22 février 2019

Lot 403. A large Sichuan painted grey pottery figure of a shaman, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 40,000. Price realised USD 32,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008   Cast as a kneeling foreigner holding a conical receptacle, with two similar receptacles flanking the shoulders, wearing a necklace and a loin cloth tied with a sash with fringed ends, his face cast with a slight smile and almond-shaped eyes below brows with hair markings, his hair dressed in coiled S-curls below... [Lire la suite]

Lot 367. A rare bronze figural stand, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 18,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008   Cast as a kneeling foreigner holding a conical receptacle, with two similar receptacles flanking the shoulders, wearing a necklace and a loin cloth tied with a sash with fringed ends, his face cast with a slight smile and almond-shaped eyes below brows with hair markings, his hair dressed in coiled S-curls below... [Lire la suite]

Lot 342. Two greenish-white and russet jade scabbard slides, Han dynasty, 2nd-1st century BC; 2 15/16 and 2 3/8 in. (7.4 and 6 cm.) long. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 10,000. Price realised USD 10,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008  Both rectangular slides boldly carved on the curved top utilizing the russet natural markings in the stone, one slide carved with a small chilong biting the tail of a largerchilong with feline head confronting a smaller chilong with a dragon's... [Lire la suite]

Lot 377. A rare grey limestone head of a monk, Sengqie, Song dynasty (960-1279); 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.) high. Estimate $7,000 - USD 9,000. Price Realized $16,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008 The long, expressive face well carved with pronounced cheek bones, long straight nose, and downcast eyes set below thick brows, the top of the head draped with a cowl, traces of red and black pigments, wood stand.  Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 5 May 1979, lot 249.Ralph M. Chait Galleries,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 268. Two archaistic white jade sword fittings, Song-Ming dynasty, 12th-16th century. Both 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm.) long. Estimate $3,000 - $5,000. Price Realized $8,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008 Comprising a scabbard chape of lenticular section carved on both sides with angular scrolls, the top pierced with one vertical and two smaller diagonal holes, the bottom carved in high relief with a chilong with a long bifurcated tail which extends down one side; the other a sword guard... [Lire la suite]

Lot 129. A finely carved tixi lacquer circular box and cover, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); 4½ in. (11.4 cm.) diam. Estimate $30,000 - $40,000. Price Realized $40,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008 The cover and sides deeply carved with fluid swirling classic scrolls exposing layers of red, black and ochre lacquer, the interior and recessed base covered with a dark brown lacquer,box.  Note: The deep V-cut decoration which exposes the multiple layers of red, black and ochre lacquer is... [Lire la suite]