1 janvier 2018

Lot 37. A blue and white 'Lotus Bouquet' dish, Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403-1425); 27.6 cm., 10 7/8 in. Estimate 1,200,000 — 1,500,000 HKD. Lot sold 2,900,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. the shallow rounded sides rising from a flat base and a tapered foot, well painted on the interior in deep cobalt blue with a lotus bouquet of flowers, buds, leaves and a pod tied together with arrow-head and other water plants, encircled on the cavetto with a composite flower scroll of camellia,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 208. An extremely rare blue and turquoise 'dragon' box, Jiajing six-character mark and of the period (1522-1566); 5.5cm (10in) diam; 8cm (3.1/8in) high. Estimate £20,000 – 30,000 (€27,000 – 40,000). Sold for £25,000 (€28,177). Photo Bonhams. The sturdily potted vessel rising from a slightly splayed foot rim, the exterior incised with three striding dragons amongst a lotus scroll, framed by scrolling cloud motifs to the foot and to the stepped band beneath the rim, the incised decoration picked out in... [Lire la suite]

J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), Harbour View, about 1826. Bodycolour on blue paper, 13.9 x 18.9 cm. Collection: Scottish National Gallery, Henry Vaughan Bequest 1900. EDINBURGH.- 2018 will begin at the National Galleries of Scotland, as it does every year, with a wonderful tradition: the opening of Turner in January, an exhibition of the outstanding collection of Turner watercolours bequeathed in 1900 by Henry Vaughan (1809-1899) and supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery for the sixth year. The son of a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A blue and white oviform jar, Chongzhen period (1621-1644); 26cm (10.1/4in) high. Estimate £2000 – 3000 (€2700 – 4000). Sold for £4,750 (€5,353). Photo Bonhams.  Painted with birds in flight amongst stylised cloud scrolls and in a garden of rockwork, peonies, chrysanthemums, bamboo and foliage, the neck with a band of foliate pendants.  Bonhams. ASIAN ART, 25 Feb 2015 10:30 GMT – LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE

Lot 30. A blue and white bowl, Jiajing six-character mark and of the period (1522-1566); 29cm (11.3/8in) wide max. Estimate £2000 – 3000 (€2700 – 4000). Sold for £2,375 (€2,676). Photo Bonhams. Painted to the exterior with five double crane and cloud scroll roundels, beneath a border of the ba anxian alternating with fruit and flower sprays, a lappet border above the foot, the interior with a further crane and cloud scroll roundel.  Bonhams. ASIAN ART, 25 Feb 2015 10:30 GMT – LONDON,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 229. A fahua-type double gourd vase, 16th century; 41.5cm (16 1/4in) high. Sold for £3,750 (€4,226). Photo Bonhams. The globular body decorated in yellow, aubergine and turquoise lead glazes with raised slipwork depicting poets and scholars relaxing in a landscape, the waist and neck embellished with foliate meanders and foliate lappet bands.  Note: For a simliar example dated circa 1522-66 see J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, British Museum Press 2001, p. 414, no.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 228. A Yaozhou-type conical bowl, Song Dynasty; 12.5cm (5in) diam. Estimate £1,000 – 1,500 (€1,300 – 2,000). Sold for £1,750 (€1,972). Photo Bonhams. Moulded to the interior with stylised scrolling chrysanthemum on a dense foliage ground, around a central flower head, the exterior with carved vertical ribs, covered overall in a glassy, olive green glaze pooling in the crevices to highlight the design, fitted box.  Bonhams. ASIAN ART, 25 Feb 2015 10:30 GMT – LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE

Lot 227. A small Dingyao foliate dish, Northern Song Dynasty; 10.3cm (in) diam. Estimate £2,000 – 3,000 (€2,700 – 4,000). Sold for £4,375 (€4,931). Photo Bonhams. The small dish with six moulded lobes, the foliate rim unglazed, all covered in a lustrous ivory hued glaze, box. (2). Bonhams. ASIAN ART, 25 Feb 2015 10:30 GMT – LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE

Jean Fouquet. The diptych by Melun, exhibition view © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / David von Becker BERLIN.- Jean Fouquet’s diptych from the Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame in Melun is one of the masterworks of French painting and of fifteenth century art in general. The former left panel, featuring a portrait of the donor Étienne Chevalier and a representation of Saint Stephen, came into the Gemäldegalerie’s collection in 1896. The right panel, depicting the Madonna, has belonged to the Royal Museum of... [Lire la suite]