30 août 2017

              Liangzhu disc (bi) with bird pattern, Nephrite jade, circa 2500 BC. Diameter: 32.5 cm whole piece, Diameter: 3.8 cm hole, Thickness: 1.5 cm. Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee, A.42-1936 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017. Variegated dark green and brown. Pattern consists of four groups of spirals, four in each group. Between every alternate group of... [Lire la suite]

Notched disc, Nephrite jade, China, circa 2000-1500 BC. Diameter: 13 cm. Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee, A.45-1936 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017.  Disc with severe notches, translucent light and dark green with dark striations. Thin and even, signs of wear on both sides.  In the first few decades of the 20th century a fairly large number of jade rings with notches were excavated from... [Lire la suite]

Lot 89. A purple-splashed 'Jun' tripod censer, Yuan dynasty (1279-1366). Height 7 1/4  in., 18.4 cm. Estimate 8,000 - 12,000 USD. Lot Sold 16,250 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the compressed globular body raised on three short tapering legs, the waisted neck applied with six large flower-shaped studs set below the wide everted rim, the shoulder with a pair of fish-form handles enclosed by upright frames, covered overall save for the feet with a sky-blue glaze accentuated with irregular... [Lire la suite]

Lot 82. A lavender-glazed 'Jun' bowl, Song-Yuan dynasty (960-1368). Diameter 7 1/2  in., 19 cm. Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot sold 21,250 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the flaring sides rising from a spreading foot to an incurved rim, covered overall with a lavender-blue glaze thinning to a mushroom tone around the rim and pooling just above the foot. Provenance: Collection of Mrs. Edwin Sibley Webster (1870-1969), Boston, Massachusetts, and thence by descent.  Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New... [Lire la suite]

Lot 81. A large 'Jun' bowl, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1279-1644). Diameter 9 1/8  in., 23.2 cm. Estimate 5,000 - 7,000 USD. Lot Sold 62,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the deep rounded sides rising from a splayed foot to a slightly inverted rim, applied overall with a milky lavender-blue bubble-suffused opaque glaze transitioning at the rim to a mushroom color, the glaze terminating unevenly at the foot revealing the dark stoneware body. Provenance: Collection of Mrs. Edwin Sibley Webster (1870-1969),... [Lire la suite]

Lot 80. A green 'Jun' bowl, Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234). Diameter 7 5/8  in., 19.4 cm. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 25,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the deep rounded sides rising from a slightly waisted foot to a subtly inverted rim, covered overall in a sage-green glaze thinning to a mushroom tone at the rim and stopping irregularly on the foot. Provenance: Collection of Mrs. Edwin Sibley Webster (1870-1969), Boston, Massachusetts, and thence by descent.  Sotheby's. Important... [Lire la suite]

Lot 53. A 'guri' lacquer box and cover, Yuan dynasty (1279-1366). Diameter 4 1/2  in., 11.4 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot Sold 47,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. of circular section, the cover carved in fluid scrollwork revealing alternating layers of red, black, yellow and green lacquer, the sides similarly carved with scalloped partial scrolls, the countersunk base incised with a three-character mark 'Zhangcheng zao' (2). Provenance: Alice Boney, New York. Ji Zhen Zhai... [Lire la suite]

Lot 52. A black and red lacquer box, cover and tray, Yuan dynasty, 14th century. Height 7 in., 18 cm. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 USD. Lot Sold 8,125 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the black-lacquer exterior of the box and cover lobed and applied with pewter wire to resemble ten lotus petals, the flat foliated top with concentric pewter-wire bands originally holding a mother-of-pearl medallion at the center, fitted with a black-lacquer tray, the interior of the box, cover, and tray lacquered red (3). ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 67. An exceptionally large jade notched disc (xuanji), Late Neolithic period-Shang dynasty. Diameter 13 1/8  in., 33.4 cm. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 USD. Lot Sold 300,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the outer edge carved with three pronounced notches forming three arcs, each set with a pair of triple-notched serrations, the center pierced with large circular aperture, a double-line lightly carved  across one side, the calcified stone well-polished to a mottled whitish-gray with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 66. A yellow and russet jade disc (bi), Neolithic period, 3rd-2nd millennium B.C. Diameter 4 3/4  in., 12 cm. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot Sold 6,875 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the circular disc with flat sides, pierced with a central aperture, of a softly polished stone slightly irregular in thickness and mottled with olive-green, ochre, yellow, and russet tones with feathery veining, with a patch of opaque dark brown to the edge. Provenance: Collection of Roman Vishniac... [Lire la suite]