16 décembre 2019

Lot 59. A very rare archaistic pale celadon jade disc, guibi, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 19,8 cm, 7¾ in. Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 EUR. Lot sold: 492,500 EUR. © Sotheby's. en forme de sceptre gui combiné à un disque bi émergeant de flots tumultueux et de rochers en partie inférieure, le fin disque bi enchâssé dans des nuées en forme de ruyi sur les côtés, chaque face sculptée de quelques nuées en forme de ruyi épousant les veines... [Lire la suite]

Marquise Marie Arconati Visconti, 1870, Collection Château de Gaasbeek. © MAD, Paris / Jean Tholance Le Musée des Arts Décoratifs, en partenariat avec la chancellerie des universités de Paris, consacre une exposition à la marquise Arconati Visconti (1840-1923), figure de proue du mécénat envers les musées et les établissements d’enseignement en France. « Marquise Arconati Visconti. Femme libre et mécène d’exception » retrace la destinée exceptionnelle de celle qui a hérité d’une des plus grandes fortunes... [Lire la suite]

Lot 98. A pair of Qingbai pear-shaped vases, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); 81⁄4 in. (21.5 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised: USD 2,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Each vase is applied on the shoulder with a pair of monster-mask-ring handles, with a curled mane issuing from the top of the head to form a loop handle on the neck of the vase, covered overall with a transparent blue-toned glaze suffused with fine crackle, Japanese wood box. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 102. A Yaozhou celadon conical bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century; 73⁄4 in. (19.7 cm.) diam. Estimate: USD 2,400 - USD 3,500. Price Realised: USD 2,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The deep, slightly rounded conical sides that rise to a slightly flared lipped rim are applied on the interior with five slender ribs of slip that define five petals, and the bowl is covered inside and out with an olive-green glaze that thins over the ribs. Christie's. The Art of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 101. A brown-glazed Jian teabowl , Song dynasty (960-1279); 41⁄2 in. (11.5 cm.) diam. Estimate: USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised: USD 5,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The deep, rounded conical sides are covered inside and out with a thick dark brown glaze, stopping in an irregular line and pooling above the foot, exposing the blackish-brown body, Japanese wood box. Property from The Linyushanren Collection. Christie's. The Art of China: Winter Edition, 28 November... [Lire la suite]

Lot 100. A Longquan celadon 'lotus' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 53⁄4 in. (14.7 cm.) diam. Estimate: USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price Realised: USD 3,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The rounded sides rising to a slighly flared rim are carved on the exterior with a wide band of lotus petals rising from the small ring foot. The bowl is covered inside and out with a glaze of soft greenish color, Japanese wood box. Christie's. The Art of China: Winter Edition, 28 November - 5... [Lire la suite]

Lot 99. A small iron-spotted Qingbai vase, Song-Yuan dynasty (AD 960-1368); 41⁄2 in. (11.5 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price Realised: USD 4,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The small vase with bulbous body rising to a wide neck and lipped mouth is covered with a pale greyish-green glaze daubed with spots of iron brown, Japanese wood box. Property from The Linyushanren Collection. Christie's. The Art of China: Winter Edition, 28 November - 5 December 2019

Lot 97. A rare Qingbai petal-lobed box and cover, Song-Yuan dynasty (AD 960-1368); 31⁄4 in. (8 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised: USD 5,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The box and cover are each molded with chrysanthemum petals on the sides, and are covered with a transparent glaze of pale bluish-white tone with the exception of the base, exposing the fine white ware, Japanese wood box. Provenance: Mayuyama, Tokyo. Property from The Linyushanren... [Lire la suite]

Lot 94. A Cizhou cut-slip jar, Song dynasty (960-1279); 31⁄4 in. (8.2 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised: USD 5,625. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The rounded body is decorated with rows of oblique striations cut through a dark brown slip to reveal the white slip beneath, while the low neck, foot ring and the base are covered with a creamy white slip, all under a clear glaze, and the interior is covered with a thin brown glaze, Japanese wood box. ... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 31. A Qingbai vase and cover, Song dynasty (960-1279); 241⁄2 in. (62 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 700 - USD 1,000. Price Realised: USD 1,875. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The vase is applied on the shoulders with twelve mourning figures and a small prostrate figure with the head raised below a cloud of vapor. The tapering neck is applied with a large dragon, various animals and birds, and the moon supported by vapor projecting from the side, below the rim is a piecrust collar... [Lire la suite]