3 mars 2020

Lot 569. A 'Jun' bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); diameter 6 7/8 in., 17.5 cm. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Lot sold 9,375 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. with wide flaring sides, applied throughout with a rich metallic purple-blue glaze suffused with bubbles thinning to a grayish-brown tone at the rim and falling in large tears above the unglazed foot. Provenance: Sotheby's London, 11th December 1990, lot 211 Sotheby's. Harmony of Form, Serenity of Color: A Private... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 565. A small 'Longquan' celadon censer, Song-Yuan Dynasty (960-1368); width 4 in., 10.2 cm. Estimate 12,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 15,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the compressed globular body rising to a wide flared neck, set at the shoulders with a pair of stylized dragon-fish handles, applied inside and out with a rich, lightly crackled olive-green glaze. Sotheby's. Harmony of Form, Serenity of Color: A Private Collection of 'Song' Ceramics, New York, 23 march... [Lire la suite]

Lot 565. A carved 'Ding' foliate-shaped bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279); diameter 8 3/8 in., 21.3 cm. Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 USD. Lot sold 32,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. of wide conical form with flaring sides, supported on a short tapered foot, the interior finely carved with a leafy lotus spray, covered inside and out in a creamy white glaze pooling to a deeper tone on the exterior, the rim unglazed exposing the white biscuit body. Provenance: Christie's... [Lire la suite]

Lot 564. A carved 'Qingbai' vase (meiping), Song Dynasty (960-1279); height 9 1/2 in., 24.1 cm. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 USD. Lot sold 68,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. finely potted with a compressed oviform body rising from a narrow tapered foot, the body freely carved with an intricate undulating peony scroll with finely combed detail, below a short cylindrical tapered cover with carved floral design on the top, applied overall with a translucent glaze of warm ivory tone... [Lire la suite]

Lot 562. A 'Longquan' celadon bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); diameter 3 1/2 in., 8.9 cm. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 USD. Lot sold 12,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the deep rounded sides rising from a low footring to a slightly incanted rim, the even gray-green glaze with a wide crackle, the rim unglazed and fired brown. Provenance: Sotheby's London, 11th December 1990, lot 234. Sotheby's. Harmony of Form, Serenity of Color: A Private Collection of 'Song' Ceramics, New... [Lire la suite]

Lot 561. A 'Guan'-type 'Longquan' celadon dish, Song dynasty (960-1279); diameter 6 1/4 in., 15.9 cm. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 13,750 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. of shallow conical form, the exterior carved with two tiers of overlapping petals radiating from a short neat foot, covered inside and out with a pale gray-green glaze with delicate russet crackle, draining from the rim to show the brownish body underneath, the foot unglazed. The dating of this lot is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 560. A rare 'Yaozhou' persimmon-glazed truncated vase (tulu ping), Northern Song-Jin Dynasty (960-1234); height 5 1/2 in., 14 cm. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 USD. Lot sold 122,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. of compressed high-shouldered form gently tapering to a flat base, the broad rounded shoulders surmounted by a short neck flaring to a wide lipped rim, the evenly applied rich russet-brown glaze with mellatic luster continuing into the interior of the neck and ending... [Lire la suite]

Raffaello, Self portrait, 1506-1508, oil on poplar wood panel. Firenze, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Galleria delle Statue e delle Pitture Gabinetto fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi - Su concessione del Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali e del Turismo. ROME - The Scuderie del Quirinale and the Uffizi Galleries present, in collaboration with the Borghese Gallery, the Vatican Museums and the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum, the RAFFAELLO exhibition , curated by Marzia Faietti and Matteo... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2004. A fine Ming-style blue and white cylindrical jar and cover, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 200,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010. Well painted in the Ming-style to simulate 'heaping and piling', the main register on the mid-body decorated with five lotus blooms, each flower encircled by its stem and set within a star-pattern formed by ten rhomboid petals, all against a complex geometric... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1999. A fine Ming-style blue and white bottle vase, Qianlong six-character sealmark and of the period (1736-1795); 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 800,000 - HKD 1,200,000. Price realised HKD 1,940,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010. The globular body painted to simulate 'heaping and piling' with a composite floral scroll above a band of lotus panels and classic scroll at the foot, with a trefoil cloud collar below another composite floral scroll around the shoulder,... [Lire la suite]