02 juin 2019
'Southeast Asian Ceramics: Selections from the Collection of James E. Breece III' at Heritage Museum of Asian Art, Chicago
Ewers with lids, stoneware with incised design and celadon glaze, height 20 cm, stoneware with cream and iron underglaze, height 21 cm, stoneware with pale olive-green glaze and iron brown splotches, height 21 cm, Trần dynasty (1225-1400), Vietnam, MacLean Collection. Photography: © MacLean Collection.
The ceramics of China have been famous for centuries and clearly influenced ceramic production in nearby Southeast Asian countries. This may be the most apparent in Vietnamese ceramics, as parts of the... [Lire la suite]02 juin 2019
Drop by Drop Life Falls from the Sky. Water, Islam, and Art, an exhibition at the Museo d’Arte Orientale (MAO)
At MAO, Turin, opens Drop by Drop Life Falls from the Sky. Water, Islam, and Art, an exhibition curated by Alessandro Vanoli
It is the major exhibition on the relationship between water and Islam, from its most ancient origins to its many complex developments, up to more recent needs. This exhibition tells a story through images, artifacts, books, and miniatures: technology, everyday life, and art, which for centuries mirrored one another in the many ways of enjoying and using water. This exhibition bears witness to the variety and... [Lire la suite]02 juin 2019
A Longquan celadon vase, Song dynasty (960-1279)
Lot 374. A Longquan celadon vase, Song dynasty (960-1279); 14.9 cm, 5 7/8 in. Estimate 60,000 - 80,000 HKD. Lot sold 250,000 HKD. © Sotheby's.
the globular body rising from a tapered foot to a tall neck and everted dished rim, covered overall save for the footring with an attractive bluish-green glaze.
Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 30 May 2019
02 juin 2019
A rare Yaozhou celadon 'lion' oil lamp, Northern Song-Yuan dynasty (960-1368)
Lot 304. A rare Yaozhou celadon 'lion' oil lamp, Northern Song-Yuan dynasty (960-1368); 13.5 cm, 5 1/4 in. Estimate 50,000 - 70,000 HKD. Lot sold 250,000 HKD. © Sotheby's.
supported on four recumbent lions resting on a waisted and pierced base, formed of a small cup with a pierced bulb in the well.
Property from the Xinyangtang Collection.
Provenance: Tai Sing Fine Antiques Ltd, Hong Kong, 28h February 2004.
Note: Oil lamps of this form are very... [Lire la suite]02 juin 2019
A Longquan celadon tripod incense burner, Song dynasty (960-1279)
Lot 314. A Longquan celadon tripod incense burner, Song dynasty (960-1279); 13 cm, 5 1/8 in. Estimate 50,000 - 70,000 HKD. Lot sold 475,000 HKD. © Sotheby's.
the compressed globular body supported on three cabriole legs, with vertical flanges associated with each leg, covered overall save for the feet with a soft sea-green glaze.
Property from the Xinyangtang Collection.
Provenance: Chak's Company Ltd, Hong Kong, 1990s.
... [Lire la suite]02 juin 2019
A rare Dingyao persimmon-glazed cupstand, Song dynasty (960-1279)
Lot 312. A rare Dingyao persimmon-glazed cupstand, Song dynasty (960-1279); 12.5 cm, 4 7/8 in. Estimate 50,000 - 70,000 HKD. Lot sold 300,000 HKD. © Sotheby's.
modelled after the lacquer prototype with a cup-shaped receptacle, supported on a circular dish and a hollow gently splayed foot, covered overall save for the footring with a copper-russet glaze thinning at the edges, the unglazed footring revealing the white body.
Property from the Xinyangtang Collection.
Provenance:... [Lire la suite]02 juin 2019
A small Junyao tripod incense burner, Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
Lot 394. A small Junyao tripod incense burner, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 5.5 cm, 2 1/8 in. Estimate 30,000 - 50,000 HKD. Lot sold 400,000 HKD. © Sotheby's.
the globular body rising from three cabriole legs to a constricted neck and everted mouth, applied overall save for the feet with a milky-blue glaze, the glaze thinning to a mushroom tone along the rim.
Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 30 May 201902 juin 2019
A small Junyao purple-splashed meiping, Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234)
Lot 393. A small Junyao purple-splashed meiping, Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 22.3 cm, 8 3/4 in. Estimate 50,000 - 70,000 HKD. Lot sold 475,000 HKD. © Sotheby's.
applied with a pale blue glaze and dashed with a purple splash, the glaze thinning to a mushroom tone at the rim and pooling above the foot.
Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong in the late 1990s.
Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 30 May 201902 juin 2019
'Best-of-the-best' prints by Rembrandt displayed together for first time at Lady Lever
LIVERPOOL.- The Lady Lever Art Gallery opened Rembrandt in Print (1 June to 15 September 2019), a new exhibition which presents 50 of the finest etchings and drypoints by the world-famous Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), on loan from the celebrated collection of the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. This exclusive selection of ‘the-best-of-the-best’ Rembrandt prints have never been displayed together and have been hand-picked to show the full scope of Rembrandt’s ability as a printer, in the year which also marks... [Lire la suite]02 juin 2019
A carved Yaozhou celadon 'peony' ewer, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Lot 305. A carved Yaozhou celadon 'peony' ewer, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 19.7 cm, 7 3/4 in. Estimate 100,000 - 150,000 HKD. Lot sold 475,000 HKD. © Sotheby's.
the globular body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted cylindrical neck, the shoulder set with a long curved spout opposite a strap handle decorated with trapezoidal diaper pattern, the exterior crisply carved in relief with a large peony bloom and broad leaves borne on an undulating stem, applied... [Lire la suite]