4 mars 2017

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), Picture of the Great Battle of Kawanakajima and Picture of the Bloody Battle of the Brave Generals of the Takeda Clan, 1866 & 1867. Woodblock print hexaptych, 14 1/8 by 59 3/4 in., 35.8 by 151.9 cm © Scholten Japanese Art Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), Fujiwara Yasumasa Plays the Flute by Moonlight, Japan, 1883. Woodblock printed triptych. 14 5/8 by 29 1/2 in (37.3 by 75 cm) © Scholten Japanese Art Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), Fujiwara... [Lire la suite]

Greek, Attic, ca. 485–480 B.C., attributed to the Berlin Painter, Red-figure neck-amphora with ridged handles, with an Amazonomachy with Herakles (detail). Ceramic. Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig (BS 453). © Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig PRINCETON, NJ.- The Berlin Painter was the name given by the great Oxford scholar Sir John Beazley (1885-1970) to an anonymous fifth-century B.C. Athenian vase-painter, whose hand Beazley recognized in over 200 complete or fragmentary vases in collections around... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2159. A pair of red overlay white glass vases, 19th century. Estimate US$ 6,000 - 8,000 (€5,700 - 7,600). Photo: Bonhams. Each with a pear-shaped body surmounted by a cylindrical neck, supported on a splayed foot, the exterior skilfully carved through the red overlay to the white ground with a paradise flycatcher perched on a branch amid large peony blossoms. 7in (17.8cm) high Bonhams. CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS, 13 Mar 2017, 12:00 EDT, NEW YORK

Lot 2157. A peachbloom-glazed bottle vase, yuhuchun ping, 18th century. Estimate US$ 4,000 - 6,000 (€3,800 - 5,700). Photo: Bonhams. Elegantly potted with a pear-shaped body rising to a trumpet mouth, supported on a short slightly splayed foot, the exterior applied with a mottled deep-pink glaze intensifying in color towards the base, the interior and the base glazed white. 11 1/2in (29.3 cm) high  Bonhams. CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS, 13 Mar 2017, 12:00 EDT, NEW YORK

Lot 2156. A copper red glazed bowl, Qianlong six-character mark and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate US$ 5,000 - 7,000 (€4,700 - 6,600). Photo: Bonhams. Potted with gently rounded sides, the interior and exterior covered with an even copper-red glaze thinning at the mouth rim, the foot ring and base glazed white, inscribed with a six-character mark in underglaze blue. 5 3/8in (13.6cm) diameter  Bonhams. CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS, 13 Mar 2017, 12:00 EDT, NEW... [Lire la suite]

Giambologna (1529-1608), Julius Caesar, circa 1551. Signed on underside. Limewood, with Walnut Socle. 46cm (18 1/8 in), 51.2cm (20 ¼ in) – overall including socle. © Tomasso Brothers LEEDS.- Exceptional highlights at Tomasso Brothers Fine Art, TEFAF Maastricht 10-19 March 2017, include the earliest recorded work, and only-surviving wood sculpture by Giambologna (1529-1608); a magnificent rediscovered study of Saint Jerome in Prayer by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Il Guercino (1591-1666); a rare and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2155. A large famille verte 'pheasant' baluster vase, Late 19th century. Estimate US$ 25,000 - 40,000 (€24,000 - 38,000). Photo: Bonhams. Of 'phoenix tail' vase form, with wide shoulder and flared trumpet neck, enameled with one pheasant perched on a rock, surrounded by blossoming peony and another pheasant perched in the branches of a magnolia tree, all reserved against a pale green ground. 33 1/8in (84.2cm) high Note: A similar vase was sold at Christie's, London, 15 May 2012, sale 5305, lot 204.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2150. A famille verte jardinière, 19th century. Estimate US$ 6,000 - 8,000 (€5,700 - 7,600). Photo: Bonhams. The deep rounded sides painted to the exterior with a narrative scene from the 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms', all between diaper bands incorporating panels of florets and scrolling leaves. 18 1/8in (46cm) diameter Bonhams. CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS, 13 Mar 2017, 12:00 EDT, NEW YORK

Lot 2149. A pair of famille rose jardinières, Late Qing-Republic period. Estimate US$ 6,000 - 8,000 (€5,700 - 7,600). Photo: Bonhams. Each with bulging sides and flat-lipped rim, painted as mirror images of each other with a pair of magpies in a garden setting of flowering prunus, peony, chrysanthemum and fluttering butterflies, all between lappet borders. 14 1/2in (37cm) diameter Bonhams. CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS, 13 Mar 2017, 12:00 EDT, NEW YORK

Lot 2154. A famille rose yellow-ground medallion bowl, Daoguang mark and of the period (1821-1850). Estimate US$ 6,000 - 8,000 (€5,700 - 7,600). Photo: Bonhams. The rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a gently everted rim, the exterior enameled with four medallions enclosing various combinations of chrysanthemums, amaranthus, asters and begonias, all divided by brightly enameled stylized lotus and foliate scrolls, reserved against a yellow ground, the interior and base glazed white, the... [Lire la suite]