11 avril 2019

Lot 1513. A finely moulded Qingbai dish, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368); 15.5 cm. wide. Estimate HKD 78,000 - 100,000 (USD 10,000 - 12,800). Lot sold HKD 94,400. © 2019 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Provenance: A Hong Kong private family collection, acquired prior to 2000Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30 November 2017, lot 542Littleton & Hennessy Asian Art, Lond. Exhibited: TEFAF New York Fall, 27-31 October 2018 at Park Avenue Armory, New York, United States, no.1130Asian Art in London,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1512. A carved Qingbai 'Peony' foliate bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 20.5 cm. wide. Estimate HKD 100,000 - 120,000 (USD 12,800 - 15,400). Lot sold HKD 212,400. © 2019 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Provenance: J.J. Lally & Co., New YorkA Spanish private collection, Madrid, acquired from J.J. Lally & Co. on 23 June 1990 (invoice). China Guardian. 2019 Spring Auctions. Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Tang to the Song Dynasty

Lot 1507. A Jizhou tortoise shell-glazed conical bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 15 cm. diam. Estimate HKD 50,000 - 80,000 (USD 6,400- 10,300). Lot sold HKD 73,160. © 2019 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Provenance: Jiyuanshanfang Collection, United States, acquired in 1990s. Exhibited: Harmony in Clay, the Elegance and Refinement of Song Ceramics, from the Jiyuanshanfang Collection, 8 March to 24 June 2012 at Morris Museum, New Jersey, United States, no.77. Literature:... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1503. A rare Guan-type flower-shaped cup, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1271-1644); 7.9 cm. wide. Estimate HKD 20,000 - 50,000 (USD 2,600 - 6,400). Lot sold HKD 82,600. © 2019 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Provenance: Dr. Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection. China Guardian. 2019 Spring Auctions. Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Tang to the Song Dynasty 

    Lot 1501. A Longquan celadon cup stand, Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century; 14.5 cm. diam. Estimate HKD 25,000 - 35,000 (USD 3,200 - 4,500). Lot sold HKD 35,400. © 2019 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. China Guardian. 2019 Spring Auctions. Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Tang to the Song Dynasty 

Lot 1500. A Longquan celadon censer, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368); 14 cm. diam. Estimate HKD 60,000 - 70,000 (USD 7,700 - 9,000). Lot sold HKD 70,800. © 2019 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Provenance: A Japanese private collection, acquired prior to 2000. China Guardian. 2019 Spring Auctions. Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Tang to the Song Dynasty 

Lot 1497. A Longquan celadon foliate bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 15.7 cm. wide. Estimate HKD 100,000 - 120,000 (USD 12,800 - 15,400). Lot sold HKD 118,000. © 2019 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. China Guardian. 2019 Spring Auctions. Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Tang to the Song Dynasty 

Lot 1493. A fine Longquan celadon cup, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 9 cm. diam. Estimate HKD 80,000 - 100,000 (USD 10,300 - 12,800). Lot sold HKD 94,400. © 2019 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Provenance: A Hong Kong private collection, acquired in the 1990s. China Guardian. 2019 Spring Auctions. Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Tang to the Song Dynasty 

Lot 159. A Mughal carved jade candlestick, North India, 19th century; 18cm. height, 10cm. max. diam. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Unsold. Courtesy Sotheby's. the jade carved in typical candlestick form with hollow cylindrical interior, the exterior with vertical ribs, stylised leaves, and ropework borders. Note: Jade was one of the primary materials for Mughal sculptural expression between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. It was used in a wide variety of Mughal ornamentations such... [Lire la suite]

NANTES - Éloge de la sensibilité réunit les plus importants tableaux français du 18e siècle conservés dans les institutions de Bretagne, depuis Antoine Watteau, au tout début du siècle, jusqu’à l’aube du 19e siècle. L’exposition suit l’évolution de la peinture française sur un siècle sous l’angle de la naissance du nouveau concept de sensibilité, à travers la peinture de genre : des portraits de Jean-Baptiste Greuze aux sensibles natures mortes de Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, en passant... [Lire la suite]