28 avril 2020

Lot 169. A bronze 'West Garden gathering' table screen, Late Ming dynasty; 10 3/8 in. (26.5 cm.) x 9 1/2 in. (24.3 cm.). Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 400,000. Price realised HKD 250,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The rectangular panel is cast on one side in high relief depicting a group of scholars pursuing various leisurely activities in a fenced garden, referring to the Xiyuan Yaji event, 'The Erudite Gathering of the West Garden'. Christie's. THE PAVILION SALE - CHINESE CERAMICS... [Lire la suite]

Lot 164. A bronze garlic-head 'dragon' vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 10 1/8 in. (26 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 30,000 - HKD 50,000. Price realised HKD 37,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The vase is cast with a compressed globular body rising to a tall neck coiled around with two long dragons chasing a flaming pearl, all below the lobed garlic-head mouth. Christie's. THE PAVILION SALE - CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, Hong Kong, 6 April 2015  

Lot 162. A silver-inlaid bronze figure of a Luohan, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 3 3/4 in. (9.7 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 500,000. Price realised HKD 375,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The figure is well cast with his face looking forward bearing a benevolent expression, seated with one leg tucked under the other, his right arm supporting his body, and his left resting on his raised left knee. The loose flowing robes are open at the chest and are incised with foliate and scrolling... [Lire la suite]

Lot 159. A gilt-bronze figure of Buddha, Tibeto-Chinese, 18th century; 13 in. (33 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 1,000,000 - HKD 1,500,000. Price realised HKD 937,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The figure is shown seated in dhyanasana on a doublelotus base with his hands in dharmachakramudra, dressed in a sanghati elegantly draped over the shoulder and elbow, the face with bow-shaped mouth and elongated eyes flanked by pendent earlobes, the hair in tight curls over the usnisa... [Lire la suite]

Lot 155. A bronze figure of a Daoist Immortal, Late Ming dynasty; 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 50,000 - HKD 70,000. Price realised HKD 62,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The standing figure is sturdily cast with a protruberant forehead and facial features giving a smiling expression. It is dressed in a loose flowing robe exposing its chest with emaciated ribs. Christie's. THE PAVILION SALE - CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, Hong Kong, 6 April 2015

Lot 155. A gilt-splashed bronze censer, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) across. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 425,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The compressed globular body is decorated with a horizontal raised band, flanked on either side with a handle in the form of an elephant-head, the surface adorned with gilt splashes. The base is cast with an apocryphal Xuande mark. Christie's. THE PAVILION SALE - CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF... [Lire la suite]

Lot 153. A gilt-splashed bronze elephant-handled censer, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 150,000 - HKD 200,000. Price realised HKD 187,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The censer is heavily cast with a pair of elephant-head handles flanking the inverted bell-shaped body decorated with a bowstring band around the mid-section, and decorated overall with gilt splashes. The recessed base is cast with a two character inscription, Gu Shi, Archaic Style. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 148. A silver-inlaid iron square seal, Ming dynasty or earlier; 2 1/2 in. (5.9 cm.) square. Estimate HKD 80,000 - HKD 150,000. Price realised HKD 118,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The square seal is cast with a finial in the form of two lion heads confronted on a flaming pearl. The surface is finely inlaid with silver with a pair of sinuous dragons on top and waves on the sides. The seal face is cast with an inscription in seal script, Ningyuan jiangjun zhang, 'Seal of General of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 9. A white jade ceremonial blade, gui, Shang Dynasty or later; 21.1cm (8 1/4in) long. Estimate HK$ 200,000-300,000. Sold for HK$ 2,680,000 (€ 318,653). Photo: Bonhams. With sides flared towards the cutting edge, decorated on one side with an incised taotie mask and a bird on the other, below a large hole drilled above six concentric ridges, the top of the butt end carved with a pair of square notches at each side, each notch detailed with cicadas and drilled with two smaller holes, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8. A small calcified jade blade, Western Zhou Dynasty (1050-771 BC); 12cm (4 5/8in) long. Estimate HK$ 100,000-200,000. Sold for HK$ 150,000 (€ 17,835). Photo: Bonhams. Carved with a hilt and a notched blade with deep triangular grooves in the design of fish scales, the stone of yellow-buff tone with brown areas. Note: A pale green jade blade with related notched triangular edges, also dated Western Zhou, in the Luoyang Museum, Henan, is illustrated in The Pictorial Handbook of Ancient Chinese... [Lire la suite]