25 octobre 2017

  Lot 160. A bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, you, Late Shang dynasty (1600-1100 BC). 13 in (33 cm) high. Estimate 80,000 - GBP 120,000 (USD 105,600 - USD 158,400). Price realised GBP 248,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017. Michael Michaels (Born: Magdeburg, Germany 1907 - Died: London, England 1986) In 1933, when the Nazis came to power in Germany, Michael Michaels fled to Britain as a penniless refugee. His first job was working in a raincoat factory owned by the Hammerson... [Lire la suite]

Cai Guo-Qiang at the Prado MADRID - The concept of this exhibition, which opens to the public on 25 October, arises from the artist’s ongoing relationship with El Greco’s unique artistic figure and spirituality and proposes a dialogue with artists in the Museum’s collection: a dialogue in which Cai Guo-Qiang has been able to further his engagement with his predecessors, a list that includes Titian, El Greco, Velázquez, Rubens, and Goya, which will converge in time in a spiritual exploration of painting. In addition, Isabel... [Lire la suite]

Lot 145. A large 'famille-rose' punch bowl, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Period (1723-1735). Estimate 25,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 42,000 USD. Photo: Sothebys. the deep U-shaped sides finely painted on the exterior with a continuous frieze of eight women of the Yang Family riding horses, each wearing a long colorful dress with many layers, riding side-saddle atop pink, blue, lavender, yellow, and black horses, each carrying a whip while galloping through trellised gardens, the well of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 141. A 'wucai' saucer dish, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722). Estimate 4,000 -- 6,000 USD. Lot sold 4,800 USD. Photo: Sothebys. delicately potted, the interior painted in the center with numerous densely scattered flowering plants, including hydrangea, camellia, pinks, asters, prunus, peony, and lotus, the exterior painted with detached floral sprays of similar plants; 6 3/4 in., 17.2 cm. Note: See a pair of Kangxi dishes of this design sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 8th October 1990, lot 446;... [Lire la suite]

Lot135. A celadon glazed brushpot, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 USD. Lot sold 4,800 USD. Photo: Sothebys. the tall cylindrical vessel lightly incised on the exterior with three large lotus flower heads borne on a dense continuous foliate scroll, all beneath a pale green glaze, the interior glazed white; 6 1/8 in., 15.5 cm. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 31 mars 2005

Lot 134. Two Imperial Yellow Bowls, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 15,600 USD. Photo: Sothebys. each with deep rounded sides rising from a cylindrical footrim to the slightly everted rim, covered both inside and out in a rich egg-yolk yellow glaze, thinning slightly at the rim; 5 3/4 in., 14.6 cm Note: Similar bowls have been sold in these rooms May 23rd, 1974, lot 438 and March 27th, 1977, lot 211.     Sotheby's. Fine Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 132. A 'robin's egg'-glazed vase (Tianqiuping), Qing Dynasty, Qianlong-Jiaqing period. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 16,800 USD. Photo: Sothebys. of classic tianqiuping form, the globular body rising to slanted shoulders surmounted by a tall slightly waisted columnar neck, the body and counter-sunk base covered in an even glaze of feathered milky turquoise-blue and lavender running to a slightly lighter color at the rounded mid-body; 12 5/8 in., 32 cm Provenance: Sotheby's... [Lire la suite]