1 avril 2016

Lot 3026, A fine and rare yellow jade bowl, Song to Ming dynasty. Estimate 2,000,000 — 2,500,000 HKD (229,196 - 286,495 EUR). Photo Sotheby's exquisitely worked with steep conical sides supported on a slightly splayed foot, the lustrous warm yellow stone mottled with attractive russet and icy inclusions to the sides and accentuated with a long patch of russet skin bordering the rim, wood stand - 9.7 cm, 3 3/4  in. Note: Early yellow jade vessels are extremely rare... [Lire la suite]

Lot 103. A huanghuali low-back continuous yoke-back armchair, Late Ming dynasty;  93 by 56.3 by 45.3 cm, 36 5/8  by 22 1/8  by 17 3/4  in. Estimate 1,800,000 — 2,800,000 HKD (211,850 - 329,544 EUR). Lot sold 4,400,000 HKD (496,723 EUR). Photo Sotheby's the highly curved round-cornered top-rail pipe-joined to the stiles, the stiles continuing through the seat frame to become the back legs, the elongated round-cornered 'S'-shaped arms... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2773, Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899-1983), Boating in the evening glow, signed YUAN WENG, dated 1973, and with one seal of the artist. Titled by the artist at the back of the painting, splashed colour on gold cardboard, framed, 38.7 by 51.6 cm 15 ¼ by 20 ¼ in. Estimate 1,500,000 — 2,000,000 HKD (175,415 - 233,886 EUR). Photo Sotheby's Provenance: Previously in the collection of Li DeyingSotheby's Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Paintings, May 1994, Lot 1045 ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2850, A 'dreamstone' marble panel within a zitan screen, Late Ming–Early Qing dynasty. Estimate 800,000 — 1,000,000 HKD (92,636 - 115,795 EUR). Photo Sotheby's the grey-veined white marble panel figured with an ethereal mountainous landscape scene with cavernous valleys beneath wispy cloud swirls on one side, the reverse with rather subtle light variegated grey inclusions, set within a zitan stand with a panel reticulated with three cartouches, above a beaded-edged cusped... [Lire la suite]

Lot 21, An extremely rare turquoise-glazed anhua dish, Mark and period of Xuande. Estimate 2,500,000 — 3,000,000 HKD (292,358 - 350,829 EUR). Lot sold 5,240,000 HKD (591,552 EUR). Photo Sotheby's delicately potted with a short tapering foot rising to rounded sides and a gently flaring rim, the interior decorated in anhua (‘hidden decoration’) technique with two dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls, the centre faintly engraved with a cluster of three lingzhi-shaped cloud... [Lire la suite]

Teaser. L’Empreinte du Geste au Musée des Arts décoratifs PARIS - À l’heure d’interrogations sur les modes de consommation et de production des objets manufacturés, le savoir-faire, le geste de l’Homme, n’a jamais eu autant de sens et de valeur. L’Empreinte du Geste met à l’honneur le parcours et le travail de 18 créateurs. Par une approche contemporaine et renouvelée de leur savoir-faire, ils révèlent le véritable sens du geste des métiers d’art, les valeurs dont il imprègne leurs productions. Ce geste, empreinte humaine... [Lire la suite]

The fancy vivid blue rectangular-cut diamond, weighing approximately 14.62 carats, flanked on either side by a trapeze-shaped diamond; also accompanied by the original ‘Eight Shades’ mounting from Verdura, ring size 6, mounted in platinum. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2016. GENEVA.- Christie’s will present the Oppenheimer Blue, the largest and finest Fancy Vivid Blue diamond ever offered at auction. Weighing 14.62 carats, this exceptional stone will lead Christie’s auction of Magnificent Jewels, held at the Four Seasons... [Lire la suite]

Lot 19. A rare blue and white ‘pomegranate’ vase, Mark and period of Xuande. Estimate 6,000,000 — 8,000,000 HKD (701,658 - 935,545 EUR). Sold 44,440,000 HKD (5,729,649 USD). Photo Sotheby's. robustly potted with a baluster body divided into six lobes, rising from a splayed foot to a waisted cylindrical neck, sweeping up to a wide everted rim with a rolled lip, painted in deep cobalt-blue tones in the ‘heaped and piled’ effect, each lobe boldly painted with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 18, A fine and extremely rare blue and white ‘waves’ jar, Ming dynasty, Yongle-Xuande period. Estimate 1,200,000 — 1,800,000 HKD (140,332 - 210,498 EUR). Sold 17,480,000 HKD (2,253,522 USD). Photo Sotheby's. superbly potted with the ovoid body rising to a short waisted neck, freely painted in varying tones of rich cobalt-blue with a sea of turbulent rolling waves emitting white foaming splashes, between pendent foliate scrolls at the shoulder and a band of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 17. A fine, outstanding and rare blue and white moonflask, bianhu, Ming dynasty, Yongle period. Estimate 25,000,000 — 35,000,000 HKD (2,923,577 - 4,093,008 EUR). Sold 110,520,000 HKD (14,248,238 USD). Photo Sotheby's. modelled after a Middle Eastern metal prototype, elegantly potted with a flattened spherical body set with two circular bosses at the sides, rising to a garlic neck flanked by a pair of loop handles with ruyi-shaped terminals on the shoulders, all... [Lire la suite]