16 octobre 2019

Lot 166. A rare early Iznik mosque lamp (kandil), Ottoman Turkey, circa 1512; 8½in. (21.6cm.) high. Estimate GBP 80,000 - GBP 120,000 (USD 100,480 - USD 150,720). © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 Of typical form, with cylindrical body tapering before wide flaring mouth, the white body painted in two shades of blue with a frieze of elegant palmettes on a meandering scroll, a band of strapwork roundels containing stellar motifs below, wider bands of hexagonal lozenge before the foot and mouth, the body with... [Lire la suite]

Dominique Blain. La Grande Galerie du Louvre, 1939. Photo : Bibliothèque Kandinsky, MNAM/CCI, Centre Pompidou-RMN-Grand Palais, MV2547- Fonds Marc Vaux. En regard de crises politiques majeures, de guerres, de répression de la liberté, de vandalisme, de catastrophes naturelles, que représentent pour nous les œuvres d’art ? Et que sommes-nous prêts à faire pour protéger un chef-d’œuvre ? L’exposition réunit une série de photographies d’archives tirées de l’histoire de France retravaillées par l’artiste autour d’une sculpture... [Lire la suite]

Lot 9. A famille-rose 'boneless' 'butterfly and flower' bowl, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Diameter 14.6 cm, 5¾ in. Estimate: 25,000 - 35,000 GBP. Lot sold 37,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. with gently rounded sides resting on a tapered foot, delicately painted around the exterior in 'boneless' style with clusters of floral blooms and buds, including ruby and pink peonies, and pale indigo-blue chrysanthemums, emerging from the ground beside jagged rockwork, with a multi-coloured... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8. A very rare underglaze-blue, famille-rose and gilt-decorated 'boys medallion' vase, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Height 18.2 cm, 7⅛ in. Estimate: 150,000 - 250,000 GBP. Lot sold 519,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. finely potted with an elegant pear-shape body sweeping from a short foot to a tall slender neck with everted rim, decorated with three round white medallions to the body, each delicately enamelled with boys at play, all between stylised foliage bearing large lotus... [Lire la suite]

Lot 7. A fine and rare pair of white-glazed cut-through 'lotus' bowls, Qianlong seal marks and period (1736-1795). Diameter of each 13.5 cm, 5¼ in. Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 GBP. Lot sold 162,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. each thinly potted with rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a gently flared rim, delicately pierced around the body with a broad band of scrolling lotus blooms, applied overall with a transparent unctuous glaze revealing the white body and intricate design, the base... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A rare lime green-enamelled 'chrysanthemum' dish, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Diameter 17.8 cm, 7 in. Estimate: 70,000 - 90,000 GBP. Lot sold 112,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. the shallow rounded sides moulded in the form of thirty-four slender fluted petals radiating from a slightly recessed flat centre, supported on a foot of corresponding form, covered overall with an even bright lime-green glaze, the center of the base left white and inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5. A fine and rare blue and white 'dragon medallion' bowl, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Diameter 11.9 cm, 4¾ in. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 GBP. Lot sold 137500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. with gently rounded sides rising from a concave base to a slightly everted rim, painted to the exterior in rich tones of cobalt with four circular roundels each depicting a pair of interlaced archaistic kui dragons, repeated to the centre of the interior and surrounded by a border of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4. A fine and rare Guan-type ribbed vase, Yongzheng seal mark and period (1723-1735). Height 23.5 cm, 9¼ in. Estimate: 120,000 - 160,000 GBP. Lot sold 250,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. of elongated pear shape sweeping up to a slender neck and a flared rim, decorated to the body with six evenly spaced raised ribs, covered overall with a lustrous, thick bluish-grey glaze suffused with a matrix of russet and icy crackles, the unglazed footring dressed in a dark brown slip, the base with a six-character... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3. A fine and rare small copper-red 'sanduo' waterpot, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Width 5.1 cm, 2 in. Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 GBP. Lot sold 93,750 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. the slightly tapering sides rising from a recessed base to rounded shoulders and an incurved rim, finely painted around the sides with flowering and fruiting branches of the sanduo ('Three Abundances'), all between a band of ruyi scrolls to the rim and a lappet border around the foot, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2. A fine and rare small white-glazed cut-through 'lotus' cup, Qing dynasty, 18th century, Yuyan Shuwu mark. Diameter 7 cm, 2¾ in. Estimate: 25,000 - 35,000 GBP. Lot sold 32,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. delicately potted with flawless translucent sides rising from the countersunk base to a subtly everted rim, decorated to the body with pierced lotus blossoms, covered overall with a transparent glaze revealing the white body and the cut-out design, the base with a four-character hall mark... [Lire la suite]