19 juin 2015

1956 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud RHD. Estimation : 35 000 € / 45 000 €. Photo Aguttes Lyon Kilométrage : 31 692 miles au compteur - Motorisation : 6 cylindres en ligne - Cylindrée : 4 887 cm3 - N° de châssis : SZB 199 - Carte grise française / French registration  « Une Rolls pour vivre sur son nuage »  Mythe de l’automobile s’il en est, la Silver Cloud de Rolls Royce fut le véhicule le plus luxueux produit de 1955 à 1966 dans l’usine de Crewe en Angleterre. Trois générations de Silver... [Lire la suite]

Tall Gray Schist Figure Standing Buddha, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd century. Estimate 30 000 € / 39 000 €. Photo Auctionata AG Superbly carved figure of a youthful standing Buddha - The left arm held by his side and the right arm bent up and the hand presumably raised in abhaya mudra - The contours of the body subtly accented by the folds of the long robe - The noble face with finely delineated features finely sculpted and elongated earlobes - Serene meditative expression... [Lire la suite]

Tall Limestone Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni, Tang Dynasty (618-907). Estimate 50 000 € / 65 000 €. Photo Auctionata AG Depiction of Buddha Shakyamuni, seated in sukhasana on a base - The left hand is relaxed placed on the knee - Numerous small curls cover Buddha’s head and form a dome-shaped ushnisha - The face has a serene expression with a well-proportioned countenance and a slight smile - Buddha is dressed in a richly pleated garment which also covers the base... [Lire la suite]

A Longquan celadon deep dish, 14th century. Estimate US$3,000 - 5,000 (€2,700 - 4,400). Photo Bonhams. Thickly molded with a raised outer edge to the rim flange, interior walls incised and combed with a foliage scroll pattern, the floor of the well stamped with a tiny charactershan (mountain) visible within a faint lotus pod and water weed roundel, the exterior without decoration, the pale olive-green glaze covering all surfaces except the cinnamon-burnt firing ring on the shallow recessed base. 13 3/4in... [Lire la suite]

A Longquan celadon dish with foliate rim, Ming dynasty.  Estimate US$3,000 - 5,000 (€2,700 - 4,400). Photo Bonhams. Thickly formed and finished with a raised edge to the rim flange, concave ribs to the curving well that repeat on the exterior and a twin chrysanthemum spray stamped at the center, the gray-green glaze covering all surfaces including the wide foot ring and portions of the recessed base marked with a cinnamon-burnt firing ring. 13 3/8in (34cm) diameter Provenance: purchased in Tokyo, 1952... [Lire la suite]

A Longquan celadon deep dish with incised and stamped decoration, Ming dynasty. Estimate US$3,000 - 5,000 (€2,700 - 4,400). Photo Bonhams. Its wide rim flange incised with a dissolved leafy spray, the curving walls with a classic lotus flower and leaf scroll and the floor with an ogival reserve framing a stamped flower spray, the reverse finished without decoration above the wide foot ring and an olive-green glaze applied everywhere except the cinnamon-burnt firing ring on the recessed base. 13 3/8in (34cm) diameter ... [Lire la suite]

A Longquan celadon jar, guan, 14th century.  Estimate US$8,000 - 12,000 (€7,100 - 11,000). Photo Bonhams. Of compressed ovoid form with a thick rim to the short neck, the exterior walls carved with a band of alternating lotus flowers and leaves and another of lotus petals rising above the thick foot pad, the base closed with a separately shaped concave plug before the lustrous sea-green glaze was applied on all surfaces except the cinnamon-burnt lip and foot pad. 11in (28cm) diameter - 8 1/4in (21cm) high ... [Lire la suite]

A Longquan celadon shallow bowl, Yuan-Ming dynasty.  Estimate US$3,000 - 5,000 (€2,700 - 4,400). Photo Bonhams. Thickly molded with a shallow well, canted walls and twisted reed bands on the exterior raised in relief to imitate a wood barrel, the crazed olive-green glaze covering the interior, exterior walls and the foot pad, the shallowly recessed base burnt cinnamon brown except for a circular patch of glaze at the center. 5 3/8in (13.5cm) diameter Bonhams. FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS, 23 Jun... [Lire la suite]

A small Longquan celadon censer, Ming dynasty. Estimate US$2,000 - 3,000 (€1,800 - 2,700). Photo Bonhams. Molded with a rim canting inward above a wide shallow well and two bands of raised bosses extending around the curving exterior walls, the slightly convex base raised on three animal head feet and centered with a protruding ring burnt a warm cinnamon brown in contrast to the uneven olive green glaze covering the remaining surfaces. 6 1/4in (16cm) diameter  Bonhams. FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND... [Lire la suite]

A celadon glazed conical bowl, Jin-Yuan dynasty. Estimate US$8,000 - 12,000 (€7,100 - 11,000). Photo Bonhams. Of Yaozhou type, molded with six raised ribs on the canted interior walls surrounding the sunken floor and a single continuous line incised below the rim on the exterior, the olive green-glaze applied unevenly to all surfaces except the foot pad and kiln sand adhering along the inside surface of the foot ring. 7 7/8in (20cm) diameter Bonhams. FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS, 23 Jun 2015 10:00... [Lire la suite]