20 novembre 2020

Property from a Prominent New England Family. Lot 177. A Superb 17.21 carats Kashmir Sapphire and Diamond Brooch, circa 1910. Estimate US$ 500,000 - 800,000 (€ 420,000 - 670,000). Photo Bonhams. The recent discovery of a rare Superb Kashmir Sapphire and Diamond Brooch, circa 1910, estimated at $500,000–$800,000, in a private collection has delighted the descendants of a prominent American family. When Emily Waterfall, Los Angeles Head of Jewelry, first held the brooch, she knew it was... [Lire la suite]

Lot 17. Gerhard Richter (born 1932), Abstraktes Bild (Untitled) 679-3, 1988, signed and dated 1988 on the reverse, oil on canvas, 47 1/4 by 39 1/4 in., 119.3 by 99.5 cm. Estimate $1,500,000-2,500,000. Sold for $3,450,312 (€ 2,916,085). Photo: Bonhams. NEW YORK, NY.- Signature works by Gerhard Richter and Alexander Calder, shattered their estimates at Bonhams’ Post-War & Contemporary Art sale today (November 18) in New York. Created during the peak of Richter’s... [Lire la suite]

Lot 22. A Junyao purple-splashed tripod incense burner, Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368); 14cm (5 1/2in) wide. Estimate £ 3,000-5,000. Sold for £ 11,312 (€ 12,656). Photo: Bonhams. The compressed globular body raised on three short legs, the short neck culminating in a wide angled galleried rim, covered overall with a lavender glaze and irregular purple splashes, the feet left unglazed to reveal a buff-coloured stoneware body. Provenance: a distinguished English private collection. Bonhams. Fine Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 21. A Junyao jar and a Junyao bowl, Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368); 14cm (5 1/2in) wide. Estimate £ 3,000-5,000. Sold for £ 8,812 (€ 9,859). Photo: Bonhams. The bowl well potted with steep sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a slightly-incurved rim, covered with a pale lavender-blue glaze thinning to a buff colour at the rim and pooling around the unglazed brown foot. 21.3cm (8 3/8in) diam.; the globular jar supported on a short foot, the short wide neck flanked by two loop handles, covered with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 20. A rare Junyao bowl, Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368); 9.8cm (3 7/8in) diam. Estimate £ 2,000-3,000. Sold for £ 8,187 (€ 9,160). Photo: Bonhams. Finely potted with deep curving sides rising to a gently tapering rim, covered in a lavender-blue glaze except in the well and under the foot revealing the body, the glaze thinning to greyish-mushroom tone at the mouth rim, pooling thickly above the short slightly-splayed unglazed foot. Provenance: John Spark Ltd., London (label)A European private collection. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 19. A rare Junyao green bowl, Song-Yuan Dynasty (960-1368); 22.7cm (9in) diam. Estimate £ 1,500-2,000. Sold for £ 7,562 (€ 8,461). Photo: Bonhams. The vessel with deep rounded sides, covered all over with a lightly crackled sage-green glaze, thinning at the rim to a mushroom-grey tone, falling short of the foot, a splash of glaze to the recessed base. Provenance: Sotheby's London, 13 December 1988, lot 115A European private collection. Note: See a similar green Jun bowl, Song dynasty,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 18. A Longquan celadon gourd-shaped ewer, Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368); 11.5cm (4 1/2in) long. Estimate £ 2,000-3,000. Sold for £ 8,187 (€ 9,160). Photo: Bonhams. The globular body vertically fluted, applied with a short spout on one side opposite a C-shaped handle, covered with a thick olive-green glaze thinning to a lighter shade towards the mouth rim and edges. Provenance: S.Marchant and Son, London (label)A European private collection. Note: Compare with a Longquan celadon ewer and cover,... [Lire la suite]