7 février 2020

Lot 1723. A fine famille verte wine cup, Late Kangxi-Early Yongzheng period, early 18th century; 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 40,000. Price realised USD 56,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.   With flared sides, finely painted with a continuous scene of a scholar seated on the banks of a river watching the water gently rippling around protruding rocks, apochryphal Chenghua mark on the base, wood stand, box.   Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1721. A large pale green, aubergine and yellow-glazed 'dragon' dish, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 13¾ in. (34.9 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 21,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.   Painted in the interior with two five-clawed dragons confronted around a pearl amidst clouds and flames, the cavetto painted with peony, chrysanthemum, prunus and various other flowering trees beneath a diaper border at the rounded rim, the exterior painted with four... [Lire la suite]

Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi), The Flagellation of Christ, 1607. Oil on canvas, 118 in × 92 in. Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples, coming from Naples, Church of San Domenico Maggiore (property of Fondo Edifici di Culto del Ministero degli Interni) Courtesy of Kimbell Art Museum. FORT WORTH, TX.- The Kimbell will display Caravaggio's celebrated Flagellation of Christ as a guest of honor in the upcoming exhibition Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum. Profoundly shocking yet gently... [Lire la suite]

Lot 438. A cloisonné enamel 'dragon' moonflask, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 29.8cm., 11 7/8 in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Lot sold 37,250 GBP. © Sotheby's. the flattened circular body rising from a straight foot to a cylindrical neck, flanked by a pair of ruyi handles, brightly decorated to the front and back with a sinuous dragon amongst meandering lotus scrolls, all reserved on a turquoise ground, the handles with stylised ruyi clouds. Provenance: A French... [Lire la suite]

Lot 435. A cloisonné enamel 'carp' dish, Late Ming dynasty; 13.6cm., 5 3/8 in. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 5,000 GBP. © Sotheby's. the deep rounded sides rising from a short foot, decorated with a central medallion enclosing a carp leaping from turbulent waves, all encircled by leafy lotus sprays separated by radiating clouds, the exterior with a composite floral scroll and the base with ruyi clouds. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 434. A small cloisonné enamel seal paste box and cover, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century; 4.8cm., 1 7/8 in. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Lot sold 27,500 GBP. © Sotheby's. of cylindrical form, the cover decorated with a floral spray and bamboo issuing from rocks, encircled at the sides with meandering floral scrolls. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 7 November 2012

  Lot 433. A rare gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel cup stand, Xuande mark and period (1426-1435); 19.2cm., 7 1/2 in. Estimate 50,000 — 70,000 GBP. Lot sold 61,250 GBP. © Sotheby's. the interior cast with a domed ring to the centre with a flat well and everted rim, finely enamelled to the centre with a single lotus spray framed by a border of lotus lappets, lotus and chrysanthemum sprays, the well with scattered florets with cloud scrolls interspersed by floret... [Lire la suite]

Lot 432. A cloisonné enamel 'dragon and phoenix' tripod charger, Ming dynasty, late 16th century; 44.5cm., 17 1/2 in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Lot sold 32,450 GBP. © Sotheby's. the shallow sides rising from three gilt-bronze ruyi feet to a broad everted rim, brightly decorated to the central medallion with a dragon and phoenix in flight amongst clouds contesting a flaming pearl, all surrounded by meandering lotus and floral scrolls repeated on the exterior and the base. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 431. A small gilt-bronze cloisonné enamel 'lotus' dish, Ming dynasty, Xuande period (1426-1435); 12.4cm., 4 7/8 in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Lot sold 22,500 GBP. © Sotheby's. the slightly convex well brightly enamelled with an octafoil rosette of eight radiating teardrops within blue-edged white lappets ringed with yellow-centred bright green barbed lappets edged with red, encircled by six scrolling lotus in contrasting colours with red- and yellow-tipped feathery leaves, with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1679. A pair of gilt-decorated blue-ground bottle vases, Guangxu six-character marks in gilding and of the period (1875-1908); 14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 20,000. Price realised USD 56,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.   Both decorated with a pair of dragons confronted on a flaming pearl amidst flames and clouds, between a band of waves at the base and a band of tightly scrolled foliage incorporating large blossoms and shou characters at the... [Lire la suite]