29 août 2017

Lot 63. A rare inscribed blue and white censer, Wanli mark, dated bingxu year, corresponding to 1586. Width across handles 8 1/8  in., 20.6 cm. Estimate $5,000–7,000. Lot sold 37,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the trilobed bracketed body raised on three splayed feet, rising to a cylindrical neck and a galleried rim, the shoulders set with two curved strap handles, each lobe of the body painted with a scholar seated below plantain trees, all below borders of stylized lappets, chrysanthemum vignettes... [Lire la suite]

Lot 62. A blue and white dish, Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1573-1620). Diameter 5 3/8  in., 13.8 cm. Estimate $3,000–5,000. Lot sold 3,750 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. painted in vivid tones of underglaze blue with a qilin supporting on its back an elaborate canopied lantern, flanked by two male attendants, framed within a double-line border, the rim with a band of scrolling lotus and foliage, the underside with four precious objects divided by lanterns, the base with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 61. A rare wucai double-gourd ewer and cover, Wanli mark and period (1573-1620). Height 6 5/8  in., 16.8 cm. Estimate $8,000–12,000. Lot sold 12,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. painted in underglaze blue and enamels, the lower bulb with cockerels and birds in a garden landscape of flowering peonies growing amidst pierced rockwork, with further birds amidst peonies painted to the upper bulb, divided by a band of keyfret at the waist, the high loop handle and carved spout painted with blossoming... [Lire la suite]

Lot 60. A rare and large blue and white 'dragon' dish, Jiajing mark and period (1522-1566). Diameter 17 1/4  in., 43.8 cm. Estimate $60,000–80,000. Lot sold 87,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. with gently rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot, boldly painted to the interior in inky tones of underglaze blue with two dragons in pursuit of a 'Flaming Pearl' above crested waves and amidst cloud and flame scrolls, all enclosed within ring borders, the underside with a frieze of nine similar ascending... [Lire la suite]

Lot 59. A green-enameled 'dragon' dish, Zhengde mark and period (1506-1521). Diameter 6 1/8  in., 15.6cm. Estimate $40,000–60,000. Lot Sold 50,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. with low rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot, finely carved in the biscuit and enameled in a bright translucent green, the interior with a sinuous five-clawed dragon striding amid clouds and flames, the exterior decorated with two further dragons against a ground of finely incised foaming waves, the base with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 58. A blue and white 'dragon' dish, Zhengde mark and period (1506-1521). Diameter 7 3/4  in., 19.7cm. Estimate $30,000–50,000. Lot Sold 32,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. well potted with rounded sides rising to an everted rim, painted with a central medallion enclosing a sinuous five-clawed dragon, surrounded by two striding dragons at the cavetto, the exterior with two further dragons above a ruyi band encircling the foot, all against a dense lotus scroll and within... [Lire la suite]

Lot 57. A large blue and white ‘Windswept’ jar, Ming dynasty, mid-15th century. Height 15 1/8  in., 38.3 cm. Estimate $40,000–60,000. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's. sturdily potted, the baluster body rising from a slightly splayed foot to a short tapered neck and rolled rim, skilfully painted in deep tones of underglaze blue in the 'windswept' style with three groupings of figures, one depicting two scholars playing weiqi, observed by an Immortal, possibly Dong Wang Gong, bearing... [Lire la suite]

Lot 56. A blue glazed vase, Ming dynasty, 15th century. Height 14 1/4  in., 36.3 cm. Estimate $30,000–50,000. Lot Sold 21,250 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. of meiping form, the sturdily potted body gently broadening to a full, rounded shoulder and sweeping to a slightly tapered neck with a lipped rim, covered overall in a rich lapis lazuli-tone glaze thinning slightly at the neck and rim and falling irregularly at the foot, the interior glazed white, the base unglazed. Sotheby's. Important Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 55. A blue and white 'fruits' meiping, Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403-1424). Height 11 5/8 ., 29.5 cm. Estimate $150,000–250,000. Lot Sold 150,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the elegant form rising from a slightly waisted base to broad, generous shoulders, well painted in soft washes of cobalt, with a wide band of six fruiting sprays arranged in an alternating double register, the upper register showing detached peach, pomegranate and crab apple, the lower register with lychee, loquat and... [Lire la suite]

HONG KONG - The research project “Ancient Chinese Gold Techniques” is a collaborative effort of Art Museum of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics Protection, the Master Studio of Chow Tai Fook, and the Conservation Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of Hong Kong, for the first time to use interdisciplinary research methods to reconstruct several major ancient goldsmithing techniques and the history of the development. Golden Techniques: Art of the Chinese... [Lire la suite]