7 août 2017

Mattia Mognetti, San Gottardo in Corte, Milano, XIV century © Mattia Mognetti Mattia Mognetti, Battistero della Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, XIV century © Mattia Mognetti Mattia Mognetti, San Pietro in Gessate, Milano, XV century © Mattia Mognetti Mattia Mognetti, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, XII-XVII century © Mattia Mognetti Mattia Mognetti, Cattedrale di Sant'Alessandro, Bergamo, XV-XIX century © Mattia Mognetti Mattia Mognetti, Santuario della Madonna dei Campi, Stezzano,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1542. An unusual Qingbai carved bracket-lobed dish, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 12th-13th century, 7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 15,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016 The interior is carved in the center with a lotus stem surrounded by an immortal holding a scepter, a crane, and a tortoise, alternating with stylized clouds, below a foliate scroll border interrupted by the immortal's halo just below the everted, bracket-lobed rim. The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1496. A Qingbai carved conical bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), 7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 15,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016 The bowl has widely flared sides and is well carved on the interior with lotus scroll bearing four blossoms, two shown full, and two shown in profile, the flowers interspersed with water weeds, all under a glaze of aquamarine color that pools to a deep tone in the carving and in the bottom of the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1494. A Jianyao 'hare's fur' tea bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), 5 in. (12.6 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 15,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016 The bowl has slightly rounded conical sides and is covered inside and out, below the matte, russet-brown, indented rim, with a lustrous blackish-brown glaze densely streaked in russet with 'hare's fur' markings that falls in a thick, irregular line to the foot to expose the ware fired to a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1510. A Longquan celadon ewer, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty (1127-1368). Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 16,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016 The globular body is surmounted by a short neck and everted rim, and has a slightly curved spout on one side opposite a C-form handle. The ewer is covered overall with a glaze of pale olive-green tone. Together with a small Longquan celadon bowl and a cover, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), the sides of the bowl and the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1525. A Yaozhou russet-brown-glazed cup stand, Northern Song dynasty, 11th-12th century, 4 ½ in. (11.6 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 18,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016 The cup holder has a rounded shoulder that curves in towards the rim, and sides that taper towards the integral 'saucer' raised on a slightly splayed pedestal foot. The whole is covered inside and out with a somewhat variegated russet-brown glaze that thins on the rims and falls... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1534. A Jizhou painted brown-glazed 'Phoenix' bowl, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 12th-14th century, 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 20,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016 The bowl has rounded sides that rise to a slightly indented rim, and is covered with a dark brown glaze decorated on the interior in overglaze buff with a central flower head encircled by two phoenixes in flight between flower sprigs, which ends in an irregular line on the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1529. A Longquan celadon tripod censer, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 20,000. Price realised USD 20,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016 The compressed body is raised on three slightly splayed, conical supports and surmounted by a cylindrical neck rising to the flat, everted rim, with three narrow flanges beginning at a slight ridge on the shoulder and trailing down each leg. The censer is covered overall with a greyish bluish-toned... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1493. A Jianyao 'hare's fur' tea  bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), 4 7/8 in. (12.3 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 20,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016 The bowl has deep, rounded conical sides and is covered inside and out, below the matte, russet-brown, indented rim, with a lustrous blackish-brown glaze streaked with russet 'hare's fur' markings that falls short of the foot on the exterior to expose the coarse ware fired to a purplish-brown... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1530. A Longquan celadon carved bowl, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th century, 6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 25,000 - USD 35,000. Price realised USD 23,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016 The bowl is well potted with deep, rounded conical sides crisply carved on the exterior with a broad band of petals rising from the foot, and is covered overall with a luminous glaze of rich sea-green color, including the interior of the foot and base, box. Provenance: Luen Chai... [Lire la suite]