19 février 2020

  Lot 279. A pair of blue and white 'dragon' bowls, Yongzheng marks and period (1723-1735). Diameter 4 3/4  in., 12.2 cm.  Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 8,125 USD. Photo Sotheby's. each interior painted in underglaze blue along the sides with two four-clawed dragons striding amid clouds, encircling a central 'flaming pearl', the exterior plain white, the base with six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle (2). Provenance: Collection of Henry Bar,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1806. A pair of pink-enameled wine cups, Yongzheng period (1723-1735); 3 in. (7.1 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 52,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.   Each thinly potted with deep rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, the exterior covered in rose-pink enamel and the bottom of the interior painted with a rose sprig.   Provenance: Bluett, London. Note: Rose-pink enamel seems to have first appeared in the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1804. A famille rose baluster vase, Yongzheng period (1723-1735); 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 27,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.   The body gently tapering from the angled shoulder, finely painted around the sides with an animated scene of a fisherman holding a net gazing at a lady holding a scale and basket of fish in a lush landscape, the reverse with three bats in flight above a large tree growing from jagged rockwork,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1802. An unusual small famille rose enameled dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 6,875. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.  Of shallow form, delicately painted in the interior with two leafy peony sprays and a single blossoming prunus branch, beside two seals reading wen shi shanfang (Scholarly stone retreat).  ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1800. A fine famille rose wine cup, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 182,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. Thinly potted with deep flaring sides, the exterior enameled on one side with a large prunus blossom flanked by chrysathemum and crab apple, with a cymbidium in the base of the interior below two tiny yellow blossoms near the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1799. A rare famille rose-decorated yellow-backed cup stand, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 92,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. Of thinly potted shallow form with everted rim, delicately painted on the interior with leafy peony blossoms encircling the central collar, painted with a single orchid blossom in the well, the exterior... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1798. A famille rose shallow dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Price realised USD 9,375. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. Finely painted in the 'boneless' manner with two large blossoming peonies borne on leafy branches, with smaller clusters of lingzhi and bamboo growing from their base.  Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1796. A famille rose shallow dish, the porcelain with Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 8½ in. (21.6 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 8,125. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. Of shallow form with slightly everted rim, later enameled with a scene of bees in flight amidst blossoming and fruiting pomegranate branches that continue over the rim onto the exterior.  Christie's. Fine... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1795. A pair of unusual small famille rose wine cups, Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue within a square and of the period (1723-1735); 2¾ in. (7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Price realised USD 7,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. Of tapered form with steep sides rising to the rounded rim, enameled on the exterior with two leafy floral sprays and painted in iron red on the interior with three fish above a central flower head.  Property from the... [Lire la suite]

Angelika Kauffmann, Self-portrait of the artist at the crossroads between music and painting, detail, Rome 1794, oil on canvas, 147.3 x 215.9 cm, Nostell Priory, West Yorshire © National Trust Images / John Hammond. The Kunstpalast dedicates a major overview exhibition to Angelika Kauffmann (1741–1807), the most famous female artist in the age of Enlightenment and Sentimentalism. Angelika Kauffmann (1741-1807) exemplarily represents the new type of a Europe-wide networked and cosmopolitan artist. Her broad oeuvre... [Lire la suite]