14 février 2018

Lot 1144. An unusual incised dark brown-glazed jar, Jin-Yuan dynasty (1115-1368); 5 ¼ in. (10.9 cm.) high. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 4,000. © Christie’s Images Limited 2017. The globular jar is covered overall with a dark brown glaze and is incised through the glaze on the exterior with a continuous band of leafy scroll. Three spur marks are in the center of the interior. Provenance: The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 24 February 2001. Peter Scheinman... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A sancai-glazed vase, Tang dynasty (618-907); 9 1/2 in. (24 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 100,000 - HKD 180,000. Price realised HKD 437,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016 The base is unglazed revealing the white slip. Provenance: Acquired in Taipei, prior to 1995 Property of the Dexinshuwu Collection. Exhibited: National Museum of History, The Special Exhibition of Tang Tri-colour, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, p.137 Note: The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1173. A rare large sgraffiato Cizhou deep bowl, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 3,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The interior of the bowl is carved through a layer of creamy-white slip with a peony spray reserved against a combed ground below a band of coins with further combed decoration. The exterior and part of the underside of the base are glazed black in contrast to the unglazed foot ring. Provenance: Mayuyama &... [Lire la suite]

Lot 18. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Mousquetaire et nu assis, detail, signed 'Picasso' (lower right); dated '11.4.67' (on the reverse), oil and Ripolin on canvas, 51 1/4 x 37 7/8 in. (130 x 96.5 cm.) Painted in Mougins on 11 April 1967. Estimate GBP 12,000,000 - GBP 18,000,000 (USD 8,304,000 - USD 12,456,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 LONDON.- Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 27 February will launch ‘20th Century at Christie’s’, a series... [Lire la suite]

  QUEBEC CITY.- The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec is celebrating its 85th anniversary this year. To launch the festivities, it is presenting in Québec City the North American premiere of the Alberto Giacometti exhibition, which enjoyed resounding success at the Tate Modern in London last summer. From February 8 to May 13, 2018, visitors can discover this major retrospective presented by Desjardins in the Pierre Lassonde Pavilion of the MNBAQ and savour the emblematic work of Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966),... [Lire la suite]

Lot 17. Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Attese, signed, titled and inscribed ‘ieri è venuta a trovarmi Tro-tro Klein l. Fontana Concetto spaziale – ATTESE’ (on the reverse), waterpaint on canvas with lacquered wood frame, 26 ¾ x 79 ¾ x 2 1/8in. (68 x 202.5 x 5.5cm.). Executed in 1965. Estimate GBP 8,000,000 - GBP 12,000,000 (USD 11,071,999 - USD 16,607,998) © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 LONDON.- A collection of artists who radicalised traditional methods for... [Lire la suite]

Lot 112. A straw-glazed pottery figure of a female equestrienne, Sui dynasty (AD 581-618); 11 ¾ in. (30 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 25,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017  The rider is shown wearing a tight-fitting cowl and a high-waisted dress and seated astride a horse standing foursquare on a rectangular plinth, its head lowered and the mane swept to one side, all under a thin pale green glaze.  Provenance: Desmond Gure, 10 January 1968, lot... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1119. A large painted pottery figure of a horse, Tang dynasty, 8th century; 17 in. (43 cm.) high. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 21,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017  The figure is powerfully modeled with right leg raised, the mouth open, the head turned slightly to the left, the tail braided, the mane dentilated and the saddle cloth tasseled. .  Provenance: Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection, New York, before 1992.   Literature: J. C.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1111. Two large painted pottery figures of guardians, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907); 25 ½ and 25 in. (64.8 and 63.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 15,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017  Each tall, slender figure with fierce expression is shown standing on a rectangular base, the right hand clenched to hold a halberd and the left hand extended with fingers spread. Each wears well-detailed armor and an elaborate 'leather' cap with upright brim. There are traces... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1108. An unusual group of three painted pottery figures of court ladies, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907); 14 in. (35.5 cm.) high, the tallest. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 62,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017  Each figure has a full face modeled with delicate features below an elaborate coiffure, and wears long, heavy full-sleeved robes that fall in deep folds to the delicate shoes. All stand with body swayed to the side, two with the head slightly turned, and... [Lire la suite]