23 décembre 2018

Lot 1035. A 'Cizhou' drum-form garden seat, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Height 17 7/8  in., 45.5 cm. Estimate $3,000 - $5,000. Sold: $25,000. © Sotheby's the body covered in a creamy-white slip and clear glaze, flanked by two handles formed by lion masks issuing fixed rings, large lotus blossoms on spiraling leafy vines painted in brown between rows of raised bosses, the seat top painted with a spotted qilin amidst auspicious objects. Provenance: Purchased in Hong Kong,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1034. A white-glazed stoneware jar, Sui-Tang dynasty (581-907). Height 5 3/4  in., 14.6 cm. Estimate $1,000 - $1,500. Sold: $1,875. © Sotheby's the globular body rising from a slightly flared foot to a short neck, incised with a narrow groove at the neck and shoulder, applied with four double-stranded loop handles, covered with a transparent white glaze toned slightly olive from firing stopping irregularly at the widest part of the belly to expose the fine buff body beneath, wood stand... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1030. A carved cream-glazed 'Cizhou' pillow, Song dynasty (960-1279). Width 10 in., 25.4 cm. Estimate $1,500 - $2,500. Sold: $1,000. © Sotheby's with a sloping, slightly concave top featuring a floral spray in a quatre-lobe medallion, the slip surrounding the spray carved away to reveal buff pottery, covered in a clear glaze stopping short of the flat base. Provenance: E & J Frankel, New York, 2012. Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art, New York, 18 March 2017

Lot 1029. A carved 'Ding'-type dish, Song dynasty (960-1279). Diameter 6 7/8  in., 17.5 cm. Estimate $5,000 - $7,000. Sold: $7,500. © Sotheby's the finely potted rounded sides supported on a low foot ring, the interior freely carved with a flowering lotus sprig in a central medallion, rimmed with a copper band. Provenance: Christie's New York, 2nd December 1986, lot 130. Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art, New York, 18 March 2017

Lot 1028. A molded 'Ding'-type bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279). Diameter 6 1/8  in., 15.5 cm. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000. Sold: $11,250 . © Sotheby's the rounded sides crisply molded with four geese with wings outstretched and feathers carefully delineated, amidst a leafy peony meander, encircling a blossom in the sunken central medallion and bordered with a narrow band of keyfret applied overall with a creamy-white glaze, metal-bound rim. Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Los Angeles,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1027. A Qingbai-type molded dish, Ming-Qing dynasty. Diameter 6 in., 15.5 cm. Estimate $3,000 - $5,000. Sold: $6,875. © Sotheby's the interior of the shallow rounded sides with four fish amid lotus below a narrow band of classic scroll, encircling a medallion of prunus boughs over waves, covered with a pale blue-tinted transparent glaze, the rim unglazed, wood stand. Provenance: Collection of Pauline B. (1910-2000) and Myron S. (1906-1992) Falk Jr., New York.Christie's New York, 21st... [Lire la suite]

 WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS.- Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851) and John Constable (English, 1776–1837) rose to prominence as landscape artists in early nineteenth-century Britain. Their inspired subjects, their distinctive compositions, and their innovative brushwork combined to elevate a genre traditionally considered less important than history painting and portraiture. Turner and Constable: The Inhabited Landscape, on view at the Clark Art Institute December 15, 2018–March 10, 2019, explores the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 107. A London delftware caudle cup, dated 1676; 9cm high. Estimate £ 10,000 - 15,000 (€ 11,000 - 17,000). © Bonhams. Of squat shape with a concave base and single thickened handle, inscribed in blue with the names 'WILLIAM:CHIP' and 'ELIZABETH:CHIP' above the date 1676, the names between borders of alternate chevrons. Provenance: F.W. PhillipsMrs. Sinclair, Sotheby's sale, 12 October 1954, lot 17Thomas G. Burn, Rous Lench Collection, Christie's sale 29-30 May 1990, lot 8Syd Levethan,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 144. A London delftware puzzle posset pot, dated 1674; 13.5cm high, 26cm wide across the handles. Estimate £ 12,000 - 18,000 (€ 13,000 - 20,000). © Bonhams. Bearing the arms of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, the cylindrical vessel applied with two most-elaborate handles and two slender, tubular spouts serving separate chambers, painted in blue, one side with the armorial shield of the Merchant Taylors and a cartouche inscribed W/T E 1674, both within foliate scroll mantling, the reverse... [Lire la suite]

Lot 17. A Staffordshire slipware dish, circa 1700-1720; 24cm diam. Estimate £ 12,000 - 18,000 (€ 13,000 - 20,000). © Bonhams. Press-moulded with a figure on horseback, probably a Highwayman, holding a musket and sword, picked out in brown and chestnut slips against the cream-coloured ground, a rouletted formal border inside the piecrust rim, two holes for suspension at the top. Provenance: Thomas G. Burn, Rous Lench Collection, Christie's sale 29 May 1990, lot 73Syd Levethan, Longridge Collection,... [Lire la suite]