3 janvier 2019

Lot 168. A gold and silver-inlaid ox-shaped vessel, gong, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1279-1644); 10 3/8 in. (26.5 cm.) long. Estimate HKD 50,000 - HKD 70,000. Price realised HKD 81,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The box is shaped as the abdomen of an ox with feet tucked underneath, the cover in the form of an ox head and its upper body. The body of the ox is adorned with swirl motifs interspersed with flame scrolls inlaid with silver and gold, box. Christie's. THE PAVILION SALE - CHINESE... [Lire la suite]

Lot 167. A gold and silver-inlaid bronze archaistic 'wheeled' bird-form vessel, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) high.Estimate HKD 40,000 - HKD 60,000. Price realised HKD 237,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The vessel is well cast as a bird perched on an axle between two spoked wheels and supported in the back by a smaller wheel inserted into the tail. The upswept wings, body, head and tail are inlaid in silver and gold with small patches of simulated encrustation. A jade pedant... [Lire la suite]

Lot 165. A parcel gilt bronze cup and stand, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century. The stand: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 80,000 - HKD 120,000. Price realised HKD 100,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The hectafoil cup is cast on each petal on the exterior with a gilt cartouche enclosing a floral spray. The bracketlobed stand is decorated with a central flowerhead surrounded by a gilt band with raised decorations depicting figures in a landscape amidst flowering trees, birds and pagodas,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 161. A gilt-bronze 'lion'' paperweight, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 2 3/4 in. (7.2 cm) long. Estimate HKD 100,000 - HKD 150,000. Price realised HKD 125,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The bronze is cast as a recumbent lion with its two young riding on its back. The mane is detailed with tight curls and the hair finely incised, box. Christie's. THE PAVILION SALE - CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 6 April 2015, 22nd Floor

Lot 160. A small bronze lion-form weight, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 2 1/4 in. (5.5 cm.) long. Estimate HKD 30,000 - HKD 50,000. Price realised HKD 37,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The recumbent beast is finely modelled with a large snout, sharp fangs, rounded eyes, thick curly mane and bushy tail flicked to one side of its right hindleg, Japanese wood box. Christie's. THE PAVILION SALE - CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 6 April 2015, 22nd Floor

Photo: Fernando Guerrini Archaeological Superintendence of Tuscany. FLORENCE.- The newly refurbished section displaying the extraordinary collection of antique gems collected by the Medici and Lorraine families opened at the National Archeological Museum in Florence last month, enabling the display of a selection of objects for the first time. The last ruling dynasties of the Duchy of Florence, the Medici and Lorraine families collected the diminutive masterpieces—Babylonian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, and post-Classical—dating... [Lire la suite]

Lot 163. A blue and white bowl, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722); 20.3cm., 8in. Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 9,375 GBP. © Sotheby's 2013 the deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a wide everted rim, painted to the exterior with shaped cartouches enclosing figures.   Provenance: Collection of W.J. Holt.The Riesco Collection.Sotheby’s London, 23rd June 1970, lot 93.Sotheby’s London, 16th July 1985, lot 70. Exhibited: Chinese Blue and White Porcelain:... [Lire la suite]

Lot 217. A pair of blue and white garden stools, late Qing dynasty; 18 3/8 in. (46.6 cm.) high. Estimate HK$30,000 - HK$50,000. Price Realized HK$93,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015. Each stool is painted on the curved sides with birds in flight amidst lotus and peony blossoms, pierced in between with two coin-shaped cartouches, between an upper register of precious objects and lower register of bamboo stems. The top is decorated with butterflies and flowers surrounding an openwork coin-shaped... [Lire la suite]

The Artist with his Wife and Daughter by Thomas Gainsborough, c.1748. Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 70.5 cm. Acquired under the acceptance-in-lieu scheme at the wish of Sybil, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, in memory of her brother, Sir Philip Sassoon, 1994, NG6547. © The National Gallery, London.  LONDON.- The National Portrait Gallery London has brought together for the first time all twelve surviving portraits of Thomas Gainsborough’s daughters in a major new exhibition, Gainsborough’s Family Album. The... [Lire la suite]