13 juillet 2019

Lot 56. An Art Deco ruby, emerald and diamond jigha. Estimate USD 100,000 - USD 150,000. Price realised USD 118,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019  The turban ornament set with carved rubies, circular, cushion and oval-cut rubies, rectangular-cut and pear-shaped cabochon emeralds, old-cut diamonds, gold, with brooch fitting on the reverse, 2 5/8 ins., mid-20th century. Exhibited: Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2015, p. 145, no. 88The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p. 131, no.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 331. An antique ruby, diamond and pearl sarpatti, 19th century. Estimate USD 100,000 - USD 150,000. Price realised USD 125,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019  The turban ornament set with pear-shaped cabochon and table-cut rubies, pear-shaped table-cut diamond, ruby beads, pearls, gold, white, red and green enameling on the reverse, 33 ins., 19th century, restrung at a later date. Exhibited: The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p. 62, no. 34Grand Palais, Grand Palais, Paris 2017, pp. 228-29,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 330. An antique diamond and multi-gem sarpech, 19th century. Estimate USD 80,000 - USD 120,000. Price realised USD 125,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019  The turban ornament set with variously-shaped table-cut diamonds, rectangular and pear-shaped spinels, rectangular-cut emeralds, spinel and emerald beads, blue and green enamel, pearls, foil, gold on a lac core, 6 ½ ins., 19th century. Provenance: Sirdar Charanjit Singh of Kapurthala (1883–1970).   Note: Sirdar Charanjit... [Lire la suite]

Lot 225. An Art Deco emerald, diamond, ruby and enamel shoulder brooch, Cartier. Estimate USD 100,000 - USD 150,000. Price realised USD 125,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019  Oval cabochon emerald, pear-shaped carved, buff-top and circular cabochon emeralds, pear-shaped table-cut and circular-cut diamonds, circular cabochon rubies, black enamel, platinum and gold, 2 7/8 ins., 1924, unsigned, with later added detachable seed pearl, onyx bead, enamel, diamond, emerald and ruby tassel recreated from... [Lire la suite]

Lot 190. A deer-headed jade-hilted dagger, India, second half 17th century; 13 5/8 ins. (34.7 cm.) long. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 125,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019  Watered-steel blade, rain guard signed and dated. Provenance: By repute Spink and Son, London, Stuart Cary Welch, sold Sotheby’s, London, 6 April 2011, lot 106.   Christie's. Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence, New York, 19 June 2019

Lot 169. A blue and white 'Phoenix' dish, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Diameter 6 3/8  in., 16.1 cm. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Lot sold 4,688 USD. © Sotheby's. painted in underglaze blue with a central medallion of two confronting phoenix clasping a sprig in their beaks, surrounded by clouds within a double circle, the motif repeated on the exterior, seal mark in underglaze blue. Provenance: Property from a Private New England Collection, acquired circa... [Lire la suite]

Lot 167. A copper-red and underglaze-blue moonflask, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Height 19 3/16  in., 48.7 cm. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 USD. Lot sold 93,750 USD. © Sotheby's. the flattened globular body rising from a short oval foot to a slender neck flanked by a pair of scroll handles, painted on each side with scrolling lotus, the lotus heads in underglaze red and the leafy branches in underglaze blue, all between a band of pendent ruyi-heads. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 166. A Ming-style copper-red and underglaze-blue vase, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Height 19 3/16  in., 48.7 cm Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 USD. Lot sold 37,500 USD. © Sotheby's. of ovoid form, painted with formal red lotus flower heads borne on an undulating foliate vine with leaves picked out in underglaze blue, all between key-fret borders around the rim and foot. Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 30th March 2006, lot 310. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics... [Lire la suite]

Lot 165. A fine small blue and white 'Lotus' vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Height 17 3/4  in., 45.1 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 18,750 USD. © Sotheby's. the globular body raised on a short straight foot and rising to a tall neck with curved galleried rim, delicately painted with multiple bands of scrolling lotus, the wider band further painted with stylized bat pendants dangling chimes and double-fishes, the bands separated by raised filets... [Lire la suite]

Lot 163. A celadon, copper-red and underglaze-blue yen-yen vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 17 3/4  in., 45.1 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 43,750 USD. © Sotheby's. the body of baluster form rising to a trumpet neck with everted rim, boldly painted in strong tones of underglaze blue and red with a scene of a traveling immortal and acolyte riding on a donkey, approaching a local with a basket of lingzhi who points the way, a... [Lire la suite]