24 juillet 2017

Lot 4156. An unusual small carved 'Maple' rhinoceros horn libation cup, Ming dynasty, early 17th century, 3 in. (7.6 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 350,000 - HKD 450,000. Price realised HKD 596,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The cup is of oval form with deep rounded sides carved in medium relief to the exterior with hanging branches of maple descending around the rim, borne on two gnarled trunks on either side of the cup joining at the base with the interlocking roots forming the recessed foot... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4157. A small floral-lobed rhinoceros horn libation cup, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th dynasty, 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 500,000 - HKD 700,000. Price realised HKD 1,340,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The quatrefoil cup has elegantly formed flared sides ribbed and grooved in the shape of four petals, carved in shallow relief around the exterior with a continuous undulating petal design, between keyfret bands at the rim and on the conforming pedestal foot. The openwork handle... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4161. A finely carved archaistic rhinoceros horn libation cup, Ming dynasty, early 17th century, 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 1,200,000 - HKD 1,800,000. Price realised HKD 2,780,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The elegantly proportioned tapering body is carved in shallow relief around the mid-section with a band depicting two pairs of confronted archaistic kui dragons separated by serrated flanges, below a band of interlinked stylised phoenix, and above a band of further... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4164. A finely carved 'Mythical Beasts' rhinoceros horn libation cup, Ming dynasty, early 17th century, 4 in. (10 cm.) high Estimate HKD 1,500,000 - HKD 2,500,000. Price realised HKD 3,140,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The elegantly proportioned tapering body is carved in shallow relief around the mid-section with a band depicting two pairs of confronted archaistic kui dragons separated by serrated flanges, below a band of interlinked stylised phoenix, and above a band of further... [Lire la suite]

Hu Xingyue, Cup, carved rhinoceros horn, China, Qing dynasty, ca. 1650-1700. H. 3 5/8 in. (9 cm), D. 5 1/2 in. (13.7 cm). Bequeathed by W.H. Cope, Esq., 782-1903. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017. Rhinoceros horn cup, carved with archaistic dragons within shaped panels around the body, round the outside of the lip and bottom of the foot lightly incised with narrow bands of fret- pattern, two chilongs crawling over the strap handle and a smaller one inside the lip, inside the foot marked with a seal in raised... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4163. A finely carved rhinoceros horn libation cup, Late Ming-early Qing dynasty, 17th century, 8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) across. Estimate HKD 1,500,000 - HKD 2,500,000. Price realised HKD 3,860,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The cup is crisply carved in high relief around the sides to represent a steep cliff face with clusters of pine and wutong trees, above a stream in the foreground meandering through jagged rocks. The handle is formed by a large pierced and carved pine tree... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4165. A finely carved 'Scholars' rhinoceros horn libation cup, Ming dynasty, early 17th century, 7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 1,500,000 - HKD 2,500,000. Price realised HKD 4,220,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The flaring sides are finely carved around the exterior with two pairs of scholars in a rocky river landscape, one pair preparing to cross a bridge over a stream, the other standing on a rocky outcrop beside a cascading waterfall. The handle is formed by the trunk of a... [Lire la suite]

Wall painting with scene from the sacrifice of Iphigeneia, ca. 62–79 AD, Pompeii, Casa del Poeta Tragico, Fresco on Plaster © Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, 9112 © Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli / Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo ATHENS.- Τhe Acropolis Museum joins forces with the Onassis Foundation, an organization which has been contributing to Culture and Education for 42 years, in a rare and significant partnership. The end result is co-staging in Athens the... [Lire la suite]

MONACO.- Chaque été, le Grimaldi Forum Monaco produit une grande exposition thématique, consacrée à un mouvement artistique majeur, à un sujet de patrimoine ou de civilisation, à une collection publique ou privée, à tout sujet où s’exprime le renouvellement de la création. Une occasion de mettre en valeur ses atouts et ses spécificités : offrir un espace de 3 200m² pour créer en toute liberté, mettre au service de la scénographie les outils technologiques les plus performants, s’appuyer sur les meilleurs spécialistes dans... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2621. A fine and rare blue and white stemcup, Mark and period of Xuande (1426-1435), 10.5 cm., 4 1/8 in. Estimate 4,000,000 — 6,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 4,820,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's the globular body rising from a high domed hollow foot with stepped edge to an incurved broad mouth rim, finely painted in heaped and piled cobalt-blue tones to the interior with a floral medallion and to the exterior with a broad band of leafy scrolling daylilies, all between a lotus lappet band at the base and a... [Lire la suite]