19 octobre 2020

A type IIa diamond ring by Bulgari, emerald-cut diamond, 6.03 ct, colour grade D, clarity grade VVS1, GIA report from 2019, estimate € 200,000 – 300,000. © Dorotheum. VIENNA.- Dorotheum’s upcoming major jewellery auction on 30 November 2020 offers an exceptional rarity – a ring by Bulgari with a type IIa diamond of 6.03 carats. This emerald-cut stone tops the colour grading scale (colour grade D - exceptional white) and flaunts VVS1 clarity - which means very, very small inclusions. Dorotheum experts estimate this ring by the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 336. An iron-red and underglaze-blue decorated 'Dragon and Phoenix' quatrefoil dish, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) wide. Estimate 50,000 - HKD 80,000. Price realised HKD 187,500. © Christie’s Images Limited 2020. This dish is potted in elongated quatre-lobed form with shallow sides, painted to the centre with an iron-red dragon and phoenix amidst underglaze-blue cloud-scrolls. The cavetto and exterior sides are adorned with iron-red bats interspersed amidst clouds below the gilt... [Lire la suite]

Lot 347. A blue and white miniature vase, hu, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795); 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high. Estimate: 100,000 - HKD 150,000 HKD. Lot sold 275,000 HKD. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. The small vase in intricately painted in shades of cobalt blue to depict flower heads and scrolling leaves, below a band of crashing waves encircling the mouth and above a lappet band and classic scroll around the foot. The sides of the neck are... [Lire la suite]

Lot 347. A large famille rose lime-green ground double-gourd vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark in iron red and of the period (1736-1795); 15¼ in. (38.8 cm.) high, box. Estimate: 1,000,000 - HKD 1,500,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,250,000 HKD. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. painted around the steep sides with the 'Three Abundances', each rendered borne on a leafy gnarled branch, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark. Provenance: The Norwegian Honorary Consul of Hong... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3629. A famille-rose 'sanduo' bowl, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 14.9 cm, 5 ½ in. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 504,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. painted around the steep sides with the 'Three Abundances', each rendered borne on a leafy gnarled branch, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark. Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 18th May 1988, lot 285. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art. 9 October 2020

Lot 3626. A famille-rose 'phoenix' vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 39.5 cm, 15 ½ in. Estimate: 800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,386,000HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. well potted with a tapering ovoid body rising to a tall cylindrical neck flaring at the rim, brilliantly enamelled in vivid shades of pink, green, iron-red, white and sepia with a pair of phoenix birds below the sun perched atop a tree branch and rockwork amidst blossoming peonies wreathed by a profuse foliage,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3626. An imperial inscribed blue-ground famille-rose 'landscape' vase, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 18.7 cm, 7 ⅜ in. Estimate: 1,200,000 - 1,500,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,890,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. one side delicately painted with a tranquil lakeside scene within a gilt lobed rim, the reverse inscribed in black with a poem and decorated with three iron-red seal marks, reserved on a pale lavender-blue ground decorated with floral scrolls, the neck with a pair of mask handles, each... [Lire la suite]