30 avril 2017

Lot 285. A blue silk court robe, jifu, 19th century. Estimate GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800 (USD 1,535 - USD 2,302) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The robe is couched in gilt with nine dragons among clouds and emblems and above a wave border and lishui stripes. Provenance:Property of a European Collector Christie's. Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles, 12 May 2017, London, South Kensington

Lot 284. A blue-ground summer gauze court robe, jifu, 19th century. Estimate GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800 (USD 1,535 - USD 2,302) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The blue silk gauze is worked in couched gold thread and fine counted stitch with nine five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst five-colour clouds interspersed with cranes in flight, all above a wave border and lishui stripes. Christie's. Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles, 12 May 2017, London, South... [Lire la suite]

Lot 280. A blue-ground embroidered court 'dragon' robe, jifu, 19th century. Estimate GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000 (USD 3,837 - USD 6,395) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The robe is embroidered in gilt couched threads with front-facing and striding dragons amongst cloud scrolls and auspicious emblems above foaming lishui waves.  Christie's. Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles, 12 May 2017, London, South Kensington

Lot 278. A turquoise-ground concubine's formal court robe, jifu, 19th century. Estimate GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000 (USD 5,116 - USD 7,674) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The robe is decorated with nine five-clawed dragons in couched gilt thread, surrounded by ruyi-clouds and bats, interspersed with auspicious symbols, all above a band of waves scattered with emblems and lishui stripes to the hem. Note: Turquoise robes were reserved for concubines and female members of the court. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 276. A blue-ground embroidered court 'dragon' robe, jifu, 19th century. Estimate GBP2,000 - 4,000 (USD 2,558 - USD 5,116) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The robe is decorated with nine couched gilt dragons chasing flaming pearls, surrounded by flossed silk clouds and bats, interspersed with auspicious emblems, all above waves to the hem scattered with peonies in Peking knot. The collar and cuffs are each decorated with a band of further dragons, bats and clouds. Provenance: With Teresa Coleman, Hong... [Lire la suite]

Lot 345. A silk blue-ground 'dragon' robe, jifu, 19th century. Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 (€2,400 - 3,600). Photo: Bonhams. The robe worked in couched gold thread with nine five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls amongst ruyi clouds interspersed with bats and 'Precious Emblems', above the terrestrial diagram and a lishui border, the horseshoe cuffs with similar designs of dragons, clouds and crashing waves, all worked in Peking stitch. 209cm (82 2/8in) wide Provenance: an English private... [Lire la suite]

Lot 334. A kesi summer 'dragon' robe, jifu, 19th century. Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 (€2,400 - 3,600). Photo: Bonhams. The blue kesi worked with the prescribed nine five-clawed dragons, each side with a full-faced dragon coiling around the 'flaming pearl', all set amidst bright ruyi clouds, 'precious objects', shou characters, bats and cranes, above a terrestrial diagram and a lishui stripe separated by further clouds, the same decoration repeated on the border, collar and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 335. A large 'five-dragon' silk carpet for the Hall of Protecting Harmony, circa 1900. Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 (€9,500 - 14,000). Photo: Bonhams. The rectangular field woven in multi-coloured silk with five dragons contesting flaming pearls, enclosed on all sides by a band of ruyi clouds above a lishui border, woven at one end with the three-character inscription 'Baohe Dian' (Hall of Protecting Harmony).237cm (93 2/8in) long x 154cm (60 5/8in) wide Provenance: Christie's London, 6 July 1989, lot... [Lire la suite]

Lot 332. A large metal-thread 'landscape' carpet for the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Late Qing Dynasty. Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 (€12,000 - 18,000). Photo: Bonhams. The carpet of rectangular shape and vertically oriented, finely woven with a central panel depicting a pair of cranes in flight between two confronted pavilions, all reserved on a ground of meandering floral scrolls flanked by four writhing dragons pursuing flaming pearls, all within polychrome ruyi and lishui borders, with a five-character... [Lire la suite]

Taj (headdress). Sheki-Zagatala region, Azerbaijan, 19th century. Silver. Stamping, granulation. Azerbaijan Carpet Museum. Crown of the Bride, the Taj was an uncommon and precious headdress in the Western Caucasus regions. In ancient times, along with other jewelry that formed the basis of a wedding dress, the Taj took precedence among bridal gifts and was made by special order. The centerpiece of the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum‘s exhibition of jewelry masterpieces is this 19th Century Taj.  The center-top of the cap... [Lire la suite]