29 avril 2018

Lot 123. Ensemble de six godets à eau et compte-gouttes en grès porcelaineux bleu blanc, Vietnam, XVème-XVIème siècle. Dimensions : de 5 à 6,5 cm. Estimation : 500 € / 700 €. Courtesy Metayer Maison de Ventes aux Enchères. Comprenant deux poissons (une queue cassée), un singe assis, un cheval couché, un boeuf couché et un canard, provenance pour trois d'entre eux : épave de Hoi An.  Lot 124. Deux rince-pinceaux en grès porcelaineux bleu blanc, Vietnam,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 68. A 'Yue' celadon-glazed ram, Western Jin dynasty (285-316); 18 cm, 7 1/8  in. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 GBP. Lot Sold 50,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018. the recumbent animal with its legs tucked under its body, its head slightly raised and its wide bulging eyes in an alert expression, the horns and fur to the face and between the fore and hind legs picked out with incised lines, covered in a celadon crackled glaze, pooling to a darker tone at the recessed areas. Provenance: Acquired in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 64. A small 'Junyao" cup, Song dynasty (960-1279); 8.3cm, 3 1/2  in. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 GBP. Lot Sold 35,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018. the rounded sides rising from a short spreading foot to a straight rim, covered in a thick lavender-blue glaze, thinning to a mushroom tone at the rim, Japanese wood box. Quantité: 2. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 16 may 2018, 10:30 AM

Lot 63. A 'Junyao' dish, Song dynasty (960-1279); 21.3 cm, 8 3/5  in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Lot Sold 22,500 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018. the shallow rounded sides rising from a short spreading foot to a straight rim, covered in a thick lavender-blue glaze thinning to a mushroom tone at the rim and stopping short of the foot, Japanese wood box. Quantité: 2. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 16 may 2018, 10:30 AM

Lot 62. A 'Longquan' celadon dish, Song dynasty (960-1279); 17 cm, 6 3/4  in. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 GBP. Unsold. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018. the rounded sides rising from a spreading foot to an everted rim, covered in an even olive-green glaze, Japanese wood box. Quantité: 2. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 16 may 2018, 10:30 AM

Lot 61. A green 'Junyao' dish, Song dynasty (960-1279); 15.8 cm, 6 1/4  in. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Lot Sold 7,500 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018. the gently sloping sides rising from a short spreading foot, covered in an even olive-green glaze stopping short of the foot, Japanese wood box. Quantité: 2. Provenance: Forester Collection (according to label). Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 16 may 2018, 10:30 AM

Lot 173. A Kashan lustre pottery star tile, Persia 13th-14th Century; 21.2 cm diameter. Estimate £3,000 - 5,000. Sold for £ 4,375 (€ 4,988). © Bonhams 2001-2018 of eight-pointed stellar form, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise and brownish gold lustre on a cream ground with a central octagonal panel containing a lotus flower surrounded by a band of circle motifs, the corners with vegetal motifs, the border with a band of inscription. Inscriptions: couplets from the beginning of the story of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 172. A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery cockerel head ewer, Persia, early 13th Century; 26.8 cm. high. Estimate £6,000 - 8,000. Sold for £ 6,875 (€ 7,839). © Bonhams 2001-2018 of piriform on a short splayed foot with strap handle, the waisted neck terminating in a cockerel head, decorated underglaze in cobalt blue and black on a white ground with a series of alternating panels containing hatched decoration, circle motifs and undulating vines, the head with vegetal interlace. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 170. A Minai pottery bowl, Persia, 12th-13th Century; 17 cm. diam. Estimate £1,200 - 1,500. Sold for £ 4,375 (€ 4,988). © Bonhams 2001-2018 of deep rounded form on a short foot, decorated in polychrome on a cream ground with a central roundel containing a lattice design, surrounded by a series of seated figures interspersed by stylised trees, the rim with a series of panels containing stylised vegetal motifs, the exterior with a band of inscription. Provenance: Private European... [Lire la suite]

Lot 167. A Kashan lustre pottery dish, Persia, 13th Century; 31.8 cm. diam. Estimate £3,000 - 5,000. Sold for £ 3,375 (€ 3,848). © Bonhams 2001-2018 of shallow form with flaring rim on a splayed foot, decorated in a brownish gold lustre with a central roundel containing a fox on a riverbank beneath a tree surrounded by a band of inscriptions interspersed by foliate motifs and a further band containing radiating panels of abstract vegetal motifs, the rim with a band of inscription, the exterior with... [Lire la suite]