09 janvier 2020
Ottoman Turkey Iznik pottery vessels at Christie's London, 5 October 2010
Lot 301. An Iznik pottery jug, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1560; 9 7/8in. (25cm.) high. Estimate GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000. Price realised GBP 61,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.
Of baluster form rising from short, slightly splayed foot to tapering neck with everted mouth and shaped spout, simple handle leading from the mouth to the body, the white ground decorated in cobalt-blue, bole-red, green and black with rows of sailing vessels with striped blue sails, around them red and green stylised... [Lire la suite]09 janvier 2020
A small carved black lacquer circular dish, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
Lot 1469. A small carved black lacquer circular dish, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); 6 13/16 in. (17.3 m.) diam. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 135,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013.
The shallow dish is raised on a ring foot and is well carved through the black and red layers in the interior with two long-tailed birds with incised feathers in flight against a background of a leafy, flowering peony stem bearing four open blossoms and four buds. The exterior of the rounded sides is carved... [Lire la suite]09 janvier 2020
A rare tixi black lacquer dish, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
Lot 1468. A rare tixi black lacquer dish, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); 10 in. (25.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 25,000 - USD 35,000. Price realised USD 25,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013.
The circular dish is raised on a slightly tapered ring foot and has shallow, rounded sides. The interior is carved through the black and red lacquer layers with a central motif of five small radiating mushroom-shaped spokes encircled by three rows of ruyi cloud scrolls, and on the exterior is carved with a row of... [Lire la suite]09 janvier 2020
A rare brown lacquer petal-lobed box and cover, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century
Lot 1470. A rare brown lacquer petal-lobed box and cover, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century; 6¼ in. (16 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 18,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013.
The cover has a flat top surrounded by thirteen rounded lobes that curve downwards to the upright sides, and the box is of similar shape and raised a thin foot of corresponding outline. The exterior is covered in reddish-brown lacquer, and the interior with an olive-brown lacquer, Japanese... [Lire la suite]09 janvier 2020
An elegant Ayyubid or early Mamluk marvered glass jar, Egypt or Syria, 12th-13th century
Lot 143. An elegant Ayyubid or early Mamluk marvered glass jar, Egypt or Syria, 12th-13th century; 4 3/8in. (11cm.) high. Estimate GBP 25,000 - GBP 35,000. Price realised GBP 25,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.
Of bulbous form rising from short trumpet foot to flaring mouth, the purple translucent glass body marvered with white threads in festooned oblique patterns, clean repaired breaks.
Note: This aubergine coloured glass jar punctuated with a white foliated palmette design is an... [Lire la suite]09 janvier 2020
A wheel-cut blue glass bottle, North-East Iran, 9th-10th century
Lot 69. A wheel-cut blue glass bottle, North-East Iran, 9th-10th century; 3in. (7.8cm.) high. Estimate GBP 2,500 - GBP 3,500. Price realised GBP 5,625. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.
Of rounded form with short slightly flaring facetted neck, the body with rows of wheel-cut roundels, the shoulder marked with a carved line, iridescence, intact.
Christie's. Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, London, 5 October 2010
09 janvier 2020
A blue enamelled gold-decorated sandwich glass beaker, probably Iran, 9th century
Lot 64. A blue enamelled gold-decorated sandwich glass beaker, probably Iran, 9th century; 3¼in. (8.2cm.) high. Estimate GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000. Price realised GBP 73,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.
Of cylindrical form with flat base, the body decorated in gilt in the 'sandwich-glass' technique with an arcade formed of lotus leaves and containing large palmetes, each palmette flanked with a small blue dot, a smaller band above with repeating smaller palmettes with occasional blue dots, the... [Lire la suite]09 janvier 2020
A post-Sassanian glass beaker, Iran, 6th-8th century
Lot 4. A post-Sassanian glass beaker, Iran, 6th-8th century; 4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000. Price realised GBP 2,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.
Of deep hemispherical form cut with stepped bands of roundels forming a honeycomb lattice, the surface entirely covered with iridescence and encrustation.
Christie's. Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, London, 5 October 2010
09 janvier 2020
The property of a private European collector, by descent from the Reach Family Collection at Christie's NY, 19-20 September 2013
Lot 1498. A gold and turquoise-inlaid bronze garment hook, Late Warring States period, 4th-3rd century BC; 8 in. (20.3 cm.) long. Estimate USD 25,000 - USD 35,000. Price realised USD 37,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013.
The slender, arched garment hook is inlaid in gold sheet and wire with a pattern of elongated angular scrolls against a ground of turquoise chips, and the dragon-head hook is encased in gold sheet inlaid with a small tear drop-shaped turquoise chip, , fitted box.
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A greyish-green jade bi, Warring States period-Han dynasty, circa 3rd century BC
Lot 1730. A greyish-green jade bi, Warring States period-Han dynasty, circa 3rd century BC; 5 3/8 in. (13.8 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 11,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013.
Each side is carved in low relief with comma spirals within an hexagonal grid pattern between plain inner and outer borders. The translucent, greyish-green stone has some darker inclusions and some opaque buff alteration.
Provenance: Ashkenazi & Co., San Francisco, acquired before 1996.Dr. Leonard... [Lire la suite]