15 février 2018

Lot 1210. A small Ming-style blue and white cylindrical jar, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 4 in. (10 cm.) high. Estimate USD 18,000 - USD 25,000. Price realised USD 22,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The cylindrical body is decorated in underglaze blue with simulated 'heaping and piling' with lotus sprays set within a star-pattern formed by ten rhomboid petals and reserved on a complex geometric pattern-ground,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 56. Petit pot couvert en grès émaillé céladon, Vietnam, Thanh Hoa, XIIe-XIIIe siècle. H. 13 cm. Estimation: 150 € / 200 €. Photo: Hôtel des Ventes Giraudeau le couvercle orné d'une ligne incisée.  Belle Vente Mobilière chez Hôtel des Ventes Giraudeau, 37000 Tours, le 17 Février 2018 à 14h00

Lot 1203. A set of five blue and white tiles, 18th century; 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diam. each. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 3,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 Each hexagonal tile is finely painted in shades of blue with plants and riverscapes within a honeycomb border. Provenance: Maison Jansen, Sao Paulo, 1970s. Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 14 - 15 September 2017, New York

Lot 1202. A set of five blue and white tiles, 18th century; 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diam. each. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 3,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 Each hexagonal tile is finely painted in shades of blue with plants and riverscapes within a honeycomb border. Provenance: Maison Jansen, Sao Paulo, 1970s. Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 14 - 15 September 2017, New York

Lot 1200. A blue and white bowl, 17th century; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 5,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017  The exterior is decorated with six flaming Buddhist wheels between decorative borders. The interior is similarly decorated. The base is inscribed with a Jiajing six-character mark in underglaze blue.  Note: A similar Jiajing-marked bowl was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 22 May 1985, lot 83. Christie's. Fine Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1165. A very rare large Jian 'hare’s fur’ conical bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 7 7/8 in. (20.1 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 43,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The bowl is potted with deep sides flaring upwards to the gently everted rim covered inside and out with a lustrous black glaze finely streaked with russet 'hare's fur' markings thinning to russet at the rim and trimmed to a neat line above the foot ring exposing the dark body. The base is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1161. A very rare Ding persimmon-glazed hexafoil bowl, Northern Song dynasty (AD 960-1127); 7 ¼ in. (18.3 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 16,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The bowl has widely flared sides that rise from the small knife-cut foot to the hexafoil rim, and is covered allover with a glaze of rich, slightly metallic reddish-brown color that thins on the rim and also covers the base, Japanese wood box. Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1157. A very rare russet-splashed black-glazed dish, Northern Song-Jin dynasty, 11th-12th century; 6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 23,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The dish has widely flared sides covered with a lustrous blackish-brown glaze liberally splashed in russet with 'partridge feather mottles' that thins to a yellowish-russet color below the rim and ends in an irregular line above the foot to expose the buff ware, Japanese wood box. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1151. A very rare and unusual Yue octagonal ewer and cover, Northern Song dynasty (AD 960-1127); 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 30,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The body is divided into eight panels by vertical raised ribs, with a large peony carved on two adjacent panels on the two main sides, the remaining panels with single peony sprays, all between bands of lotus petals, interrupted by the curved spout and S-shaped handle, and the cover is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1135. An amber-glazed ewer and cover, Liao dynasty, 10th-11th century; 10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 16,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The ewer has a rounded, lobed body rouletted with undulating bands below the canted shoulder incised with a foliate scroll, and set with a tubular spout opposite the strap handle attached to the tall, cylindrical neck, and is covered with a finely crackled glaze of yellow-amber color, while the base is... [Lire la suite]