23 août 2016

Lot 877. A famille verte rouleau vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Photo: Christie's Image Ltd 2016.  The vase is decorated with a scene of a banquet celebrating the birthday of the Tang dynasty general Guo Ziyi, framed by rocks, leafy trees, and vaporous clouds, below the neck which is encircled by a blossoming peony branch and two birds. 18 1/8 in. (46 cm.) high. Provenance: John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874-1960) Collection.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 876. A large famille verte jar and cover, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Photo: Christie's Image Ltd 2016.  The jar is decorated with three registers of shaped panels enclosing landscapes, figures at leisure, and birds, all on a stippled ground with flower head blossoms, beneath beribboned auspicious emblems on the shoulder and lappets on the neck. The cover is similarly decorated. 26 3/8 in. (67 cm.) high, wood stand. Provenance: John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874-1960)... [Lire la suite]

Boghossian Jewels. Beautiful flower-like earrings with unusual oval shaped emerald cabochons of over 20 carats each. Boghossian Jewels. Exquisite Colombian emerald of over 15 carats softly cradles a glittering diamond.

Lot 875. A large gilt-decorated famille verte dish, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Photo: Christie's Image Ltd 2016.  The center of the dish is decorated with a floriform roundel containing a basket of flowers, beneath two registers of radiating lappets enclosing composite flower blossoms, all reserved on a stippled ground decorated with further flower blossoms below a band of shaped panels enclosing auspicious emblems between different diapers on the mouth rim. The base is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 874. A famille verte 'Phoenix-tail' vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Photo: Christie's Image Ltd 2016.  The vase is decorated with birds amidst a blossoming prunus tree emerging from jagged rocks, all in yellow, green, and aubergine on a pale greenish-blue ground. An illegible seal mark is inscribed in underglaze blue on the base. 16 7/8 in. (42.8 cm.) high Provenance: John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874-1960) Collection.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,... [Lire la suite]

Joseph Gad. A Truly Magnificent Emerald And Diamond Layout.

Joseph Gad. A Remarkable Pair of 10.32ct Minor Oil Colombian Emerald & Diamond Earrings.

Lot 873. A famille verte bottle vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 25,000. Photo: Christie's Image Ltd 2016.  The vase is boldly painted on the exterior with three mythical beasts standing on rock formations emerging from crashing waves. The lower neck is decorated with a pattern of scrolling tendrils set with lotus, pomegranates and peach, beneath a band of ruyi suspending auspicious emblems. 19 7/8 in. (50.4 cm.) high Provenance: Morgan Collection, no. 398/399.John... [Lire la suite]

Lot 872. A large famille verte bottle vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Photo: Christie's Image Ltd 2016.  The vase is boldly decorated with three mythical beasts standing on rocks emerging from crashing waves. The lower neck is decorated with a pattern of leafy tendrils bearing lotus, pomegranates and peaches, beneath a ruyi band suspending auspicious emblems. 20 in. (50.9 cm.) high, wood stands Provenance: Morgan Collection, no. 398/399.John D. Rockefeller... [Lire la suite]

Joseph Gad. Beautiful 8.32 Cushion Minor Oil Colombian Emerald Ring.