20 janvier 2018

Lot 547. A 'Longquan' 'Lotus' bowl, Song dynasty (960–1279); 15cm., 5 7/8 in. Estimate 200 — 300 GBP. Lot sold 7,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2008 the deep rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a slightly everted rim, carved around the exterior with overlapping lotus leaves and covered overall with a bluish-green glaze. Exhibited: Helsingfors, Helsinki, 1956, cat. no.141 (according to label). Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 544. A 'Longquan' 'guan-type' bottle vase, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Estimate 200 — 300 GBP. Lot sold 6,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2008 the globular body rising from a short tapering foot to a tall cylindrical neck with everted rolled rim, covered overall in an olive-green glaze suffused with a matrix of crackles, 15.2cm., 6in; together with two celadon-glazed jars. Quantity: 3. Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 543. A celadon-glazed funeral jar and cover, Song dynasty (960-1279); 26cm., 10 1/4 in. Estimate 300 — 400 GBP. Lot sold 3,750 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2008 the robustly potted baluster body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall neck with cup-shaped mouth, the voluted domed cover surmounted by a bird finial, all covered in a pale olive-green glaze. Quantity: 2. Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 64. Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 542. A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed bottle vase, Song dynasty (960-1279); 15cm, 5 7/8 in. Estimate 250 — 350 GBP. Lot sold 6,875 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2008 the globular body rising from a short tapering foot to a broad tall neck with everted dished rim, covered overall with a soft bluish-green glaze. Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 96. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 05 Nov 2008

Lot 530. A Longquan' celadon 'Lotus' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279); 12.6cm., 5in. Estimate 1,500 — 2,000 GBP. Lot sold 8,750 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2008 the deep rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a slightly incurved broad mouth, carved around the exterior with over-lapping lotus petals and covered overall with a soft bluish-green glaze save for the rim and footring burnt orange in firing. Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe... [Lire la suite]

Lot 529. A 'Longquan' 'guan-type' bottle vase, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 18cm., 7 1/8 in. Estimate 500 — 750 GBP. Lot sold 12,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2008 the globular body rising from a short tapering foot to a tall cylindrical neck with everted rim, flanked by a pair of tubular handles, covered overall in a bluish-green glaze suffused with a matrix of golden crackles. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 05 Nov 2008

Antoine Carte (Mons 1886-1954 Brussels), Annunciation, 1923. Graphite pencil and watercolour on paper mounted on canvas, 76 x 76 cm. Signed and dated lower left. © Galerie Ary Jan Provenance: William S. Stimmel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as of 1936 Literature: exhibition of paintings by Anto Carte, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1925, cat. n° 16, p. 9 Exhibition: exhibition of paintings by Anto Carte, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1 February-19... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1633. A celadon-glazed 'drum' vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 16.1 cm, 6 3/8 in. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 HKD. Lot Sold 680,000 HKD. photo Sotheby's 2009 the barrel-shaped drum with sides rising to a flat incurved mouth, studded with a row of bosses around the top and near the foot, the sides set with pair of high-relief molded animal-heads securing mock-ring handles, covered overall with an even celadon-green glaze, the underside inscribed in underglaze blue with a... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 1631. A fine blue glazed bottle vase, Mark and Period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 27 cm., 10 5/8 in. Estimate 3,800,000 — 4,500,000 HKD. Lot Sold 5,780,000 HKD. photo Sotheby's 2009 well potted with an ovoid body set with broad sloping shoulders tapering sharply to a splayed foot, surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck sweeping up to a cupped mouth, the neck collared by a pair of raised horizontal fillets, covered overall in a rich and deep indigo blue, the interior and base glaze white, the base inscribed with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1630. A fine blue-glazed meiping, mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 30.2 cm., 11 7/8 in. Estimate 500,000 — 600,000 HKD. Lot Sold 1,460,000 HKD. photo Sotheby's 2009 well-potted with attenuated sides rising to high rounded shoulders below the waisted neck, covered with a brilliant purplish-blue glaze stopping short of the white mouth rim.  Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 22nd-23rd September 2004, lot 295. Note: A Yongzheng... [Lire la suite]