25 février 2014

Lot 225. A 'Junyao' openwork stand, Ming Dynasty. Height 6 1/8 in., 15.5 cm. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 USD. Lot sold 40,625 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the sides pierced with four openwork petal-shaped arches centered with molded florets, beneath the waisted neck with everted rim, the sides with molded decoration towards the base, covered overall with a bluish-purple glaze stopping just above the foot.  Note: It is unusual to find stands with this glaze, though there are several Longquan celadon... [Lire la suite]

Lot 224. A purple-splashed 'Junyao' ewer, Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). Height 3 3/8 in., 8.5 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 10,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. of bud form, the globular body rising from a short foot and flanked on one side with a short spout opposite a C-shaped handle, covered overall in a lavender-blue glaze suffused with dark purple splashes to one side, the glaze falling short of the foot to reveal the dark brown body.  Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works... [Lire la suite]

White gold fancy center chaldecony with curved blue sapphire & diamond setting ring by Privé Jewellery

Aquamarine and sapphire ring by Elke Berr

Lot 222. A 'Jun' bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279). Diameter 5 7/8 in., 14.9 cm. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 USD. Lot sold 62,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. thickly potted with gently rounded sides rising to a slightly incurved rim, applied overall with a rich lavender-blue glaze, thinning at the rims to a mushroom color, stopping unevenly around the foot revealing the pale orange body.  Provenance: Private Hong Kong collection, by repute. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York |... [Lire la suite]

Lot 219. A 'Longquan' celadon bowl, Northern Song Dynasty. Diameter 6 3/4 in., 17.1 cm. Estimation 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's. the deep rounded sides lightly molded on the exterior with a band of upright lotus petals, covered overall in a blue-green glaze stopping just above the foot, the footrim unglazed and burnt a light brown in the firing.  Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 18 Mar 2014, 10:30 AM - www.sothebys.com

Pendant. Reddish-pink tourmaline, gold, enamel. 18th century. This beautiful reddish-pink gem the size of a chicken egg and weighing 260,86 carats was brought from Holland to France and then to Bohemia. Then it found its way from Prague to Stockholm where it became a real treasure in the collection of King Gustav III. While on his visit to St. Petersburg in 1777 the Swedish monarch presented it to Catherine the Great.

Lot 220. A 'Longquan' celadon molded 'Lotus' dish, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Diameter 7 3/4 in., 19.5 cm. Estimate 25,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 25,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the rounded sides rising from a short foot, molded to the center of the interior with a single stylized lotus spray, surrounded by a band of lotus blooms on the well beneath a band of classic floral scroll at the rim, repeated on the exterior above a band of key-fret around the foot, covered overall with an olive-green glaze with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 221. A 'Longquan' celadon vase (yuhuchunping ), Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Height 13 in., 33 cm. Estimation 30,000 — 40,000 USD. Lot sold 173,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the pear-shaped body rising elegantly from a short straight foot to a waisted neck and everted rim, covered overall with sea-green glaze stopping just above the unglazed footring.  Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 18 Mar 2014, 10:30 AM

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Last year I.M. Chait took a different approach in planning their Asia Week sale. Rather than conducting their popular annual auction in New York amid the frenetic activity of Asia Week, they opted to hold the sale in the comfortable, low-key environs of their Beverly Hills gallery. That way, reasoned company founder Isadore M. Chait, visitors traveling from Asia to New York could stop over in Los Angeles and get a relaxed head start on their buying. Chait’s experimental 2013 California-based sale was a smashing... [Lire la suite]