28 janvier 2020

Gerhard Richter, Fuji, 1996. Oil on Alucobond, 29 x 37 cm (11.4 x 14.5 in.). Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Dusseldorf. © 2020 TEFAF. Provenance: Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich; Galerie 20.21, Essen; Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.TEFAF Maastricht, 7-15 march 2020

Spanish School 17th-century, Still life of Skulls, 1650. Oil on canvas, 38.5 x 78 cm (15.2 x 30.7 in.). Benappi Fine Art, London. © 2020 TEFAF.   Provenance: Private collection, Italy.   TEFAF Maastricht, 7-15 march 2020

Lot 1331. A large blue and white bottle vase, late 19th-early 20th century; 21 3/8 in. (54.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 32,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The tapering bulbous body is decorated with a wide band of flower scroll set between the Eight Buddhist Emblems (bajixiang) above and a petal-lappet band below. Further flower scroll is on the neck between decorative borders and above a band of froth-capped waves on the shoulder, wood stand. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1330. A blue and white jardinière, Guangxu period (1875-1908); 13 in. (33 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 25,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The jardinière is heavily potted and has deep rounded sides that are decorated with four dragon medallions above a bow-string border and a band of key fret encircling the foot, while the rim is decorated with wan diaper. A large hole is in the center of the slightly convex base. Christie's. Fine... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1388. A fine Ming-style blue and white bottle vase, Daoguang seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1821-1850); 14½ in (37 cm.) high. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 171,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The vase is painted in fifteenth century style with a broad band of composite foliate scroll above a petal-lappet band on the globular body, and bands of pendent ruyi heads and further foliate scroll on the shoulder, all separated by plain... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1385. A fine Ming-style blue and white bottle vase, Daoguang seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1821-1850); 14½ in (37 cm.) high. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 159,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The vase is painted in fifteenth century style with a broad band of composite foliate scroll above a petal-lappet band on the globular body, and bands of pendent ruyi heads and further foliate scroll on the shoulder, all separated by plain rib borders... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1329. A blue and white 'lotus' bowl, Daoguang seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1821-1850); 6 3/8 and 6 5/8 in. (6.3 and 6.8 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Price realised USD 8,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The deep, rounded sides rise to a slightly everted rim and are decorated on the exterior with a frieze of peony scroll above a petal-lappet band, and on the center of the interior with a peony spray roundel. Together with a bowl of similar design,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1327. A pair of rare small blue and white ewers and covers, 18th-19th century; 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 25,000. Price realised USD 255,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 Each ewer is delicately potted with a globular body raised on a spreading foot with a pie-crust border, and is finely painted around the sides with a wide band of vertical foliate scrolls bordered by double lines and interrupted on one side by a long curving spout emerging from the mouth of a mythical... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1409. A copper-red-decorated blue and white 'Eight Immortals' bowl, Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795); 8¾ in. (22.3 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 32,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2013.  The deep, rounded sides are decorated in underglaze blue on the exterior with a frieze of the Eight Immortals shown with their attributes reserved on a ground of underglaze-red, wind-tossed waves above a key-fret band on the foot. A similarly... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1334. A pair of iron-red and underglaze-blue 'dragon' dishes, Qianlong four-character seal marks and of the period (1736-1795); 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 43,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 Each is painted in iron-red in the interior with a five-clawed dragon leaping wildly against a background of penciled blue waves, and on the exterior with a similar design of nine dragons below a decorative border. ... [Lire la suite]