6 février 2019

Lot 2708. A pair of famille-rose 'Bajixiang' bowls, seal marks and period of Jiaqing (1796-1820); 11 cm., 4 1/4 in. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 HKD. Lot sold 500,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2010 each delicately potted body with deep slightly curved sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, brightly enamelled around the exterior with four beribonned Buddhist emblems between a keyfret band at the rim and a ruyi head and dotted band at the foot, the base with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2690. A fine wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl, mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 14.7 cm., 5 3/4 in. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 500,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2010 the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, brightly painted and enamelled around the exterior with a scaly five-clawed green and a red dragon in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', divided by phoenix in flight and reserved on a dense leafy scroll ground, all below... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2687. A large doucai 'Floral medallion' bowl, mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 19.2 cm., 7 5/8 in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD. Lot sold 500,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2010 the deep U-shaped body rising from a short tapering foot to a slightly everted rim, painted and enamelled to the interior with a stylised floral medallion, the exterior with six large floral medallions within a leafy floral strapwork frame, the base with an underglaze blue six-character mark. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2815. A white and russet jade carving of a pair of badgers, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 6 cm., 2 3/8 in. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 HKD. Lot sold 524,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2010 the white stone of a warm tone with russet inclusions, the two frolicking badgers carved head to tail, their bodies mirroring and touching each other, one badger biting the other's tail and the other biting a hind leg of the former in playful revenge, the centre hollowed out. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2800. A white jade 'Boy climbing on a recumbent buffalo' carving, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century; 9.5 cm., 3 3/4 in. Estimate 250,000 — 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 524,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2010 carved in the round, the horned buffalo seated in a recumbent attitude with a bushy tail, tied to the nostrils with a long rope, a boy in loose-fitted clothes climbing on the beast, clutching a sprig of peaches in his left hand and a spray of millet in the right, the white stone highlighted... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2715. An unusual archaistic rectangular bronze censer, 17th century; 22 cm., 8 1/2 in. Estimate 200,000 — 250,000 HKD. Lot sold 524,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2010 of archaic jade form, the rectangular straight-sided body crisply cast with trigrams at each corner and rising from a short splayed foot to a short straight neck with an everted square rim, set to the side with a pair of elephant head handles, the metal patinated to a rich dark toffee tone, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2794. A set of three gilt-bronze Daoist deities, 14th-15th century. The largest: 9.2 cm., 3 5/8 in. Estimate 250,000 — 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 596,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2010 representing the Sanqing ('Three Purities'), each figure finely cast seated with legs crossed in meditation, dressed in long flowing robes finely incised with floral borders and a vajra at the seat, gazing forward with a serene expression framed by elongated earlobes suspending loop earrings, the... [Lire la suite]

Power of Pattern: Central Asian Ikats from the David and Elizabeth Reisbord Collection.  LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents Power of Pattern: Central Asian Ikats from the David and Elizabeth Reisbord Collection. On view February 3–July 28, 2019, the exhibition showcases over 60 examples of visually dynamic Central Asian ikat robes and wall hangings. Organized by motif, Power of Pattern examines how the region’s textile designers, dyers, and weavers used improvisation and abstraction to... [Lire la suite]

Frederick Sandys, Vivien, 1863. Huile sur toile, 64 x 52,5 cm. Manchester Art Gallery © Manchester Art Gallery / Bridgeman Images. LAUSANNE.- The Fondation de l’Hermitage is presenting a major exhibition on English painting of the Victorian period (1837-1901). A selection of nearly 60 works, most on show for the first time in Switzerland, illustrate the diversity and fascinating originality of 19th-century English art. The great upheavals of the Industrial Revolution are reflected in striking genre scenes depicting... [Lire la suite]