2 octobre 2016

Lot 1149. A silvery bronze mirror, Sui dynasty (581-618). Price Realised USD 37,500. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 The back has a central knob encircled by narrow petal and stamen borders surrounded by six floral roundels separated by foliate arabesques within narrow dogtooth borders and an outer inscription encircled by further decorative borders. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) diam. Provenance: Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954) Collection.The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1139. A bronze 'TLV' mirror, Western Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 8). Price Realised USD 21,250. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 The back is crisply cast with a knob centering a quartrefoil within a square border of twelve nipples separating characters representing the zodiac. There are eight further nipples in the outer field which is cast in thread relief with T, L and V motifs as well as the The Four Spirit Animals, Daoist immortals and various animals and birds. All are arranged in four quadrants, and are... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1138. Two bronze circular 'TLV' mirrors, Western Han-Xin dynasty (206 BC-AD 23). Price Realised USD 7,500. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 One has a silvery patina and a central square enclosing six nipples alternating with characters surrounded by four pairs of nipples flanking birds within a configuration of 'TLV' motifs to form four quadrants within a hatchured border in the outer field below sawtooth bands on the wide rim. The second is larger, but of similar type, and rather than just birds is cast in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1136. Three bronze circular mirrors, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). Price Realised USD 9,375. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 The knob of one is surrounded by two stylized double-headed dragons separated by two inscriptions within an outer scallop border. The largest has a loop in the shape of a crouching animal set within a square border enclosing an inscription, and the main field is cast with four dragons with scrolling foliate bodies separated by four bosses reserved on a patterned ground within an outer... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1135. Two bronze circular mirrors, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220). Price Realised USD 10,625. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 The large knob is surrounded by two seated deities and an attendant separated by four nipples from a dragon and a tiger with backward-turned head, within a hatchured border and below a dogtooth border and band of cloud scroll on the rim. The other has a silvery grey patina and a large knob encircled by four petals separated by characters within a field of eight scallops separated by... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1134. A gilt-bronze circular mirror, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220). Price Realised USD 7,500. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 The large knob is surrounded by four bixie separating seated deities within an outer band of semi-circles alternating with rectangles cast with characters below a canted dogtooth border and a pictorial band and narrow scroll border on the rim. Together with a silvery grey bronze circular mirror, Three Kingdoms period (220-265), the knob surrounded by three dragons cast in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1133. Two bronze circular mirrors, Warring States period, 4th-3rd century BC. Price Realised USD 15,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 The larger has a central square with small leaves or feathers at the corners from which extend rope-twist garlands suspending leaf and feather pendants that separate the four large shan characters reserved on a feather-hook ground; the smaller also has a small central square with birds standing at the corners between zigzag lozenge motifs, all of which are reserved on... [Lire la suite]

Lot 255. Kachan-Mortachem. Exceptionnel et rare tapis de commande royale, Iran, vers 1890 - 1900. Estimation: 5 000 € / 6 000 €. Photo Guillaume Le Floch. Exceptionnel et rare tapis de commande royale, en velours de laine kork (env. 10 000 nœuds au dm2) orné d’une scène poétique de chasse au cerf, de Bahram Shah accompagné de son épouse Azadeh. Le cours d’eau dessiné symbolise le chemin de la vie. Bordure à cartouches rubis, à écritures poétiques relatant la vie et la mort, et à médaillons beige incrustés de... [Lire la suite]

Lot 16. Attribué à Abraham Teniers (1629 - 1670), Singerie. Huile sur cuivre (manques en bordures de cadre). Haut. : 25 cm - Larg. : 33,5 cm. Estimation: 8 000 € / 12 000 €. Photo Guillaume Le Floch. Cadet de dix-neuf ans de David Teniers II, Abraham a repris les compositions de son célèbre frère et s’est plus particulièrement spécialisé dans les singeries. On connaît un dessin de David Teniers très proche de notre tableau, mais moins détaillé (vente à New York, Sotheby’s, le 28 janvier 1998, n°212) et un... [Lire la suite]

Lot 13. Le Maître de Francfort (né vers 1460 - actif à Anvers entre 1496 et 1520),  La crucifixion. Panneau de chêne parqueté (restaurations). Haut. : 83 cm - Larg. : 71,5 cm. Estimation: 150 000 € / 200 000 €. Photo Guillaume Le Floch. Notes: À l’exception de Maîtres clairement identifiés comme Quentin Metsys ou Jan de Beer, l’essentiel de la production picturale anversoise du premier tiers du XVIe siècle est non signée et répartie entre différents groupes qui portent des noms de conventions.... [Lire la suite]