9 septembre 2015

Lot 8073. A rare repoussé and parcel-gilt silver bowl, Tang dynasty, early 8th century. Estimate US$ 30,000 - 50,000 (€27,000 - 45,000). Sold for US$ 161,000 (€ 130,766). Photo: Bonhams. Finely worked in repoussé with fourteen raised lobed petals on the exterior inlaid in gilt with delicate symmetrical foliate scrolls, the register above gilt with various animals including deer, rabbit, geese and birds in flight amongst grasses and trees and all against a finely stippled ground, the circular raised foot... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8072. A fine silver stem cup, Tang dynasty, late 7th-early 8th century; 2 1/2in (6.2cm) high. Estimate US$ 15,000 - 25,000 (€13,000 - 22,000). Sold for US$ 87,500 (€ 71,068). Photo: Bonhams. Of graceful form, the deep cup exquisitely chased and engraved in a wide band with a delicate continuous meander issuing leaves and palmette-shaped blossoms, beneath a rib and a further floral scroll below the rim, the cup above a flange decorated with saw-tooth motif and all raised on a knopped stem and flaring recessed... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8071. A silver circular box and cover, Tang dynasty; 1 5/8in (4cm) diameter. Estimate US$ 8,000 - 12,000 (€7,200 - 11,000). Sold for US$ 50,000 (€ 40,610). Photo: Bonhams 2015. The box and cover finely worked with bands of foliate scrolls on a stippled ground, enclosing on the slightly domed cover a roaring lion and on the flattened box a duck perching on a flowering lotus pod, fitted box.  Provenance: An American private collection Christie's New York, Important Chinese Works from the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8069. A rare and unusual pair of inlaid bronze beakers, Warring States period; 4 1/2in (11.5cm) height of each. Estimate US$ 20,000 - 30,000 (€18,000 - 27,000). Sold for US$ 50,000 (€ 40,610). Photo: Bonhams. Cast in bronze and of tubular form, the sides applied with bronze wire in intricate geometric patters, alternately enclosing minute chips of malachite and lapis, the vessels raised on low flaring feet, the lips with silver rims, the undersides inset with red lacquered-wood plugs, the interiors... [Lire la suite]

Plectrone endroedii, males Plectrone endroedii, females

A set of three iron-red-decorated blue and white wine cups, Qianlong four-character seal marks in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate 6,000 – $8,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 Each has deep sides decorated on the exterior in underglaze blue with Shoulao seated on a deer and Xiwangmu seated on a phoenix facing each other amidst clouds on a ground of iron-red waves, and on the interior with a central medallion of a shou character encircled by the wufu on a similar wave ground.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2246. A small doucai jar, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795); 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) high. Estimate 15,000 – $25,000. Price realised USD 20,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The tapering body is decorated with a formal design of chrysanthemum roundels alternating with lotus arabesques, all of the flowers picked out in iron red or yellow, arranged in two registers between blue-ground ruyi borders above and below.  ... [Lire la suite]

A famille rose 'sanduo' bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate 3,000 – $5,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The rounded sides are decorated with fruit-bearing branches of peach, pomegranate and lychee, the sanduo. 6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam. Christie’s. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza

A rare famille-rose and pale celadon-glazed vase-shaped support with European figures, Qianlong period (1736-1795). Estimate 60,000 – $80,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The elongated, ovoid support has a ringed neck with everted rim that narrows at top to a raised band and the narrow mouth, and is supported on either side by a kneeling European wearing a tricorn hat, one dressed in an iron-red coat with brown borders and green breeches, the other an iron-red bordered turquoise coat patterned with black floral... [Lire la suite]

A rare Ming-style yellow-ground blue and white conical bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate 150,000 – $200,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 Of conical form, the bowl is strongly potted with wide flaring sides rising from a spreading foot to an everted rim. The interior is delicately painted with a central medallion enclosing a leafy spray of chrysanthemum, surrounded by six evenly spaced floral sprays in the cavetto, which are lotus, mallow, camelia,... [Lire la suite]