné, près de Tokyo. Ces tableaux qui n'étaient jamais apparus sur le marché de l'art ont causé la surprise des conservateurs.  Le musée Pola à Hakoné, près de Tokyo, qui conserve l’une des plus grandes collections privées japonaise, a eu une bonne surprise en recevant, le 31 août 2011, 37 tableaux du peintre Tsugouharu... [Lire la suite]

  A Rare And Important Large Archaic Ritual Bronze Food Vessel (Hu). Late Shang / Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 12” Long, 10” Wide, 16.5” Height. Est. $2.5/3 million. Photo: Sotheby's NEW YORK, N.Y.- On 14 September 2011 Sotheby’s in New York will present Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art in two sessions at 10 am and 2pm. The sale is exceptionally diverse with important archaic bronzes, furniture, porcelain, jade, sculpture and other works of art, the ajority of which are drawn from private collections in the US, Europe and... [Lire la suite]