21 septembre 2016

Lot 256. Lê Phổ (1907-2001), Maternité (Maternity), signed, ink and gouache on silk, 44 by 36.5 cm; 17 1/4  by 14 1/4  in. Executed in 1948. Estimate 800,000 — 1,500,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  Exhibited: Galerie Van Loo, Brussels, February 1948 Notes: One of the four prominent Vietnamese graduates of the École des Beaux-Arts who made a career in France, Lê Phổ produced an oeuvre that was a delicate fusion of Vietnamese themes and French artistic styles. Like... [Lire la suite]

Lot 255. Lê Phổ (1907-2001), Fleurs (Flowers), signed in Vietnamese and Chinese, oil on canvas, 63 by 79 cm; 24 3/4  by 31 in. Estimate 90,000 — 150,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  Sotheby’s. Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, Hong Kong, 03 Oct 2016, 10:00 AM

Lot 254. Lê Phổ (1907-2001), Mother and child in a garden, signed in Vietnamese and Chinese, oil on canvas, 65 by 81 cm; 25 1/2  by 32 in. Estimate 120,000 — 180,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  Provenance: Wally Findlay Gallery Private Collection, USA Sotheby’s. Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, Hong Kong, 03 Oct 2016, 10:00 AM

Lot 109. A painted Cizhou globular jar, Song Dynasty (960-1279). Estimate HKD 50,000 - HKD 70,000 (USD 6,477 - USD 9,067. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.  The lower body, base and foot are unglazed exposing the biscuit ware. 4 1/4 in. (10.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box The Property of a Japanese Private Collector Christie's. The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 4 October 2016, Hong Kong  

Lot 108. A Cizhou white-glazed bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Estimate HKD 30,000 - HKD 40,000 (USD 5,181 - USD 7,772). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.  The interior has three evenly spaced spur marks. The foot rim is unglazed revealing the buff ware. 5 in. (12.8 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box.  Provenance: A Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1990s The Property of a Japanese Private Collector Note: Compare with a similar Cizhou white-glazed bowl from the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 252. Vũ Cao Đàm (1908-2000), Le retour (The Return), signed and dated 66, oil on canvas, 54.5 by 65.5 cm; 21 1/2  by 25 3/4  in. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  Exhibited: Colonial Art Exhibition, Paris, 1946 Sotheby’s. Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, Hong Kong, 03 Oct 2016, 10:00 AM

Lot 107. A Henan russet-splashed black-glazed jar, Song Dynasty (960-1279). Estimate HKD 40,000 - HKD 60,000 (USD 5,181 - USD 7,772). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.  The interior, base, and foot are covered with black glaze with the exception of the foot rim exposing the buff ware. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) high, Japanese wood box.  Provenance: A Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1990s The Property of a Japanese Private Collector Christie's. The Pavilion Sale - Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 283. Alix Aymé (1894 - 1989), Jeune fille avec anémones (Young Lady with Anemoes), signed; signed and inscribed on the reverse, lacquer on wood panel, 46 by 32 cm; 18 by 12 1/2  in. Executed circa 1940s. Estimate 70,000 — 90,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  Exhibited: Colonial Art Exhibition, Paris, 1946 Sotheby’s. Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, Hong Kong, 03 Oct 2016, 10:00 AM

Lot 262. Alix Aymé (1894 - 1989), Forêt tropicale (Tropical Forest), accompanied with an exhibition sticker on the reverse, lacquer on wood, 52.5 by 92 cm; 20 1/2  by 36 1/4  in. Executed circa mid-1940s. Estimate 120,000 — 180,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  Exhibited: Colonial Art Exhibition, Paris, 1946 Sotheby’s. Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, Hong Kong, 03 Oct 2016, 10:00 AM

Lot 253. Alix Aymé (1894 - 1989), Portrait de jeune fille vietnamienne (Portait of a Vietnamese Girl), signed, etching with ink and gold pigment on paper, 21 by 17.5 cm; 8 1/4  by 6 3/4  in. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  Literature: Pascal Lacombe and Guy Ferrer, Alix Ayme: Une Artiste Peintre en Indochine (A French Painter in Indochina) 1920-1945, Somogy Editions D'art, Paris, 1 May 2012, p. 28, colourplate 3 Sotheby’s. Modern and... [Lire la suite]