30 mars 2014

Lot 3016. A rare rhinoceros horn figure of Guanyin, Late Ming-Early Qing dynasty, 17th century; 15.5 cm., 6 1/8 in. Estimate 800,000 — 1,200,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,960,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's well carved as a seated Guanyin with loose robes elegantly draped over her corpulent body revealing her chest with a headdress and her long locks of hair sitting neatly atop her head, beneath her revealing a network of tessellated wutong leaves, her head tilting slightly downwards with her eyes closed contemplatively, holding... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3022. A finely carved rhinoceros horn figure of Budai, 17th century; height 6.6 cm., 2 5/8 in. Estimate 500,000 — 700,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,480,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's well carved as a seated Budai, the laughing Buddha wearing loose robes draped over his corpulent body, his chest and large stomach bare, his right hand resting on his upturned leg, the other hidden beneath the long sleeves, his head bald with a round and broad smiling face, the horn of rich caramel brown colour with golden undertones,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3018. A carved rhinoceros horn archaistic 'Five Chilong' libation cup, 17th century; 15 cm., 6 in. Estimate 800,000 — 1,000,000 HKD . Lot sold 1,600,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's the horn of a warm chestnut-brown tone, modelled with flaring sides rising to a bracket-lobed rim from a small foot of conforming shape, decorated in low relief around the exterior with a frieze of taotie masks against a dense leiwen ground, beneath a key-fret band encircling the mouth, carved in high relief with three chilong with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3014. A superbly carved rhinoceros horn log-raft cup, by You Tong, late Ming Dynasty. Estimate 5,000,000 — 7,000,000 HKD . Lot sold 10,840,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's superbly carved in varying relief with the figure of Zhang Qian, the great Han statesman and explorer, resting on a panel bridging over the sides of a log-raft behind a lotus flower stemming from the interior of the vessel, the figure grasping the cords of his robes in his left hand and a thin arched sprig in his right hand, the sprig extending... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3011. A carved rhinoceros horn 'Prunus' cup, 17th century; 9.9 cm., 3 7/8 in. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 687,500 HKD. Photo Sotheby's the horn of a deep honey brown tone, elegantly modelled as a section of a flowering prunus tree, the exterior with a few five-petalled blooms issuing from a gnarled branch, the interior mostly undecorated, wood stand. Provenance: Christie's New York. 26th September 1996, lot 339. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 april 2014

A colored diamond and diamond ring. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014 Set with a cushion-cut yellowish brown diamond, weighing approximately 6.61 carats, to the single-cut diamond gallery and half-hoop, mounted in 18k rose gold. Estimate $70,000 – $100,000Christie's. MAGNIFICENT JEWELS, 16 April 2014, New York, Rockefeller Plaza -www.christies.com

A cut-cornered rectangular-cut fancy red diamond and diamond ring. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014 Set with a cut-cornered rectangular-cut fancy red diamond, weighing approximately 0.69 carat, within a two-tiered circular-cut diamond surround, to the circular-cut diamond bifurcated shoulders and half-hoop, mounted in platinum. Estimate $320,000 – $420,000With report 1152642862 dated 30 August 2013 from the Gemological Institute of America stating that the diamond is fancy red, natural color Christie's. MAGNIFICENT JEWELS, 16... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3105. A rare wucai 'Dragon' dish, Mark and period of Longqing (1567-1572). Estimate 300,000 — 400,000 HKD.  Lot sold 1,360,000  HKD. Photo Sotheby's the shallow rounded sides supported on a tapered foot, the interior decorated with a medallion enclosing two five-clawed dragons writhing sinuously amid ruyi-shaped clouds and flames in mutual pursuit of a blue 'flaming pearl' in the centre, one dragon with an underglaze-blue body and an iron-red serrated spine and the other vice versa, an iron-red... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3029. A green-glazed 'Dragon' dish, Mark and period of Hongzhi (1488-1505); 17.8 cm., 7 in. Estimate 50,000 — 70,000 HKD. Lot sold 162,500 HKD. Photo Sotheby's the shallow rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to an everted rim, the interior enamelled in green with three ruyi-shaped cloud swirls encircling a dragon writhing sinuously, all within a single-line border around the medallion and repeated at the rim, the exterior with two further dragons enamelled in green against anhua tumultous... [Lire la suite]

A modified cut-cornered rectangular-cut fancy gray-blue diamond ring. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014 Set with a modified cut-cornered rectangular-cut fancy gray-blue diamond, weighing approximately 5.17 carats, flanked on either side by a trapeze-cut diamond, mounted in platinum. Estimate $800,000 – $1,200,000With report 16242445 dated 11 January 2014 from the Gemological Institute of America stating that the diamond is fancy gray-blue, natural color, VVS2 clarity; accompanied by a working diagram indicating that the clarity... [Lire la suite]