6 novembre 2019

Lot 69. A rare pair of champlevé enamel 'luduan' censers and covers, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 10 in. (25.4 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 15,000 - GBP 25,000. Price realised GBP 137,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Each of the censers is cast as a mythical beast, luduan, with its rotund body finely decorated with flower heads amongst tendrils, highlighted in blue and red champlevé enamels against a turquoise ground. The small bell is cast above a stripe of pink enamelled... [Lire la suite]

Lot 180. A pair of massive and superbly-decorated famille rose baluster jars and covers, Yongzheng period (1723-1735); 30 ¾ in. (78.5 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 120,000 - GBP 180,000. Price realised GBP 150,000. © Christie's Images  Each jar is finely decorated in bright enamels with elaborately dressed and coiffured equestriennes riding through a garden with a trellis covered in flowering plants to one side, with two scholars and an attendent at leisure in a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 188. An inscribed underglaze blue and copper red-decorated brushpot, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue and possibly of the period; 7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 20,000 - GBP 40,000. Price realised GBP 187,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. The exterior of the brushpot is intricately inscribed in blue with the text Sheng zhu de xian chen song, 'The Divine Emperor Obtains Worthy Officials', ending with a red seal mark reading xi chao chuan gu, which may be translated... [Lire la suite]

Lot 173. A pair of doucai conical 'dragon' bowls and covers, Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue within double circles and of the period (1723-1735); 8 1/8 in. (20 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 30,000 - GBP 50,000. Price realised GBP 212,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. The conical bowls and domed covers are finely enamelled to the exterior with a yellow and a green five-clawed dragon above crashing waves in pursuit of the flaming pearl. The mouth rims have small... [Lire la suite]

Lot 70.  A Dingyao carved 'Day-lilies' dish, Song Dynasty (960-1279); 17.2cm (6 3/4in) diam. Estimate £ 15,000 - 20,000 (€ 17,000 - 23,000). Unsold. Photo Bonhams. The shallow dish thinly potted with gently rounded sides rising from a short straight foot, the interior finely carved across the well with curling day-lily blossoms on winding foliate stems, all covered with a rich creamy glaze, box. Provenance: Ben Janssens Oriental Art Ltd., LondonAn English private collection. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 66.  A small Dingyao 'lotus' bowl, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1126); 9cm (3 1/2in) diam. Estimate £ 30,000 - 40,000 (€ 35,000 - 46,000). Unsold. Photo Bonhams. Finely potted with thin deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot, the interior carved with a single lotus flower spray amidst scrolling foliage, all covered with a creamy ivory-white glaze. Provenance: The Honorable Mr. Justice Robert Tang Kwok-ching, SBS, The Xiwenguozhai Collection, Hong KongMarchant, LondonA London... [Lire la suite]

Lot 66.  A Dingyao square dish, Liao-Northern Song Dynasty (1115-1126); 12.1cm (4 3/4in) wide. Estimate £ 30,000 - 40,000 (€ 35,000 - 46,000). Sold for £ 37,562 (€ 43,859). Photo Bonhams. The four sides tapering to a roliate rim, moulded in relief in the interior with four intertwined leaves beneath individually-fluted petals, covered overall with a rich creamy white glaze ecept for the base, revealing the high-fired biscuit body. Provenance: The Honorable Mr. Justice Robert Tang Kwok-ching,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 65. A rare Dingyao moulded 'floral' bowl, Jin Dynasty (1115–1234); 19.3cm (7 5/8in) diam. Estimate £ 30,000 - 50,000 (€ 35,000 - 58,000). Sold for £ 25,062 (€ 29,258). Photo Bonhams. The thinly potted bowl with a plain exterior and typical olive teardrop trails, the interior crisply moulded in six panels each with an upright cluster of floral sprays including daisy, peony and camellia, a strip of corroded metal adhering at one point to the unglazed biscuit rim, fitted box. Provenance: Cheng... [Lire la suite]

Lot 53.  A very rare gold mask, Liao Dynasty (907-1125); 23cm (9in) long. Estimate £ 30,000 - 50,000 (€ 35,000 - 58,000). Sold for £ 32,562 (€ 38,021). Photo Bonhams. With straps encircling the crown of the head and joined at the top by a circular medallion, the facial features created by repousse with the hair finely incised, the circumference of the mask with punched and chased border, stand. Property from the Collection of John J. Studzinski, CBE Provenance: A & J Speelman Ltd., London, 24... [Lire la suite]

Lot 93. A rare large blue and white rouleau vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 72cm (29 1/8in) high. Estimate £ 60,000 - 90,000 (€ 70,000 - 100,000). Unsold. Photo Bonhams. Boldly painted in dark vivid blue all around the body with moonlit riverscapes, small figures in crafts in the foreground and pairs of figures idly conversing on the zigzag river bank beneath clouds eddying around mountain peaks.  Provenance: an English private collectionBonhams London, 12 May 2011, lot 298 Autumn Dusk at... [Lire la suite]