29 septembre 2020

Lot 848. A copper-red-decorated 'sanduo' bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 40,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. With rounded sides flaring towards the rim, decorated on the exterior with the sanduo (peach, pomegranite and persimmon), all reserved on a pale bluish-green-tinged white ground. Provenance: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 846. A copper red-glazed dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 15,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Covered inside and out with a glaze of even crushed strawberry-red color below the white rim. Provenance: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired prior to 1990. Christie's. Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf... [Lire la suite]

Lot 846. A rare reserve-decorated copper red-glazed dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 8 in. (20.3 cm.) diam.. Estimate USD 70,000 - USD 90,000. Price realised USD 212,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Incised on the exterior of the rounded sides with four varied fish reserved in white against a deep copper-red ground, the interior white. Provenance: Robert Somerville, Chicago, 7 September 1956.The James and Marilynn Alsdorf... [Lire la suite]

Lot 845. A blue and white 'dragon' dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 7 1/8 in. (18.2 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 125,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Finely decorated in the center with a writhing five-clawed dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl and on the exterior with a frieze of two striding dragons chasing flaming pearls, all within line borders. Provenance: The James and Marilynn... [Lire la suite]

Lot 844. A wucai dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 15,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. With shallow rounded sides, the interior decorated with a stylized foliate medallion and the exterior with three different formal stylized foliate motifs repeated around the sides and separated by foliate arabesques. Provenance: Robert Somerville Chinese Art, Chicago, 30 March... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 843. An underglaze-blue and copper-red-decorated bottle vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 8 in. (20.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 30,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Decorated with a dragon with copper-red scales encircling the shoulder below the tall, cylindrical neck, and with a band of waves and rocks above the foot. Provenance: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired prior to 1990. Christie's. Sacred and Imperial: The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 842. A blue and white globular water pot, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) high. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 8,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. The rounded sides decorated with floral scroll below an apocryphal Chenghua mark written in a line below the brown-glazed mouth rim. Provenance: Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 27 May 1971.The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago. Christie's. Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf... [Lire la suite]

Lot 841. A pair of blue and white 'phoenix and bamboo' conical bowls, Qing dynasty, Kangxi-Yongzheng period, early 18th century; 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 16,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Each finely decorated in penciled style with a phoenix in flight opposite two bamboo stalks, the decoration continuing from the exterior to the interior, each base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark. Provenance: C. T. Loo Chinese Art (successor Frank Caro), New York, 16... [Lire la suite]

Nguyên Phan Thao, Becoming Alluvium, video still (2019). Single channel video installation, 16:40 mins, loop, colour. Becoming Alluvium is produced and commissioned by Han Nefkens Foundation in collaboration with: Joan Miró Foundation, Barcelona; WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels; and Chisenhale Gallery. LONDON.- Chisenhale Gallery presents Becoming Alluvium, the first solo exhibition in a UK institution by Ho Chi Minh City- based artist Nguyên Phan Thao. Working with painting, installation and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 840. A copper-red-glazed stem bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795); 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 22,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Potted with deep rounded sides and raised on a spreading pedestal foot encircled by a single rib, the exterior covered with a glaze of soft crushed strawberry-red color, the interior white. Provenance: Kenny & Higgins Asian Art Inc., Washington D.C., 25 May 1985.The James... [Lire la suite]