16 décembre 2013

A blue ground embroidered dragon robe with eight medallions of dragons, 19th century. Photo Bonhams. The deep blue satin garment worked in rich colors and with gilt-wrapped threads presenting eight roundels of dragons amid clouds, bats, and Daoist symbols, above a border with mountain peaks, dragon fish in waves, and auspicious emblems and a tall five-colored lishui border that reappear in the upper sleeve bands, the collar bands, lower sleeve bands, and cuffs similarly decorated. 53 1/4in (135.2cm) long. Estimate US$ 10,000 -... [Lire la suite]

A yellow brocade woman's informal robe with embroidered bands, Late Qing dynasty. Photo Bonhams. The body of rich yellow brocade woven with diagonal bands of clouds re-cut from a different format; the ivory silk bands along the neck, right side opening, lower hem and sleeves embroidered in colored silk floss and gilt-wrapped threads with floral roundels and bamboo leaves, the rose satin sleeve bands embroidered en suite with butterflies and flowers; the border bands also accented with white and blue silk brocade ribbon. 50 1/2in... [Lire la suite]

A rare partial suit of ceremonial armor with dragon decoration, Late Qing dynasty. Photo Bonhams. Including a jacket with two detachable sleeves with horseshoe cuffs, paired shoulder guards and underarm gussets, a center flap and a left flap at the lower edge of the jacket, and a wraparound, divided skirt that resembles chaps; all made of cotton-padded creamy-white silk satin, the surfaces mounted with evenly spaced gilt metal studs, each section with either ties or gilt metal ball-and-loop toggle buttons for attachment, similarly... [Lire la suite]

A blue silk ground embroidered dragon robe, Late Qing dynasty. Photo Bonhams. The dragons defined in couched gilt-wrapped threads surrounded by clouds, bats, and Buddhist symbols above mountain peaks rising from waves and a wide lishui border embroidered in blue, white, and green colors that also appear in upper sleeve bands, the collar and horseshoe cuffs further embroidered with dragons. 51in (129.5cm) long. Estimate US$ 3,000 - 5,000 (€2,200 - 3,600) Bonhams. FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART. San Francisco. 17 Dec 2013 -... [Lire la suite]

A blue silk ground embroidered dragon robe, Late 19th century. Photo Bonhams. Intricately embroidered in gilt-wrapped threads that form the nine dragons chasing flaming pearls amid cloud scrolls and auspicious emblems above a tall lishui border worked in fine white and polychrome silk threads, the black satin neck band and horseshoe cuffs embroidered en suite. 56in (142cm) long. Estimate US$ 8,000 - 12,000 (€5,800 - 8,700) Property from the Estate of George H. Taber, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, by Descent. Bonhams. FINE CHINESE... [Lire la suite]

A pair of sapphire blue Peking glass long neck vases, 18th century. Photo Bonhams. Each thickly formed with a tall cylindrical neck and body of pear form supported on a tall and sightly canted foot wish shallow recessed base, the translucent matrix of deep cobalt hue. 12in (31cm) high. Estimate US$ 6,000 - 8,000 (€4,400 - 5,800) Provenance: acquired in the early 1970s Bonhams. FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART. San Francisco. 17 Dec 2013 - www.bonhams.com

A pair of red Peking glass bowls with carved decoration, Qianlong marks, Late Qing-Republic period. Photo Bonhams. Each formed with a wide, flared rim and deep curving well raised on a tall foot, the exterior walls carved in shallow relief with birds perched on flowering branches in cloud-collar reserves surrounded by a lightly engraved diamond-diaper ground, the shallow recessed base bearing the four-character mark engraved in seal script. 6 3/4in (17cm) diameter. Estimate US$ 2,500 - 4,000 (€1,800 - 2,900)Bonhams. FINE... [Lire la suite]

A jadeite, amber and coral partial court necklace. Photo Bonhams. Including ninety amber beads divided by four large spacer beads and one cone of mottled green and white jadeite, the three incomplete subsidiary strings including twenty-nine coral beads and two beryl tear-drop pendants, the counterweight also incomplete. 31 1/2in (80cm) length overall. Estimate US$ 4,000 - 6,000 (€2,900 - 4,400) Bonhams. FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART. San Francisco. 17 Dec 2013 - www.bonhams.com

Two famille-rose enameled porcelain plaques depicting Buddhist figures, Wang Qi, dated by inscription to 1932. Photo Bonhams. Both of tall rectangular shape, the first depicting the Budai Heshang in a valley setting seated upon his eponymous cloth sack weighing down a young boy struggling to escape from under the weight of the animatedly yawning old monk; the second depicting an arhat seated in a forest grove, grimacing in pain while he picks his ear, his attention completely distracted from the dragon head emerging from the... [Lire la suite]

A massive embroidered brocade panel, Late 18th-19th century. Photo Bonhams. Impressively worked with pleasantly hued threads of various shades on a two-sectioned ivory ground, applying Peking knot technique, densely embroidered to the center with a large roundel of a chrysanthemum flower head surrounded by three rows of classic lotus flowers and leafy scrolls, bordered with small dots and additional C-shaped scrolls, set within a large rectangular reserve defined with thin embroidered bands, and filled with seasonal flowers,... [Lire la suite]