29 décembre 2018

Lot 59. A rare pair of embellished huanghuali horse-shoe back armchairs, 17th-18th century. 88.5 by 64 by 65cm., 34 7/8 by 25 1/8 by 25 1/2 in. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 GBP. Lot sold 98,500 GBP.  the five-member crestrail inlaid with six mother-of-pearl chilong, the two larger creatures grasping vegetal scrolls towards the rounded terminals, the single-board S-curved splat, flanked by mock-spandrels, featuring two enclosed panels, the upper with inlaid horn and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1054. A 'Cizhou' 'calligraphy' meiping, Song dynasty (960-1279). Height 13 3/4  in., 34.9 cm. Estimate $5,000 - $7,000. Sold: $23,750. © Sotheby's the ovoid tapering body rising from a recessed base to a short narrow neck and steeply everted mouth rim, calligraphically inscribed with a couplet in dark brown on a creamy-white ground. Provenance: Collection of Wah L. Liu, New York. Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York, 18 March 2017

Lot 1070. A 'Huanghuali' side table, late Qing dynasty, 20th century. Height 33 in., 83.8 cm; Width 35 1/4  in., 89.5 cm; Depth 17 3/4  in., 45.1 cm. Estimate $30,000 - $50,000. Sold: $37,500. © Sotheby's the floating panel top set within a molded-edge frame of standard construction, over a short recessed waist , the straight beaded apron joining four square section beaded-edge legs, further reinforced by four S-shaped braces, and terminating in hoof feet. Provenance: Peter Lai... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1073. Two Southern elm wood three-rail couch-beds, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Height 31 1/4  in., Width 77 1/2  in., 196.6 cm and 80 in., 203.2 cm; Depth 35 in,. 88.9 cm. Estimate $30,000 - $50,000. Sold: $32,500. © Sotheby's each seat frame of standard miter, mortise and tenon construction, the edge of the frame molded at the top, curving inward to finish on the lower edge with a narrow flat band, the recessed thumb-molded waist over the straight apron, the square section... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1072. A 'Tielimu' recessed leg table, Ming dynasty. Height 33 in., 83.8 cm; Width 84 1/2  in., 214.6 cm; Depth 52.4 cm. Estimate $10,000 - $15,000. Sold: $35,000. © Sotheby's comprised of a single board top, joined at the short ends to everted flanges, over a plain beaded apron extending to cloud-scroll spandrels, the beaded-edge rectangular section legs joined by openwork panels of carved lingzhi emerging from rockwork and supported on arched slab feet. Provenance: Collection... [Lire la suite]

Fragment of a Seated Pharaoh,Unknown, Egypt, Middle Kingdom, XIIth Dynasty, circa 1900 BC. Granodiorite , 35 x 19 x 35 cm. © Axel Vervoordt at BRAFA 2019, Stand 75b.  Provenance: ancient private collection, France, acquired in the 1970s. Norio Imai (Osaka,1946), Work-Circle, 1965. Acrylic, cotton cloth and metal, 178.5 x 130 x 20 cm. © Axel Vervoordt at BRAFA 2019, Stand 75b.  Provenance: the artist. Exhibitions: Kyoto Independent, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Arts,... [Lire la suite]

Standing Bodhisattva, Ancient region of Gandhara (Northern Pakistan), 3rd–4th century. Schist. H 61 cm. © Christophe Hioco at BRAFA 2019, Stand 132a.  Provenance: private collection, Hawaii, USA; Sotheby's, New York, 2000. Buddha head, Thailand, Sukhothai Kingdom, 14th-early 15th century. Bronze. H 35 cm. © Christophe Hioco at BRAFA 2019, Stand 132a. Provenance: private collection, Italy, since the 1980s   Viṣṇu, India, Pāla Dynasty, circa 11th... [Lire la suite]

Torso of Buddha, Gupta period, 5th-6th century, Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, possibly the Sarnath region. Sandstone. H 75 cm. © Grusenmeyer-Woliner at BRAFA 2019, Stand 97d.  Provenance: Zen Oriental Art Gallery, Brussels; private collection, March 2000.  Mummy mask, Egypt, Ptolemaic period, 305-30 BC. Polychrome and gilt cartonnage. H 44 cm. © Grusenmeyer-Woliner at BRAFA 2019, Stand 97d.   Provenance: private collection, January 1998. Literature: S.... [Lire la suite]

Aphrodite Anadyomene, Greece, Hellenistic period, 2nd-1st century BC. Marble torso. H 22.8 cm. © ArtAncient at BRAFA 2019, Stand 73b. Provenance: private collection of George and Denise Poncet, France, acquired prior to 1960. Tetradrachm with the portrait of Alexander, Greece, circa 297 BC. Silver. Ø 3.3 cm. Weight: 17.15 g. © ArtAncient at BRAFA 2019, Stand 73b.  Provenance: collection of Orme Lewis, purchased from Bank Leu, 23 June 1987. Exhibition: Phoenix Ancient... [Lire la suite]

Chinese 'famille verte' porcelain 'Rouleau' vase showing the battle of Kunyang, Kangxi period (1662-1722). H 41 cm. © Galerie Bertrand de Lavergne at BRAFA 2019, Stand 3c. Vase decorated with the battle of Kunyang that took place under the Han dynasty, including a very rare representation of a leopard. Provenance: private collection, France. Chinese 'famille verte' porcelain dish with Kingdom of France armorial, Kangxi period (1662-1722). H 38.3 cm. © Galerie Bertrand de Lavergne at... [Lire la suite]