10 décembre 2020

Lot 20. A Qingbai ewer and cover, Song dynasty (960-1279). Hauteur: 20,3 cm. (8 in.). Estimate EUR 3,000 - EUR 5,000. Price realised EUR 3,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020 Reposant sur un petit pied, la panse polylobée imite la forme d'un melon. Le couvercle est rehaussé d'une fleur moulée en haut relief. Provenance: Property from a French private collection. Christie's. Art d'Asie, Paris, 10 december 2020

Lot 18. Three small celadon dishes, Yuan-Ming dynasties (1279-1644) and later. Diamètres: 11,4, 11 et 7,7 cm. (4 ½, 4 ¼ and 3 in.). Estimate EUR 4,000 - EUR 6,000. Price realised EUR 16,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020 Les deux coupes plates circulaires reposent sur un petit pied non glaçuré. La troisième coupe à la panse polylobée est recouverte de petites craquelures naturelles blanches. Provenance: Property from a French private collection. Christie's. Art d'Asie, Paris,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 383. A large Junyao blue-glazed bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 22.5 cm, 8⅞ in., Japanese wood box. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 529,200 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Collection of Robert Hartfield Ellsworth (1929-2014), New York. Literature: The Rainbow Aloft: Jun ware, Hong Kong, 2020, pl. 21. Jane Sze, 'Some Forms and Uses of Jun Wares', Arts of Asia, November-December 2020, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 112-117, fig. 3. Sotheby's. China / 5000 years, Hong... [Lire la suite]

Lot 382. A Jian 'Hare's fur' temmoku bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 11.2 cm, 4⅜ in., Japanese wood box. Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 HKD. Lot sold 88,200 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Sotheby's. China / 5000 years, Hong Kong, 27 November 2020

Lot 378. A russet-splashed black-glazed yuhuchunping, Song dynasty (960-1279); 26 cm, 10¼ in. Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 HKD. Lot sold 20,160 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Sotheby's. China / 5000 years, Hong Kong, 27 November 2020

  Lot 377. A russet-splashed black-glazed jar and cover and a russet-splashed black-glazed bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); jar 10.8 cm, 4¼ in.; bowl 16 cm, 6¼ in. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD. Lot sold 69,300 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Sotheby's. China / 5000 years, Hong Kong, 27 November 2020

Lot 374. A Dongyao celadon conical bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 13.2 cm, 5¼ in., Japanese wood box. Estimate: 26,000 - 30,000. Lot sold 119,700 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Kitayama Bijutsuten, Tokyo. Sotheby's. China / 5000 years, Hong Kong, 27 November 2020

Lot 371. A Qingbai 'floral' box and cover, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 7.4 cm, 2⅞ in. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD. Lot sold 30,240 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Sotheby's. China / 5000 years, Hong Kong, 27 November 2020

Lot 361. A Qingbai moulded ewer and cover, Song dynasty (960-1279); overall 8.2 cm, 3¼ in. Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD. Lot sold 75,600 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Collection of Peter and Nancy Thompson. Exhibited: From the Tang to the Qing: Chinese Ceramics from circa 618-1850 A.D. from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Thompson, Hull University, Hull, 1996, cat. no. 33. Splendor of the Past: The Spirit and Form of Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3. A German silver-gilt mounted ostrich egg cup and cover, Andreas Klette, Torgau, circa 1622; 45cm. high. Estimate 200,000 - 300,000 GBP. Unsold. Photo courtesy Sotheby's. surmounted by an Ostrich finial holding armorial engraved shield, initialled and dated 1622, three ostriches forming the stem below feathered strapwork, masks and female caryatids, male caryatids at the detachable cover holding the upper part of the ostrich egg, borders embossed, chased and engraved with leaves and flowers, foot rim... [Lire la suite]