12 décembre 2017

Lot 197. Importante et très grande sculpture en bois peint figurant un moine portant une robe noire assis et portant un rosaire à la main. H. : 112 cm; l. : 79,5 cm; Prof. : 56 cm. Estimation : 65 000 € / 85 000 €. Courtesy Boisgirard Antonini Paris A l'origine, le moine était assis sur une chaise et ses chaussures étaient possiblement positionnées devant lui. On voit souvent cette pose sur les peintures de patriarches et de moines de haut-rang. La statue d’un moine dans cette position est plus rare car ceux-ci... [Lire la suite]

Lot 295. A red glass overlay bottle, Incised Qianlong four-character mark and of the period (1736-95). Height: 27 cm. Estimate 5 000 € / 8 000 €. Courtesy Veritas Art Auctioneers. Snowflake glass ground with a layer of ruby red glass. Carved decoration depicting floral motifs (restored)  Provenance: Christie’s, London 2001 - Chinese Ceramics & Export Ceramics & Works of Art (Lot 105) Antiquités et Œuvres d’Art chez Veritas Art Auctioneers, Lisboa, le 12... [Lire la suite]

Lot 297. A Chinese Blanc-de-Chine figure of Guanyin, Ming Dynasty, 17th century. Height: 23 cm. Estimate 6 500 € / 10 000 €. Courtesy Veritas Art Auctioneers. Porcelain sculpture. Guanyin is represented seated on a rock with intricate coiffure, divided at the centre and falling on the shoulders. Serene face, bearing "urn" mark on the forehead and adorns in the neck, arms and wrists. Right hand layed on the right knee and the left hand on the rock. At her left side a standing child. Mark with... [Lire la suite]

Paire de vases de forme hu, Chine, Epoque Han (206 av. JC - 220 ap. JC); H. 49 cm. Estimation : 4 000 € / 6 000 €. Courtesy AuctionArt - Rémy Le Fur & Associés en terre cuite décorée en engobe rouge, noir et blanc de motifs géométriques et de spirales. Deux anses en forme de têtes de chimères. (Restaurations). Test de thermoluminescence Oxford - C117F37 confirmant la datation.   Provenance : Collection privée Maître C. Mines, acheté par le père de l'actuel propriétaire dans les années... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3. Vase de forme "hu" en terre cuite émaillée verte, Chine, Epoque Han (206 av. JC - 220 ap. JC); H. 45 cm. Estimation : 2 500 € / 3 000 €. Courtesy AuctionArt - Rémy Le Fur & Associés Deux anses en forme de têtes de chimlères. (Petits éclats). Test de thermoluminescence Re.S.Artes - R248830A-4 confirmant la datation   Provenance : Collection privée Maître C. Mines, acheté par le père de l'actuel propriétaire dans les années 1970-1980 Arts d'Asie chez AuctionArt - Rémy Le Fur... [Lire la suite]

Lot 25. An extraordinary finely carved rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th-18th century. H 11,5 - B 15 - D 10,5 cm - Weight: 467g. Courtesy Carlo Bonte the flaring sides finely carved in partial openwork with scholars strolling underneath trees in a rocky landscape and a fishing boat by the shore, a large rock to the inside upon which grows a pine tree, the flat base carved with stylised waves. Art Asiatique chez Salle des Ventes Carlo Bonte, 20 8000 Brugge (Belgique), le 12 Décembre 2017 à 10h00

Lot 2815. A fine carved celadon-glazed waterpot, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period (1662-1722); 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 2,000,000 - HKD 3,000,000. Price realised HKD 4,220,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010  The gently incurving sides finely carved to depict billowing clouds ofruyi-form rising from the base in trailing formations, covered both to the exterior and interior with a pale celadon glaze of lustrous tone, the countersunk base covered with a transparent... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2814. A very rare black-ground green-glazed lobed brushwasher, Kangxi six-character mark and possibly of the period (1662-1722); 5 1/2in. (14cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 500,000 - HKD 800,000. Price realised HKD 2,060,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010  The interior of the decafoil dish painted with a boatman in a river landscape with dwellings on the side of a wooded and rocky bank and with craggy mountains in the distance, below panels depicting a butterfly, a crab, a praying... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2813. An extremely rare pair of polychrome enamelled ruby-back winecups, Kangxi six-character marks within double-circles and of the period (1662-1722); 3 3/4 in. (9.8 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 4,000,000 - HKD 6,000,000. Price realised HKD 9,260,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010  Each of the delicately potted bowls with very slightly rounded, almost straight sides rising from a short circular angled footrim, the plain interior of one bowl enamelled in soft pastel tones with white melon and lotus... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2812. A fine and rare famille verte small 'Birthday' saucer, Kangxi six-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1662-1722); 2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 1,000,000 - HKD 1,500,000. Price realised HKD 4,460,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010 The saucer is finely and delicately potted with low rounded sides, the interior with a large peach, delicately shaded with green and iron-red enamels and further embellished with a stylised Shou character, the fruit... [Lire la suite]