19 août 2019

Lot 572. A large carved Longquan celadon dish, Ming Dynasty, 15th-16th century; 18 7/16 in. (46.8 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 17,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008. Heavily potted and fluidly carved in the center with a large lotus blossom and leaf supported on curved stalks with sinuous, curling leafy tendrils above a wave ground, all contained within a combed bracket-lobed reserve, the cavetto carved with a continuous band of lotus scroll, covered overall with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 569. A Longquan celadon dish, Ming Dynasty, 14th-15th century; 13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 18,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008. With shallow sides rising to a rounded rim, covered overall in an unctuous glaze of even sea-green color continuing over the foot rim, where an unglazed ring on the base has fired to an orange color. Note: A larger Longquan celadon dish (68.5 cm.) of this striking type, also undecorated and relying solely on the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 372. A rare huanghuali and nanmu wine table, jiuzhuo, 16th-17th century; 34 1/8 in. (86.7 cm.) high, 41 in. (104.1 cm.) wide, 29 5/8 in. (75.3 cm.) deep. Estimate USD 90,000 - USD 120,000. Price realised USD 217,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008. The attractive large nanmu burl panel set into the broad rectangular huanghuali frame, with beaded 'ice-plate' edge above the wide, beaded undulating single-panel apron, the slightly splayed legs of circular... [Lire la suite]

Lot 346. A rare four-tiered square lacquer box and cover, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 70,000. Price realised USD 55,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008. The cover carved with a scene of two scholars playing weiqi in an open pavilion beside a lotus pond where two ducks swim near a young attendant holding a lotus flower as he approaches the pavilion on a narrow walkway, above panels of various flowers including chrysanthemum, peony, lotus and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 345. A carved red lacquer rectangular box and cover, Jiajing six-character incised and gilded mark and of the period (1522-1566); 26 in. (66 cm.) high. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 157,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008. The top finely carved with two birds, one perched on a branch of flowering and fruiting pomegranate, the other on another flowering branch, the branches emerging from around a pierced rock, with further flowering branches on the sides of the cover and box,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 338. A large parcel-gilt bronze tripod censer and cover, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 26 in. (66 cm.) high. Estimate USD 25,000 - USD 35,000. Price realised USD 133,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008. The bulbous body raised on three cabriole and lion mask supports, cast around the sides with cranes flanking shou characters alternating with wan emblems positioned abovelingzhi sprigs rising from a rock and wave border, with further shou characters below each of the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 327. A rare mother-of-pearl-inlaid black lacquer brush, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) long. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 10,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008. The handle of the brush and the cover inlaid with cell-diaper pattern between narrow borders of dots, the waisted hilt of the brush inlaid with chrysanthemum petals at the end, and the end of the cover inlaid with a flower head. Provenance: Acquired in Japan in the 1970s.  ... [Lire la suite]

Ornans - Pour célébrer le Bicentenaire de la naissance de Gustave Courbet, il fallait nécessairement, après avoir rappelé tout ce que l’art doit à la liberté esthétique que le peintre a su imposer en son temps, montrer combien il reste une référence pour les artistes d’aujourd’hui. Et c’est Yan Pei-Ming, peintre contemporain et internationalement reconnu, qui se confrontera à une dizaine d’œuvres majeures du maître d’Ornans. C’est d’ailleurs dans l’atelier de Courbet à Ornans – actuellement en cours de restauration – que Yan... [Lire la suite]

Lot 525. A very rare sancai-glazed pottery 'dragon-fish' ewer, Liao dynasty (907-1125); 12¾ in. (32.3 cm.) long. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 25,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008.  The vessel crisply molded as a dragon-fish cradled within the open petals of a lotus flower and grasping a pearl in its mouth, the handle of the vessel set between the wings and tail and formed by the undulating trail of a swirling cloud, the details picked out in amber, green and straw... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 576. A rare gold 'kalavinka' hairpin ornament, Liao dynasty (AD 907-1125); 2 in. (5.1 cm) wide; weight 6.1 g. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019. The front of the ornament is shaped in repoussé as a bejeweled kalavinka, its hands crossed in front of the chest as it floats amidst clouds. All of the outlines are beaded and it is soldered to a plain gold back.  Provenance: Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no.... [Lire la suite]