04 décembre 2016
A guan-type baluster vase, China, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Lot 69. Vase en porcelaine à glacure de type guan, Chine, dynastie Qing, XVIIIème siècle. Estimate EUR 10,000 - EUR 15,000 (USD 10,686 - USD 16,029). © Christie’s Images Limited 2016.
De forme balustre au col légèrement évasé, ce vase à section hexagonale est flanqué de deux anses tubulaires autour du col et repose sur un pied hexagonal évasé. Le vase est recouvert d'une glaçure céladon infusé d'un réseau de fines craquelures. Hauteur : 28.5 cm. (11 ¼ in.)
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An iron-red decorated blue and white porcelain 'dragon' dish, Qianlong underglaze blue six-character seal mark and of the period
Lot 68. Plat en porcelaine bleu blanc et rouge de fer, Chine, dynastie Qing, marque à six caractères en cachet en bleu sous couverte et époque Qianlong (1736-1795). Estimate EUR 8,000 - EUR 12,000 (USD 8,549 - USD 12,823). © Christie’s Images Limited 2016.
L'intérieur est orné d'un médaillon central abritant un dragon à cinq griffes en rouge de fer sur fond de vagues bleues. Le décor se répéte à l'extérieur avec neuf petits dragons dans des positions différentes sous une bande de fleurettes bleues... [Lire la suite]04 décembre 2016
The Blair Family Jewelry at Christie's New York, 7th december 2016
Mr. Wolcott Blair and Mrs. Ellen Yuille Blair, Cannes, France, 1926.
THE BLAIR FAMILY
Described by Harper’s Bazaar in October 1927 as “extremely popular in the younger fashionable set,” Mr. Wolcott Blair and Mrs. Ellen Yuille Blair were highly admired for their excellent sense of fashion and design from the 1920s through the 1960s. The Blairs often appeared in magazines and newspapers that featured fne living and society’s best dressed.Wolcott Blair, a grandson of Chauncey
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Pair of powder blue glazed baluster vases, Qing dynasty, 19th century and a flower basket dish, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Lot 2008. Pair of powder blue glazed baluster vases, Qing dynasty, 19th century and a flower basket dish, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate: 1,500 - 2,000 EUR (1,596 - 2,128 USD). Photo Van Ham.
Porcelain covered with powder blue glaze, painted with gold. On the body twelve lotus blossoms between tendrils. On the broad shoulder and the straight neck borders with lucky symbols. Border with stylized lotus leaves. Height 34.3cm, width about 24.5cm. Double ring, but later. Condition B/C. Hairline crack at the neck of... [Lire la suite]04 décembre 2016
Large teadust-glazed vase, tianqiu ping, Qianlong Six-character mark engraved under the glaze and of the period (1736-95)
Lot 2007. Large teadust-glazed vase, tianqiu ping, Qianlong Six-character mark engraved under the glaze and of the period (1736-95) or later. Estimate: 3,000 - 4,000 EUR (3,193 - 4,257 USD). Photo Van Ham.
Porcelain with yellowish green glaze. Pressed spherical shape with a cylindrical neck on a high, slightly flared foot. Height 34.3cm. Six-character Qianlong mark engraved under the glaze. Condition A.
Van Ham. Asian Art, Auction 384 (08/12/2016) 04 décembre 2016
Yaobian-type glazed garlic-mouth vase, Daoguang six-character mark (1821-1850)
Lot 2006. Yaobian-type glazed garlic-mouth vase, Daoguang six-character mark (1821-1850). Estimate: 1,500 - 1,800 EUR (1,596 - 1,916 USD). Photo Van Ham.
Heavy porcelain body glazed in purple flambé, with fine lavender-colored and cream-white striped spots. Vase in club form on short footring. The long neck offset with an edge to the shoulder. Height 30cm. In the brown glazed floor engraved six-character mark Daoguang, but later. Condition A/B. Cracks inside the footring.
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Celadon glazed square cong form vase, Qing dynasty, Six-character Tongzhi mark in underglaze blue (1861-1875)
Lot 2004. Celadon glazed cong form vase, Qing dynasty, Six-character Tongzhi mark in underglaze blue (1861-1875). Estimate: 2,000 - 2,400 EUR (2,128 - 2,554 USD). Photo Van Ham.
Porcelain with thick celadon green glaze. Square cong shape decorated with the triagramms in relief on round glazed footring. Height 27.7cm, width 13.3cm. Six-character Tongzhi mark in underglaze blue. Condition A/B.
Van Ham. Asian Art, Auction 384 (08/12/2016) 04 décembre 2016
Longquan pot, Probably Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 14th-15th century
Lot 2003. Longquan pot, Probably Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 14th-15th century. Estimate: 800 - 1,200 EUR (851 - 1,277 USD). Photo Van Ham.
Nearly white, heavy stoneware body with celadon green glaze. Bulbous pot with nearly straight neck on a high foot. Lip unglazed. The neck decorated with the Eight Immortals modeled in biscuit relief. Bottom inside and inside the foot ring stepped. Height 21.5cm, width 20.5cm. Condition A.
Van Ham. Asian Art, Auction 384 (08/12/2016) 04 décembre 2016
A Longquan celadon bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279) or later
Lot 2002. A Longquan celadon bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279) or later. Estimate: 500 - 700 EUR (532 - 745 USD). Photo Van Ham.
Longquan ware. Gray to leather-colored stoneware with yellowish-green glaze. Wide bowl with a cloaked outer wall, the inside with engraved motifs: Medallion and stylized phoenixes. Height 6.5cm, Ø 20cm. Condition A.
Van Ham. Asian Art, Auction 384 (08/12/2016) 04 décembre 2016
Two bowls, Song dynasty (960-1279), 13th-14th century or later
Lot 2001. Two bowls, Song dynasty (960-1279), 13th-14th century or later. Estimate: 1,000 - 1,200 EUR (1,064 - 1,277 USD). Photo Van Ham.
Yaozhou or Longquan ceramic. Grey stoneware with transparent green glaze. a) Bowl in trumpet shape with crazed glaze. Inside in deeper diagonal cuts. Part of the lip edged in silver. b) Bowl with sweeping sides. The outside with flatter cuts, inside carved with leaves. Each: Hight 7.3cm, Ø 18cm. Condition B.
Van Ham. Asian Art, Auction 384 (08/12/2016)