6 octobre 2020

Lot 56. A Seleucid or Parthian parcel gilt silver bull rhyton, Hellenistic period, circa 2nd century B.C.; 13 ¾ in. (34.9 cm.) long. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Provenance: Acquired by the father of the current owner, U.S., by 1992; thence by descent. Note: The horn-shaped beaker has a gilt foliate wreath below the flaring rim. At the join to the separately-made bull protome is a raised cuff, from which a calyx of gilt acanthus and lanceolate leaves rise along... [Lire la suite]

Lot 87. An Roman gold and glass necklace, circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.; 15 in. (38.1 cm.) long. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Provenance: with The Merrin Gallery, New York.Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1990. Note: The necklace is composed of embossed foliate elements joined together with wire loops on the reverse. It is centered by a rectangular box-shaped element set with green glass. The terminals are modeled in the form of dolphins above a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 85. An Egyptian gold snake bracelet, Ptolemaic to Roman period, circa 2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.; 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) diameter. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Provenance: Maurice Bouvier (1901-1981), Alexandria and Switzerland, acquired and brought to Switzerland by 1959; thence by descent.Maurice Bouvier (1901-1981) Collection; Archéologie & Arts d’Orient, Artcurial, Paris, 15 May 2019, lot 103. Literature: M. Page-Gasser and A.B. Wiese,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 86. A Sarmatian gold and glass necklace with lion-head terminals, circa 2nd-1st century B.C.; 26 ¼ in. (66.6 cm.) long. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Provenance: Acquired by the father of the current owner, U.S., by 1992; thence by descent. Note: The necklace is formed from a length of double loop-in-loop chain with each end terminating in a lion head. Their cylindrical collars are each ornamented with bezel set cabochon green and red glass. For a related... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A Sarmatian gold and turquoise lion-griffin head appliqué, circa 3rd-1st century B.C.; 1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm.) long. Estimate USD 80,000 - USD 120,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Provenance: Haute Curiosité, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 May 1963, lot 29.Djahanguir Riahi (1914-2014), Paris, acquired from the above; thence by descent.Property from the Collection of Djahanguir Riahi; Antiquities, Sotheby’s, London, 3 July 2018, lot 78. Note: This appliqué is fabricated from repoussé sheet gold over a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2. A Bactrian gold beaker, circa late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C.; 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 20,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Provenance: Acquired by the father of the current owner, U.S., by 1992; thence by descent. Note: This elegant beaker is raised from a single sheet of hammered gold. It is funnel-shaped, on a flat, splayed base, with a wide rim off-set by a ridge in relief on the exterior. The form is exactly matched by a pair now in Kuwait, see pp. 60-61 in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 89. An incised jade 'dragon' bracelet, Western Zhou dynasty (1050-771 BC); d. 8.2 cm, 3 ¼ in. Estimate: 300,000 - 400,000 HKD. Unsold. Courtesy Sotheby's. worked with two diagonal grooves, dividing the gently waisted surface into four registers, each incised with a dragon's head rendered with double-lines and scrollwork. Property from the Hei-Chi Collection. Literature: Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from Hei-Chi Collection II, Beijing, 2012, p. 48. Note: The present jade... [Lire la suite]

Lot 78. A small jade cong, Neolithic period; 6.3 cm, 2 ½ in. Estimate: 600,000 - 800,000 HKD. Unsold. Courtesy Sotheby's. each corner worked with three registers of animal masks, the four corners divided by gently recessed vertical band in the centre of each side. Provenance: Acquired in Japan prior to 1995. Note: Small jade cong of this form and size have been excavated from various Liangzhu culture sites, such as three discovered from tomb M20 at Fanshan,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 74. A large archaic bronze ritual food vessel, ding, Shang dynasty, 13th-12th century BC; h. 35.5 cm, 14 in. Estimate: 3,500,000 - 4,000,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the deep U-shaped body cast below the everted rim and a pair of upright loop handles with a single wide register of three taotie masks bisected by flanges, and comprised of a pair of protuberant eyes and hooked ribbons cast with C-scrolls indicating horns and jaws, all above three slightly tapered legs, each with a further taotie mask... [Lire la suite]

Lot 70. A jade cong, Shang dynasty (c. 1600 BC–c. 1046 BC); d. 7.6 cm, 3 in. Estimate: 150,000 - 200,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the thin-walled cong of flattened cylindrical square section, each of the four corners carved with three registers of two raised bars, the brown stone suffused with black inclusions. Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, 7th January 1993. Literature: Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, pp. 80-81 top. Note: In... [Lire la suite]