20 avril 2016

Lot 113. A blue and white porcelain dish, Ming dynasty, China, mid-17th century. Estimate £5,000 – £8,000 ($7,110 - $11,376). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016 With flaring cusped rim on short foot, the interior with a portrait of two Safavid women set within vegetal bands, the rim with scenes of Chinese labourers and floral sprays including tulips and pomegranates, the exterior with further floral sprays alternating with cusped medallions of scrolling vine, minor hair cracks; 12½in. (31.8cm.) diam. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 58. A large blue and white 'dragon' bowl, Jiajing mark and period (1522-1566); 37 cm, 14 5/8  in. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Lot sold 11,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's the deep rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, freely painted around the exterior in cobalt-blue tones with two scaly five-clawed dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl, all amidst fire and ruyi cloud scrolls and above a ruyi band, the interior with a dragon medallion ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 56. A large blue and white double gourd vase, Jiajing mark and period (1522-1566); 44.5 cm, 17 1/2  in. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 GBP. Lot sold 43,750 GBP. Photo Sotheby's the globular lower body rising from a short spreading foot to a smaller upper globular section with short narrow neck, brightly painted around the exterior in rich cobalt-blue tones with deer and crane in a landscape, the upper section with birds amidst shou character and prunus trees, all... [Lire la suite]

Lot 53. A  blue and white ‘boys’ jar, Jiajing mark and period (1522-1566);  14 cm, 5 1/2  in. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Lot sold 15,000. Photo Sotheby's the rounded sides rising from a square base to square shoulders and a circular straight mouth, each face painted with four boys at play in a garden beside rockwork, below leafy and flowering branches, with a band of meandering lotus, peony and chrysanthemum at the shoulder, the base inscribed in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 52. A blue and white ‘lotus’ box and cover, Jiajing mark and period (1522-1566);  13 cm, 5 1/8  in. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 5,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's of circular form, the domed cover painted with a central medallion enclosing four lotus blooms borne on a leafy meander, the sides of the cover and the box encircled by an undulating lotus scroll, all divided by double line borders, the base with a six-character mark within a double circle. Quantité: 2. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 154. A  blue and white hexagonal Iznik tile, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1530. Estimate £8,000 – £12,000 ($11,376 - $17,064). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016 The white ground decorated in cobalt-blue and turquoise with a design of radiating arabesques flanking palmettes executed in two shades of blue, simple line border, minor surface chips; 7in. (17.8cm.) across Provenance: Anon sale, Sotheby's London, 27th April 1995, lot 70 Note: Tiles of this design are associated with the facade of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 152. A large blue and white Iznik pottery border tile, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1540-1545. Estimate £8,000 – £12,000 ($11,376 - $17,064). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016 The rectangular tile with one bevelled edge, the white ground painted in cobalt-blue and turquoise, the main register with a stencilled rosette bordered by palmettes and linked through scrolling vine and issuing curling saz leaves, all reserved against cobalt-blue ground, the edge with a similar but smaller scale design in cobalt-blue... [Lire la suite]

Lot 153. A blue and white Iznik pottery dish, Ottoman Turkey, late 16th century. Estimate £8,000 – £12,000 ($11,376 - $17,064). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016 With sloping rim on short foot, the white ground painted in cobalt-blue with a central rosette within a series of concentric circles bordered with large cupsed lappets, the border with stylised wave-and-rock motif, the exterior with alternating trilobed and roundel motifs, intact; 11½in. (29.2cm.) diam Christie's. ART OF THE ISLAMIC & INDIAN... [Lire la suite]

Lot 155. The largest recorded Iznik ‘grape’ dish: A large and impressive early Iznik pottery dish, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1530. Estimate £300,000 – £400,000 ($426,600 - $568,800). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016 With cusped sloping rim on short foot, the white ground painted in blue and turquoise with a central roundel containing bunches of grapes issuing from a vine with scalloped leaves and scrolling tendrils, the cavetto with an alternating design of similar palmettes issuing small leaves, the border with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 38. A pair of enamelled and gemset gold bracelets, Jaipur, North India, second half 19th century. Estimate £6,000 – £8,000 ($8,532 - $11,376). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016 The shaft of each of triangular-section with a hinged quarter-section released by a screw, the interior decorated with a polychrome enamel floral design, the exterior decorated with alternating inset rubies and emeralds, in velvet-lined fitted box; .Each 3¼in. (8.3cm.) diam Note: Bracelets of similar triangular section and with similar... [Lire la suite]