29 octobre 2017

Lot 258. A carved 'Longquan' celadon bowl, Ming dynasty, 15th century. 11.7 cm, 4 5/8  in. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Lot sold 9,375 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's.  with deep rounded sides rising to a flaring rim, carved to the interior with a central medallion of a flowering spray enclosed by a band of meandering floral scrolls, separated by two bands of double rings, the exterior similarly carved with blooms borne on leafy stems with a further double ring surrounding the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 111A. Two Longquan celadon mallet vases, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1279-1644). 6in (15.1cm) high. Estimate US$ 2,000 - 3,000 (€1,700 - 2,600). Sold for US$ 2,125 (€1,825). Photo: Bonhams. Each with mallet-form body rising to a tall columnar neck with everted rim, flanked by stylized animal-form C-shaped handles suspending stationary rings.  Bonhams. ASIAN WORKS OF ART. 30 Oct 2017, 10:00 EDT, NEW YORK

Domenico Tiepolo, A Centaur Playing with Punchinellos, n.d. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown washes over traces of black chalk on cream laid paper, 35.9 x 47.5 cm (14 1/8 x 18 11/16 inches). Eskenazi Museum of Art, The Anthony Moravec Collection of Old Master Drawings 2010.129. SACRAMENTO, CA.- This fall, the Crocker Art Museum brings to Sacramento an exhibition of master drawings by two of 18th-century Italy’s most famous draftsmen, the father and son Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo. Masters of Venice: Drawings... [Lire la suite]

Lot 134. A Guan-type arrow vase, Daoguang mark and of the period (1821-1850). 11 3/4in (30cm) high. Estimate US$ 15,000 - 25,000 (€13,000 - 22,000). Sold for US$ 168,750 (€144,999). Photo: Bonhams. Of circular section with rounded sides rising to a sharply angled shoulder, tapering to a cylindrical neck flanked by tubular handles, all supported on a short foot, the unglazed foot ring enclosing a glazed base centered by a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, the glazed surfaces of pale, grayish-green with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 272. A Guan-type lingzhi brush washer, xi, 18th-19th century. 5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) wide. Estimate GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000 (USD 5,244 - USD 7,866) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The shallow washer is smoothly potted as a large lingzhi fungus with low raised curled edges forming the sides of the vessel. A smaller fungus is attached to the crescent-form stem on one side. The piece is covered overall with an unctuous pale grey glaze suffused with dark and russet crackles, the base with spur marks... [Lire la suite]

Lot 271. A crackle-glazed cong-form vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795). 9 in. (22.8 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 15,000 - GBP 20,000 (USD 19,665 - USD 26,220) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 Made in imitation of guan ware, each side is moulded with the Eight Trigrams set in two vertical rows, all under a pale greyish-blue glaze suffused with dark brown crackle repeated inside the pedestal foot. The underside of the foot covered with a brown... [Lire la suite]

Lot 269. A very large guan-type archaistic vase, hu, Yongzheng six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1723-1735). Estimate GBP 80,000 - GBP 120,000 (USD 104,880 - USD 157,320). Price realised GBP 162,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The vase has a pair of stylised dragon handles and is decorated with raised archaistic straps and bosses, covered overall in a celadon glaze with a network of dark grey crackles. Provenance: Acquired in China prior to 1913 by an Italian... [Lire la suite]

Lot 228. A 'soft-paste' relief-decorated moon flask, 18th century. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000 (USD 3,933 - USD 6,555). Price realised GBP 6,875 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The vase is incised to either side with a sinuous dragon amongst ruyi-form clouds. It is covered in a creamy-white glaze suffused with a dense network of crackles. There is an apocryphal Song dynasty mark to the base. Provenance: Property of a Nordic Gentleman.  ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 227. A small 'soft-paste' relief-decorated globular jar, 18th century. 4 in. (10.2 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,500 (USD 1,966 - USD 3,278). Price realised GBP 3,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The jar is moulded to the exterior with two archaistic taotie masks reserved on a dense keyfret ground, below a band of ruyi-heads to the mouth rim. It is covered in a creamy-white glaze suffused with a network of crackles. Provenance: Property of a Nordic... [Lire la suite]

Lot 223. A white-glazed soft-paste vase, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period (1723-1735). 38.2 cm, 15 in. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 GBP. Lot sold 30,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's.  well-potted with a pear-shaped body supported on a short foot sweeping to a tall cylindrical neck, the exterior intricately moulded in relief with four shou character motifs surrounded by stylised kui dragons, divided by flying bats, below a ruyi head border issuing from a key fret... [Lire la suite]