12 avril 2018

Lot 72. Gold and Diamond Cuff-Bracelet, Buccellati. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Of hinged design, the brushed gold cuff embellished with openwork floral motifs, set with round diamonds, internal circumference 6½ inches, signed M. Buccellati, with Italian assay and registry marks. With signed box. Lot 7. Gold, Emerald and Diamond Cuff-Bracelet, Buccellati. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Of hinged design, centering an oval-shaped... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2234. A carved Cizhou basin, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 12 1/2 in. (30.8 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 187,500 © Christie's Images Limited 2013 The basin is potted with deep rounded sides rising to an everted rim, covered on the exterior with a dark brown slip, and on the interior with a white slip. The interior is further carved with a large central bloom on combed grounds below decorative bands on the cavetto. Note: This basin belongs... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2229. A Ding moulded 'Twin-Fish' dish, Song dynasty (960–1279); 6 1/4 in. (16 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 350,000 - HKD 450,000. Price realised HKD 437,500 © Christie's Images Limited 2013 The dish is finely and crisply moulded with a pair of fish in the central medallion amid rolling waves extending into the well where four ducks swim beside lotus and water weeds, all below a keyfret border. The exterior is plain, all covered in an even pale ivory glaze. The rim is bound in a yellow metal... [Lire la suite]

Lot 18. Gold, Diamond and Colored Diamond Double Clip-Brooch, René Boivin, France, circa 1940. Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's Designed as a pair of gold flowers set with old European-cut diamonds, one of yellow hue, one flower embellished with antique square-cut diamonds, with French assay and maker's mark; circa 1940. Literature: Illustrated in René Boivin: Jeweler by Françoise Cailles, page 229. Please note that the diamond of yellow hue has not been tested for natural color of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 123. Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Pearl and Enamel Bracelet, Lacloche Frères, France, circa 1927. Estimate 250,000 — 300,000 USD. Lot sold 312,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's Designed as a band centered on a pearl measuring approximately 9.8 x 9.6 mm, depicting two snakes set with buff-top emeralds and rubies, pavé-set with old European and single-cut diamonds, and applied with black enamel, length 7¼ inches, with French assay marks; circa 1927. With fitted box. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2228. A Qingbai moulded 'Phoenix' bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 7 in. (17.7 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 40,000 - HKD 60,000. Price realised HKD 87,500© Christie’s Images Limited 2013 The conical bowl stands on a short foot ring and has wide flaring sides. It is moulded in the interior with two phoenix interspersed with peony sprays below a band of keyfret, and covered with a translucent bluish glaze stopping around the foot, Japanese wood box. Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong in the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2227. A Jian 'hare's fur' tea bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279); 4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 150,000 - HKD 200,000. Price realised HKD 212,500 © Christie’s Images Limited 2013 The sides of the deep rounded bowl rise to an indentation before the silver-bound rim. The bowl is covered with a black glaze streaked with russet markings ending in a thick line with droplets above the foot to expose the dark greyish-brown stoneware body, Japanese wood box. Provenance: In the collection... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2225. A small Guan tripod censer, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 300,000 © Christie’s Images Limited 2013 The censer is potted with a compressed globular body supported on three cabriole feet and surmounted by a cylindrical neck rising to a flat everted rim, with three narrow, tapering flanges beginning at a slight ridge on the shoulder and trailing down each leg. The censer is covered with a finely crackled glaze... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2224. A Longquan celadon vase, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 5 1/2 in. (14.4 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 250,000 - HKD 350,000. Price realised HKD 275,000© Christie’s Images Limited 2013 The vase is finely potted with a globular body rising from a slightly tapered foot to a wide cylindrical neck flaring to an everted rim, covered with an even glaze of sea-green tone thinning to pale celadon at the rim, Japanese wood box. Provenance: Previously in the collection of Mochiaki Hachisuka... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2216. A Yaozhou carved celadon bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279); 7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 260,000 - HKD 350,000. Price realised HKD 300,000 © Christie’s Images Limited 2013 Of rounded conical form with a bowstring band below the rim on the exterior, the bowl is carved on the interior with a single lotus bloom borne on a scrolling leafy tendril below a faintly incised line border. The bowl is covered with an olive-green glaze with the exception of the unglazed foot. Note: A... [Lire la suite]