5 novembre 2011

A twelve-panel  coromandel lacquer screen. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, inscribed with the cyclical date geng chen, corresponding to 1700 . Photo Sotheby's the central field on one side carved and polychromed to depict an elaborate landscape of a Daoist Paradise, illustrating mountainous peaks and waves occupied by numerous groups of male and female Immortals variously holding auspicious objects and flowers, gathering to greet Shoulao and Xiwangmu, framed by a border of auspicious objects above, with dragons emerging... [Lire la suite]

A rare documentary eight-leaf carved lacquer screen. Kangxi cyclical date jiawu corresponding to AD1714 and of the period. Photo Bonhams The front sides shallow relief-carved with a single scene of a dignitary in his hall entertained by two dancing ladies and surrounded by female attendants, set on a gold-ground terrace with further figures and two cranes, flanked by two smaller dwellings with scholars playing chess, all within a wide border with scholarly vessels on three sides and exotic animals at the bottom, the reverse... [Lire la suite]

Grand paravent en laque de Coromandel à huit feuilles à décor double face. Chine, époque Kangxi, daté 1685. Photo courtesy Europ Auction D'un côté, une grue et des daims évoluent dans un paysage composé de pins de longévité, fleurs et végétaux au milieu de rochers, la partie supérieure comportant un poème signé de deux cachets (Chenbang et Qian Dong). Le revers représente une scène de palais animée de personnages, le tout encadré d'objets mobiliers. H 204, L 38,5 cm, la feuille. Estimation: 80 000 - 100 000 € Europ... [Lire la suite]

Important vase ovoïde en porcelaine céladon craquelée de la Chine d'époque Qianlong & Époque Louis XV. Photo courtesy Europ Auction Vase de forme archaïque hu légèrement polylobé, orné au col de deux anses simulées en forme de têtes d'éléphants stylisées. Marque sigillaire Qianlong au revers. Riche monture rocaille de bronze ciselé et doré. Présentant sur le col des petits bouquets de fleurs et de feuillage. Les anses du col sont soulignées d'agrafes et la base présente une monture ajourée avec de larges canaux, des... [Lire la suite]

Exceptionnel cabinet. Attribué à Pierre Gole (1620-1685). Époque Louis XIV. Photo courtesy  Europ Auction en bois plaqué d'ébène, bois teinté, ivoire, laiton et argent reposant sur un piètement présentant deux tiroirs simulés et six pieds reliés par une entretoise. Il ouvre, en partie supérieure par un abattant dévoilant un miroir ; en façade, par deux vantaux ornés d'une riche marqueterie de bois fruitiers figurant des vases fleuris dans des rinceaux. Ils découvrent une série de neuf tiroirs, disposés quatre à quatre... [Lire la suite]

A white-glazed carved baluster jar. Song Dynasty, probably Northern. Photo Bonhams Potted from a pale oatmeal clay and covered in a clear minutely-crackled glaze, the body carved with a wide horizontal band of large lotus leaves alternating with blooms in a leafy meander, between overlapping petals around the shoulder and similar oval leaves upright around the foot. 29 m (11½in) high. Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000, CNY 49,000 - 69,000, HK$ 60,000 - 85,000 Provenance: purchased at Christie's London in the 1980sAn English private... [Lire la suite]

Two white-glazed bottle vases, 18th century. Photo Bonhams The first, with a compressed body with straight sides rising to the sloped shoulders with a raised double ring below the tall slender neck and galleried rim, raised on a foot encircled by a pronounced rib, the glaze with a pale bluish tinge, 22.2cm (8 3/4in) high; the other vase of slightly compressed globular body surmounted by a tall slender neck divided by raised circular sections above the shoulders, in the centre and below the cup-shaped rim, the glaze with a pale... [Lire la suite]

An ivory-white-glazed baluster vase. Impressed Qianlong seal mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams Very finely potted, the body with a crisply-incised key-fret band at the angular shoulder echoing a further key-fret band and lotus petals above the foot, the elegantly-tapering neck all densely covered with foliate scrolls, the base with the impressed seal mark, and all covered in a crackled transparent glaze. 16.5cm (6½in) high; Estimate: £6,000 - 10,000, CNY 59,000 - 99,000, HK$ 72,000 - 120,000 Provenance: Professor... [Lire la suite]

A pair of white-glazed anhua-decorated 'dragon' bowls, 18th century. Photo Bonhams   Each with deep rounded sides rising to the everted rim, raised on a short foot, the interior incised in anhua with a pair of striding five-clawed dragons pursuing the flaming pearl amidst fire scrolls. 11.7cm (4 5/8in) diam. (2). Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000, CNY 30,000 - 49,000, HK$ 36,000 - 60,000   Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 18 September 1996, lot 226.The Langsdorf Collection of Qing Dynasty Porcelain, Collection no.164. ... [Lire la suite]

A moulded white-glazed bowl, lianziwan. Qianlong seal mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams With a narrow spreading foot supporting the steeply-rounded sides, decorated on the exterior with deeply-moulded lotus petals at the base and an incised key-fret pattern at the rim, all covered with a pale glaze tinged slightly blue, the seal mark in underglaze blue on the pointed base. 19.3cm (7 5/8in) diam. Estimate: £20,000 - 30,000, CNY 200,000 - 300,000, HK$ 240,000 - 360,000 Provenance: Christie's London, 8 June 2004, lot... [Lire la suite]