28 mars 2020

Lot 2048. A  small gilt-bronze figure of Buddha, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907); 5½ in. (14 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price Realized USD 17,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  The figure is shown standing on a stepped base raised on a rectangular, four-legged plinth, holding a globular bowl in the right hand and with the left hand raised to the shoulder. The figure is wearing simple, diaphanous robes, and the head is framed by the open center of the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2048. A small gilt-bronze guardian figure, Sui-Early Tang dynasty, 6th-7th century; 3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price Realized USD 18,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  The guardian is shown standing triumphantly on the shoulders of a seated demon as he brandishes a spear in his raised left hand, and rests his right hand on his hip. He wears a sash-tied tunic that is partially tucked in leaving his chest and right arm bare, and a helmet with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2048. A  gilt-bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara, Sui dynasty (AD 589-618); 3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price Realized USD 100,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  The figure is shown standing in a slightly sway-backed posture on a hollow double-lotus base raised on an octagonal plinth with two pendent pierced tabs at the bottom, holding a willow branch in the right hand and in the left hand the end of a long ribbon that hangs from the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3059. A limestone stele of Buddha and Bodhisattvas, Sui dynasty, dated to 584; 20 cm., 7 7/8 in. Estimate 120,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot Sold 980,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. of rectangular form, carved in high relief with Shakyamuni Buddha standing in the centre upon a lotus pedestal with hands in abhaya and varada mudras, flanked by a pair of Bodhisattvas, each holding an object in their hands and standing on separate lotus pedestals, flanked on the exterior by two... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2093. A  pair of small iron-red-decorated bowls, Daoguang seal marks in iron red and of the period (1821-1850); 3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price Realized USD 8,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.  Each has rounded sides decorated on the exterior with five iron-red fish with black pupils, and one with gilt highlights, shown swimming below the gilded rim.. Provenance: The Weishaupt Collection of 19th and 20th Century Chinese Porcelain;... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3135. A fine pair of underglaze-blue and iron-red 'lotus' cups, marks and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 8.1 cm., 3 1/4 in. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 HKD. Lot Sold 680,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. each finely potted with thin flaring sides rising from a low foot, the exterior decorated with four iron-red stylised lotus blossoms borne on underglaze-blue foliate sprays, the underside inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within a double-square. ... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 3134. A fine pair of small iron-red decorated 'dragon' cups, seal marks and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 6.2 cm., 2 1/2 in. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 HKD. Lot Sold 1,340,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the deep delicately potted sides rising to a slighlty everted rim, finely decorated on the exterior in iron-red with a pair of dragons playfully striding through flames and clouds above crashing waves, all between double-line borders, inscribed on the base with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3133. An iron-red and underglaze blue dragon and phoenix teabowl and cover, seal marks and period of Jiaqing (1796-1820); 10.9 cm., 4 1/4 in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD. Lot Sold 500,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. well potted with rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a flaring rim, painted on the exterior in iron-red with a ferocious dragon and a flying phoenix, each chasing a 'flaming pearl' amongst scrolling clouds, the teeth and claws of the dragon picked out... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3112. An underglaze-red and blue cupstand, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 17 cm., 6 3/4 in. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 HKD. Lot Sold 200,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the deep round hollow bowl with an incurved rim, painted in underglaze red with a row of pendent pomegranates extending from a band of blue trefoils and key-fret around the mouth, collared by a broad flat dish painted with four sprays of fruiting blossoms, the flowers picked out in red, the underside... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3112. A fine underglaze red and blue meiping vase, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period  (1723-1735); 22 cm., 8 5/8 in. Estimate 800,000 — 1,200,000 HKD. Lot Sold 2,420,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. well potted with high rounded shoulders rising to a short waisted neck with an everted rim and tapering to a slightly flared foot, finely painted with bright washes of cobalt blue with a gnarled prunus tree and two magpies, one bird perched on a branch and the other in flight, the blossoms... [Lire la suite]