23 août 2015

Lot 20. A 'Yue' box and cover, Northern Song dynasty. Diameter 4 7/8  in., 12.4 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's.  of circular form, the shallow domed cover lightly molded in relief with a scrolling peony spray, the outlines and veining of the petals incised, the sides undecorated, all supported on a splayed footrim, applied overall with an olive-green glaze (2).  Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, November 1988.  Note: Compare related 'Yue' boxes but with different... [Lire la suite]

Lot 78. A Qingbai carved 'lotus' bowl, Song dynasty. Diameter 7 7/8  in., 20 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 25 000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. thinly potted, the deep flaring sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, freely carved to the interior with an undulating leafy lotus scroll, the exterior undecorated, applied overall with a glossy ice-blue glaze.  Provenance: On loan to the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, 1988-2015.  Sotheby's. Monochrome,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 53. A 'Longquan' celadon jar, Yuan-Early Ming dynasty. Height 6 7/8  in., 17.4 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's. of baluster form rising to a short neck and lipped rim, covered overall with an olive-green glaze, the unglazed rim and wedge-shaped foot ring burnt orange in the firing.  Sotheby's. Monochrome, New York, 15 sept. 2015

Lot 54. A lavender-blue 'Jun' bowl, Song dynasty.Diameter 7 3/4  in., 19.7 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 45,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the steep rounded sides rising to a delicately incurved rim, covered overall in an evenly applied milky lavender-blue glaze suffused with a pale crackle and draining to a mushroom tone at the rim, the glaze pooling unevenly above the unglazed neatly pared ring foot.  Property from the collection of Roy and Ruth Nutt Provenance: Vallin Galleries, Connecticut,... [Lire la suite]

Pair of platinum, fancy yellow diamond and diamond earrings. Estimate $12,000 - $18,000. Photo: Sotheby's. Each surmount designed as a hoop pave-set to the front with brilliant-cut diamonds suspending an articulated cluster of thirty-eight natural fancy yellow briolette diamonds stated to weigh 6.81 carats, length approximately 30mm, later gold plated. Sotheby's. Important Jewels, 31 Aug 2015, Sydney, 6 PM

Pair of platinum and diamond earrings. Estimate $15,000 - $20,000. Photo: Sotheby's. Each surmount designed as a hoop claw-set to the front with a line of brilliant-cut diamonds suspending an articulated cluster of fifty briolette diamonds stated to weigh 7.86 carats, length approximately 40mm.  Sotheby's. Important Jewels, 31 Aug 2015, Sydney, 6 PM

Lot 13. A rare Qingbai meiping, Song dynasty. Height 8 7/8  in., 22.5 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 25,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. of elegant well-proportioned ovoid form, the rounded shoulders and tapering body surmounted by a waisted neck and wide flared galleried rim, applied overall with a transparent glaze tinged with light blue, the recessed base also lightly glazed, the footring left in the rough revealing the pale buff body.  Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, November 1986. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 17. A rare and unusual 'Ding' carved 'lion' censer, Song dynasty. Height 4 in., 10.1 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,030,000 — 50,000 USD. Lot sold 75,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. raised on a stepped pedestal, the compressed globular cup boldly carved and incised around the exterior in relief with lotus leaves, supported on a hollow stem molded with four crouching lions, covered overall in a lightly crackled ivory-tinted glaze pooling in the recesses, the pedestal with characteristic... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5. A 'moon white' 'Jun' bowl, Song dynasty. Diameter 8 1/4  in., 21.2 cm. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 USD. Lot sold 37,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. with steep rounded sides rising to a delicately incurved rim, covered overall in an evenly applied 'moon white' glaze of milky lavender-blue suffused with a pale crackle and draining to a mushroom color at the rim, the glaze pooling unevenly above the unglazed foot ring, Japanese wood box (2).  Provenance: Mayuyama & Co., Ltd., Tokyo.Private... [Lire la suite]

Lot 55. A lavender-blue 'Jun' tripod censer, Jin-Yuan dynasty. Height 4 1/2  in., 11.4 cm. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 USD. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's. he compressed globular body supported on three short cabriole legs, the short broad neck culminating in a wide angled galleried rim, covered with a lightly crackled and slightly translucent lavender-blue glaze of even tone with a fine glossy surface extending over the interior and exterior and completely covering the base, thinning at the rim to a pale... [Lire la suite]