12 février 2018
A large yellow-ground famille rose tripod censer, Qianlong six-character seal mark in iron red and of the period (1736-1795)
Lot 1271. A large yellow-ground famille rose tripod censer, Qianlong six-character seal mark in iron red and of the period (1736-1795); 14 ½ in. (36.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 175,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017
The censer is sturdily potted and enameled on the body with the Eight Buddhist Emblems amidst lotus flowers and tendrils extending onto the cabriole legs, all beneath a band of ruyi-heads on the shoulder, and is flanked by a pair of upright... [Lire la suite]
12 février 2018
A very rare and important sancai-glazed pottery figure of a female polo player, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907)
Lot 1110. A very rare and important sancai-glazed pottery figure of a female polo player, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907); 13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) long. Estimate USD 300,000 - USD 500,000. Price realised USD 372,500.© Christie's Images Ltd 2017
The rider, with hair dressed in a double topknot, wears a long tunic worn off the right shoulder to free the rider's raised right arm while swinging the mallet, with the body bent slightly to the side and the head positioned to follow the ball. The horse is shown in... [Lire la suite]
12 février 2018
A rare blue and white 'Deer and Crane' vase, Jiaqing six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1796-1820)
Lot 1264. A rare blue and white 'Deer and Crane' vase, Jiaqing six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1796-1820); 12 ½ in. (31.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 80,000. Price realised USD 732,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017
The elegantly shaped vase is decorated on each side of the body with a deer grasping a sprig of lingzhi in its mouth and standing below a tree, with a crane perched towards the top and two bats in flight to one side, all between... [Lire la suite]12 février 2018
Covered jar, Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), ca 1st century B.C.
Covered jar, Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), ca 1st century B.C. Earthenware with painted decoration. H. 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm); Diam. 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm); Diam. of rim: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); Diam. of foot: 8 in. (20.3 cm). Purchase, Mr and Mrs Oscar Tang. Gift, 1986. 1986.170a, b © 2000–2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
During the Warring States period (475–221 B.C.), jades, bronze, textiles, musical instruments, books and other luxuries were often placed in tombs to serve the needs of the deceased in the... [Lire la suite]12 février 2018
Covered jar, Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), 2nd–1st century B.C.
Covered jar, Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), 2nd–1st century B.C. Earthenware with painted decoration. H. 18 in. (45.7 cm); Diam. 11 in. 27.9 cm); Diam. of rim 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm); Diam. of foot 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm). Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John C. Weber, 1992. 1992.165.20a, b © 2000–2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This mortuary vessel is decorated with the animated drama of a blue beast with bared fangs lunging at a mounted archer. Roaming the other side of the hu is a... [Lire la suite]12 février 2018
Sotheby's celebrates Asia Week New York with blockbuster sale series
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s unveiled its Asia Week New York schedule of auctions and selling exhibitions. Beginning over three thousand years ago in the Shang Dynasty in China and continuing through to the 20th century in India, the 1,300+ lots of Chinese Works of Art, Classical Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art, and Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art, demonstrate the depth and diversity of the Asian Art field. Following a selection of highlight exhibitions around the... [Lire la suite]