23 février 2017

Conical tea bowl with two glazes, Lý or Trần dynasty, 12th-14th century, Vietnam, Hải Dương province, Red River Delta kilns. Stoneware with ivory and iron-brown glazes. H x Diam (overall): 5.2 x 13 cm (2 1/16 x 5 1/8 in). Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection, Freer Study Collection, FSC-P-4140 © 2017 Smithsonian Institution

Bowl with incised decoration, Trần dynasty, 13th-14th century, Vietnam, Hải Dương province, Red River Delta kilns. Stoneware with celadon glaze. H x Diam (overall): 8.9 x 15.9 cm (3 1/2 x 6 1/4 in). Purchase — funds provided by the Docents of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Freer Gallery of Art, F1998.11 © 2017 Smithsonian Institution

Bowl, Trần dynasty, 13th-14th century, Vietnam, Hải Dương province, Red River Delta kilns. Stoneware with iron pigment under translucent, gray-green glaze. H x Diam (overall): 10.8 x 18.6 cm (4 1/4 x 7 5/16 in). urchase — funds provided by Betty and John R. Menke, Freer Gallery of Art, F1998.13 © 2017 Smithsonian Institution

Jar with incised decoration, Trần dynasty, 13th-14th century, Vietnam, Hải Dương province, Red River Delta kilns. Stoneware with translucent greenish-yellow and iron glazes. H: 15 cm (5 7/8 in). Purchase — funds provided by the Docents of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Freer Gallery of Art, F1998.10 © 2017 Smithsonian Institution Jars of this type have been excavated from the fifteenth-century layer of the Ba Đình citadel site in central Hanoi. Their use... [Lire la suite]

Vietnamese Ivory-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Lý dynasty, 12th-early 13th century A.D. Height: 21.3 cm. (8 3/8 in); Diameter: 21.5 cm. (8 1/2 in.) © 2016 Kaikodo

© Christie's Images Ltd 2017 Paris - Le 22 mars, le département Dessins Anciens et du XIXe siècle présentera sa vente annuelle. La vente du 22 mars s’inscrit dans le cadre des Journées du Dessin qu’organise la maison du 22 au 24 mars à l’occasion des foires Le Salon du Dessin et Drawing Now Paris. Cinq ventes seront ainsi proposées aux amateurs des XIXe et XXe siècles : Une collection française et Dessins Anciens et du XIXe siècle le 22 mars, Atelier... [Lire la suite]

Silk samite with eagles holding grape in its beak. Silk, Central Asia, 7th-8th c., 52 3/4 x 53 1/2 in (134 x 13 cm) © Carlo Cristi Prajnaparamita, Tibet, 12th century. Paper, pigments, ink. 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 in (7x9 cm) © Carlo Cristi  Mahasiddha, Tibet, 16th-17th century. Loess, straw, pigments. Height: 12 in (30 cm). © Carlo Cristi  Vajrapani, Nepal, 7th-8th century. Copper, traces of gilt. Height: 4 3/4 in (12 cm). © Carlo Cristi Carlo Cristi... [Lire la suite]

Superb Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Rouleau Vase, Kangxi period, AD 1662-1722. Height: 17 inches (43.18 cm) © Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc. Fine Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Yenyen Vase, Kangxi period. Height: 18 in (45.72 cm). © Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc. Unusual Chinese Celadon and Underglaze Red Porcelain Bottle Vase, ca. 18th-early 19th century. Height: 9 3/4 in (24.8 cm). © Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc. Pair of Chinese Bronze Figures of Daoist... [Lire la suite]

Black Stone Stele of Lokesvara, India, Pala period, 11th century, 70 cm high © Buddhist Art Luohan. China, Yuan Dynasty (13th–14th century). Wood. H: 48 cm. © Buddhist Art Buddha, Burma, Ava Period, 17th century. Marble. Height: 57 cm. © Buddhist Art Amoghasiddhi, Tibet, 14th century. Bronze with copper and silver inlay. 23 cm. © Buddhist Art Buddhist Art (Berlin, Germany), Serene Deities, 9-18 march 2017 at at Arader... [Lire la suite]

Emperor Jahangir with two women. Ascribed to Usta Hasan al-Din, Bikaner, India, c. 1680-90. Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, 20.5 x 12.5 cm. © Prahlad Bubbar Krishna dances on the bank of a river to musical accompaniment. Northern Deccan or Kishngarh, India, 1700-30. Opaque watercolour and gold on paper. Folio: 33 x 23 cm, Painting: 24 x 15 cm. © Prahlad Bubbar Six Mughal princes enthroned on a terrace. Mughal, 1700-20. Line drawing with some color. Folio: 34.5 x 24.5 cm,... [Lire la suite]