22 avril 2018

Lot 967. A painted pottery figure of a dancing lady, China, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907); 11 ¼ in. (28.6 cm.) high. Estimate USD 1,000 - USD 1,500. Price realised USD 18,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 Modeled with the right arm raised and both hands concealed within long sleeves, wearing a striped robe and her hair bound in two buns, wood stand. Provenance: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Franklin, Jr., New York, 1961. Literature: R. Ellsworth et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller... [Lire la suite]

Lot 966. Two painted pottery figures of equestrians, China, Northern Wei dynasty (AD 386-535); 8 3/8 in. (21 cm.) high. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 22,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 Each modeled wearing armored robes, the horse standing four square on a rectangular base, with traces of white, black and red pigments remaining, wood stands. Provenance: Yamanka & Co., New York. The Blair Collection, Chicago. Claire Macready, Inc., Chicago. Acquired in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 965. A sancai-glazed pottery jar, China, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907); 10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 21,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The wide ovoid body liberally splashed with bright amber, cream and green glazes that covers the short neck and continue over the out-turned rim, all on a white slip that falls irregularly towards the flat base exposing the pale pinkish-buff body. Provenance: Yamanaka & Co., Bar Harbor, 1929. Mrs. Abby Aldrich... [Lire la suite]

Lot 964. A small green-glazed pottery jar, China, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); 5 in. (12.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 1,000 - USD 1,500. Price realised USD 13,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The bulbous body encircled by a grooved band with pendent triangle border, with a further grooved band encircling the shoulder below the waisted neck and the dished mouth, the exterior covered with a streaked glaze of deep green tone. Provenance: Mathias Komor, New York. Gift of Peter Weil, 25 December 1948. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4. A very rare polychrome painted 'Cizhou' bowl with fish, Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century; 17.6cm., 6 7/8 in. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000. Lot Sold 49,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2011 with softly rounded sides and a low splayed foot, covered with a rich layer of white slip and a glossy transparent glaze, the interior freely painted with a carp in bright iron-red enamel in front of a lotus flower with red bloom and green leaf and further green water weeds, surrounded by red and green bands, the red... [Lire la suite]

Lot 70. A fine and rare 'Yaozhou' pear-shaped vase, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 28.8 cm, 11 1/2  in. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 GBP. Lot sold 789,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018. of elegant pear-shaped form with a long waisted neck elegantly flaring to a broad mouth, supported on a short foot, covered all over in a warm celadon glaze suffused with an attractive crackle, the glaze wiped to a brownish-green at the base and foot. Provenance: Sotheby's London, 12th November, 2003, lot 40.Tsui... [Lire la suite]

Lot 71. A 'Yaozhou' tripod censer, Song dynasty (960-1279); 18 cm, 7 1/8  in. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 GBP. Lot sold 125,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018. the compressed spherical body rising to a waisted neck and below the broad square-section everted rim, all supported on three lion-paw feet issuing from lion masks, covered overall with a glossy olive-green crackled glaze, pooling to a darker tone at the recessed areas at the shoulder and rim. Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, August... [Lire la suite]

Lot 273. A rare and large 'Yaozhou' tripod censer, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 23cm., 9in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000. Lot sold 26,900 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2007. the compressed globular body freely carved with a broad band of leafy scrolling lotus between two raised filets, the broad neck carved with two key-fret bands below the broad square-section everted rim, all supported on three lion-paw feet issuing from lion masks, covered overall with a glossy olive-green glaze pooling to a darker tone... [Lire la suite]

Olaf Heine, Jared Leto, Plate 1, Los Angeles, 2006. 35 x 35 cm., 13.78 x 13.78 in. Edition of 15. MUNICH.- The gallery IMMAGIS in Munich opened the solo exhibition HUSH HUSH by renowned photographer and director Olaf Heine. Some of Heine’s personally favorite portraits of musicians and celebrities are on display, as well as a selection from his BRAZIL cycle, which was published as a book by teNeues in 2014. Since the late-1990s Heine has risen to become one of the most sought-after portrait... [Lire la suite]

 Jakob Lena Knebl, Chesterfield, 2014 (detail), Courtesy of Jakob Lena Knebl - Pleated skirt, c. 1526 (detail), Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Hofjagd- and Rüstkammer - William Larkin, Portrait of Diana Cecil, later Countess of Oxford, c. 1614-1618 (detail), English Heritage, The Iveagh Bequest (Kenwood, London) © Kunsthaus Zürich 2018 ZURICH.- From 20 April to 15 July 2018, visitors to the Kunsthaus Zürich can look forward to ‘Fashion Drive. Extreme Clothing in the Visual Arts’. More than 230... [Lire la suite]