7 janvier 2018

Lot 101. A small green-splashed pottery tripod censer and cover, Tang dynasty (618-907). Width 3 1/4  in., 8.2 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 10,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the globular body raised on three short paw-form feet and rising to an everted rim, slipped and applied with a transparent glaze and vibrant green splashes, the domed cover similarly glazed (2). Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016, 10:30 AM

Francesco Guardi, The Rialto Bridge with the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi. Oil on canvas, 47⅛ x 80½ in (119.7 x 204.3 cm). Sold for £26,796,000 at Christie's London, 6 July 2017. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 LONDON.- Arts Minister John Glen has placed a temporary export bar on the Rialto Bridge with the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi by Francesco Guardi to provide an opportunity to keep it in the country. The extraordinary painting is at risk of being exported from the UK unless a buyer can be found to match... [Lire la suite]

Lot 203. A Sancai-Glazed Pottery Tripod Incense Burner and Cover, Tang Dynasty; 19.5cm., 7 3/4 in. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Lot sold 8,125 GBP. Photo Sotheby's the compressed globular body rising from three short cabriole legs to a short flaring neck and everted rim, covered overall with irregular green, ochre and cream splashes falling short of the underside to reveal the pale pinkish-buff body, the similarly glazed domed cover surmounted by a lotus bud finial. Quantity: 2 ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 204. A Blue-Splashed Pottery Jar, Tang Dynasty; 16cm., 6 1/4 in. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Lot sold 9,375 GBP. Photo Sotheby's the broad-shouldered body rising from a short spreading foot to a waisted short neck with everted rolled rim, covered overall in a pale whitish glaze suffused with irregular blue splashes, all falling short of the base to reveal the pale pinkish-buff body. Provenance: The Property of a Lady.Sotheby's London, 2nd March 1971, lot 122.Eskenazi, London. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 205. A Sancai-Glazed Pottery Jar, Tang Dynasty; 12.5cm., 4 7/8 in. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 10,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's the globular body rising from a flat base to a broad circular mouth, set at the shoulder with a pair of ring handles and covered overall with splashed ochre, green and cream glazes falling short of the base to reveal the pale buff body. Provenance: John Sparks, London, 28th June 1962. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 202. A Sancai-Glazed Flat-Backed Ewer, Tang dynasty; 12.5cm., 5in. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 GBP. Lot sold 10,625 GBP. Photo Sotheby's modelled in the form of a Persian leather water bottle, the flat-backed globular body with flaring spout and high arched handle, the front face with an intaglio ochre and cream-splashed shield-shaped panel, all reserved on a green-glazed ground. Provenance: Collection of Eisenbach Erie.Sydney L. Moss, London.John Sparks, London, 3rd... [Lire la suite]