27 janvier 2020

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. The Head of a Young Man in Profile to the Left (detail), 1749/50. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray. CHICAGO, IL.- Highlighting one of the most important gifts in the history of the Prints and Drawings department, Pure Drawing: Seven Centuries of Art from the Gray Collection brings together more than 100 works from celebrated art dealer Richard Gray and art historian Mary L. Gray. Assembled over nearly 50 years, the Gray Collection encapsulates a long and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 115. A polychromed limestone figure of a Luohan, Late Tang-Song dynasty. Height 37 1/4 in., 94.6 cm. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 USD. Lot sold 92,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's carved rigidly upright with bare feet together on a waisted lotus plinth, his fleshy face with heavily lidded eyes and full lips, his right hand holding a pearl at chest level, his left hand straight by his side holding an attribute, clad in monastic robes loosely draped and falling in a cascade of folds, traces... [Lire la suite]

Lot 118. A large limestone 'Longmen' head of a Bodhisattva Early Tang Dynasty, 7th century. Height 23 in., 58.5 cm Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 USD. Lot sold 992,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's the elongated face sensitively carved conveying a serene expression,  the eyes half-closed in contemplation above gently arched brows, the straight nose over the full lips, the hair drawn back and up in distinct braids and coiled on top into a high chignon, the stone a dark tone with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1511. A marble carving of a rabbit on a lotus base, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907); 5 3/8 in. (13.8 cm) high. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 30,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The rabbit is carved in a recumbent position, with legs tucked under the body and ears laid back, resting on a domed base carved around the sides with lotus petals, all above a plain square plinth. Provenance: Acquired in New York, before 1990.  Note: Small Tang-dynasty marble... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1510. A rare small dark grey stone Daoist stele, Tang dynasty, dated by inscription to AD 719; 7¾ inches (19.7 cm) high. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 47,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The front is carved with a central figure of the deified sage Laozi shown seated behind a u-shaped arm rest, flanked by acolytes standing on lotus-pod supports rising from the same stalk which also supports Laozi. The figures are carved in relief within an arched recess above a flat... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1509. A grey marble torso of a Bodhisattva, Northern Qi-Sui Dynasty, circa AD 570-590; 35 in. (88.9 cm) high. Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 70,000. Price realised USD 62,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The figure is shown standing on a lotus-pod-shaped plinth, and dressed in long monastic robes falling in neat symmetrical folds to the bare feet. The shoulders are draped with a simple shawl ending in long trailing ends tied in a knot across the chest. Long chains of clustered beads hang from... [Lire la suite]

Lot 117. A limestone head of a Luohan, Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577). Height 8 in., 20.2 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 8,125 USD. Photo Sotheby's the bald head carved with downcast eyes and youthful features, the full-lips curled in a gentle smile, all flanked by pendulous earlobes, stand (2).  Provenance: Acquired Quincy, Massachusetts, November 7, 1970. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 11 september 2012

Lot 178. An important gilt-bronze figure of Buddha, Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). Height 7 3/4 in., 19.7 cm. Estimate 500,000 — 800,000 USD. Lot sold 1,172,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's portrayed standing barefoot on a circular tapering base, both hands held in abhayamudra, clad in loose robes falling in crisply cast folds that flare outwards, his sharp features framed by long ears and wavy hair that covers his ushnisha, the back with rectangular cavity and two pierced tabs,... [Lire la suite]

Maitreya, Tibet, circa 15th century. Gilt copper alloy, gems and pigment. H 29.6 cm. © Dalton Somaré. Literature: D. Weldon and J. Casey Singer, The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet, Buddhist Art in the Nyingjei Lam Collection, Laurence King Publishing, London, 1999, pp. 114-115 DALTON SOMARÉ, Stand 101d at BRAFA, 26 janvier-2 février 2020

Male figure, Baule people, Ivory Coast, late 19th century. Wood, glass beads and brass. H 48 cm. © Dalton Somaré. Provenance: René Rasmussen collection, Paris; Countess de Marotte collection, France; Galerie Alain de Monbrison, Paris; Allan Stone collection, New York. Janus guardian figure, Kota-Obamba, Gabon, mid 19th century. Wood, brass, copper and iron. H 62 cm. © Dalton Somaré.   Provenance: private collection, Corsica; Galerie Bernard Dulon; private collection, Paris.