juin 2016

Lot 125. Robe de cour en soie brune, chifu, Chine, époque Guangxu (1875-1908). Estimation : 1 000 € / 1 500. Adjugé à 5 000 €. Photo Leclere. En soie brune brodée en fils de soies de couleurs et fils métalliques dorés, de dragons à cinq griffes et leur perles enflammées dans la partie centrale et sur les manches, parmi les nuées, fleurs et chauve-souris, le bas de la robe et la bordure des manches se terminant par un décor de mer tumultueuse autour de rochers, doublure bleue... [Lire la suite]

Lot 124. Robe de cour officielle, chaofu, remaniée, Chine, XIXème siècle. Estimation : 3 000 € / 4 000 €. Adjugé à 3500 €. Photo Leclere. Ensemble composite, comprenant la jupe et la collerette provenant d’une robe chaofu, la jupe en gaze noire et soie brodée de fils de couleurs et fils métalliques dorés de dragons à cinq griffes au-dessus de flots, et de médaillons à décor de dragons lovés, la collerette en soie noire brodée de dragons et bordée de brocart bleu et or, le haut de la robe et les... [Lire la suite]

Lot 9223. A composite blue ground brocade silk dragon robe, Late Qing dynasty elements. Estimate USD1,500 ~ 2,500. Sold for US$ 2,500 (€2,251). Photo: Bonhams. Constructed from one or more robes into a long coat with center front closing, the dragons and wide lishui border woven in fine gilt-wrapped threads while the surrounding auspicious emblems and clouds are colored in white and bright pastel threads that repeat in the black ground collar, sleeves and cuffs; the robe now lined with pieced black silk gauze brocade... [Lire la suite]

Lot 9219. A kesi-woven green silk ground dragon robe, 19th century. Estimate USD 2,000 ~ 3,000. Sold for US$ 1,875 (€1,688). Photo: Bonhams. The pale sea-green silk ground contrasting with the thin gilt-wrapped threads used to weave the dragons amid clouds, bats, peaches and wanzi emblems above the wide lishui border, all rendered in a variety of bright colors with a few details painted in color, the collar and replacement cuffs from a woman's coat similarly woven on a black ground (extensive degrading... [Lire la suite]

Lot 9211. A blue silk ground embroidered dragon robe, Late Qing dynasty. Estimate USD 2,000 ~ 3,000. Sold for US$ 1,875 (€1,688). Photo: Bonhams. The dragons embroidered with gilt wrapped threads amid auspicious emblems, clouds and a tall lishui border worked in white and brilliantly colored threads (extensively altered, losses). 55in (139.5cm) long Bonham's. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS, 10:00 PDT, SAN FRANCISCO

Lot 9210. A Purple ground brocade dragon robe, Late Qing dynasty. Estimate USD 2,000 ~ 3,000. Sold for US$ 2,500 (€2,251). Photo: Bonhams. the nine dragons and the lishui border woven in silvery white threads set amid clouds and auspicious emblems picked out in bright colors that repeat in the striping of the lower sleeves, the neck band and horseshoe cuffs woven en suite on a black ground (lower part of lishui border turned under to shorten). 46in (117cm) altered length - 55 1/4in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 269. Wim Delvoye (B. 1965), Sylvie, stuffed tattooed pig, 67.3 by 140.3 by 29.8 cm. 26 1/2 by 55 1/4 by 11 3/4 in. Executed in 2006. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 GBP. Lot sold 137,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. Provenance: Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2006 Exhibited: Paris, Galerie Perrotin, Wim Delvoye, March - May 2007 Sotheby's. Contemporary Art Day Auction, London, 29 Jun 2016

Lot 193. Manolo Valdés (B. 1942), Reina Mariana, incised with the artist's initials and numbered PA 1/2, bronze, 69 by 55 by 33 cm. 27 1/2 by 21 5/8 by 13 in. Executed in 1999. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 GBP. Lot sold 173,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. Provenance: Private CollectionAcquired from the above by the present owner Diego Velázquez, Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress, 1659. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Note: “Valdes uses the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 225. Yan Pei-Ming (B. 1960), Pape Innoncent X N°7, signed, signed in Chinese, titled and dated 2013 on the reverse, oil on canvas, 250 by 250 cm. 98 3/8 by 98 3/8 in. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 GBP. Lot sold 245,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. Provenance: Massimo de Carlo, LondonAcquired from the above by the present owner Exhibited: London, Massimo de Carlo, Yan Pei-Ming: Innocent, 2014 Notes: “…I think it is one of the greatest portraits that have been... [Lire la suite]

Lot 9230. A group of five embroidered civil rank badges, Late Qing dynasty. Estimate USD 2,000 ~ 4,000. Sold for US$ 1,750 €1,576). Photo: Bonhams. Including a pair of lion badges of the second military rank worked in various colors, worn gilt-wrapped threads and some painted details; the third, a silver pheasant badge of the fifth civil rank, similarly woven and with some painted details, now mounted with Japanese silk borders (wear, soiling). 11 x 11 1/2in (28 x 29.2cm) the largest rank... [Lire la suite]