1 mai 2018

Vladimir Makovsky for Cartier. Vanity case 'Dragon and the Pearl', ca. 1927, gold, malachite, mother-of-pearl, cabochon ruby, diamonds, enamel, carved coral, platinum, mirrored plate glass. L x W x D: 10 × 5 × 1.5 cm. Cartier; 8155; 0875; 21008; French assay marks. Lent by Private Collection. © Cooper Hewitt

Boucheron, Vanity case 'Mountain Landscape', ca. 1928, green and black enamel, mother-of-pearl, diamonds, onyx, gold, mirrored plate glass.. L x W x D: 9 × 5.1 × 1.3 cm. French gold assay marks. Signed Boucheron Paris. Lent by Private Collection. © Cooper Hewitt

Cartier, Vanity case, ca. 1927, carved hardstone, carved nephrite, platinum-mounted diamonds,enamel, gold, carved jade, buff-top sapphires, mirrored plate glass. L x W x D: 8.3 × 5.7 × 1.9 cm. French assay marks 0476. Signed Cartier Paris Londres New York, 0476. Inscribed "Mrs. Leith, 14A Manchester Square, W.". Lent by Private Collection. © Cooper Hewitt

Cartier. Box, Lac Burgauté, ca. 1927, gold, lac burgauté (panels), round diamonds, carved coral, black enamel, cabochon emeralds, fluted-carved nephrite, mirrored plate glass (interior). L x W x D: 8.7 × 5.9 × 2.5 cm. French assay marks. Signed Cartier Paris Londres New York, Made in France. Lent by Private Collection. © Cooper Hewitt

Vladimir Makovsky for Cartier. Compact 'Dragon', ca. 1924, enamel, mother-of-pearl, natural pearls, shell, rose-cut diamonds, carved coral, cabochon emeralds, mirrored plate glass, gold. L x W x D: 5.9 × 4.3 × 1.4 cm. French assay marks. Signed Cartier. Lent by Private Collection. © Cooper Hewitt

Vladimir Makovsky for Black, Starr and Frost Co., New York. Vanity case 'Landscape', ca. 1929, carved hardstone, carved and tinted mother-of-pearl, enamel, gold, diamonds, platinum, mirrored plate glass. L x W x D: 8.3 × 5.7 × 1.9 cm. Signed Black Starr & Frost. Lent by Private Collection. © Cooper Hewitt

Lot 247. A fine and large famille rose 'hundred deer' vase, hu, Late Qing dynasty, Qianlong seal mark; 43.4cm high. Estimate HK$700,000 - 900,000. Sold for HK$ 875,000 (€ 92,298). © Bonhams 2001-2013. The bulbous body with gently rising shoulder, flanked at the sides with a pair of gilt chidragon handles, the exterior finely painted to a continuous landscape scene with 'one hundred' deer in white, beige and brown in various activities, including prancing in open fields,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 246. A fine and large famille rose 'hundred deer' vase, hu, Late Qing dynasty, Qianlong seal mark; 43.5cm high. Estimate HK$700,000 - 900,000. Sold for HK$ 875,000 (€ 92,298). © Bonhams 2001-2013. The bulbous body with gently rising shoulder, flanked at the sides with a pair of gilt chidragon handles, the exterior finely painted with a continuous landscape scene of deer decorated in white, beige and brown enamels engaging in various activities, including grazing and prancing in open fields,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 245. A fine large famille rose yellow-ground 'sylvan landscapes' vase, hu, Late Qing dynasty, Yongzheng six-character mark; 46.1cm high. Estimate HK$350,000 - 500,000. Sold for HK$ 437,500 (€ 46,149). © Bonhams 2001-2013. The bulbous body flanked at the sides with a pair of gilt chi dragon handles, the exterior finely painted with two barbed cartouches of figures in landscape scenes, one depicting a scholar with a female attendant within a waterfront pavilion looking outwards at a lone figure... [Lire la suite]

Lot 35. A 'Tixi' black lacquer bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1366); 13.2 cm, 5 1/4  in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.  the rounded sides rising from a raised foot to an everted rim, the exterior deeply carved with a ruyi cloud scroll exposing the multiple layers of black and red to a yellow ground, the interior lacquered black. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 16 May 2018, 10:30 AM