3 août 2018

Lot 812. A rare black pottery ovoid vase, China, Liao Dynasty (AD 907-1125); 13 5/8 in. (34.5 cm.) high. Estimate $5,000 - $7,000. Price Realized $5,625. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The lower body with combed texture, the mid body burnished below a crisscross band, both divided into five subtle lobes, the neck with burnished stripes separated by a median bow-string band, with a molded spoked medallion in the middle of the concave base, box. Provenance: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2113. An elegant pair of Colombian emerald and diamond pendants. Estimate 12,000,000 - HKD 18,000,000 (US$1,500,000-2,300,000). Price realised HKD 12,520,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 Each set with a cushion-shaped emerald, weighing approximately 11.43 and 10.49 carats, to the cascade of cushion-shaped diamonds, surmounted by a cushion-shaped emerald, weighing approximately 2.65 and 2.43 carats, mounted in gold, 4.6 cm Accompanied by four reports dated 6 June 2012 to 1 December 2014 from... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2096. A suite of Colombian emerald and diamond jewellery, by Chopard. Estimate 3,500,000 - HKD 5,500,000 (US$440,000-700,000). Price realised HKD 9,160,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 Comprising a necklace, designed as a line of triangular and square-shaped diamonds, the front suspending a fringe of rectangular-cut emeralds, weighing approximately 75.19 carats total, spaced by tapered baguette-cut diamonds terminating in pear-shaped diamonds, 40.0 cm, a pair of ear pendants en suite, each set with two... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2114. An exceptional Afghan Panjshir valley emerald ring, weighing approximately 10.11 carats. Estimate HKD 8,000,000 - HKD 12,000,000 (US$1,000,000-1,500,000). Price realised HKD 17,560,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2015.  The rectangular-shaped emerald, weighing approximately 10.11 carats, mounted in gold,ring size 7¾  Accompanied by report no. 82231 dated 24 September 2015 from the SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute stating that the emerald is of Afghanistan origin, with no... [Lire la suite]

Lot 551. A small cinnabar lacquer box and cover, late Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century. Diameter 6 3/4  in., 17.1 cm. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 7,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. of circular form, carved in shallow relief depicting Budai wearing loose open robes walking under a pine tree and holding a stick suspending a cloth bag, all against different diaper grounds indicating the sky and the land, the sides of the box and cover carved with key-fret bands, the interior and base lacquered... [Lire la suite]

Lot 553. A polychrome lacquer circular box and cover, Ming dynasty, 17th century. Diameter 4 3/8  in., 11.1 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 USD. Lot sold 18,750 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the cinnabar lacquer finely incised and further picked out in tianqi polychrome enamels with a scene of two Daoist sages, each carrying a qin, meeting beneath a twisting evergreen jutting out from a wall of rockwork, all against an incised cell-diaper ground, the sides incised with stylized scrollwork, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 552. A carved cinnabar lacquer quatrelobed dish, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Length 8 5/8  in., 21.8 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 25,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the interior boldly carved with a scene depicting the encounter of Diao Chan, Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo at the Feng Yi pavilion from the 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms', surrounded by a border of continuous scrolling lotus flowers, repeated on the underside above a band of key-fret scroll around the conforming foot, Japanese wood box... [Lire la suite]

Lot 547. A carved 'Birds and Flower' cinnabar lacquer dish, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Diameter 6 3/4  in., 17.1 cm. Estimate 35,000 — 45,000 USD. Lot sold 43,750 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. of shallow circular form supported on a short footring, elegantly carved through a layer of deep cinnabar-red lacquer to reveal the olive-green beneath, the interior depicting two long-tailed birds soaring and plunging amidst full peony blooms, the birds with outstretched wings gently incised with delicate... [Lire la suite]

Lot 546. A finely carved 'tixi' lacquer box and cover, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).Diameter 8 3/8  in., 21.3 cm. Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 USD. Lot sold 112,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. of circular form, the cover carved with fluid swirling ruyi cloud scrolls surrounding a six-cornered motif composed of four barbed curlicues, revealing alternating layers of red, black and yellow lacquers, the sides similarly carved, the countersunk base and the interior of the cover inscribed with a... [Lire la suite]

Jade Goose with Prunus, Mid Qing dynasty, Collection of The Tsui Art Foundation. Co-operating with The Tsui Art Foundation, the Heritage Museum has selected outstanding items from the Foundation's collection to share the late Dr T.T. Tsui's interests and tastes for public appreciation. Phase one features a painting album by Huang Yongyu and seven ceramics depicted in the album. Phase two features fine works of the applied arts. Foremost among them are two complete sets of porcelain Month Cups made in the imperial kiln... [Lire la suite]