25 février 2014

Honey Life earrings in titanium and 18 carats gold with padauk wood, gemstones and pink crystal by Wallace Chan.

A Circle of luck bangle by Wallace Chan

Caressing Fire earrings by Wallace Chan.

Lot 232. An unusual iron-red-ground blue and white 'Scholar's' stembowl, 17th century. Diameter 5 5/8 in., 14.2 cm. Estimation 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's decorated on the exterior with a continuous scene of eighteen scholars engaged in the 'Four Accomplishments', a few playing weiqi, some admiring a painting, and others rading poetry, an attendant carrying a qin off into the distance, the interior further painted with a scholar reading a book in a garden setting.  Note: A similar... [Lire la suite]

Lot 231. A blue and white 'Scholars' stembowl, 17th century. Diameter 5 5/8 in., 14.2 cm. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Lot sold 18,750 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the rounded sides rising to a flared rim, supported on a hollow stem widening towards the base, painted around the exterior with a continuous scene of sixteen scholars in various pursuits, some admiring a painting, others playing weiqi, and others discussing a book, the interior painted with a medallion enclosing a scholar seated in a garden... [Lire la suite]

Lot 233. A white-glazed anhua-decorated stembowl, Ming Dynasty, Yongle Period (1403-1424); Height 4 3/4 in., 12 cm. Estimation 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 87,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's with deep rounded sides rising to a flared rim, supported on a tall slightly spreading hollow foot, decorated in anhua on the interior with a ruyi in the center and a pair of dragons chasing a 'flaming pearl' around the sides, the exterior plain and covered overall with an even creamy-white glaze.  Provenance:... [Lire la suite]

Glossy white onyx whorls with 18-karat pink gold and violet amethysts pendant by Al Coro 

Lot 226. A purple-splashed 'Junyao' jar, Song-Jin DynastyHeight 5 5/8 in., 14.2 cm. Estimation 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's. the globular body applied with two small loop handles, covered overall with a grayish-blue glaze with irregular purple splashes, thinning to mushroom color on the edge of the rim and stopping above the base. Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 26th April 1999, lot 653. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 18 Mar 2014, 10:30 AM - www.sothebys.com

Jade and ruby pendant by David Lin Jades 

Jade and diamond pendant by David Lin