15 septembre 2020

Lot 30. Chine. Epoque KANGXI (1662 - 1722). Pairede petits vases balustres à facettes en porcelaine décorée en bleu sous couverte d'hommes et enfants sous les pins. H Totale: 28 cm. H. à vue des vases: 12, 5 cm. Montures en bronze doré de style Louis XV. Estimation : 1 000 - 1 500 €. Courtesy AuctionArt. AuctionArt. Arts d'Asie, vendredi 25 septembre 2020 à 14h00, 75009 Paris

Lot 27. Chine. Epoque KANGXI (1662 - 1722). Deux vases cornets en porcelaine décorée en bleu sous couverte de frises de lotus dans leurs rinceaux au sein de pétales et de frises de lingxi. (Petits éclats en bordure de l'un, important fêlures sur l'autre se divisant, sauts d'émaux sur les deux). Marque de la feuille. H. 16, 4 cm. Couvercles en bronze à décor de godrons la prise de forme sphérique, postérieure. Estimation : 200 - 300 €. Courtesy AuctionArt. L'état de la porcelaine sous la monture n'est pas garanti. Lot 28. Chine.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 26. Chine. Epoque KANGXI (1662 - 1722). Boite de forme cylindrique en porcelaine décorée en bleu sous couverte d'un vieillard traversant un pont au dessus d'une rivière dans un paysage montagneux jonché de cabanons et de pins ( Fêlures à l'intérieur du couvercle). H. 11, 8 cm. Estimation : 500 - 600 €. Courtesy AuctionArt. Monture en argent postérieure agrémentée de frise de godrons entrelacés le long du pied et d'une frise de fleurons entrelacés au col. L'état de la porcelaine sous la monture n'est pas garanti. AuctionArt.... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 317. A pair of gold 'figural' earrings, erzhui, Ming dynasty; 2in (5.1cm) high overall (2). Estimate US$ 8,000 - 10,000 (€6,700 - 8,400). © Bonhams 2001-2020  Each rendered as a female figure in layered leaf-form robes standing on a flower pedestal and carrying a basket on her back containing a lingzhi branch, identified either as the Deity of Medicine yaoshen or as Maonu, her rounded face framed by thick hair and surmounted with a large lotus blossom with a wire loop in the center for attaching a pin.  Note... [Lire la suite]

Lot 317. Two gold 'celestial deity' earrings, erhuan, 10th-14th century; 1 3/8in (3.5cm) long excluding pin (2). Estimate US$ 4,000 - 6,000 (€ 3,400 - 5,000). © Bonhams 2001-2020.  Each decorated with a deity seated on floating clouds holding a fruit-like offering in two hands, the figure's head surmounted with a crown, framed by a halo with incised lines, the curving pin thinning towards its tip.  Note : In Zhongguo Gudai Jinyin Shoushi (Beijing: Gugong, 2014), Yang Zhishui states that earrings carrying the images... [Lire la suite]

Lot 316. A pair of gold 'bird' earrings, erhuan, Song dynasty; 7/8in (2.2cm) wide from head to tail (2). Estimate US$ 3,000 - 5,000 (€ 2,500 - 4,200). © Bonhams 2001-2020  Each rendered in the form of a bird with an open beak, its curving body resembling the shape of a crescent moon, etched with stylized feathers, the tail thinning into a distinctive 几-form pin. Note : Simple crescent moon-shaped earrings represent one of the distinctive jewelry designs during the Song dynasty. For further discussion on this subject，refer to... [Lire la suite]

Lot 115. A peachblop-glazed 'beehive' waterpot, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722); Diameter 5 in., 12.7 cm. Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 USD. (C) 2020 Sotheby's of classic domed taibai zun form, the tapering sides rising to a rounded shoulder and a short waisted neck below a lipped mouth-rim, the sides delicately incised with three stylized archaistic dragon roundels, the exterior applied with a vivid crimson-red glaze transmuting to a beige-pink mottled with raspberry-tinged flecks imitating the skin of a ripening peach, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 113. A fine peachblop-glazed brush washer, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722); Diameter 4¾ in., 12.1 cm. Estimate: 120,000 - 150,000 USD. (C) 2020 Sotheby's   delicately potted, the low rounded sides incurved at the mouth and supported on a short tapering foot, the exterior glazed in a vibrant crimson red mottled with darker flecks and a patch of pale beige to one side, thinning to pink around the foot, the interior, lip and recessed base white-glazed, the character wen inscribed in underglaze blue by the footrim and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 105. A white-glazed carved 'beehive' waterpot, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722); Height 2¾ in., 7cm. Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 USD. (C) 2020 Sotheby's   the tall domed body with gently tapering sides rising to a lipped rim and supported on a countersunk base, the exterior delicately carved with billowing ruyi-form clouds, the plumes swirling upwards to curling trails and puffy wisps, the exterior evenly applied with a lustrous, translucent milky-white glaze, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a three-column... [Lire la suite]