27 septembre 2018

PARIS - L’année 2017 a été marquée par plusieurs dons d’une grande importance pour les collections vietnamiennes du musée Cernuschi. Le premier, un ensemble de treize oeuvres émanant des écoles des beaux-arts de la Cochinchine (sud du Vietnam) et datant des années 1930 – 1940, a été généreusement donné par Monsieur Marcel Schneyder, fils de Thérèse et René Schneyder, haut fonctionnaire en Indochine de 1924 à 1951. De 1935 à 1945, René Schneyder sera successivement administrateur chef de la province de Bạc Liêu, directeur des... [Lire la suite]

Lot 112. A famille-rose Fahua-type jar and cover, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795); overall h. 40.7 cm, 16 1/8  in. Estimate 80,000 — 100,000 HKD (10,192 - 12,740 USD). Lot Sold 1,000,000 HKD (127,560 USD). Photo: Sotheby's.  robustly potted with an ovoid body rising to a wide short neck, the exterior exuberantly decorated with applied gilt outlines and brightly enamelled against a deep blue ground, depicting pairs of mandarin ducks swimming amidst a lotus pond... [Lire la suite]

Lot 134. A lime-green ground famille-rose 'Tea-poem' tray, seal mark and period of Jiaqing (1796-1820); 16.2 cm, 6 3/8  in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD (12,740 - 19,110 USD). Lot Sold 625,000 HKD (79,725 USD). Photo: Sotheby's.  of oval lobed form supported on four ridge feet picked out in gilt, the interior centred with a lobed panel enclosing an imperial poem pertaining to the preparation of tea and dated to the dingsi year of Jiaqing's reign (in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 120. An outstanding peachbloom-glazed washer, mark and period  of Kangxi (1662-1722); 19.5 cm, 7 5/8  in. Estimate 120,000 — 150,000 HKD (15,288 - 19,110 USD). Lot Sold 2,250,000 HKD (287,010 USD). Photo: Sotheby's.  delicately potted with low rounded sides incurved at the mouth and supported on a low tapering foot, the exterior covered with the quintessential 'peachbloom' glaze of brilliant crimson tone with an attractive mottling of lighter... [Lire la suite]

Lot 148. A fine and rare Ming-style blue and white 'figures' bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 19.5 cm, 7 5/8  in. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 HKD (19,110 - 25,480 USD). Lot Sold 18,720,000 HKD (2,387,923 USD). Photo: Sotheby's.  well potted with rounded sides supported on a short foot, the exterior painted in rich cobalt blue with a continuous heavenly landscape scene, depicting a dignitary riding on a chariot, accompanied by three lady attendants, amidst a terraced... [Lire la suite]

Lot 146. A gilt-decorated famille-rose 'daji' 'double gourd' plaque, Qing dynasty, Qianlong –Jiaqing period (1736-1820); with frame 35 cm, 13 3/4  in. Estimate 150,000 — 180,000 HKD (19,110 - 22,932 USD). Lot Sold 900,000 HKD (114,804 USD). Photo: Sotheby's.  moulded after a flattened beribboned double-gourd vase resting on a short foot and supported on a simulated wood stand, rendered with an iron-red surface picked out in gilt with a diapered ground, framing a gilt-rimmed white... [Lire la suite]

Lot 123. A rare famille-verte 'Peach' dish, mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 28.7 cm, 11 1/4  in. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 HKD (25,480 - 38,220 USD). Lot Sold 325,000 HKD (41,457 USD). Photo: Sotheby's.  the shallow rounded sides resting on a tapered foot, brightly enamelled on the interior with a large peach of variegated green, mottled olive and rusty brown tones, inscribed with two seal characters reading wanshou(longevity) in gilt, the fruit borne on a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 119. A rare blue and white zhadou, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); h. 8.5 cm, 3 3/8  in. Estimate 250,000 — 350,000 HKD (31,850 - 44,590 USD). Lot Sold 400,000 HKD (51,024 USD). Photo: Sotheby's. well potted with a compressed globular body rising from a short foot to a wide neck flaring towards the rim, the body and neck painted with a composite floral scroll below pendent ruyi heads, all divided by a key-fret band encircling the shoulder, above overlapping... [Lire la suite]

Lot 129. A peachbloom-glazed beehive waterpot, mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 12.5 cm, 4 7/8  in. Estimate 300,000 — 400,000 HKD (38,220 - 50,960 USD). Lot Sold 1,750,000 HKD (223,230 USD). Photo: Sotheby's. with slightly tapering sides rising from a countersunk base to a rounded shoulder surmounted by a short neck and lipped mouth-rim, the exterior applied overall save for the rim and base with a crimson-red glaze characteristically mottled with pink sprinkles imitating... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 143. A fine blue and white bottle vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 37 cm, 14 1/2  in. Estimate 300,000 — 500,000 HKD (38,220 - 63,700 USD). Lot Sold 1,750,000 HKD (223,230 USD). Photo: Sotheby's. well potted with a compressed globular body rising from a splayed foot, sweeping up to a tall waisted neck flaring gently at the rim, the body deftly painted with simulated 'heaping and piling', depicting large lotus blooms borne on an undulating foliate meander... [Lire la suite]