11 janvier 2017

Lot 3559. A large blue and white ‘Immortals’ bowl, Shunzhi period, circa 1650. Estimate $12,000 – $18,000. Price Realized $12,500. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015 The shallow bowl is decorated on the exterior with a mountainous river landscape scene including the Eight Daoist Immortals with their attributes beneath swirling clouds, and the Star God Shoulao seated beside a deer and a smoldering censer with an attendant nearby. The interior is decorated with a small landscape medallion. The base bears a... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 3516. Eight small blue and white dishes, Chongzhen period, circa 1643. Estimate $12,000 – $18,000. Price realised USD 30,000. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015 Each small dish has a foliate rim and is delicately decorated with a different narrative scene from The Romance of the Western Chamber and other literary sources. The reverse of each is decorated with a continuous river landscape and is inscribed with an apocryphal Jiajing mark on the base. 3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) diam. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3578. A rare blue and white rouleau vase, Kangxi period, 17th century. Estimate $12,000 – $18,000. Price Realized $43,750. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015 The vase is painted in muted tones of cobalt blue in the style of Mi Fu, the Northern Song Master, with a continuous mountainous landscape beneath bamboo sprays on the neck. The base bears a chrysanthemum spray within a double circle. 17 ¼ in. (43.8 cm.) high Provenance: S. Marchant & Son, Ltd., London, 1985.Collection of Julia and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3550. A large blue and white sleeve vase, Transitional period, circa 1640-1650. Estimate $25,000 – $35,000. Price Realized $43,750. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015 The tapering, cylindrical vase is decorated with two leaf-shaped panels that contain a moonlit scene of birds or geese with blossoming branches, with scattered floral branches around the panels and on the waisted neck. The flat base is unglazed. 17 ½ in. (44.1 cm.) high Provenance: Jan van Beers, London, 1984.Collection of Julia and John... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3565. A rare blue and white dated gu-form vase, early Kangxi period, dated 1664. Estimate $25,000 – $35,000. Price Realized $118,750. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015 The tall cylindrical vase flares toward the mouth and is decorated on the upper register in a penciled style with a scene of a lone scholar on horseback in a winter landscape, followed by an attendant carrying his books with a long inscription above. The scene is set between a border of dots at the rim and wide bands of lotus scroll and... [Lire la suite]

An important ruby and diamond bracelet, probably Van Cleef & Arpels, circa 1935. Sold 349,000 CHF at Sotheby's Geneva, 14 november 2007, lot 375A. Photo: Sotheby's.  The supple bracelet composed of three rows of cushion-shaped and oval rubies, interspersed with geometric plaques set with circular-cut and baguette diamonds, to an openwork clasp designed as a stylised buckle and similarly-set with diamonds, length approximately 180mm, unsigned. The popularity of this type of bracelet amongst the fashionable set of... [Lire la suite]

Ruby and diamond ring. Sold 385,000 CHF at Sotheby's Geneva, 14 november 2007, lot 320. Photo: Sotheby's. The oval ruby weighing 6.14 carats, set between similarly-cut diamond shoulders weighing 1.01 and 1.13 carats respectively, mounted in yellow gold and platinum, size 51. Accompanied by Gübelin report no. 0706535 stating that the ruby is of Burmese origin, with no indications of heating; and by two GIA reports no. 15766930 stating that the 1.01 carat diamond is E Colour, VS1 Clarity, and no. 15766940 stating that the... [Lire la suite]

Attractive Ruby and diamond ring, Bulgari. Sold 457,000 CHF at Sotheby's Geneva, 14 november 2007, lot 379. Photo: Sotheby's. The cushion-shaped ruby weighing 10.07 carats, set within a double border of brilliant-cut diamonds, mounted in platinum, signed Bulgari. size 52 Accompanied by SSEF report no 49553 stating that the ruby is of Burmese origin, with no indications of heating.

Nam Phuong, la dernière impératrice d’Annam et du Vietnam, 1936-1939. Une impératrice qui fascinait tant par sa beauté et son élégance que par sa culture. Le destin à la fois extraordinaire et tragique d’une femme moderne devenue reine avant d’être exilée… Indochine : Mythes ou Réalités II chez Art Valorem,75009 Paris, le 24 Janvier 2017 à 11h et 13h45   

Lot 3535. A blue and white double gourd-form vase, Transitional period, circa 1640-1650. Estimate $20,000 – $30,000. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015 The lower compressed section is decorated with a scene from The Romance of the Three Kingdoms depicting consort Dong being led away to her execution, beneath the upper pear-form section which is decorated with a scholar and attendants seated in a garden below the slender neck with tulip motifs. Both scenes continue on the opposite side of the vase and... [Lire la suite]