4 janvier 2016

Lot 8148. A translucent golden amber glass bowl with carved decoration, Qianlong four-character mark and of the period. Sold for US$ 5,250 (€4,817). Photo Bonhams. Thickly formed with a flared rim and raised on low foot, its exterior walls carved in high relief with lotus, water plants, birds and waves and the shallow recessed base displaying the four-character mark incised in regular script within a square cartouche. 6 5/8in (16.8cm) diameter Published and illustrated: Emily Byrne Curtis, 'Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8147. A mottled red and yellow glass water coupe imitating realgar, 18th century. Sold for US$ 1,875 (€1,720). Photo Bonhams. Of compressed globular form, the exterior walls shaded from rose to a yellow orange that continues onto the wide foot and much of the recessed base mixed with faint lines of olive while the interior surfaces present more vivid swirls of red and yellow (burst bubbles, wear to foot). 7in (17.8cm) diameter Property from the Collection of William J. Lillyman Bonhams. CHINESE, INDIAN AND... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8145. An embroidered blue silk gauze summer dragon robe, Late Qing dynasty. Sold for US$ 2,750 (€2,523). Photo Bonhams. The nine dragons worked mainly in couched gilt threads with counted-stitch details in white, yellow, shades of blue and purple also outlining the surrounding cloud scrolls, bats, auspicious emblems in tall lishui border, the neck bands and cuffs embroidered en suite on a black gauze ground. 57in (145cm) long Property from the Collection of Virginia Murray, Sacramento, California ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8143. A kesi-woven blue silk ground dragon robe, Late Qing dynasty. Sold for US$ 4,750 (€4,358). Photo Bonhams. Woven in gilt-wrapped threads with nine dragons and a diamond-fretwork ground filled with flower heads and swastikas surrounding other auspicious symbols and a jeweled pendant pattern above the tall lishui border, the designs woven in colored threads with ink and polychrome-painted details, the collar bands and cuffs woven en suite in a what is now a faded russet ground. 52 1/2in (133.5cm)... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8092. A group of seven bronze mirrors, Han dynasty. Sold for US$ 2,500 (€2,293). Photo Bonhams. Five of various sizes similarly cast with a broad outer rim canted inward to a saw-tooth border enclosing simplified cloud patterns and emerging birds separated by four raised bosses under a central knob; the sixth of white bronze with a canted outer rim enclosing an inscription under a continuous arc and central sunburst band; the seventh cast with an outer band of sixteen continuous arcs under a wide band of larger and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8091. A cast bronze mirror, Eastern Han dynasty. Sold for US$ 5,625 (€5,161). Photo Bonhams. The crisply cast mirror centered by a domical knob within a stylized starburst pattern, the remaining concentric bands including geometric patterns, six mythical beasts separated by conical bosses, and a twenty-six character inscription beginning Han you shan tong chu dan yang; all surrounded by the raised relief rim adorned with a shallow relief band of additional lithe and scrolling mythical beasts. 6 1/2in (16.5cm)... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8090. A group of four early bronze mirrors, Warring States period. Sold for US$ 2,375 (€2,179). Photo Bonhams. Three of graduated size, thinly cast with an outer concave band enclosing four shan shapes on a feather and hoof field, with the edge of the four characters corresponding to the central square band enclosing the loop finial; the fourth finely cast with disintegrated hooks and spirals under a feather border at the center, all exhibiting a malachite patination. 5 1/2, 4 1/2, 3 3/4, and 3... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8086. A silvery bronze inscribed mirror, Sui dynasty. Sold for US$ 3,500 (€3,211). Photo Bonhams. Cast in high relief with a domical knob forming the carapace of a turtle inscribed within a square and surrounded by the animal symbols of the four directions: the Azure Dragon of the East, the Red Bird of the South, the White Tiger of the West and the Black Tortoise of the North enveloped by a snake; the animal-filled roundel in turn surrounded by the thirty-two character inscription beginning with Xian shan bing... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8085. A silvery bronze eight-lobed mirror with dragon decoration, Tang dynasty. Estimate US$ 7,000 - 9,000 (€6,400 - 8,300). Unsold. Photo Bonhams. Cast in high relief with a raised edge framing a rampant three-clawed dragon striding amid clouds to chase a precious pearl that also forms the domical knob at the center, the surface of both sides encrusted with ferrous patina. 6 1/8in (15.5cm) diameter, 656g weight Provenance: formerly Lally & Co., New York, the printed paper label on the reverse ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 52. Jean-Baptiste Belin de Fontenay (Caen 1653-1715 Paris), Poppies, narcissi, orange blossom and other flowers in a bronze urn with auriculas on a stone ledge draped with a green cloth, oil on canvas, 67.2 x 80.5cm (26 7/16 x 31 11/16in). Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 (€9,500 - 14,000). Unsold. Photo Bonhams.  Bonhams. OLD MASTER PAINTINGS, 9 Dec 2015 14:00 GMT. LONDON, NEW BOND STREET