24 février 2016

Pendant, Hungarian, 17th century © Hungarian National Museum - Budapest

Pendant, Hungarian, 17th century. Gold, enamel, emerald and natural pearl © Hungarian National Museum - Budapest

Lot 6045. A carved green and russet jade snuff bottle, 1720-1820. Estimate US$ 6,000 - 9,000 (€5,500 - 8,200). Photo: Bonhams. Well-hollowed and with a narrow mouth, the rounded rectangular bottle with a tapering neck slightly contracting towards a flat lip, oval foot ring, utilizing the dramatic earthy brown inclusions in the evenly-hued green stone, finely carved to each side with a monkish figure seated on a cloud-encircled rocky platform, one subduing an advancing tiger, the other holding an alms bowl in his... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6046. A carved white and russet jade snuff bottle, 1780-1850. Estimate US$ 10,000 - 15,000 (€9,100 - 14,000). Photo: Bonhams. Well-hollowed, the bottle with sloping shoulders standing on an oval foot ring, with a very slightly waisted neck, flat lip, the front and back worked with the russet skin in the stone, skillfully carved in relief with a bearded official and his attendant standing under a pine tree, and a stag in a craggy landscape. 2 7/16in (6.3cm) high Provenance: Robert Hall, 8th November... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6097. A finely inscribed white jade snuff bottle, possibly Imperial, 1750-1820. Estimate US$ 10,000 - 15,000 (€9,100 - 14,000). Photo: Bonhams. Well-hollowed, the spade-form bottle with a waisted neck, flat lip and finely recessed foot, one side lightly incised with secluded dwellings by a river under lush trees and sheltered by precipitous mountains, the reverse with an imperially inscribed poem matching the landscape scene; the grayish-white stone cast with buff and icy inclusions. 1 1/4in (5.7cm) high  ... [Lire la suite]

A pair of small lemon-yellow-glazed saucer dishes, Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735). Photo Christie's Image 2003 Each thinly potted with rounded flared sides and thin ring foot, covered overall with an opaque glaze of lemon yellow tone - 3¾in. (9.5cm.) diam., box (2). Lot 362. Estimate $20,000 - $30,000. Price Realized $23,900  Notes: Similar miniature dishes from the Elphinstone Collection in the Percival David Foundation are... [Lire la suite]

A yellow-glazed incised dragon bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735). Photo Christie's Image 2003 The exterior finely incised with two dragons racing through scrolling tendrils of lotus blossoms in pursuit of flaming pearls above a band of conjoined ruyi heads, between double line borders above and encircling the foot below, all under a glaze of soft lemon-yellow tone, the interior glazed white - 5¾in. (14.7cm.) diam.  Lot... [Lire la suite]

A pair of yellow-glazed incised dragon and phoenix dishes, Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735). Photo Christie's Image 2003 Each finely potted with shallow rounded sides, incised on the interior with a shou character encircled by a dragon and a phoenix within a double line border, and on the exterior with the bajixiang, each ribbon-tied and supported by a flower sprig, covered overall with a glaze of lemon-yellow tone - 5½in. (14.1cm.) diam.... [Lire la suite]

Sailing ship gold earrings and gold pendants from the Greek island of Sifnos, 17th century. Athens, Benaki Museum. Sailing ship pendant with elaborate colorful enamels and pearls, 16th century. Athens, Benaki Museum. Sailing ship pendant with elaborate colorful enamels and pearls, 16th-17th century. Athens, Benaki Museum.

Lot 20. A huanghuali recessed-leg long table (qiaotouan), Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century. Estimation 80,000 — 120,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's. the top a two-board floating panel tongue-and-grooved to the frame with shaped everted flanges, the edge of the frame molded inward terminating with a beaded edge, over a beaded-edge wide apron with a central arch suspending a single fuschia-like bloom, inset on one side with a pair of narrow drawers, the beaded cloud-scroll spandrels set on gently bidirectional played... [Lire la suite]