5 novembre 2016

Lot 124. A pair of large and impressive cloisonné enamel vases and covers, Qianlong-Jiaqing period, circa 1800. Estimate GBP 80,000 - GBP 120,000 (USD 99,680 - USD 149,520). Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016. Each vase is decorated with colourful floral sprays, butterflies and birds, with a pair of dragon-form handles. The cover is decorated with further floral sprays, with ruyi form reticulated panels detailed with bats, all surmounted by a finial with a dragon. 41 in. (104.1 cm. ) high. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 106. A rare imperial yellow silk damask panel of Avalokitesvara, Yongle period (1403-1424). Estimate GBP 80,000 - GBP 120,000 (USD 99,680 - USD 149,520). Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016. The panel is finely woven in yellow silk to depict Avalokitesvaraas the four-armed Shadakshari Lokeshvara, with the inner arms in anjalimudra. He is seated on an elaborate throne on top of a large lotus, set against a ground with clusters of floral sprays. 44 in. x 41 ½ in. (111.8 cm. x 105.5 cm.). ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 114. A rare gilt-bronze figure of Guanyin, Ming dynasty, 17th century. Estimate GBP 80,000 - GBP 120,000 (USD 99,680 - USD 149,520). Price realised GBP 269,000. Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016. The seated figure is modelled wearing flowing robes with floral borders, holding a scroll with both hands. The ears and chest are adorned with jewellery, and there is an elaborate headdress to the head. The face bears a serene expression with downcast eyes. 22 7/8 in. (58.8 cm.). ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 76. A famille rose figure of Amitayus, Qianlong period (1736-1795). Estimate GBP 80,000 - GBP 120,000 (USD 99,680 - USD 149,520). Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016. The figure is modelled with both hands in dhyana mudra and seated in dhyanasana, holding an ambrosia flask. The seated figure is wearing long robes and is adorned with elaborate jewellery, all on top of a separate double-lotus base; 11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high overall. Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 136. A rare and finely cast gilt-bronze figure of Shadakshari Avalokiteshvara, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate GBP 80,000 - GBP 120,000 (USD 99,680 - USD 149,520). Photo Sotheby's. the figure seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, the principle hands in namaskaramudra, the secondary hands holding a flower and a bhodi bead, wearing a patterned shawl, flowing dhoti and a billowing scarf around his shoulders and arms falling to the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 129. A large gilt-bronze figure of Guanyin, Ming dynasty, 17th century. Estimate GBP 80,000 - GBP 120,000 (USD 99,680 - USD 149,520). Photo Sotheby's. the figure seated in dhyanasana the right hand holding a willow stem, the left holding a bowl of elixir, wearing loosely fitted robes hemmed with scrolling lotus and open at the chest to reveal a necklace, the face with a serene downcast expression and wearing a crown with Amitabha set into the centre; 52.5 cm, 20 3/4 ... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 58. A rare early Ming blue-glazed dish, Xuande incised six-character mark within double circles and of the period (1426-1435). Estimate GBP 80,000 - GBP 120,000 (USD 99,680 - USD 149,520). Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016. The interior and exterior are covered in a deep blue glaze, and the mouth is bound with a copper rim. 7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam. Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 8 November 2016, London, King Street

Frederic Leighton, Flaming June, 1895. © Museo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc. LONDON.- One of the most iconic works of nineteenth-century British art returns to the house in which it was painted this November. Flaming June: The Making of an Icon (4 November 2016 – 2 April 2017) sees Frederic, Lord Leighton’s masterpiece displayed once again in the unique setting of the artist’s ‘House Beautiful’, Leighton House Museum in Kensington. For the first time since 1895 Flaming June has also been... [Lire la suite]

Netherlandish. Adam Dirksz, late 15th, early 16th century. Prayer Bead, 1500 – 1530, boxwood with metal fittings. Overall Closed: 58.8mm × 61.1mm (5.9 × 6.1 cm). Overall Open: 56.5mm × 56.5mm × 116.3mm (5.6 × 5.6 × 11.6 cm). The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario. Photo: Craig Boyko/Ian Lefebvre © Art Gallery of Ontario, 2016. TORONTO.- Boxwood prayer beads, rosaries and miniature altarpieces made in Northern Europe during the early 1500s demonstrate the limitless potential of human artistic practice. These tiny... [Lire la suite]

A wedding gift from Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia to Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark (born Princess Alice of Battenberg). A gem-set necklace by Fabergé composed of graduated oval Ceylon sapphires bordered with diamonds alternating with diamond-set elements of inverted square form centred with a diamond. Signed with the initials of Albert Holmström, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917. Private Collection. Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark (born Princess of Battenberg) wearing the Fabergé necklace.