28 mars 2019

Lot 26. Coupe libatoire en corne de rhinocéros, Chine, Dynastie Qing, 17°-18°siècle; 7 x 12,5 x 8,5 cm.Poids: 121 gr. Estimation 8 000 € / 15 000 €. Sold: 34 000 €. Courtesy Cornette de Saint Cyr. Très belle coupe sculptée en forme de fleur cinq pétales ourlés se chevauchant légèrement. L'extérieur est orné d'un entrelacs de branches, feuilles, fleurs et boutons en relief, probablement des pruniers. L'anse est formée par deux branches pour remontant vers le bord.  ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 43. Guandi, Porcelaine « blanc de Chine », Dehua, Fujian, 17° siècle. H. 36 cm. Estimation 18 000 € / 22 000 €. Sold: 20 000 €. Courtesy Cornette de Saint Cyr. Le dieu est figuré assis sur un trône, le corps dissimulé sous les amples plis de son vêtement maintenu par une ceinture haute. Le visage a l’expression sévère et perforé au niveau des joues, menton, et bouche pour permettre la fixation d’un système pileux postiche est surmonté d’une coiffe traditionnelle de personnage... [Lire la suite]

Lot 42. Chijing Guanyin, Chine, Dynastie Qing, ca 18° siècle. Bois. H. 108 cm. Estimation 28 000 € / 35 000 €. Sold: €28000. Courtesy Cornette de Saint Cyr. Le bodhisattva de la compassion est ici représenté en attitude de délassement sur un double socle lotiforme, le coude gauche reposant sur petit élément mobilier. La main droite repose sur son genou relevé, alors que la gauche maintient un rouleau d’écritures sacrées permettant son identification en tant que « Guanyin aux écritures... [Lire la suite]

Lot 88. Yan Pei-Ming (Né en 1960), PAYSAGE INTERNATIONAL. LE LIEU DU CRIME N°1 , 1999. Huile sur toile, 300 x 400 cm. Estimation 80 000 € / 100 000 €. Courtesy Cornette de Saint Cyr. Provenance: - Galerie Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris - Collection particulière, Paris. Exposition: - Yan Pei-Ming, Vulnérables, Galerie Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris Exposition du 20 avril au 5 juin 1999  Bibliographie: - Hou Hanru, Yan Pei-Ming, Vulnérables, Editions Liliane et... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3516. A Pair of Blue and White with Pink-Enameled ‘Dragon’ Dishes, Qianlong Marks and Period, 1736-1795. D 15.6cm. Estimate HKD 600,000 - 800,000 (USD 76,433 - 101,911). Lot sold HKD 920,400 (USD 117,231). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited Both dishes are painted to the interior with puce enamel featuring a large sinuous dragon curled around a 'flaming pearl' and surrounding by flames, bordered by underglaze-blue ruyi-head cloud lappets below the rim. The reverse is both decorated in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3509. A Copper-Red Glazed Stem Bowl, Yongzheng Mark and Period, 1723-1735. H 13.2cm D 18.2cm. Estimate HKD 300,000 - 400,000 (USD 38,217 - 50,956). Lot sold HKD 413,000 (USD 52,604). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited The stem cup is covered with a dark strawberry red glaze on the exterior, stopping short at the rim and base. The inner footrim of the cup is marked with six-character mark in underglaze-blue. Provenance: 1. Christie’s Hong Kong, 1-2 October 1991, lot.10592.The Ten-views... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3504. A Fine and Rare Spotted Jizhou Vase, Meiping, Southern Song Dynasty, 12th-13th Century. H 21.5cm. Estimate HKD 250,000 - 300,000 (USD 31,847 - 38,217). Lot sold HKD 2,242,000 (USD 285,564). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited. The vase is potted in elongated ovoid body with a short neck and lipped rim set above rounded shoulders tapering to a narrow foot. The vase is covered overall with evenly spaced and well controlled dark brown 'leopard' spots left in reserve against a milky tan ground.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3502. A Yaozhou Celadon Glazed Carved Ewer, Northern Song Dynasty, 10th-12th Century. H 8.9cm. Estimate HKD 300,000 - 400,000 (USD 38,217 - 50,956). Lot sold HKD 2,950,000 (USD 375,742). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited. The ewer is beautifully potted in globular form, carved in relief depicting overlapping lotus petals and scrolls forming in fine detail that generously issuing sumptuous leaves. It is decorated with a strap handle opposite a short curved spout. It is overall in fine pale greenglaze... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3503. A Yaozhou Carved ‘Peony’ Dish, Northern Song Dynasty, 10th-12th Century. D 17.5cm. Estimate HKD 350,000 - 450,000 (USD 44,586 - 57,325). Lot sold HKD 2,478,000 (USD 315,623). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited. The present dish is well potted that the shallow rounded sides are deftly carved on the interior with a large peony bloom with tiered petals and a small bud borne on a dense leafy stem. The petals and leaves are bordered by classic scroll with trefoil leaves issuing from a continuous... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3506. A Longquan Celadon Double-Gourd Vase, Yuan Dynasty, 14th Century. H 29.2cm. Estimate HKD 600,000 - 800,000 (USD 76,433 - 101,911). Lot sold HKD 1,416,000 (USD 180,356). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited. The present vase is potted with compressed globular lower bulb, rising from a recessed base to a tall upper bulb. The vase is covered overall in a celadon-green glaze while the unglazed footrim revealed the grey body. Provenance: 1. Toguri Museum of Art2. Sotheby’s London, 9 June 2004,... [Lire la suite]