11 septembre 2017

Lot 946. A very rare zitan 'Southern official's hat' armchair, nanguanmaoyi, late 17th-18th century. Estimate USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The top rail of round section is supported on an S-shaped back splat and curved rear posts, which continue to form the rear legs. The curved arms are supported on tapering braces and front posts which continue through the seat to form the front legs. All are above a mat seat set within a rectangular frame above plain aprons fitted on the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 942. A rare gilt-metal and painted wood fan, Guangxu period (1875-1908). Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 25,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The gilt-metal head of the fan is chased on one side as a descending phoenix with a shou character on its breast, above a shou medallion and a bat suspending a ribbon-tied wan emblem, and the reverse is engraved with eight bats swooping amidst clouds, which is repeated as painted decoration on the separate... [Lire la suite]

Lot 939. A rare imperial embroidered silk brocade military officer’s ceremonial uniform, Late Qing dynasty. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 81,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The uniform is decorated with dragon roundels reserved on an embroidered gold brocade ground decorated throughout with round brass studs on a Y-shaped geometric ground, and trimmed with black velvet. It comprises a waist-length jacket with long sleeves terminating in hoof-shaped cuffs, an apron set with a... [Lire la suite]

Hong Kong -  Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Asian Art Autumn Sales 2017 will take place from 30 September to 1 October, offering over 120 works by some of the most celebrated Modern and Post-War artists in Asia between early and mid-20th century. Headlined by two magnificent oil-on-canvas works, one by Zao Wou-Ki and the other by Sanyu, the sales also present two themed sections, namely ‘Movimento Punto: A Post-War Legacy,’ which documents the important ‘Punto Movement’ of the 1960s, and ‘Foujita: Image of Elegance’, which presents... [Lire la suite]

Anna Hu - Bracelet "Les Nénuphars de Claude Monet”. © Anna Hu Anna Hu - Bracelet "Les Iris de Van Gogh" en diamants, saphirs multicolores, tsavorites. © Anna Hu Boghossian - "Les merveilles". Boucles d'oreilles en or blanc et diamants - ©Diode SA- Denis Hayoun Boghossian - Bague "Kissing" formé par un diamant superposé à une émeraude de Zambie. © Boghossian  G by Glen Spiro - Boucles d'oreilles "Fishbone" en or, titane, grenats spessartites, saphirs oranges et diamants. © G by... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1142. A Jizhou 'tortoise-shell' glazed bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 10,625. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The bowl has flared sides that round upwards just below the finger-grooved rim, and is covered inside and out with a dark brown glaze splashed in buff with bluish-white suffusions falling to just above the foot. Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 November 1996, lot 735.James E. Breece III... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1139. A brown-splashed yellow-glazed 'Tiger skin' vase, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), 5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 6,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The pear-shaped body is covered overall with a dark brown and chestnut 'tiger skin' glaze. Provenance: J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 12 September 2005.Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection, New York Note: Jizhou wares were much admired in the Song dynasty and were imitated by other kilns,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1133. A rare russet-splashed black-glazed jar and cover, Northern Song-Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century; 5 in. (12.6 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 18,750 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The compressed globular jar is covered with a black glaze decorated with five large, evenly-spaced russet streaks below the thin brown glaze on the short neck that ends at the unglazed mouth rim, the black glaze on the body falling irregularly on a russet glaze ending in an even... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1133. A russet-splashed black-glazed bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty, 11th-12th century, 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 20,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The slightly rounded conical sides rise to the gently everted rim, and the interior is covered with a black glaze splashed with russet markings that thins to russet on the rim. The exterior is covered with a matte russet skin falling short of the shallow ring foot. Provenance: Steven... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1131. A Henan marbled 'feather' bowl, Northern Song dynasty, 12th century; 5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 5,625 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The bowl has flared, rounded sides and is decorated inside and out with black and white marbled slip under a clear glaze. Provenance: Blitz Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, October 2002.Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection, New York. Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 14 -... [Lire la suite]