26 décembre 2018

Unidentified Artist Chinese, active late 13th–15th century, Children playing in the palace garden, late Yuan (1271–1368)–early Ming (1368–1644) dynasty, late 13th–15th century. Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk. Image: 54 7/8 x 30 in. (139.4 x 76.2 cm); Overall with mounting: 113 1/2 x 36 1/2 in. (288.3 x 92.7 cm); Overall with knobs: 113 1/2 x 39 in. (288.3 x 99.1 cm). Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1987; 1987.150. © 2000–2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Twenty-two boys... [Lire la suite]

Vertical pendant with boys holding a lotus scroll, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), 13th–14th century. Complex gauze with silk and metal thread weft patterning, 11 x 46 1/2 in. (27.9 x 118.1 cm); Mount: 51 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (130.8 x 34.3 cm). Purchase, Joseph E. Hotung Gift, 1987; 1987.291. © 2000–2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Remarkable for its large size and fresh colors, this textile was woven with the typical Chinese motif of boys and lotuses. However, details on certain costumes reveal a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1103. A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed and biscuit-decorated dish, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Diameter 13 1/4  in., 33.6 cm. Estimate $6,000 - $8,000. Sold: $8,750. © Sotheby's the interior carved with a floral medallion below a foliate scroll decorating the well, the everted rim applied with eight prunus blossoms reserved in the biscuit and fired burnt-orange against the pale olive-green glaze continuing onto the exterior and over the foot ring, leaving an unglazed burnt-orange... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1045. A purple-splashed 'Jun' conical bowl, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1279-1644). Diameter 7 7/8  in., 20 cm. Estimate $6,000 - $8,000. Sold: $7,500. © Sotheby's robustly potted rising from a slightly splayed low foot, covered inside and out with a milky-blue glaze shading to gray at the rim, the interior dappled with eight free-form purple splashes, the glaze falling short of the foot on the exterior to reveal the coarse clay burnt orange in the firing. Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's:... [Lire la suite]

Textile fragment with boys in floral scrolls, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 11th–12th century. Silk twill damask (ling). W. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); L. 13 in. (33 cm), Rogers Fund, 1952; 52.8. © 2000–2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This textile was meticulously woven with boys tucked among floral scrolls and lotus pods—a rebus for, or visual allusion to, progeny. In addition to the Buddhist belief in rebirth from the lotus, multiseeded lotus pods were also thought to be a symbol for plentiful... [Lire la suite]

Purse with boys playing, Liao dynasty (907–1125), 10th–11th century. Silk weft-faced compound twill, 5 5/8 x 5 3/8 x 1 in. (14.3 x 13.7 x 2.5 cm). Purchase, Eileen W. Bamberger Bequest, in memory of her husband, Max Bamberger, 1996;1996.39. © 2000–2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art On the back of this purse, boys run and tumble, surrounded by flowers, plants, birds, and deer. Woven freely into the silk, this design is an early example of children at play, a form that can be traced to Central Asia in the eighth century. The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1044. A 'Longquan' celadon 'Lotus' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 4 7/8  in., 12.4 cm. Estimate $3,000 - $5,000. Sold: $3,750. © Sotheby's the deep rounded sides molded and carved on the exterior with overlapping lotus petals, covered overall in a sea-green glaze stopping neatly at the foot to reveal the unglazed foot ring burnt brick-orange in the firing. Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York, 18 March 2017

Lot 1043. A pair of 'Longquan' conical bowls, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 5 in., 12.7 cm. Estimate $6,000 - $8,000. Sold: $21,250. © Sotheby's each delicately potted, the wide shallow sides evenly glazed in a satin-textured sea-green glaze, all supported on a tapered foot, the foot ring unglazed revealing the buff-colored body fired orange (2). Property from the White Gull Studio Collection, Michigan. Provenance: C.K. Chen, Hong Kong, 1970-80. Sotheby's. Saturday at... [Lire la suite]

Headdress Ornament, 1st–7th century, Calima art (Yotoco period), Colombia. Gold. H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm). Gift and Bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1966, 1977, 66.196.24. © 2000–2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Five lateral rays project out from either side of this gold Calima headdress ornament, surrounding central crescent-shaped projections located both above and below a central face rendered in high relief. When worn, the lower central crescent-shaped element would have covered the wearer’s... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1085. A blue and white bombé-form censer, Ming dynasty, Chongzhen period (1628-1644). Diameter 9 in., 23 cm. Estimate $5,000 - $7,000. Sold: $6,250. © Sotheby's of compressed ovoid form, the rounded sides rising to a short waisted neck terminating in an everted rim, the exterior painted with a continuous riverscape with dwellings and two scholars, each with an attendant, beneath a band of beribboned Buddhist emblems interspersed with stylized clouds encircling the waist. Property from the... [Lire la suite]