27 janvier 2019

Lot 2724. A fine celadon white jade 'Immortal and Auspicious Plants' ruyi sceptre, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 44.5 cm., 17 1/2 in. Estimate 1,800,000 — 2,500,000 HKD. Lot Sold 2,180,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's 2010. elegantly carved with an S-shaped profile, the terminal decorated in low relief with an immortal with a long walking stick, accompanied by an attendant in a rocky landscape with a pavilion in the background, the slender shaft finely adorned with sprigs... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2723. A rare spinach jade washer, Carved mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); width across handles 24.5 cm., 9 3/4 in. Estimate 1,800,000 — 2,200,000 HKD. Lot sold 2,180,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's 2010. the short rounded sides finely carved in low-relief with a band of two pairs of addorsed archaistic kui dragons, flanked by a pair of dragonfly-form handles with their outspread wings resting on the mouthrim and their bodies suspending loose ring handles, all above... [Lire la suite]

Lot 128. A large portrait of Umar Sheikh Mirza of Ferghana, India, Deccan, probably Golconda, circa 1700, gouache with gold on paper, inscribed on reverse in black ink in Persian 'Sheikh Umar', in Devenagari  in red ink 'Umar Shyk…', and in black ink in Dutch 'Ommer Sjeigh varder van hamaon', framed; 42.8 by 27.2cm. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 GBP. Lot sold 18,750 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2017. Provenance: From an album probably commissioned in India by a Dutch traveller circa 1700.Sold... [Lire la suite]

Lot 127. A large portrait of Emperor Alamgir (Aurangzeb) at the age of sixty, India, Deccan, probably Golconda, circa 1700, gouache with gold on paper, inscribed on reverse in ink in Persian 'Aurangzeb' and in Latin 'Arangseeb etatis sue: 60 an', framed, 42.9 by 27.5cm. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 GBP. Lot sold 18,750 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2017. Provenance: From an album probably commissioned in India by a Dutch traveller circa 1700.Sold in these rooms  13/14 April 1976, lot... [Lire la suite]

Lot 346. An important diamond 'Holly Wreath' necklace by Harry Winston, 1960s. Estimate CHF 1,500,000 - CHF 2,500,000. Price realised CHF 1,685,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The graduated collar composed of a continuous series of pear and brilliant-cut diamond trefoil clusters, joined by marquise-cut diamond connections, to a concealed clasp, can detach to form a pair of bracelets, 1960s, 41.6 cm. Signed Winston, no. 4984. HOLLY WREATHProclaimed 'The King of Diamonds' in 1947, Harry Winston... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1073. Pipe à Opium en ivoire sculpté à l'imitation d'une tige de bambou, Chine, Seconde moitié du XIXe siècle. Longueur : 50 cm. Estimate: €1,500 - €2,000. © Galerie Moderne Arrêtoir figurant un personnage assis sur une Chimère. Monture, en argent et vermeil, ornée de caractères Shou de la longévité. Belle qualité. Lot 1090. Pipe à Opium en ivoire, Chine, Seconde moitié du XIXe siècle. Longueur : 45 cm. Estimate: €1,500 - €2,000. © Galerie Moderne A... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8. Vase tonnelet, Égypte, Nagada II, Époque Thinite. Porphyre noir, H 19 cm. Estimate: €20,000 - €25,000. Courtesy Pierre Bergé & Associés. Vase oblong à lèvre annulaire muni de deux petites anses horizontales percées. Petits éclats à la lèvre et à une anse.   Provenance: Christie's, New York, 13 juin 2000, n° 206.   Bibliographie: J. Cr. Payne, Catalogue of the predynastic egyptian collection in the Ashmolean museum, Oxford, 1993, p. 141, n° 1180, fig. 56. Lot... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2671. A fine and rare celadon-glazed vase, mark and period of Yongzheng (173-1735); 17 cm., 6 3/4 in. Estimate 2,000,000—3,000,000 HKD. Lot Sold 2,420,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's 2010 the compressed globular body supported on a tall splayed foot, elegantly rising to a cylindrical neck surmounted by a cupped mouth, the neck flanked by two small lug-handles, covered overall in an unctuous evenly coloured pale green glaze, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2721. A celadon white jade 'bajixiang' ruyi sceptre, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 43 cm., 17 in. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 HKD. Lot Sold 2,780,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's 2010. the slender sceptre of an S-shaped profile, the head carved with a standing elephant wearing a tasseled cloth, surrounded by five Buddhist emblems, all below a high-relief bat with wings spread in flight amid swirling clouds, the curved shaft decorated with three other emblems, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2602. A fine gilt-decorated blue ground 'bajixiang' vase, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 14.2 cm., 5 5/8 in. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 HKD. Lot Sold 2,780,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's 2010. the ovoid body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall waisted neck set with a pair of dragon handles, finely gilt-decorated around the exterior with the bajixiang amidst cloud scrolls and within lotus-lappet and ruyi bands at the base and shoulder,... [Lire la suite]