18 octobre 2020

Du 8 octobre au 18 décembre 2020, L’École des Arts Joailliers mettra en lumière l’univers de ce créateur aventureux, qui en véritable artiste s’est appliqué à créer son monde. Réfractaire aux modes, il a créé un style précurseur, très personnel, celui d’un bijou de caractère. Simple et sophistiqué à la fois, puissant et délié, baroque et design, construit et déconstruit, un bijou de Jean Vendome est toujours émotionnel. Pour le mériter, il faut le comprendre et l’aimer car c’est lui qui choisit celui capable de le porter. Les... [Lire la suite]

Lot 108. A rare pair of zitan master's armchairs, taishiyi, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 64 by 51.5 by h. 109.5 cm, 21 ⅛ by 20 ¼ by h. 43 ⅛ in. Estimate: 3,000,000 - 4,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 6,709,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. each masterfully carved in relief in European Rococo style with acanthus and foliate trails, the S-curved backsplat terminating in a ruyi-shaped crestrail flanked by curvilinear armrests, the soft-mat seat encircled by a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 108. A superb Jizhou black-glazed 'leaf' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 15.5 cm, 6 ⅛ in. Estimate: 600,000 - 800,000 HKD. Lot sold 756,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. of conical shape, covered with a lustrous brownish-black glaze thinning at the rim, decorated on the interior with a worm-eaten leaf, forming an attractive honey-brown silhouette, the foot left unglazed revealing the pale body, Japanese wood box. Property from the Aoyama Studio Collection. Provenance: A... [Lire la suite]

Lot 108. A zitan horseshoe-back chair, quanyi, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 59 by 45.2 by h. 97 cm, 22 ¼ by 17 ¾ by h. 38 ¼ in. Estimate: 400,000 - 500,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,260,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the elegantly curving crestrail supported by long slender side posts continuing down to join the front and rear posts, set with an undecorated bowed rectangular backsplat, the rectangular seat frame enclosing a cane mat above legs joined by plain aprons and stretchers. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 107. A peachbloom-glazed 'beehive' waterpot, taibaizun, mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 7.3 cm, 2 ⅞ in. Estimate: 800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,386,000HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the box and cover of shallow domed shape to form a compressed sphere, covered with a brilliant mottled peachbloom glaze of pinkish tone, transmuting to a pale liver colour towards the base, the footrim with a neatly finished groove around the outer edge. Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 29th... [Lire la suite]

Lot 105. A peachbloom-glazed 'beehive' waterpot, taibaizun, mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722). Diameter 5 in., 12.7 cm. Estimate: 400,000 - 600,000 HKD. Lot sold 945,000 HKD. Courtesy 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... [Lire la suite]

Lot 104. A pair of lemon-yellow saucer dishes, Qianlong seal marks and period (1736-1795); 11.5 cm, 4 ½ in. Estimate: 250,000 - 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 567,000HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. each delicately potted with ogee sides rising from a short foot, the exterior applied with a rich lemon yellow enamel, the interior and base left white, the latter inscribed with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue.   Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30th April 1996, lot 390. Note: The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 103. A rare zitan rectangular stool, Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century; 45 by 36 by h. 51 cm, 17 ¾ by 14 ⅛ by h. 20 in. Estimate: 250,000 - 350,000 HKD. Lot sold 693,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the top with a tongue and grooved inset panel set within a mitred frame with cusped corners above a constricted straight waist detailed with raised circular and elliptical motifs, all supported on a thin raised band and a beaded-edged apron accentuated ruyi motifs and further... [Lire la suite]

Lot 81. A black jade 'Turtle' seal, Six Dynasties (220–589); h. 3 cm, 1 ⅛ in. Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD. Lot sold 69,300 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the opaque jet-black square seal carved in high relief with a turtle, the area between the turtle's legs hollowed out, the seal face left uncarved.   Property from the Hei-Chi Collection. Literature: Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, p. 132 bottom. Sotheby's. Monochrome... [Lire la suite]

  VIENNA.- From Bicci di Lorenzo to Eugen von Blaas, from Chaim Soutine to Lucio Fontana — November at Dorotheum offers art lovers and collectors a vast range of genres from the Middle Ages to the present day. Works of art, Old Masters and 19th century paintings will be the first items to be presented during Classic Week (5-10 November 2020). The end of the month, from 24 to 30 November 2020, will be dedicated to Contemporary Week comprising modern and contemporary art. Rounding off this stellar auction week are... [Lire la suite]