25 juillet 2017

Lot 4064. A fine and very rare iron-red ground blue and white dish, Jiajing six-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1522-1566), 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 800,000 - HKD 1,200,000. Price realised HKD 1,100,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The small dish is of shallow form resting on a short foot. It is finely painted within the well in purplish-blue cobalt with two Buddhist lions either side of a central beribboned brocade ball with auspicious... [Lire la suite]

Roman Painter (?), Portrait of John III on horseback, around 1704. Oil on canvas © Warsaw, Royal Castle – Museum VIENNA.- The Polish king John III Sobieski (1629–1696) is inextricably linked to the history of Vienna. As the commander-in-chief of united armed forces, he liberated the city from the Ottoman siege that lasted several weeks in 1683. With this victory, he secured a place in world history and in the collective Austrian memory. Developed in cooperation with four major Polish residences, the exhibition at Prince... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4247. A large Longquan celadon bowl, Yongle period (1402-1424), 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 150,000 - HKD 200,000. Price realised HKD 225,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The shallow bowl is thickly potted with rounded sides supported on a short tapering foot, carved to the interior with a large peony bloom within a foliate panel at the centre, and a wide band of undulating peony scroll on the well, the pattern repeated on the exterior. It is covered in an even celadon glaze... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4244. A rare Longquan celadon moulded trumpet-necked baluster vase, Yuan-Ming dynasty, 14th century, 14 1/2 in. (37 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 250,000 - HKD 350,000. Price realised HKD 225,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The sturdily-potted body is decorated in relief with meandering stems bearing peony blossoms above a band of upright leaves. The neck rises to a trumpet mouth and moulded with raised bowstring bands. It is covered overall with an olive green glaze thinning to the carved... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4249. A Longquan celadon carved and sprig moulded 'Dragon' dish, Ming dynasty, 14th century; 13 5/8 in. (34.7 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 350,000 - HKD 450,000. Price realised HKD 325,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The dish is sturdily potted with shallow rounded sides rising to an everted rim. The interior is decorated in relief with a scaly four-clawed dragon leaping in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', surrounded by scrolls carved in the well. The exterior is carved with chrysanthemum... [Lire la suite]

Serving dish with dragon and clouds, Yuan dynasty, about 1280–1320, Longquan ware, Longquan region, Zhejiang province. Stoneware, porcelain-type, with carved and applied moulded decoration and celadon glaze. Height: 8,3 cm - Diameter: 38,1 cm. Sir David Percival Collection of Chinese Art, PDF A219 © 2017 Trustees of the British Museum The dish has a fine pale grey body and thick grey-green glaze. There is a foliage scroll incised and carved around the cavetto, a sprig-moulded four-clawed... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3020.  A Longquan celadon 'Dragon' dish, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), 13 1/4 in. (33.5 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 250,000 - HKD 350,000. Price realised HKD 275,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 The gently rounded sides flaring outward to a flat everted rim, moulded in the centre with a writhing scaly dragon, encircled by a freely carved foliage scroll around the cavetto, the exterior carved and moulded with lobed lotus petals radiating from the footring, covered overall with an olive-green... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3817. A Longquan celadon carved and moulded 'Dragon' dish, Late Yuan-Early Ming dynasty, 14th century, 14 in. (35.5 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 150,000 - HKD 200,000. Price realised HKD 400,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 Sturdily potted with shallow rounded sides rising to an everted rim, the center of the interior decorated in relief with a scaly four-clawed dragon leaping in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', below scrolls carved in the well, the exterior carved with chrysanthemum petals, all... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1134. A Longquan celadon carved and moulded 'Dragon' dish, Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century, 13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 47,500 © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 With shallow rounded sides rising to an everted rim, the center of the interior decorated in relief with a scaly four-clawed dragon leaping in pursuit of a flaming pearl, below scrolls carved in the well, the exterior carved with chrysanthemum petals, all under a glaze of sea-green... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4243. A rare early Ming Longquan celadon 'Lotus' bowl, Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century, 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 400,000. Price realised HKD 375,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2012 , Standing on a small cylindrical foot, the bowl is carved to the exterior of the flaring sides with two bands of upright lotus petals below a classic scroll near the mouth rim, the centre of the interior with a lotus blossom at the medallion and a keyfret band below the mouth rim. The bowl is... [Lire la suite]