16 mai 2012

A rare large rhinoceros horn libation cup, 19th century. Photo Bonhams The full-tip reticulated horn superbly carved in high relief with the the HeHe Erxian holding a spray of nandina and an ingot, above two deer, the reverse carved with three rams, all amidst gnarled branches of nandina, wutong, magnolia, pomegranate, pine and peach, below cloud scrolls around the rim, large elaborate wood stand. 59cm (23¼in) long (2).. Lot 226Y. Estimate: £50,000 - 70,000 / CNY 500,000 - 700,000 / HK$... [Lire la suite]

Crâne en os de baleine posé sur une pierre. Photo Delorme & Collin du Bocage Haut. : 14,5 cm. Référence du lot : 5424-12. Estimation : 800/1200€ DELORME & COLLIN DU BOCAGE sas. MERCREDI 23 MAI à 14 H 00. SALLE 5-Drouot Richelieu  9, rue Drouot 75009 PARIS. Tél. : 01.58.18.39.05 - Fax : 01.58.18.39.09 - Email : info@parisencheres.com

A large full-tip rhinoceros horn cup. Early 19th century. Photo Bonhams Heavily carved and pierced, beneath a single large lotus leaf forming the cup, with figures perched on a succession of small terraces winding up the length of the shaft and interspersed by a sampan in a waterfall and a boy riding a buffalo, wood stand. The horn 65cm (25½in) long; overall 77cm (30¼in) high (2). Lot 225Y. Estimate: £60,000 - 100,000 / CNY 600,000 - 1.0 million / HK$ 740,000 - 1.2 million 十九世紀早期... [Lire la suite]

Grain terminal de chapelet en ivoire figurant le visage du Christ sur une face et un crâne sur l'autre. XVIIe siècle. Photo Delorme & Collin du Bocage Haut. : 5,5 cm. Référence du lot : 5428-3. Estimation : 900/1200€ DELORME & COLLIN DU BOCAGE sas. MERCREDI 23 MAI à 14 H 00. SALLE 5-Drouot Richelieu  9, rue Drouot 75009 PARIS. Tél. : 01.58.18.39.05 - Fax : 01.58.18.39.09 - Email : info@parisencheres.com

A rhinoceros horn 'lotus leaf' libation cup, 17th-18th century.  Photo Bonhams The interior of the cup incised with veins rising to the irregular scalloped rim, the leaf motif repeated on the exterior rising from a band of breaking waves, two baby dragons emerging from it on one side and a third on the other, the handle formed as one smaller and one larger chilong side by side. 16.2cm (6 3/8in) wide - Lot 222Y. Estimate: £50,000 - 80,000 / CNY 500,000 - 800,000 / HK$ 620,000 -... [Lire la suite]

Tête de mort en pierre marbre sculpté. Florence, XVIIe siècle. Photo Delorme & Collin du Bocage Haut. : 17 cm Larg. : 17 cm - 20,5 cm. Référence du lot : 5428-6. Estimation : 1000/1200€ DELORME & COLLIN DU BOCAGE sas. MERCREDI 23 MAI à 14 H 00. SALLE 5-Drouot Richelieu  9, rue Drouot 75009 PARIS. Tél. : 01.58.18.39.05 - Fax : 01.58.18.39.09 - Email : info@parisencheres.com

A fine rhinoceros horn libation cup, 18th century. Photo Bonhams The exterior carved in crisp shallow relief with four landscape panels each contained within a raised surround, a shallow-relief band of archaistic double S-scrolls beneath the asymmetrical rim, the handle deeply hollowed as a dragon-headed mythical animal biting the rim and with its two legs dividing down towards the base. 16cm (6 3/8in) wide - Lot 217Y. Estimate: £80,000 - 120,000 / CNY 800,000 - 1.2 million / HK$ 990,000... [Lire la suite]

Memento mori figurant une figure féminine à double visage. Photo Delorme & Collin du Bocage Repose sur une petite colonne. Haut. : 19,5 cm. Référence du lot : 5424-7. Estimation : 1200/1500€ DELORME & COLLIN DU BOCAGE sas. MERCREDI 23 MAI à 14 H 00. SALLE 5-Drouot Richelieu  9, rue Drouot 75009 PARIS. Tél. : 01.58.18.39.05 - Fax : 01.58.18.39.09 - Email : info@parisencheres.com

A very rare documentary enamelled silver-gilt filigree oblong octagonal snuff box and cover, 18th-early 19th century. Photo Bonhams The top set with a delicately-woven sheet of filigree whorl pattern enriched with a central musical stone hanging from a bat and clusters of peaches at the four corners, the sides with similar smaller bat and flower sprays, the interior under a shallow gilding. 7.2cm (2 7/8in) wide - Lot 124. Estimate: £45,000 - 60,000 / CNY 450,000 - 600,000 / HK$... [Lire la suite]

Crâne en bois laqué blanc. XVIIIe siècle. Photo Delorme & Collin du Bocage Haut. : 10 cm Larg. : 8 cm Prof. : 13 cm. Référence du lot : 5428-1. Estimation : 1200/1800€ DELORME & COLLIN DU BOCAGE sas. MERCREDI 23 MAI à 14 H 00. SALLE 5-Drouot Richelieu  9, rue Drouot 75009 PARIS. Tél. : 01.58.18.39.05 - Fax : 01.58.18.39.09 - Email : info@parisencheres.com