18 septembre 2018

Paris - Sotheby’s est heureuse de proposer à Paris de nouvelles ventes dédiées à la Joaillerie et Horlogerie. Ce nouveau rendez-vous, intitulé Joaillerie Paris, coïncidera cette année avec un double anniversaire pour Sotheby’s France : les 50 ans de la maison sur le territoire français et les 20 ans de son installation dans la galerie Charpentier. A cette occasion seront présentés des bijoux et des montres datant de la fin du XIXe siècle au XXe siècle ainsi que quelques créations contemporaines, alliant œuvres emblématiques et... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1486. A painted and enameled biscuit figure of Asita, Republic period, seal of Zeng Longsheng (1901-1964). Height 15 1/2 in., 39.4 cm. Estimate: 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Sold Price: 35,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the monk modeled seated with the arms wrapped around the raised right leg, the white brows long and trailing down the chest, the expressive face with mouth agape showing the teeth and tongue, raised on a rockwork base, the base with an impressed rectangular cartouche seal reading Zeng Longsheng zao. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1407. A polychrome-enameled and biscuit figure of a seated luohan, impressed seal of Zeng Longsheng, Republic period; 16 in. (40.6 cm.) high. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 37,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018. The figure is raised on an integral base decorated as a wooden stump, and shown seated in a crouching position with the left knee raised, and holding a string of prayer beads in the right hand. The cream and brown robe is gathered over one arm to reveal an orange... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1488. A painted and enameled biscuit figure of Bhadra, Republic period, seal of Zeng Longsheng (1901-1964). Height 15 3/8  in., 39 cm. Estimate: 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Sold Price: 40,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. depicted with a full face, seated in dhyanasana in monk's robes with the surplice fastened with a ring over the proper left shoulder, holding a mala over the lap, sutra texts stacked behind and all supported by a rockwork base, the base with an... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1487. A painted and enameled biscuit figure of Rahula, Republic period, seal of Zeng Longsheng (1901-1964). Height 15 1/2  in., 39.4 cm. Estimate: 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Sold Price: 50,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the figure seated in monk's robes open at the neck exposing an emaciated chest, the proper right hand in prana mudra, the left on the knee and holding a mala resting above an alms bowl supported by the rockwork base, the base with an impressed... [Lire la suite]

Frans Post, Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758). Watercolour and gouache in shades of yellow, brown, and black, with pen and black ink, over graphite. © Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem. DUBLIN.- For the first time in Ireland, from 8 September – 9 December 2018, the National Gallery of Ireland presents a unique show of animal drawings by Dutch artist Frans Post (1612-1680). Admission is free. Post spent 7 years in Brazil, from 1637 to 1644, where he documented the plants and animals of the Dutch colony for its... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1275. A 'zitan' 'Dragon and Phoenix' document box and cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Height 8 1/2  in., 21.6 cm; Width 17 in., 43.2 cm; Depth 11 in., 27.9 cm. Estimate: 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Sold Price: 21,250 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. of rectangular form, the top panel deeply carved with a frontal dragon coiling around a central shou character amid flames and swirling clouds, the front panel with a pair of confronting phoenix amid foliate scrollwork, repeated on the sides... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1328. A lacquered elm wood 'bamboo' table, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Height 34 1/2  in., 87.6 cm; Width 58 1/4  in., 148 cm; Depth 19 1/4  in., 48.9 cm. Estimate: 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Sold Price: 21,250 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the paneled top set within a wide frame with rounded edge above a triple reeded-shaped apron wrapped around the round-section corner legs, supported underneath by three transverse stretchers and four giant's arm braces, and joined by a high humpbacked... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1329. A 'huanghuali' and 'huali' wood corner-leg table, late Qing dynasty. Height 31 3/4  in., 81 cm; Width 58 1/4  in., 148 cm; Depth 19 in., 48.3 cm. Estimate: 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Sold Price: 50,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the rectangular floating panel top of standard construction, set into the molded frame over a recessed waist and straight beaded apron, the legs, beaded to the inside edge, of square section, terminating in hoof feet. Property from the Collection of Malcolm... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1332. Two 'huanghuali' continuous back armchairs, 19th-20th century. Height of taller 38 in., 96.5 cm; Width 21 1/2  in., 54.6 cm; Depth 18 in., 45.7 cm. Estimate: 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Sold Price: 56,250 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. each with a straight top rail joined to back posts, continuing through the hard-mat seat frame and forming the back legs, the central splat with varying paneled and openwork decoration, the serpentine arms continuing to shaped, recessed supports, all raised... [Lire la suite]