9 avril 2020

Lot 3973. A fine and rare early Ming blue and white fruit bowl, Xuande six-character mark in a line and of the period (1426-1435); 11 1/2 in. (28.5 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 2,500,000 - HKD 3,500,000. Price realised HKD 5,420,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2012. The shallow bowl with rounded sides is delicately painted to the exterior in vibrant tones of blue with concentrated areas of 'heaping and piling', to depict a composite floral scroll including lotus, chrysanthemum, rose, tree peony,... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 3972. A fine and extremely rare early Ming blue and white dish, Xuande six-character mark in a line and of the period (1426-1435); 10 7/8 in. (27.7 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 2,800,000 - HKD 3,800,000. Price realised HKD 5,060,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2012. Finely potted with shallow, rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot ring. The dish is well painted in a vibrant, even cobalt blue on the interior with four lotus blossoms borne on a leafy, branching vine spiraling outward... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3976. An important and rare mallow-shaped 'numbered' Jun-glazed jardiniere with matching stand, Yuan-Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century; 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) wide, jardiniere; 8 in. (20.2 cm.), wide. Estimate HKD 6,000,000 - HKD 8,000,000. Price realised HKD 16,340,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2012. The jardiniere is of elegant flared mallow-flower shape, rising in six crisply potted bracket lobes and flaring to the lipped everted rim, all applied with an outstanding lavender-blue glaze with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3339. A carved sandalwood figure of a seated buddha, Qing Dynasty, 18th-19th Century; 19 cm, 7 1/2 in. Estimate 120,000 — 180,000 HKD. Lot Sold 137,500 HKD. Photo Sotheby's seated in dhyanasana, with a finely carved loose-fitted robe open at the neck and hands folded in his lap, wearing a serene expression upon his face, wood stand. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 april 2011

Lot 3323. A small square boxwood vase, Qing dynasty, 19th Century; 10 cm., 4 in. Estimate 200,000 -- 250,000 HKD. Lot Sold 100,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's the body of square baluster lobed form rising from a short splayed foot to a narrow neck with flaring rim, the base carved with an apocryphal Qianlong four-character seal mark. Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 22nd May 1984, lot 244. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08... [Lire la suite]

Lot 512. Property from the Estate of Dolores Sherwood Bosshard. Magnificent emerald and diamond necklace, Harry Winston, 1959. Estimate 1,950,000 — 3,890,000 CHF. Lot sold 3,834,000 CHF. Courtesy Sotheby's. Composed of a line of step-cut emeralds framed with brilliant-cut diamonds, alternating with similarly cut diamond motifs, the central step-cut emerald stated to weigh 20.61 carats; the front highlighted with a detachable line of variously shaped emeralds and brilliant-cut diamonds, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 509. Superb Type IIa 8.24 carats fancy vivid purple-pink diamond ring. Estimate 12,150,000 — 16,000,000 CHF. Lot sold 13,914,000  CHF. Photo Sotheby's. Set with a pear-shaped fancy vivid purple-pink diamond of exceptional colour weighing 8.24 carats, between pear-shaped diamond shoulders, size 52. Accompanied by GIA report no. 1172236883, stating that the diamond is Fancy Vivid Purple-Pink, Natural Colour, SI1 Clarity, Excellent Polish, together with a Type IIa... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3685. A finely carved spinach-green jade marriage bowl, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 32.1 cm., 12 3/4  in. Estimate 1,000,000 — 1,500,000 HKD. Lot Sold 1,300,000 HKD (132,580 EUR). Photo Sotheby’s finely carved with rounded sides supported on four short scroll feet, rising to a tapered rim interrupted by a pair of handles carved and pierced in the form of stylised ruyi-petalled blooms stemming from elaborate foliate clusters, deftly carved... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3684. An imperial spinach-green jade double-carved screen, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 24.2 cm., 9 1/2  in. Estimate 900,000 — 1,200,000 HKD. Lot Sold 1,480,000 HKD (150,937 EUR). Photo Sotheby’s of circular form, meticulously carved on one side in varying levels of relief with a scene of a sage and his attendant conversing under a large overhanging tree in a rural landscape depicted with rocky cliffs and two small pavilions, the scene framed by rocks and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3683. A yellow jade vase and cover, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 13 cm., 5 1/8  in. Estimate 700,000 — 900,000 HKD. Lot Sold 1,840,000 HKD (187,652 EUR). Photo Sotheby’s of compressed form, carved with a baluster body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and galleried mouthrim, the neck flanked by a pair openwork scroll handles, above incised scroll designs on one side of the vase, an outstretched bat depicted hovering over the vase... [Lire la suite]