28 février 2016

Temple of Flora. Cartier bracelet. Photo Almakarina Studio for The French Jewelry Post. Temple of Flora. Chaumet necklace. Photo Almakarina Studio for The French Jewelry Post Temple of Flora. Buccellati cuff. Photo Almakarina Studio for The French Jewelry Post    

Lot 221. A 'Jizhou' 'Papercut' 'Prunus' Bowl, Southern Song Dynasty. Estimate US$ 2,000 — 3,000. Photo Sotheby's the deep gently curved sides rising from a short tapering foot to a slightly incurved rim, modelled with a ridge to the interior and resist-decorated with plum blossom florets reserved on a dark brown against a purplish-brown ground, the exterior with a dark brown glaze stopping short of the unglazed foot, revealing the light buff body, Japanese wood box (3). Diameter 4 3/4... [Lire la suite]

Lot 218. A 'Jizhou' 'Papercut' 'Prunus' Bowl, Southern Song Dynasty. Estimate US$ 3,000 — 5,000. Photo Sotheby's with deep rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to an indented rim, the interior with a papercut decoration of six plum blossom florets reserved in a black-brown glaze against a mottled bluish-caramel glaze, the exterior covered with a black glaze transmuting to russet at the rim, stopping above the foot to expose the pale buff body - Diameter 4 3/4  in., 12.2 cm  Property from... [Lire la suite]

Lot 217. A 'Jizhou' Tortoiseshell-Glazed Bowl, Southern Song Dynasty. Estimate US$ 4,000 — 6,000. Photo Sotheby's the deep gently curved sides rising from a short unglazed foot ring to an indented rim, covered overall with a lustrous dark chocolate-brown glaze irregularly splashed with a caramel tone in imitation of tortoiseshell, Japanese wood box (3). Diameter 4 3/8  in., 11.2 cm Property from the collection of David and Nayda Utterberg Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New... [Lire la suite]

Lot 216. A 'Jizhou' 'Papercut' 'Prunus' Bowl, Southern Song Dynasty. Estimate US$ 2,000 — 3,000. Photo Sotheby's the deep gently curved sides rising from a short tapering foot to a slightly incurved rim, modelled with a ridge to the interior, resist-decorated with plum blossom florets reserved in dark brown against a yellowish-brown ground, the exterior with a dark brown glaze stopping short of the unglazed foot, revealing the light buff body. Diameter 4 5/8  in., 11.7 cm Property from... [Lire la suite]

Lot 215. A Henan Black-Glazed 'Oil-Spot' Bowl, Northern Song-Jin Dynasty. Estimate US$ 5,000 — 7,000. Photo Sotheby's with deep rounded sides raised on a short splayed foot ring, the interior finished with a thick ridge below the rim, covered overall with a lustrous brown-black glaze suffused with a dense pattern of silver 'oil-spots', thinning to an ochre-green at the rims, the glaze continuing over the upper half of the exterior, with the lower body and base applied with a thin teadust-brown glaze, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 214. A 'Cizhou' Russet-Splashed Black-Glazed Bowl, Northern Song-Jin Dynasty (960-1234); Diameter 6 1/2  in.,  16.5 cm. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 USD. Lot sold 68,750 USD. Photo Sotheby's the conical form rising from a short straight foot, the interior covered with a glossy black-brown glaze, thinning to a caramel-brown at the rim and liberally applied with russet 'partridge feather' streaks, the exterior with a russet glaze stopping neatly above the unglazed foot ring to... [Lire la suite]

Lot 209. A Black-Glazed 'Oil-Spot' Bowl, Northern Song-Jin Dynasty. Estimate US$ 30,000 — 50,000. Photo Sotheby's delicately potted with an incurved rim, supported on a short foot ring, covered with an unctuous black-brown glaze painted with irregular metallic purplish 'oil-spots', stopping short of the foot to leave an unglazed area covered with a dark purplish-brown slip, Japanese wood box (3) - Diameter 3 3/4  in., 9.5 cm Property from the collection of David and Nayda... [Lire la suite]

Lot 208. A 'Jizhou' Slip-Decorated 'Phoenix' Bowl, Southern Song-Yuan Dynasty. Estimate US$ 8,000 — 12,000. Photo Sotheby's the shallow rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an indented rim, the interior painted in a buff slip with a pair of opposed long-tailed phoenix, together with a stylised blossom and butterfly, all reserved on a black-glazed ground, the exterior covered with a similar black glaze stopping short of the foot revealing the light stoneware body - Diameter 4 7/8... [Lire la suite]

Lot 207. A 'Jizhou' 'Papercut' 'Phoenix' Bowl, Southern Song Dynasty. Estimate US$ 6,000 — 8,000. Photo Sotheby's with rounded sides supported on a low foot and rising to a vertically lipped rim to the interior, decorated in papercut resist with a pair of opposed long-tailed phoenix and three prunus blooms in dark-brown, all reserved against a ground dappled in caramel brown, the exterior covered in a rich brown glaze stopping neatly above the buff stoneware body. Diameter 4 in., 10.1 cm Property from... [Lire la suite]