22 avril 2019

Lot 82. Art Nouveau opal, emerald, diamond and enamel pendant/brooch, Henri Vever. Estimate CHF10,000–15,000 ($10,000–15,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. Cabochon and drop-shaped opals, fancy-cut emeralds, vari-cut diamonds, multi-coloured enamel, gold (French mark), circa 1900, pendant with detachable ftting for wear as a brooch, necklace 53.5 cm, pendant 6.6 cm, signed Vever, no. 2819, brooch ftting with maker's mark for Léon Gariod, brown Vever ftted case. Literature: Cf. V. Becker,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 81. Art Nouveau pearl necklace, Lucien Gaillard. Estimate CHF10,000–15,000 ($10,000–15,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. Twenty-four baroque pearls, circa 1900, 47.0 cm, signed L. Gaillard. Please note that the pearls have not been tested for natural origin. Literature: A. Duncan, The Paris Salons I, 1895-1914, Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 1994, p.15 for a photograph of this necklace. Note: Gaillard was one of the more notable jewellers of the Art Nouveau period, alongside... [Lire la suite]

Lot 45. Diamond brooch, Jacques Lacloche. Estimate CHF40,000–60,000 ($40,000–60,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. Circular and baguette-cut diamonds, platinum and gold (French marks), 1950s, 10.8 cm, signed J. Lacloche Paris Cannes. Christie's. Magnificent Jewels, Geneva, 15 May 2019

Lot 2099. A pair of very rare Jizhou guri-style pear-shaped vases, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century; 9 in. (23cm.) high. Estimate USD 60,000 - USD 80,000. Price realised USD 106,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014 Each pear-shaped vase has a bow-string band on the shoulder below the tapering neck, which rises to an everted foliate mouth rim. The exterior is decorated with an allover design of alternating scroll-filled heart-shaped 'guri' pattern, reserved in a variegated golden... [Lire la suite]

Lot 279. A 'Jian' 'Hare's fur' bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 11.8 cm, 4 5/8  in. Estimate £2,000 — 3,000. Courtesy Sotheby's. the steep flaring sides rising from a short straight foot to an indented slightly everted rim, covered overall in a glossy black glaze finely streaked in russet resembling hare's fur, the glaze stopping short of the foot to reveal the dark reddish-brown body.  Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Asian Art, London, 17 May 2019, 10:00 AM

Lot 279. A 'Jian' 'Hare's fur' bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 11.8 cm, 4 5/8  in. Estimate £2,000 — 3,000. Courtesy Sotheby's. the steep flaring sides rising from a short straight foot to an indented slightly everted rim, covered overall in a glossy black glaze finely streaked in russet resembling hare's fur, the glaze stopping short of the foot to reveal the dark reddish-brown body.  Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Asian Art, London, 17 May 2019, 10:00 AM

Lot 308. A 'Jian' 'Hare's fur' bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 12.8 cm, 5 in. Estimate £3,000 — 5,000. Courtesy Sotheby's. of conical form, covered with a black glaze with russet 'hare's fur' streaks running down from the rim stopping short above the foot and revealing the buff-coloured stoneware.  Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Asian Art, London, 17 May 2019, 10:00 AM

Lot 306. A 'Jizhou' 'papercut' 'prunus' bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 11.7 cm, 4 5/8  in. Estimate £1,500 — 2,500. Lot Sold 6,875 GBP (8,786 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's. the slightly rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot, rendered to the interior and resist-decorated with plum blossom florets, the exterior with a dark brown glaze stopping short of the unglazed foot.  Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Asian Art, London, 17 May 2019, 10:00 AM

Lot 305. A 'Ding' persimmon-glazed bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 12.9 cm, 5 1/8  in. Estimate £3,000 — 5,000. Courtesy Sotheby's. of conical form, the finely potted wide sides supported on a short foot, applied overall with a reddish-brown glaze , thinning at the rim to a dark brown tone, stopping before the foot to reveal the fine buff body.  Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Asian Art, London, 17 May 2019, 10:00 AM

Lot 304. A 'Ding' persimmon-glazed jar, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 12 cm, 5 1/2  in. Estimate £6,000 — 8,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.  the ovoid body rising from a flat foot and countersunk base to a rounded shoulder and lipped rim, covered overall in a russet-brown glaze stopping neatly around the foot to reveal the buff-gray body.  Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Asian Art, London, 17 May 2019, 10:00 AM