14 septembre 2017

Lot 31. A pair of wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowls, Jiaqing seal marks and period (1796-1820). Diameter 5 3/4  in., 14.5 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 112,500 USD. © Sotheby's. each potted with deep rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a gently flared rim, painted to the exterior with two dragons striding in pursuit of 'flaming pearls', divided by phoenix in flight, reserved on a leafy floral ground, all below a band of 'Eight Buddhist... [Lire la suite]

Lot 32. A fine famille-rose 'Boys at play' bottle vase, Jiaqing seal mark and period (1796-1820). Height  12 1/4  in., 31.2 cm. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 USD. Lot sold 612,500 USD. © Sotheby's. the ovoid body supported on a slightly flared foot and rising to a tall waisted neck, brightly enameled around the body with a continuous scene of nine boys at play, each holding auspicious objects, in an elegant garden with ornamental rocks and flowering plants, all set... [Lire la suite]

Lot 72. A rare bronze figure of a buffalo, Western Zhou dynasty (circa 1046-771 BC). Length 10 3/8  in., 26.4 cm. Estimate 150,000 — 250,000. Lot sold 732,500 USD. © Sotheby's. the stocky animal cast standing four square with its head turned to the right, the body with a pattern of recessed F-shaped motifs, with spirals to the hind and forelegs, the short tail curled over the near flank, the head with its mouth open, with two long grooved horns and a diamond motif on the forehead, the... [Lire la suite]

Details: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828). The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (reproduced in black and white), from The Caprices (Los Caprichos), 1797–98. Brooklyn Museum; A. Augustus Healy Fund, Frank L. Babbott Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 37.33.8. (Photo: Jonathan Dorado, Brooklyn Museum); Sergei Eisenstein (Russian, 1898–1948). Still from Alexander Nevsky, 1938. Gosfilmofond (National Film Foundation of Russian Federation); Robert Longo (American, born 1953). Untitled (Raft at Sea), 2017. © Robert... [Lire la suite]

Lot 174. A Vietnamese olive-yellow glaze bowl, 14th-15th century, from a group of five assorted Chinese and Vietnamese bowls and dishes, Tang dynasty and later. Estimate $3,000-5,000. Sold for $2,860 © Freeman’s Comprising a Changsha bowl, Tang Dynasty, decorated with stylized scrollwork; a small Chinese white ware floriform small bowl, probably Song Dynasty; a cream and grey-blue decorated circular dish, probably south Chinese; a Vietnamese green-glazed floriform bowl, 14th century; a Vietnamese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 213. A Chinese coral-encrusted Junyao "bubble" bowl, Song-Jin dynasty. D: 7 1/4 in., 18.5cm. Estimate $2,500-3,500. Sold for $2,860. © Freeman’s With a sky-blue glaze.  Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Pennsylvania Acquired in Beijing, circa 1990s.  ASIAN ARTS, 9 SEPTEMBER 2017

Lot 108. A Korean porcelain twin-handled cup, with carved wood cover, amber finial. The cup 18th-19th century. Across handles L: 6 1/2 in., 16.5cm. Estimate $500-700. Sold for $3,770. © Freeman’s The interior of the cup painted with the chacater for "longevity" in underglaze blue, associated carved wood stand.  Provenance: Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner, circa 1920s-30s, thence by descent.  ASIAN ARTS, 9 SEPTEMBER 2017

Lot 334. A Chinese ruby glass bowl, carved with birds among flowering branches, Four-character Qianlong mark and probably of the period. D: 6 1/8 in., 15.5cm. Estimate $1,200-1,500. Sold for $3,500. © Freeman’s ASIAN ARTS, 9 SEPTEMBER 2017

Lot 274. A Chinese "rust-brown" monochrome small meiping vase, 18th century. H: 6 in., 15.3cm. Estimate $1,000-1,500. Sold for $3,500. © Freeman’s With carved hardwood stand.  Provenance: Inherited by the present owners in 1967 from the estate of their grandfather, the son of Thomas Barlow Walker, founder of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. ASIAN ARTS, 9 SEPTEMBER 2017

Lot 276. A Chinese apple green-glazed small meiping, 18th century. H: 5 1/4 in., 13.3cm . Estimate $2,000-3,000. Sold for $3,900. © Freeman’s With an overall golden-brown crackle, the exterior a soft apple green, the interior of the neck and foot a pale celadon green, brown footring; in a fitted cylindrical brocade case.  Provenance: Acquired by the family of the present owner in the 1940s, said to come from the family of the Financial minister of the late Qing dynasty. ASIAN ARTS, 9... [Lire la suite]