8 octobre 2016

Lot 67. A well-painted blue and white box and cover with children at play, Mark and period of Wanli (1573-1620); 22.6 cm., 9 in. Estimate 1,200,000 — 1,800,000 HKD. Lot sold 3,620,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's 2011.  with low rounded sides, the cover painted in an intense cobalt blue with a scene of sixteen boys engaged in various games, one impersonating an official in a long gown and tall hat seated on a chair with a book, accompanied by 'attendants' also holding books, another... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3632. A blue and white 'boys' box and cover, Mark and period of Wanli (1573-1619). Estimate 2,000,000 — 3,000,000 HKD. Unsold. Photo Sotheby's. of circular form, brightly painted in vivid shades of cobalt blue, the stepped domed cover with a central medallion enclosing sixteen boys at play in a fenced garden, with a boy dressed as a dignitary seated on a chair at the centre leading other boys around to read, beside a boy flying a kite and another group of boys gathered around a table, in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3721. A blue and white 'wudu and dragon' bowl, Mark and period of Wanli (1573-1619). Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 HKD. Lot sold 300,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. the interior centred with a medallion enclosing a five-clawed en face dragon coiling around a 'flaming pearl' and surrounded by ruyi-shaped clouds, the exterior with a continous rocky landscape scene depicting two Daoist immortals, one of them possibly Zhang Daoling, the figures interrupted with a tiger and a qilin,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3720. A pair of blue and white 'dragon and phoenix' dishes, Marks and period of Wanli (1573-1619). Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 HKD. Lot sold 437,500 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. each with the interior decorated with a medallion enclosing a sinuous dragon and a phoenix with billowing tails, the exterior similarly decorated with a further dragon and phoenix, the base with a six-character reign mark within a double-circle; 15.3 cm, 6 in. Provenance: Christie's New York, 19th September 1996,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3716. A fine and rare blue and white 'arrow' vase, Mark and period of Wanli (1573-1619). Estimate 800,000 — 1,200,000 HKD. Lot sold 8,240,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. modelled after a Xuande prototype, potted with a baluster body resting on a slightly splayed foot and surmounted by a gently waisted neck and lipped mouthrim, the neck flanked by a pair of tubular lug handles, the body painted in rich cobalt-blue tones with a continuous foliate scroll, between bands of plantain leaves... [Lire la suite]

Picasso-Giacometti au Musée Picasso : Affiche. PARIS - Du 4 octobre 2016 au 5 février 2017, le Musée Picasso présente la toute première exposition consacrée à luvre de deux des plus grands artistes du XXe siècle : Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) et Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). Grâce à un prêt exceptionnel de la Fondation Giacometti, cette exposition inédite, qui occupera le rez-de-chaussée et le premier étage de lhôtel Salé, réunit plus de 200 uvres des deux maîtres provenant des riches collections du Musée... [Lire la suite]

Lot 160. An important three-coloured cinnabar lacquer 'dragon' box and cover, mark and period of Wanli, dated to the renchen year (in accordance with 1592). Estimate 2,500,000 — 3,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 4,840,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. of rectangular form with slightly bombé sides and cusped corners, all supported on a rectangular foot, deftly carved in varied levels of relief through the rich cinnabar lacquer and two fine black and yellow layers to the green ground below with a green... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3572. An important and extremely rare yellow lacquer 'dragon' dish, Wanli incised and gilt yiwei cyclical date, corresponding to 1595 and of the period; 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 2,500,000 - HKD 3,500,000. Price Realised  HKD 2,660,000 (USD 343,523). © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. Superbly carved to the interior through the gold-flecked brownish yellow outer layer to the red ground below with a large central medallion depicting a powerful ascending five-clawed... [Lire la suite]

Lot 548. An extremely rare 'imperial-yellow dragon' polychrome lacquer box and cover, Wanli mark and period, dated to the yiwei year, corresponding to 1595. Length 12 1/2  in., 31.7 cm. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 USD. Lot sold 329,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's. of rectangular form with rounded sides and cusped corners, deftly carved in varied levels of relief through the ochre-yellow lacquer to the green and red layers below, with two five-clawed dragons contesting a 'flaming pearl' among clouds and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3684. A rare carved yellow lacquer 'dragon' tray, Ming dynasty, Wanli period, dated to the renchen year (in accordance with 1592); 31.7 cm, 12 1/2  in. Estimate 2,000,000 — 3,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 8,240,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. of rectangular form with sloping sides rising with cusped indented corners, all supported on a straight foot of corresponding form, meticulously carved in varied levels of relief through the ochre-yellow lacquer to the cinnabar-red layer below,... [Lire la suite]