30 septembre 2017

Lot 92. A Yaozhou carved 'Floral' deep bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) diam., box. Estimate HKD 80,000 - HKD 120,000 (USD 10,289 - USD 15,434). Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017  Provenance: Dexinshuwu Collection Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 2 October 2017, Alexandra House, Hong Kong  

Lot 91. A Yaozhou moulded 'Peony' conical bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), 6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam., box. Estimate HKD 40,000 - HKD 60,000 (USD 5,145 - USD 7,717). Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017  Provenance: Dexinshuwu Collection Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 2 October 2017, Alexandra House, Hong Kong  

Lot 90. A Yue celadon incised ‘Floral scroll’ box and cover, Five Dynasties-Northern Song dynasty (907-1127), 5 1/8 in. (13.1 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box. Estimate HKD 80,000 - HKD 120,000 (USD 10,289 - USD 15,434). Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017  Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 2 October 2017, Alexandra House, Hong Kong  

Lot 88. A Korean celadon moulded ‘Lotus scroll’ bowl, Goryeo dynasty, 12th century, 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box. Estimate HKD 60,000 - HKD 80,000 (USD 7,717 - USD 10,289). Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017  Provenance: According to an inscription dated to 1914 on the Japanese wood box accompanying this lot, this bowl was acquired in Seoul and owned by Takayanagi Kenzo (1887-1967), a professor of constitutional law at the Tokyo UniversityA Japanese private collection ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 87. A Yue celadon bowl with bi-shaped foot, Five Dynasties (907-960), 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box. Estimate HKD 50,000 - HKD 70,000 (USD 6,431 - USD 9,003). Unsold.  © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 Provenance: Mayuyama, Tokyo, 1970s-1980s Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 2 October 2017, Alexandra House, Hong Kong

Francisco de Goya (1746–1828), Leave it all to Providence (Dejalo todo a la probidencia), 1816-20, black ink and gray wash, Thaw Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum, 1999.22.  The Thaw Collection is considered among the foremost private collections of drawings assembled over the last half century. It was first promised to the Morgan in 1975 by Eugene V. Thaw, now a Life Trustee, and the museum received the full collection of 424 works in early 2017. In honor of this extraordinary gift—one of the most important in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 102. An extremely rare and large cloisonné enamel 'Dragon' tianqiuping, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period (1736-1795), 57.3 cm, 22 1/2  in. Estimate 6,000,000 — 8,000,000 HKD. Lot Sold 14,500,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. of impressive size, the globular body supported on a short circular foot, surmounted by a waisted cylindrical neck with rolled lip, powerfully decorated with bright enamels of various hue within strong gilt-bronze outlines, depicting a ferocious... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 101. An exceptional blue and white 'Makara' jar, Mark and period of Xuande (1426-1435), 19 cm, 7 1/2  in. Estimate 30,000,000 — 40,000,000 HKD. Lot Sold 35,537,500 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. superbly potted with an ovoid body, rising from a low rounded foot to a straight neck and lipped rim, vividly painted in varied shades of cobalt blue, depicting two striding makaras, each with a winged sinuous body and a long bifurcated tail formed from stylised foliate... [Lire la suite]

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cabra. Signed, titled, and dated 81-82 on the reverse. Acrylic and oilstick on canvas, 60 1/4 by 60 1/4 inches. Estimate $9/12 million. © 2017 The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat / ADAGP, Paris / ARS.  NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby's announced that Jean-Michel Basquiat's Cabra will make its auction debut in the Contemporary Art Evening Auction, taking place in New York on 16 November. Emerging from the collection of Yoko Ono, this vibrant acrylic and oilstick painting from 1981-82, measuring 60 1/4 by... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1698. From the Molly de Balkany Collection, An important Art Deco necklace set with an old-mine-cut 14ct (approx.) diamond and two Colombian 75ct and 78ct (approx.) drop emeralds. Estimate CHF 80,000-120,000. Sold CHF 520,000. © HDV Hôtel des Ventes SA  GENEVA.- Piguet Auction House ended its September sale yesterday evening with an overall result of CHF 5.2 million. The Fine Jewellery, Contemporary Art and Antiquarian Books sessions drew in passionate collectors and... [Lire la suite]