10 juillet 2020

Lot 2833. A magnificent polychrome-enamelled model of a celestial official, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 45 in. (114.4 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 700,000 - HKD 900,000. Price realised HKD 3,725,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. The large figure is decorated in colourful shades of green, yellow, aubergine, turquoise and cream, modelled wearing long flowing robes and an ornate hat with the hands clasped together to hold a tablet in front of the chest. He is depicted seated upright on a throne... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2832. A barrel-form sancai-glazed ‘lion’ garden stool, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 19.½ in. (49.5 cm) high. Estimate HKD 80,000 - HKD 120,000. Price realised HKD 75,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. The stool is potted in a barrel form with recessed neck and rectangular top and base. The centre of the top is pierced with a cash medallion encircled by a square section with canted corners of stylised bats in flight. The vertical edge of each canted corner is moulded in high relief with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2828. A rare blue and white ‘figural’ tripod censer, Ming dynasty, 15th century; 7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 500,000 - HKD 700,000. Price realised HKD 562,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. The cylindrical censer is painted on the exterior with several figures in a garden scene, featuring a gentleman looking back at two scholars in conversation, followed by an attendant with a carrying pole, divided by an architectural complex partially behind rocks and grassy mounds, all... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2826. A very rare and finely painted blue and white basin, Yongle period (1403-1424); 12 13/16 in. (32 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 1,200,000 - HKD 2,000,000. Price realised HKD 1,875,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. The interior of the vessel is finely painted in vibrant shades of cobalt blue to depict a large open-form flower, with each petal containing an auspicious emblem. The flower is encircled by a keyfret border, with the interior of the walls decorated with seven stylised... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2825. A fine blue and white ‘rose’ bird feeder, Xuande six-character mark in underglaze blue in a line and of the period (1426-1435); 8 13/16 in. (22.1 cm.) high overall. Estimate HKD 500,000 - HKD 800,000. Price realised HKD 562,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. The vessel is delicately potted with a flat base rising to a compressed globular body below a tapering mouth rim, applied to one shoulder with a small loop handle, painted on the exterior with cobalt of inky-blue tones... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1118. David Hockney (B. 1937), 30 Sunflowers, signed, titled and dated 1996 on the reverse, oil on canvas, 182.9 by 182.9 cm, 72 by 72 in. Estimate Upon Request. Sold for HK$114.8 million / US$14.8 million. Second highest price for any Western art sold at auction in Asia. Courtesy Sotheby's. HONG KONG.- Tonight, Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale in Hong Kong achieved HK$595,186,500 / US$76,761,203, led by epic masterpieces by David Hockney and Liu Ye. Lot... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2816. A Yaozhou carved 'Rhinoceros' bowl, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 250,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. The bowl is carved to the interior with a diamond-shaped cartouche enclosing a seated rhinoceros gazing up at a full moon, encircled by scrolls beneath the well, covered inside and out with a glossy olive-green glaze pooling at the recesses, the foot unglazed, box. Property from The Yi Lan Tang... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2815. A rare Xing white-glazed four-handled flask, Five dynasties (907-960); 8. 7/8 in. (22.6 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 1,200,000 - HKD 1,800,000. Price realised HKD 500,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. The flask is finely potted with an elongated body indented on two sides, below the four lug-handles each incised with a cross motif, supported on a spreading foot and rising to a columnar neck below a flared mouth, applied to the exterior with a clear glaze of a pale ivory tone,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2814. A very rare Yue incised and inscribed 'floral' ewer and cover, Five dynasties (907-960); 8 13/16 in. (22.1 cm.) high overall. Estimate HKD 1,200,000 - HKD 1,800,000. Price realised HKD 3,245,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. The globular body is finely incised with stylised floral blooms separated by cloud scrolls below a band of petals, applied to the shoulders with a gently curved spout and an upright arched handle. The base is incised with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2813. A rare large polychrome lacquer circular tray, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century; 12.½ in. (31.8 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 500,000. Price realised HKD 350,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. The tray is constructed with a countersunk base rising to slightly curved sides with two raised bands, the mouth mounted with a metal rim. The interior is applied with red lacquer, the sides with green lacquer, and the base with brown lacquer, Japanese... [Lire la suite]