29 novembre 2017

Lot 2805. A very rare pair of moulded turquoise-enamelled mallow-form tea bowls, Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue within double circles and of the period (1723-1735); 4 ½ in. (11.3 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 600,000 - HKD 800,000. Price realised HKD 2,250,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 Each bowl is delicately moulded with a band of petal lappets above the foot rim, below swirling and overlapping mallow-flower petals flaring to corresponding lobed rim, covered on the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2804. A fine and rare yellow-enamelled chrysanthemum dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 6 ½ in. (16.3 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 1,800,000 - HKD 2,800,000. Price realised HKD 5,500,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The dish is moulded with twenty-four flutes rising from a gently tapered foot, covered inside and out with an even bright enamel of lemon-yellow tone with the exception of the base of the foot... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2802. A carved pale celadon-glazed ‘bats’ bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 600,000 - HKD 800,000. Price realised HKD 562,500 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The finely potted bowl is crisply carved in shallow relief around the exterior with five bats, wufu, in different attitudes of flight, the details of their ribbed bodies and extending wings well defined, covered... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2801. A fine peachbloom-glazed seal paste box and cover, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1662-1722); 2 7/8 in. (7.2 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 500,000. Price realised HKD 2,125,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The exterior of the box is covered with a mottled glaze of soft reddish colour, fading to a lighter tone at the rim, the interior and base are covered in a clear glaze. Provenance: Frank Caro, successor to CT Loo, 1960s DR.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2803. A fine and very rare pair of clair-de-lune glazed beaker vases, zhi, Qianlong incised six-character seal marks and of the period (1736-1795); 7 in. (18 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 2,400,000 - HKD 3,800,000. Price realised HKD 2,740,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 Each vase is finely potted with a baluster body supported on a pedestal foot tapering towards the middle and rising to a flared trumpet mouth. The middle is incised with a band of leiwen between two raised... [Lire la suite]

Lot 37. A rare famille rose 'Tang Ying' 'landscape' cup, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 11cm (4 1/4in) wide (2). Estimate HK$600,000 - 800,000 (US$77,000 - 100,000). Sold for HK$ 750,000 (€81,230). Photo: Bonhams. Finely enamelled in delicate shades of pink, green, grisaille, white and coral red with a verdant mountainous riverscape encircling pagodas and pavilions, wutong and various trees, a waterfall and a bridge, depicting a figure fishing on the river bank accompanied by his... [Lire la suite]

Lot 54. A rhinoceros horn 'rocky landscape' libation cup, 17th-18th century. Estimate HK$100,000 - 150,000 (US$13,000 - 19,000 ). Sold for HK$ 1,500,000 (€162,460). Photo: Bonhams. Intricately and crisply carved in various levels of relief with a continuous landscape encircling a wooded pavilion surrounded by gnarled pine and wutong trees, all amidst large rocky outcrops with the fast-flowing river cascading through the jagged cliffs, the openwork handle in the form of further gnarled... [Lire la suite]

Lot 54. A rare rhinoceros horn 'lotus leaf' libation cup, 17th-18th century. Estimate HK$80,000 - 120,000 (US$10,000 - 15,000 ). Sold for HK$ 750,000 (€81,230). Photo: Bonhams. The furled lotus leaf cup carved in delicate detail with naturalistic veins running down the exterior, deftly depicting a toad and three snails under the rim issuing from long leafy meandering stems bearing lotus leaves, blooms and pods, the horn of honey-brown tone darkening towards the tip. 19cm (7 1/2in) long ... [Lire la suite]

Photo: Bonhams. Lot 48. An exceptionally rare rhinoceros horn 'boys and goat' libation cup, 17th-18th century. Estimate HK$500,000 - 800,000 (US$64,000 - 100,000). Sold for HK$ 3,700,000 (€398,943). Photo: Bonhams. Exquisitely carved as a naturalistic large lotus leaf flaring towards the rim to form a deep vessel, the exterior further carved with smaller leafy branches of lotus bud and lotus leaves, all borne on long stems grasped by two men with one men sitting on a recumbent goat and the other accompanied by a boy,... [Lire la suite]