13 décembre 2016

Suzuribako writing box, Last third of the 19th century. Box: wood, lacquer, mother-of-pearl, ivory, stone. Techniques: iro-urushi, takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashi, nashiji, ohirame, inlay, carving. Water-dropper: silver, non-ferrous alloys, 24.3 × 22 × 4.9cm © 1998 - 2016 The State Hermitage Museum.  SAINT PETERSBURG - Around 700 first-rate exhibits – ceramics and metalwork finished in a variety of techniques, articles decorated with enamel and lacquer show visitors the beauty of the work of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 150. A rare Vincennes gold-mounted bleu céleste-ground water jug and cover, most likely made for Marie Josèphe, Dauphine of France, dated 1754 (date letter A). Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 (€48,000 - 72,000). Photo Bonhams. LONDON - A beautiful Vincennes porcelain jug with gold mounts, made for the Dauphine Maria Josepha – mother of King Louis XVI, who was guillotined during the French revolution - is for sale at Bonhams Fine European Ceramics sale in London on 14 December. It is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3035. A finely carved peach-form rhinoceros horn libation cup, Late Ming-Early Qing dynasty, 17th century. Estimate HKD 400,000 - HKD 600,000 (USD 52,000 - USD 77,000). Price Realised HKD 500,000 (USD 64,488). © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 In the form of a hollowed peach carved to the rounded sides in relief with gnarled branches laden with fruit and long slender leaves gracefully draped over the rim and extending to the base, the material of a light honey tone - 2¾ in. (7 cm.) wide,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3042. A finely carved 'Pavilion' rhinoceros horn libation cup, Ming dynasty, early 17th century. Estimate HKD 2,000,000 - HKD 3,000,000 (USD 260,000 - USD 390,000). Price Realised HKD 3,260,000 (USD 420,462). © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 The thick walls deeply carved and pierced to depict plantain, wutongand maple trees growing by the banks of a river, finely detailed with incised rippled water and blossoming lotus plants, carved to one side with a crouching attendant... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3039. A finely carved 'Peony Pavilion' rhinoceros horn libation cup, late Ming-early Qing dynasty, 17th century. Estimate HKD 2,000,000 - HKD 3,000,000 (USD 260,000 - USD 390,000). Price Realised HKD 4,580,000 (USD 590,710). © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 Of curved conical form retaining the original shape of the horn, carved and pierced in high relief with a tree-strewn landscape scene depicting Du Liniang seated within a pavilion perched on the side of a cliff below a plum tree emerging... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3045. An exquisitely carved archaistic 'chilong' rhinoceros horn libation cup, Ming dynasty, early 17th century. Estimate HKD 3,500,000 - HKD 4,500,000 (USD 460,000 - USD 580,000). Price Realised HKD 5,060,000 (USD 652,619). © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 The generously sized cup with an elegantly proportioned tapering body raised on a splayed foot, carved around the mid-section with a band of stylised phoenix and dragons in shallow relief, one end with five sinuous chilong clambering up... [Lire la suite]

Lot 764. A rhinoceros horn 'chilong' libation cup, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 275,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  the flaring vessel skilfully carved on the exterior with gnarled branches and bamboo shoots forming the handle on one side, further rendered with lingzhi blooms of varying sizes and clambering chilong, the patina of a warm reddish-brown colour - h. 7.5 cm, 3 in.  Notes: A rhinoceros horn cup similarly carved in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 770. A rhinoceros horn 'pine' libation cup, Qing dynasty, 17th - 18th century. Estimate 350,000 — 450,000 HKD. Lot sold 375,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  the flared body well carved on one side in openwork with gnarled branches forming the handle, rendered issuing twigs extending across the knotted and burled vessel and bearing prunus blossoms, the patina of a warm reddish-brown colour - h. 11.5 cm, 4 1/2  in.  Notes: For examples of rhinoceros horn cups decorated... [Lire la suite]

Lot 618. A large ‘Jun’ purple-splashed bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368). Estimate 35,000 — 50,000 HKD. Lot sold 43,750 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. well potted on a neatly cut splayed foot, applied with thick pale blue glaze splashed with a patch of purple and transmuting to a mushroom tone at the rim, the glaze stopping short above the foot revealing an orange burnt stoneware - 20.5 cm, 8 1/8  in. Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 02 Dec 2016

Lot 626. A moulded ‘Crane and Clouds’ ‘Shufu’ bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368). Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 HKD. Lot sold 75,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. moulded on the interior of the rim with the two characters Shu and Fu - 18.9 cm, 7 3/8  in. Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 02 Dec 2016