29 janvier 2018

Watchtower, China, Dynasty of the Eastern Han, 25-220 AD. H 57 cm. © Eric Pouillot  Terracotta with green lead glaze representing a tower and its moat, adorned with a turtle, a frog, ducks and a fish. It has two floors defended by four crossbowmen. Fat lady on her horse, China, Tang Dynasty, 618-907 AD, 8th century. Terracotta with three colours called Sancaï, blue, cream and amber. H 35.5 cm. © Eric Pouillot  Fat court ladies, China, Tang Dynasty, 618-907... [Lire la suite]

Chinese 'famille verte' porcelain yenyen shaped vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722). H 43 cm © Galerie Bertrand de Lavergne The decoration shows the eight horses of the Emperor Mu Wang (976-921 BC) in a lanscape of trees and rocks, each in a different posture. The fifth sovereign of the Chou dynasty, his chariot was said to be drawn by eight horses with supernatural powers. Three Chinese snuff bottles. On the left: 'Famille rose' enamels on glass with butterflies, a cricket and various... [Lire la suite]

Lot 260. A rare 'faux-bois' and marbled brushpot, Qing dynasty; 16cm., 6 1/4 in. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 6,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2009. of slightly waisted cylindrical form, decorated around the exterior with three calligraphic inscriptions reserved on a broad marbled band, all within faux-bois bands to the bottom and top continuing over the rim into the interior. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 04 Nov 2009

Lot 257. A gilt powder-blue-ground vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 25.3cm., 9 7/8 in. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 3,750 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2009. the slender ovoid body rising to a tall waisted neck and flared rim, decorated with a bird and butterflies amongst flowering peony, below a band of floret panels on a diaper ground. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 04 Nov 2009

Lot 256. A gilt-decorated blue ground bottle vase, Guangxu mark and period (1875-1908); 38.5cm., 15 1/8 in. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Lot sold 8,125 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2009. painted in gilt with floral medallions and shou roundels to the body and neck, a border enclosing further shou characters amidst a floral scroll to the shoulder Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 04 Nov 2009

Lot 26. A 'famille-verte' jar and cover, Guangxu mark and period (1875-1908); 38.5 cm., 15 1/4 in. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Lot sold 10,625 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2009. the baluster body rising from a recessed base to a short waisted neck, brightly enamelled around the exterior with a long-tailed bird perched on a blossoming branch, all between a floral and diaper band at the base and an iron-red and yellow-ground key-fret band at the neck, the lotus-leaf shaped cover similarly... [Lire la suite]

Lot 207. A pair of 'famille-verte' coral ground bowls, Qing dynasty; 19.2cm., 7 5/8 in. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Lot sold 13,750 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2009. the rounded sides of each rising from a short foot to a slightly everted rim, painted with shaped panels of scholars beside trees in landscape, alternating with pomegranate and leaf-shaped panels containing a peony and pomegranate on a coral ground, the base with apocryphal Chenghua mark. Quantity: 2. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 405. A large famille verte dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 51cm., 20 1/8 in. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 GBP. Lot sold 80,450 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2009. elaborately painted to the interior with ladies on horseback in a fenced garden with pine trees and prunus, with three officials watching from a balcony. Provenance: Sir John Hussey-Delaval, Lord Delaval (1728-1808), thence by descent. Lot... [Lire la suite]

VENICE.- The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is presenting the exhibition Marino Marini. Visual Passions, curated by Barbara Cinelli and Flavio Fergonzi with the collaboration of Chiara Fabi. This is the first retrospective dedicated to Marino Marini. The show intends to contextualize Marini’s work in a broader art historical context. More than 70 works are exhibited in the temporary exhibition galleries as well as in the museum’s Project Rooms and the adjoining veranda. Marino Marini. Visual Passions has been overseen by a... [Lire la suite]

French, 18th century, After the Antique, Bust of Antinous, white marble, on a cippolino marble socle and column; bust: 75cm., 29½in.; socle: 18cm., 7 1/8in.; base: 6.5cm., 6½in.; column: 115cm., 45¼in. Estimate £100,000-150,000. Courtesy Sotheby’s LONDON.- Artists throughout history have been drawn to the human form. In the second edition of Sotheby’s Erotic: Passion & Desire sale, Pre-Columbian sculpture will be paired with Picasso works on paper; masters of... [Lire la suite]