25 avril 2020

 Rob and Nick Carter, Pink, Portrait of a Woman, 2013, Cibachrome print mounted on aluminium and framed, 30 × 25 cm; after Michiel Jansz van Miereveld, 1567–1641, Portrait of a Woman, 1618, oil on oak, 20 × 24 3⁄8 in, 51 × 62 cm, National Gallery, London. © Rob and Nick Carter 2020. Rob and Nick Carter, Orange, Portrait of a Woman with a Lace Collar, 2013, Cibachrome print mounted on aluminium and framed, 30 × 25 cm; after Michiel Jansz van Miereveld, 1567–1641, Portrait of a Woman with a Lace Collar, 1632–35, oil on wood,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 32. A rare large grey and pale green jade 'Lotus leaf' brushwasher, 17th-18th century; 26.2cm (10 3/8in) wide. Estimate HK$ 180,000-240,000. Sold for HK$ 225,000 (€ 26,879). Photo: Bonhams. Finely carved as a deeply hollowed vessel in the form of a large lotus leaf, incised with veins elegantly rising up to the curved foliate rim, all borne on leafy winding stems issuing a large lotus blossom on one side, the reverse with a lone swallow in flight with its head turned backwards, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 31. A grey and pale green jade brushpot, bitong, 18th century; 11.6cm (4 1/2in) high. Estimate HK$ 80,000-120,000. Sold for HK$ 250,000 (€ 29,866). Photo: Bonhams. Finely carved around the exterior with a continuous landscape scene, featuring an elderly scholar accompanied by a young attendant carrying a qin, admiring a waterfall cascading down between rock cliffs and emerging as a stream that continues onto the base, all amidst a backdrop of trees and rockworks, the stone of a pale tone... [Lire la suite]

Lot 30. A rare archaistic pale green jade reticulated tripod cup, zhi, 17th-18th century; 8.8cm (3 1/2in) high. Estimate HK$ 150,000-200,000. Sold for HK$ 1,000,000 (€ 119,465). Photo: Bonhams. Comprising three sections of openwork interlocking key-fret scrolls raised on three kneeling figures, decorated around the exterior with alternating spiral and 'S'-shaped motifs in relief, the stone of pale yellowish-green tone, wood stand. Provenance: An English private collection and thence by descent. The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 21. A superb bamboo 'dragon' brushpot, bitong, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 15cm (5 7/8in) high. Estimate HK$ 200,000-300,000. Sold for HK$ 250,000 (€ 29,866). Photo: Bonhams. Crisply carved on one side with a mountain landscape, featuring a pavilion with two boys playing a musical stone within the Superbly decorated around the exterior with a continuous scene of a large powerful scaly five-clawed dragon, detailed with a snarling, fierce expression, its body and tail half emerging from the... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 20. A white jade double-sided circular screen, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 22cm (8 5/8in) diam. Estimate HK$ 1,000,000-1,500,000. Sold for HK$ 3,160,000 (€ 377,511). Photo: Bonhams. Crisply carved on one side with a mountain landscape, featuring a pavilion with two boys playing a musical stone within the terraced ground, a scholar accompanied by an attendant approaches the steps leading upwards from the side, two further scholars, one with a peony branch and one holding... [Lire la suite]