2 mars 2018

Small bronze drum, Vietnam, 2nd century BC - 2nd century AD (200 BC - AD 200), bronze, 5.5 cm (height), at base 8.5 cm (diameter), on top 6.9 cm (diameter). Presented by Shirley Day, 2000. EA2000.103 © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Long ribbed bracelet, Vietnam, 2nd century BC - 2nd century AD (200 BC - AD 200), bronze, 1.6 x 8 x 7 cm max. (height x width x depth). Presented by Shirley Day, 1997. EA1997.197. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Jade ear ornament, Vietnam, 5th century BC - 2nd century AD, mottled jade (nephrite), 4.1 x 4.1 x 1.5 cm max. (height x width x depth). Purchased, 1996. EA1996.90 © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Lot 104. An exceptionally rare and important blue and white 'Lotus' ritual water flask, Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403-1424). Height 12 3/8  in., 31.4 cm. Estimate $60,000 — 80,000. Photo: Sotheby’s. the elegant baluster body rising from a tall stepped spreading foot to a slender cylindrical neck divided by an angled disc-shaped collar at the mid-section, painted in rich tones of underglaze blue with characteristic 'heaping and piling', a continuous lotus scroll at the body framed by borders of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 114. A white glazed bowl, Hongzhi mark and period (1488-1505). Diameter 7 3/4  in, 19.8 cm. Estimate $100,000 — 150,000. Photo: Sotheby’s. finely potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short slightly tapered foot to a gently flared rim, applied overall with a rich transparent glaze, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle . Provenance: Collection of Mrs. Alfred Clark (1890-1976), (no.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 109. A small incised tianbai-glazed barbed dish, Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403-1424). Diameter 7 7/8  in., 20 cm. Estimate $500,000 — 700,000. Photo: Sotheby’s. finely potted, the center deftly incised with a fruiting branch of grape vine framed within a medallion of eight rounded lobes, the cavetto divided into eight barbed lobes, each incised with alternating fruiting and flowering floral sprigs, including peony, pomegranates, peach, lotus and chrysanthemum, the barbed everted rim with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 108. A small blue and white barbed dish, Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403-1424). Diameter 7 7/8  in., 20 cm. Estimate $500,000 — 700,000. Photo: Sotheby’s. the flat dish painted in inky-washes of vivid cobalt-blue with scattered flecks of silvery 'heaping and piling', the interior with a central medallion enclosing two peaches borne on a leafy stem, framed by a collar of radiating petals and a wreath of scrolling peony, the well divided into eight fluted panels, each painted with a single lotus... [Lire la suite]

Lot 110. An exceptionally rare and important blue and white ewer, Xuande mark and period (1426-1435); Height 13 in., 33 cm. Estimate $600,000 — 800,000. Sold to an private Asian collector for $3,135,000. Photo: Sotheby’s. following a Sassanian metal prototype, the upright cylindrical body rising from a short straight foot, painted in soft tones of underglaze blue with characteristic 'heaping and piling', with a large composite floral meander, the open blooms including peony, musk... [Lire la suite]

Lot 113. An extremely rare blue and white 'Lotus bud' vase, Ming dynasty, Chenghua period (1465-1487); Height 10 1/2  in., 26.6 cm. Estimate $1,000,000 — 1,500,000. Photo: Sotheby’s. the well potted pear-shaped body rising to a lotus bud-shaped mouth with raised overlapping layers of petals, the body freely painted in tones of soft cobalt-blue with lotus blooms on meandering leafy stems interspersed with occasional ears of millet, between bands of upright and pendent trefoils, the neck... [Lire la suite]

Lot 105. An Exceptionally Rare ‘Wintergreen’ Glazed Jar and Cover, Ming Dynasty, Yongle Period (1402-1425). Height 4 3/4 in., 12 cm. Estimate $1,5000,000-2,000,000. Photo: Sotheby’s. finely potted, the elegant jar of compressed globular form, with a broad flat base and tapered sides extending to the softly rounded shoulders and rising to a short straight neck, veiled in an exquisitely rich and silky 'wintergreen' glaze thinning at the mouth rim and pooling around the shoulders in a sea-green tone, suffused with... [Lire la suite]