22 août 2015

A pair of huanghuali octagonal incense stands (xiangji), Late Ming-Early Qing dynasty, 17th century. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. each with an octagonal floating panel set within a molded frame formed by eight straight segments, above a high waist divided into eight plain panels extending to wide lappet-form scalloped aprons with outlined edges, supported on four slender cabriole legs terminating in slipper feet set into an ingot-shaped base raised on four low bracket feet (2). Height 34... [Lire la suite]

Lot 10. A huanghuali yokeback armchair (sichutou guanmaoyi), 17th century. Height 45 3/8  in., 115.3 cm; Width 25 1/4  in., 64.1 cm; Depth 21 in., 53.3 cm. Estimate 70,000 — 90,000 USD. Lot sold 125,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the shaped crestrail with extending truncated ends, the two corner posts with a gentle S-curve to the seat frame and forming the back legs, centered by a wide serpentine rectangular splat, the outscrolled arms with S-form mid and front supports, the molded edged... [Lire la suite]

Lot 63. Zeng Xiaojun (b. 1954), Yellow Mountain I, ink on paper, framed, signed, and marked with one seal of the artist, 45 1/2  by 74 1/2  in., 115 by 189 cm. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 USD.  Lot sold 118,750 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. Note: Born in Beijing and a 1981 graduate of Beijing’s Central Art and Craft Academy, Zeng is a contemporary exemplar of the Ming literati artist. An authority on classical Chinese furniture and collector of scholars’... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. Xu Bing (b. 1955), Landscript, 2002, ink on Nepalese paper, framed, signed in pinyin, dated 2002 and marked with one seal of the artist, 19 by 68 in., 48.3 by 172.7 cm. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 USD. Lot sold 212,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Acquired from Prüss & Ochs Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2002 Note: Born in Chongqing and a graduate of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 1987, Xu Bing is one of China's most important living artists.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1. A 'Longquan' celadon 'cong' vase, Song dynasty. Height 9 in., 22.7 cm. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 USD. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's. modeled after an archaic jade cong, the body of attenuated square section supported on a short tapering foot ring, rising to a flat shoulder and a thick circular neck, the corners carved with eight raised horizontal bands, each within a raised rectangular panel, covered overall with a thick lustrous celadon glaze, Japanese wood box (2).  Property from a private... [Lire la suite]

Lot 85. A copper-red glazed vase (yuhuchunping), Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Height 11 3/4  in., 29.9 cm. Estimate 80,000 — 100,000 USD. Lot sold 100,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. elegantly potted with a pear-shaped body sweeping up to a waisted neck and a broad everted rim, supported on a short slightly splayed foot, richly applied on the exterior with a copper-red glaze and well controlled around the foot and rim, the base inscribed with the seal mark in underglaze-blue.  Property... [Lire la suite]

  A rare pair of rectangular huanghuali cabriole-leg stools (changfangdeng), 17th century. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. each with a waisted molded frame enclosing a soft-mat seat, supported by two bowed stretchers and four S-curve giant arm braces, with elegantly beaded scrolling and cusped aprons, resting on gently curving cabriole legs terminating in outward-turned scrolled feet (2). Height 20 3/8  in., 51.8 cm; Width 23 in, 58.4 cm; Depth 18 in., 45.7 cm Property from the Zihanxuan... [Lire la suite]

A long huanghuali corner-leg table (tiaozhuo), Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century. Estimate 300,000 — 500,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the rectangular single board panel secured within a broad molded frame, above a recessed waist, over a beaded and scrolling apron well-carved in relief with lively leafy scrolls, a pair of sinuous confrontingchilong centered by intertwining foliate scrolls, the corners carved with animal masks extending to pendent foliate motifs, above beaded humpback... [Lire la suite]

Lot 44. Liu Dan (b. 1953), The rock remembers, 2003, ink on paper, framed, signed, marked with one seal of the artist, 15 1/2  by 14 in., 39.4 by 35.6 cm. Estimate 80,000 — 100,000 USD.  Lot sold 100,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. Note: Whether of stones, poppy flowers, or classically-inspired landscapes, Liu Dan's works embody an exceptional beauty, one balanced between sold, calculated composition and elegant, free-hand gestures. In his paintings of rocks, which are based on actual... [Lire la suite]

Lot 11. Liu Dan (b. 1953), Dragon after Chen Rong, 2002. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 USD. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's. ink on paper, framed, dated February 12th, 2002, inscribed and marked with two seals of the artist, 11 3/8  by 14 3/4  in., 28.9 by 37.5 cm. Note: Liu Dan is one of several brilliant and internationally acclaimed Chinese ink masters active today, each formally trained in the classical tradition but with his own distinctive contemporary vocabulary, all... [Lire la suite]