30 octobre 2020

Is design art? How far does the form follow the function? Elementary, once revolutionary questions that are directly associated with the Bauhaus and that the British Arts and Crafts movement posed 50 years earlier. “From Arts and Crafts to the Bauhaus” thematizes the prehistory of the Bauhaus and integrates it into the Europe-wide emergence of modernism - from Arts and Crafts to the Glasgow School, Viennese Art Nouveau, the German Werkbund and the Dutch group De Stijl to the Weimarer and Dessau Bauhaus. The Bauhaus... [Lire la suite]

Lot 231. A celadon-glazed vase, Guangxu six-character mark and of the period (1875-1908); 30 cm. (11 3/4 in.) high. Price estimate: HKD: 80,000 - 120,000 (USD: 10,300 - 15,500). Auction Result: HKD: 188,800. © 2020 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Provenance: A Taiwanese private collection, acquired in the 1980s. China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: Part I, 2020 Autumn Auctions

Lot 229. A blue-glazed vase, Cong, Guangxu six-character mark and of the period (1875-1908); 29.4 cm. ( 11 5/8in.) high. Price estimate: HKD: 60,000 - 80,000 (USD: 7,700 - 10,300). Auction Result: HKD: 73,160. © 2020 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: Part I, 2020 Autumn Auctions

Lot 306. A red-glazed spittoon, zhadou, Qianlong six-character sealmark and of the period (1736-1795); 11.6 cm. (4 5/8 in.) diam. Auction Result: HKD: 29,500. © 2020 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: Part I, 2020 Autumn Auctions

Lot 297. A Ru-type ‘chilong’ rectangular cup, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); 16 cm. (6 2/8 in.) wide. Price estimate: HKD: 120,000 - 180,000 (USD: 15,500 - 23,200). Auction Result: HKD: 188,800. © 2020 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: Part I, 2020 Autumn Auctions

Lot 297. A Guan-type globular vase, Yongzheng four-character sealmark and of the period (1723-1735); 9.5 cm. (3 6/8 in.) high. Price estimate: HKD: 250,000 - 350,000 (USD: 32,300 - 45,200). Auction Result: HKD: 330,400. © 2020 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Provenance: Christie’s New York, 20 September 2013, lot 1342. China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: Part I, 2020 Autumn Auctions

Lot 297. A brown-glazed ‘chrysanthemum' dish, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period (1723-1735); 17.3 cm. (6 3/4 in.) diam. Price estimate: HKD: 400,000 - 600,000 (USD: 51,600 - 77,400). Auction Result: HKD: 826,000. © 2020 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Provenance: A German private collectionBerwald, London, 2007A distinguished European Private collectionMarchant, London. Note: Persimmon glaze, also known as “brown glaze”, is a high fired-glaze... [Lire la suite]

Lot 295. A peachbloom-glazed beehive waterpot, taibaizun, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period (1662-1722); 12.6 cm. (5 in.) wide. Price estimate: HKD: 400,000 - 600,000 (USD: 51,600 - 77,400). Auction Result: HKD: 1,770,000. © 2020 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Provenance: Sir Joseph Hotung Family Trust collectionMarchant, London, 2002A distinguished European private collection. China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 295. A peachbloom-glazed seal paste box and cover, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period (1662-1722); 7.5 cm. (3 in.) diam. Price estimate: HKD: 100,000 - 150,000 (USD: 12,900 - 19,400). Auction Result: HKD: 118,000. © 2020 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, 15 March 2017, lot 697. China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: Part I, 2020 Autumn Auctions

Lot 292. A sacrificial red-glazed vase, yuhuchunping, Qianlong six-character sealmark and of the period (1736-1795); 30.3 cm. (11 7/8 in.) high. Price estimate: HKD: 650,000 - 750,000 (USD: 83,900 - 96,800). Auction Result: HKD: 767,000. © 2020 China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Provenance: A European private collection. China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: Part I, 2020 Autumn Auctions