5 septembre 2019

Lot 530. A copper-red and blue and white peach-shaped waterdropper, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. Height 4 1/8  in., 10.5 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot Sold 12,500 USD. © Sotheby's. modeled as an auspicious peach resting on top of its wide stem forming a foot ring, the two incised leaves on both sides of the fruit in underglaze blue and the stem, tip and florets in underglaze copper red, two Japanese wood boxes (5). Note: Naturalistically modeled and successfully fired... [Lire la suite]

Lot 529. A blue and white 'dragon' jar, Joseon dynasty, early 19th century. Height 15 3/4  in., 40 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot Sold 75,000 USD. © Sotheby's. of ovoid form, vividly painted in underglaze blue with four-clawed dragons among clouds, all decorated with a blue-tinged transparent glaze, Japanese wood box (3). Note: Broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted jars such as the present example were popular in Korea during the 17th-19th centuries when they were used as storage... [Lire la suite]

Lot 528. A Punch'ong slip-decorated stoneware flask, Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897). Width 9 3/4  in., 24.8 cm. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 USD. Lot Sold 37,500 USD. © Sotheby's. the horizontal ovoid form raised on a high splayed oval foot and surmounted by a narrow waisted neck rising to an everted mouth, covered overall with brushed white slip, each side decorated boldly in iron brown with intertwined ginseng leaves, the shoulder with sparse iron-brown foliate design centering the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 527. An incised celadon-glazed meiping, Goryeo dynasty (918-1392). Height 14 3/8  in., 36.5 cm. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 USD. Lot Sold 47,500 USD. © Sotheby's. the elegantly waisted body rising from a splayed foot, sweeping up to the broad rounded shoulders and the short everted mouth, incised overall with lotus scrolls, the flowers borne on leafy undulating stems, all beneath a celadon glaze suffused with a faint crackle, stopping at the foot to reveal the partly glazed countersunk... [Lire la suite]

Peter Aaron, “Tetrapylon, Palmyra,” 2009. 16 x 20 inches. ATHENS, GA.- In 2009, while on a family trip to Syria, architectural photographer Peter Aaron shot dozens of images of historic sites. Two years later, as part of the Arab Spring uprisings, protesters demanded that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad step down. Their violent suppression began a civil war that has continued to the present day and resulted in the destruction of many of the sites Aaron photographed. Despite intervention from foreign powers and the United... [Lire la suite]

Lot 31. Chinese Gilt-Bronze Figure of Vajrabhairava and Vajra Vetali, Qianlong Six-Character Mark on Base. Height 7 1/2 inches. Estimate $20,000-30,000. Unsold. © Doyle  NEW YORK, NY -- Scheduled during the week of Asian sales in New York, Doyle’s Asian Works of Art auction on Monday, September 9 at 10am presents the arts of China, Japan and Southeast Asia dating from the Neolithic Period through the 20th century. Showcased will be bronzes, jades, snuff bottles, porcelains, pottery, scholar’s... [Lire la suite]