27 décembre 2013

A yellow ground circular box and cover with famille rose enamel decoration, Qianlong mark. Photo Bonhams. The domed cover and curved exterior walls of the box painted in vividly hued enamels and black outline with auspicious bats and ribboned Buddhist emblems separated by intertwined flowering and fruiting branches against the pale mustard yellow ground with gilt highlights along the edges, the recessed base within the tall foot bearing the six-character mark in iron red seal script on a square reserve surrounded by turquoise... [Lire la suite]

A pair of gilt and famille rose enameled birthday bowls, Qianlong marks. Photo Bonhams. Each of inverted bell form with the gilt-painted characters wan shou wu jiang in circular roundels separated by classic lotus flower and leaf sprays combined with Eight Buddhist emblems, all rendered in bright enamels with gilt highlights on the exterior walls, the recessed base bearing the six-character mark in iron red seal script. 6 3/8in (8.6cm) high. Sold for US$ 2,000 (€1,447) Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. San Francisco. 18 Dec 2013... [Lire la suite]

Camouflage Ring by Daniela Villegas. $8,000  - http://modaoperandi.com 

Titania Ring by Daniela Villegas. $24,175  - http://modaoperandi.com 

An iron-red and gilt enameled footed bowl, Kangxi period. Photo Bonhams. The exterior sides covered in a dense scroll pattern ground surrounding phoenix and large floral sprigs, the interior well centered by a front facing dragon roundel, the recessed base centered by a double ring surrounding a square maker's mark (chips to rims). 8 1/2in (21.5cm) diameter. Sold for US$ 937 (€678)Property from The Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, sold to benefit The Museum Acquisition FundBonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. San Francisco.... [Lire la suite]

  A famille verte enameled deep plate, Kangxi. Photo Bonhams. Its wide curving well painted in the typical palette with a phoenix hovering over a longma standing in a garden terrace reversed by three floral sprays painted en suite, the recessed base displaying an artemisia leaf mark drawn in underglaze blue within a double ring (chips, hairline cracks, retouched). 15in (38cm) diameter. Sold for US$ 4,375 (€3,167) Property from The Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, sold to benefit The Museum Acquisition FundBonhams.... [Lire la suite]

Kephris Purple Sapphire Ring by Daniela Villegas. $1,875 - http://modaoperandi.com

Venus Necklace by Daniela Villegas. $13,500 http://modaoperandi.com

A fragment of a wucai vase, Late Ming dynasty. Photo Bonhams. Thickly potted and preserving a small portion of what was likely a tall trumpet neck above the compressed globular body painted in a combination of underglaze blue, and overglaze iron red, yellow, green and black enamels with four of the Eight Trigrams filling four ogival reserves separated by lotus sprays while the spreading foot displays a grape vine painted en suite above a xiangxi band outlined in underglaze blue, the walls and the deeply recessed base covered with... [Lire la suite]

A large wucai dragon and phoenix dish, Wanli mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams.  The flat wide well painted in bright enamels depicting a rising five-clawed dragon opposed by a diving phoenix, surrounded by two pairs of confronting dragons and phoenix painted to the interior of the curving walls, all against a ground densely filled with leafy floral sprays, the exterior sides renders with eight lotus blossoms borne on leafy scrolls, the base centered with the six-character mark within double rings in underglaze blue. 14... [Lire la suite]