11 août 2016

Lot 12. A bronze ritual wine vessel (zun), Late Shang – Early Western Zhou dynasty. Height 13 in., 33 cm. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 USD. Lot sold 310,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's of cylindrical form, boldly cast around the slightly bulging waist with two taotie masks with rounded eyes and ‘C’-shaped horns, the splayed foot decorated with further taotie masks with rectangular slit pupils, upright horns and hooked jaws, below two bow-string bands interrupted by two... [Lire la suite]

Lot 11. An archaic bronze ritual food vessel (gui), Late Western Zhou dynasty. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's raised on three paw feet issuing from stylized animal masks, the compressed globular body cast with concave horizontal bands between borders of stylized hooked dragon motifs at the foot and rim, set to each side with large horned-animal masks issuing tabbed loop handles, the silvery-green bronze with malachite encrustation, Japanese wood box (3) - Width 15... [Lire la suite]

Lot 10. An archaic bronze ritual wine vessel (zhi), Shang Dynasty. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the pear-shaped body rising from a tall foot to a flaring mouth, cast on each side of the body with a taotiemask, enclosed by registers of confronted kui dragons at the foot and shoulder, with a further taotie band at the neck, all divided by plain flanges, the bronze of a smooth silver-green patina with malachite encrustation, wood stand, two wood boxes... [Lire la suite]

Moussaieff Jewellers. A majestic pear, round and marquise diamond tiara. Moussaieff Jewellers. A magnificent emerald-cut diamond cuff with a total weight of 161.21 carats. Moussaieff Jewellers. Natural fancy intense yellow 73.94 carats VS2 radiant cut diamond DEF colour pear-shape diamonds 64.06 carats.  Moussaieff Jewellers. 91.38 carats Natural Burma sapphire set as a brooch or pendant with yellow diamonds and emeralds with an emerald and diamond necklace. Moussaieff Jewellers. 57.21 carat... [Lire la suite]

Lot 9. A sancai-glazed pottery figure of an attendant, Tang dynasty. Height 17 1/2  in., 44.5 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 43,750. Photo: Sotheby's modeled standing attentively on a low trapezoidal base, hands held in front supporting a pair of green and amber-glazed slippers with upturned pointed toes, wearing a voluminous, long, pale green-glazed robe with a central amber streak, gathered in crisp, shallow folds secured by a low-slung belt, over loose trousers, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8. A pair of painted pottery figures of ladies, Tang dynasty. Height of taller 16 in., 40.7 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 52,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's well modeled, each standing in an elegant swaying pose with hands clasped within the full sleeves of the long, heavy robes falling in deep folds to the base, with a shawl over the shoulder and long robe cut square above the chest, the face modeled with fully rounded features framed by the long hair drawn into an... [Lire la suite]

Lot 7. A white-glazed handled jar, Tang dynasty. http://www.alaintruong.com/archives/2016/08/11/34181328.html. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 93,750 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the ovoid body supported on a solid splayed foot, set on the rounded shoulders with four double-stranded lug handles joining the short straight neck, covered overall with a finely crackled translucent glaze of pale greenish tinge, stopping short of the base to reveal the buff white body, Japanese wood box (3) ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A magnificent sancai-glazed ewer, Tang dynasty. Estimate 500,000 — 700,000 USD. Lot Sold 874,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's finely potted, the ovoid body rising from a widely splayed foot to a double-waisted neck and tall cylindrical cupped mouth secured to the shoulder by a rope-twist handle, the body applied with crisply molded elements of quatrefoil leaf panels separated by florets, trefoil floral sprigs and festooned flower heads, all below a band of three incised grooves at the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5. A sancai-glazed pottery jar, Tang dynasty. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 18,750 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the globular body rising from a splayed foot to a short neck and rolled rim, glazed in emerald-green and amber with reserved white florets, stopping unevenly above the base to reveal the pinkish-buff body, the rim applied with an amber glaze, extending over the rim into the interior, with three spur marks at the rim, wood stand, Japanese wood box (4)... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4. A white-glazed pottery jar, Tang dynasty. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the broad-shouldered body rising from a spreading foot to a waisted short neck with everted rolled rim, applied with a greenish-ivory glaze extending over the inside of the rim and stopping unevenly above the base to reveal the pinkish-white body, the interior partially covered with a yellowish-tinged glaze, with three spur marks to the rim, Japanese wood box (3) - Height 7 7/8  in., 20.1 cm  ... [Lire la suite]