7 novembre 2019

Luca Giordano, Ariane abandonnée (Ariana Abbandonata),1675-1680, 203 x 246 cm, huile sur toile, Musée de Castelvecchio, Vérone, Italie © Verona, Museo di Castelvecchio, Archivio fotografico (foto Umberto Tomba, Verona) PARIS - À partir du 14 novembre, le Petit Palais présente pour la première fois en France une rétrospective consacrée au peintre napolitain Luca Giordano (1634-1705), l’un des artistes les plus brillants du XVIIe siècle européen. L’exposition met en valeur l’exceptionnelle virtuosité de cette gloire du Seicento à... [Lire la suite]

Lot 39. A yellow-glazed incised 'lotus' vase, Jiaqing seal mark and period (1796-1820). Height 17 cm, 6⅝ in. Estimate: 25,000 - 35,000 GBP. Lot sold 32,500 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. the ovoid body supported on a spreading foot and rising to a slender waisted neck and flared rim, incised to the main body with a frieze of composite lotus scrolls between keyfret bands, the neck similarly decorated below a band of ruyi heads to the rim, covered overall in a deep yellow glaze, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 38. An aubergine-glazed incised 'dragon' bowl, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Diameter 15.2 cm, 6 in. Estimate:  2,500 - 3,000 GBP. Lot sold 5,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. the rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a flared rim, the exterior incised with two five-claw dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls amidst cloud scrolls and above turbulent foaming waters, skirted around the foot with a keyfret band, applied to the exterior with an aubergine colour glaze, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 37. A white-glazed bowl, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Diameter 14.4 cm, 5⅝ in. Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 GBP. Lot sold 50,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. the rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot to an everted rim, covered overall evenly, save for the unglazed footring, with a transparent glaze, the base with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue. Sotheby's. Imperial Porcelain - A Private Collection, 06 Nov 2019

Lot 36.A blue-glazed bowl, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Diameter 11.3 cm, 4½ in. Estimate: 12,000 - 16,000 GBP. Lot sold 15,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. covered on the exterior with a rich cobalt-blue glaze thinning to a mushroom tone at the rim and stopping neatly just above the foot, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. Sotheby's. Imperial Porcelain - A Private Collection, 06 Nov 2019

Lot 35. A celadon-glazed double-gourd vase, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Height 32.5 cm, 12 4/5 in. Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 GBP. Lot sold 35,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. the compressed globular lower bulb rising to smaller upper section and a waisted neck, evenly applied overall with an unctuous soft celadon glaze thinning at the rim, the countersunk base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. Sotheby's. Imperial Porcelain - A Private Collection, 06 Nov 2019

Lot 33. A green-enamelled 'dragon' jar and cover, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Height 20.5 cm, 8 in. Estimate: 70,000 - 90,000 GBP. Lot sold 87,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. well potted with a tapering ovoid body rising from a recessed base to a rounded shoulder and a short neck, painted to the exterior in rich tones of green enamel with two striding five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls amidst cloud scrolls, all between a register of bajixiang ('Eight... [Lire la suite]

Lot 31. A rare copper-red glazed waterpot, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Diameter of the largest 7.5 cm, 2⅞ in. Estimate: 25,000 - 35,000 GBP. Lot sold 50,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. the globular body with a convex base and an incurved rim, covered to the exterior with a translucent copper-red glaze of rich strawberry tone, gradating to a rosy-pink colour to the rim and foot, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. Provenance: Spink & Son... [Lire la suite]

Lot 30. A matched set of five small copper-red glazed cups, Yongzheng marks and period (1723-1735). Diameter of the largest 7.5 cm, 2⅞ in. Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 GBP. Lot sold 106,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. each with rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot, the exterior adorned with a rich crushed-raspberry glaze thinning to white at the rim and pooling to a darker tone around the foot, the interior and base glazed white, the base with a six-character reign mark within a circle in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 18. A pair of famille-rose 'balsam pear' bowls, Daoguang seal marks and period (1821-1850). Diameter 11.1 and 10.9 cm, 4⅜ and 4¼ in. Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 GBP GBP. Lot sold 75,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. each with deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to a flared rim, vibrantly enamelled with luscious balsam pears bursting with seeds borne on leafy vines, together with sprays of bamboo and a butterfly fluttering nearby, all continuing over the rim to the interior with a further... [Lire la suite]