27 février 2016

Scent-bottle pendant, probably from a 17th-century provincial workshop in Central Europe. British Museum WB. 185. Bequeathed by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild. © The Trustees of the British Museum. veined grey agate; mounted in enamelled gold; bottle in form of ewer, with handle, short spout, and agate stopper; scroll-shaped handle with Cupid bust in white enamel; suspended by two chains from a cartouche set with ruby and three pearls. The chains and the 'suspension cartouche' were added in the 19th century. Height:... [Lire la suite]

Gold pendant jewel depicting a horse and Cupid. German, late 16th century. British Museum WB. 160. Bequeathed by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild. © The Trustees of the British Museum. Pendant jewel; gold; form of galloping white horse ridden by blindfolded cupid; saddle-cloth set with two lines of small rubies, triangular emerald at each end; one large pendant pearl and four smaller ones attached to hooves; double suspension chain of enamelled quatrefoils set with ruby; double-tailed mermaid at top with ruby at... [Lire la suite]

Toothpick pendant in the form of a mermaid. Italy or Germany, 16th century. British Museum WB. 188. Bequeathed by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild. © The Trustees of the British Museum. gold head, scroll head-dress enamelled; body of baroque pearl; lower part terminates in point engraved with scroll pattern between translucent green enamel; two cartouches in relief at junction with body, enamelled and set with three rubies in raised settings. Length: 7.6 centimetres - Width: 1.5 centimetres (widest part) - Depth: 3.5... [Lire la suite]

Lot 114. A painting of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, Nepal, dated 1513. Estimate $200,000 – $300,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016 The blue-skinned Chakrasamvara with four faces striding in alidhasana over two prone figures on a lotus base backed by a flaming mandala, his principal arms holding a vajra and bell and wrapped around Vajravarahi, with various implements in his ten radiating arms and wearing a tiger skin and several garlands, she holding a curved knife aloft and wearing a bone apron,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 109. An important and fine painting of Chamsing Begtse Chen, Tibet, 19th century. Estimate $500,000 – $700,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016 Beautifully painted with the red-skinned deity trampling over a horse and prone figure on a sun disc over a lotus base, holding various implements in his six hands, adorned with bone ornaments, a garland of freshly severed heads, a green snake and elephant skin, each of his three faces with a skull tiara, surrounded by smoke and flames, with protector deities above and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 105. An important and exceptionally fine painting of Vaishravana, Tibet, 18th century. Estimate $550,000 – $750,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016 Finely detailed with the radiant deity seated atop a lion, holding a banner in his right hand and a jewel-spewing mongoose in his left, adorned in lavish garments, billowing ribbons and gold jewels, his wide-open eyes and semi-wrathful expression topped with an elaborate crown and backed by a radiant aurole, surrounded by his retinue of eight horsemen with wrathful Vajrapani... [Lire la suite]

Lot 206. A rare green 'Jun' meiping, Jin-Yuan dynasty. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. of slender baluster form, rising from a deep countersunk base to a waisted neck and lipped rim, covered overall with a thick green glaze with a web-like network of crackle, the glaze stopping above the footrim revealing the unglazed stoneware body burnt orange in the firing, Japanese wood box (3). Height 9 7/8  in., 25.2 cm Property from the collection of David and Nayda Utterberg ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 205. A small carved 'Yaozhou' saucer dish, Northern Song dynasty. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. with shallow rounded sides rising from a recessed base, encircled on the exterior by a single incised line, the flat interior deftly carved and combed to the center with turbulent waves, and covered overall with an attractive olive-green glaze suffused with fine crackle, stopping neatly in a circle around the base exposing the grayish-brown body, Japanese wood box (3). Diameter 4 7/8... [Lire la suite]

Lot 204. A 'Yue' box and cover, 10th century. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. of circular section, the straight sides rising from a convex base, the cover slightly domed and incised with a groove encircling the rim, covered overall with a soft olive-green glaze suffused with fine crackle, the rims unglazed, with four spur marks to the base (2). Diameter 3 5/8  in., 9.2 cm Property from the collection of David and Nayda Utterberg  Provenance: Purchased in Hong Kong, 1984. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 203. A 'Qingbai' lobed ewer and cover, Song dynasty. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. well-potted with an eight-lobed body rising to a tall cylindrical neck flaring at the rim, set on one side with a slender, curving spout opposite a strap handle with a small ring at the top corresponding to a ring on the circular concave fitted cover with a floral bud knop, decorated with a low horizontal ridge at the base of the neck, and an incised band just below the rim, with a lightly incised series of... [Lire la suite]