21 janvier 2018

Lot 3003. A fine and rare tea-dust glazed tripod jar, Seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 20 cm., 8 in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD. Lot Sold 860,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's 2011 the compressed globular body rising from three short conical feet, studded with bosses to the underside of the belly, the neck set with a pair of loop handles, covered overall in a thick olive-green glaze with suffused golden speckles, the four-character mark... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 3002. A rare guan-type quadruple vase, Seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 10 cm., 4 in. Estimate 250,000 — 350,000 HKD. Lot Sold 2,660,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's 2011 finely potted as four vases of slender cylindrical form with sides gently curving to a short neck and everted rim, conjoined at the sides leaving a square-shaped aperture in the centre, the bodies covered overall in a soft pale bluish-grey glaze suffused with a matrix of golden crackles, the... [Lire la suite]

Attributed to Pierre Gole (Bergen, Holland 1620-1684 Paris), French middle-table, France, Louis XIV period, circa 1680. Ebony and fruitwood marquetry, H 77 x W 117 x D 73 cm. © Galerie Berger Pierre Gole, an important cabinetmaker who was raised to 'furniture maker-in-ordinary’ under King Louis XIV. He was the first to create marquetry in tortoiseshell and brass, a technique which became famous with André Charles Boulle (1642-1732).   Attributed to Robert Osmond (Canisy 1711-1789... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 75. A reverse-decorated powder-blue dish, mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 33.5 cm., 13 1/4 in. Estimate 3,500,000 — 700,000 HKD. Lot sold 3,380,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's 2011. with rounded sides, decorated with a central gardenia spray, four similar sprays around the inner sides and a matching continuous scroll around the outside, all reserved on an overall finely speckled cobalt-blue ground, the flowers with veins and other details painted in white slip, the base... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 74. A rare large blue and yellow 'lotus bouquet' dish, mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 40 cm., 15 3/4 in. Estimate 3,000,000 - 5,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 7,820,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's 2011. with rounded sides, painted in underglaze blue in early Ming style with a large lotus bouquet with flowering stems, leaves, a pod and other water plants tied with a ribbon, the sides with a composite flower scroll incorporating chrysanthemum, lotus, hibiscus, rose, peony, camellia and other... [Lire la suite]

Lot 73. A finely painted blue-and-white Ming-style bowl with dragon medallions, mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 19.6 cm., 7 3/4 in. Estimate 2,000,000 — 3,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 2,420,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's 2011. of ten-lobed mallow shape with deep flared sides and high foot of corresponding section, the centre inside painted with a five-clawed dragon among clouds in a circular medallion, the outside with an unbordered dragon medallion in each lobe, the animals shown alternately... [Lire la suite]

 Karel Appel (Amsterdam 1921-2006 Zurich), Tigerbird, 1952. Oil on canvas, 116 x 147 cm. Signed and dated lower right: K. Appel '52. © Galerie de la Beraudière Provenance: Martha Jackson Gallery, New York; Galerie Cazeau-Béraudière, Paris; private collection, The Netherlands; private collection, Belgium. Rembrandt Bugatti (Milan 1884-1916 Paris), Asian white elephant begging, circa 1908. Bronze with brown patina. Original trapezoidal brown marble base. Signed and numbered on... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 1640. An Imperial Guan-type vase, fanghu, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 34.5 cm., 13 3/8 in. Estimate 300,000 - 400,000 HKD. Lot sold 375,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's 2009. the pear-shaped hu vessel of rectangular section with a round belly rising from slightly flared foot with pierced slots on both sides, to a tapered neck, flanked on the narrow sides with two rectangular handles, applied overall with an even pale grey caesious coloured glaze suffused with faint... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 1637. A large Guan-type vase, seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 31.5 cm., 12 1/2 in. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 HKD. Lot sold 740,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's 2009. of archaic bronze form, the pear-shaped body supported on a short spreading foot and rising to a tall neck flanked by a pair of tubular handles below the everted rim, covered overall with a rich bluish-grey glaze suffused with a matrix of gold and grey crackles. Provenance: Collection... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 1635. A fine and rare archaistic celadon glazed meiping, Seal mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 28.3 cm., 11 1/8 in. Estimate 8,000,000 — 12,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 15,220,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's 2009. elegantly proportioned, the ovoid body with rounded shoulders set with three small upright rings, tapering to a slightly splayed foot, and surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck with a flared mouth, the classic design embellished with three sets of three horizontal... [Lire la suite]