29 août 2013

A Blue and White Jar with Tigers, Joseon dynasty (19th century). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 Of ovoid form, vividly painted in underglaze cobalt with two animated tigers beneath a gnarled pine tree and a collar of clouds encircling the base of the neck, all decorated with a blue-tinged transparent glaze; 12in. (30.5cm.) high . Estimate $35,000 – $40,000 Provenance: A European Private Collection  Notes: For two other jars with tigers, see Uri horangi: Seulgi euijeothan iksal The... [Lire la suite]

A Large Buncheong Stoneware Bottle, Joseon dynasty (15th-16th century). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 Of pear form with cylindrical neck ending in a wide, flaring rim with bands of white-slip decoration, beginning above the foot with incised overlapping lotus leaves filled with white slip between line borders and a wide panel of "rope curtain" rising to successive bands of lappets, chrysanthemum florets and stylized leaf bands below triple lines at the rim, the mouth interior ornamented with a white-slip band of lines... [Lire la suite]

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Immortals, gods of good fortune and Kyogen actors. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 Signed Gakyo rojin Manji hitsu yowai hachiju (painted by old man Manji mad about painting at age 80), sealed Katsushika. Twelve paintings mounted as a pair of six-panel screens; ink, color and gold on silk; 29 x 12¼in. (73.5 x 31cm.) each (2). Estimate $200,000 – $300,000 Provenance: Kobayashi Bunshichi (1861-1923), Tokyo  Literature: Sasaki Johei,... [Lire la suite]

A large inlaid-iron dish, Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Nihon koku Kyoto ju Komai sei. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 The shallow dish with lobed rim, inlaid in gilt, silver and shakudo nunomezogan, hirazogan and takazoganwith a large central roundel of Minamoto no Nakakuni riding a horse and playing a flute, encircled by continuous shippo patterns designed with pairs of dragons, kirin, tigers, phoenixes and lions on a geometric and floret ground, the rim with a... [Lire la suite]

Anonymous (Late 16th-Early 17th Century), A Portuguese Ship Comes to Trade. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 Six-panel screen; ink. color, gold and gold leaf on paper; 61¼ x 137½in. (155.5 x 349.5cm.). Estimate $700,000 – $900,000 Provenance: Private collection, Tokyo  Literature: Okamoto Yoshitomo and Takamizawa Tadao, Nanban byobu (Nanban screens) (Tokyo: Kashima kenkyujo shuppankai, 1970), Plate volume, color plate pp. 80-81 and fig. 58, page xiv; text volume no. 58, p. 186. Sasaki Johei,... [Lire la suite]

Platinum, 18 karat gold, fancy intense yellow diamond and diamond ring. Photo Sotheby's The cut-cornered rectangular modified brilliant-cut Fancy Intense Yellow diamond weighing 7.02 carats, flanked by two trapeze-cut diamonds weighing approximately 1.40 carats, size 5. Estimation 140,000 — 160,000 USD  Accompanied by GIA report no. 15330995 stating that the diamond is Fancy Intense Yellow, Natural Color, VVS1 clarity.  Sotheby's. Important Jewels. New York | 24 sept.... [Lire la suite]

Platinum, fancy dark brown-yellow diamond and diamond ring. Photo Sotheby's Centered by a round Fancy Dark Brown-Yellow diamond weighing 5.93 carats, flanked by two pear-shaped diamonds weighing approximately 1.15 carats, size 7¾. Estimation 15,000 — 20,000 USD Accompanied by GIA report no. 17250670 stating that the diamond is Fancy Dark Brown-Yellow, Natural Color, VVS1 clarity. Sotheby's. Important Jewels. New York | 24 sept. 2013 - http://www.sothebys.com

Platinum, 18 karat gold, fancy yellow diamond and diamond ring. Photo Sotheby's The oval-shaped Fancy Intense Yellow diamond weighing 3.08 carats, flanked by two half-moon-shaped diamonds weighing approximately 1.10 carats, size 5¾. Estimation 45,000 — 55,000 USD Accompanied by GIA report no. 14631391 stating that the diamond is Fancy Intense Yellow, Natural Color, VS1 clarity.  Sotheby's. Important Jewels. New York | 24 sept. 2013 - http://www.sothebys.com

Platinum and fancy yellow diamond ring. Photo Sotheby's The cushion-cut Fancy Intense Yellow diamond weighing 4.08 carats, size 4. Estimation 40,000 — 60,000 USD Accompanied by GIA report no. 5121795675 stating that the diamond is Fancy Intense Yellow, Natural Color.  Sotheby's. Important Jewels. New York | 24 sept. 2013 - http://www.sothebys.com

Platinum, 18 karat gold, fancy yellow diamond and diamond ring. Photo Sotheby's Set with a cut-cornered rectangular modified brilliant-cut Fancy Yellow diamond weighing 9.01 carats, flanked by two tapered baguette diamonds weighing approximately 1.00 carat and numerous round diamonds of pink. yellow and near colorless hues weighing approximately 1.45 carats, size 5¾. Estimation 125,000 — 175,000 USD Accompanied by GIA report no. 13811155 stating that the diamond is Fancy Yellow, Natural Color, Internally... [Lire la suite]