16 décembre 2020

Robe for a male dignitary (boubou riga or agbada) (detail), Nigeria, Hausa peoples, late 19th century, cotton and wild silk, Dallas Museum of Art, Textile Purchase Fund, 2008.47. Dallas, TX —The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) presents silk textiles from Ghana, Nigeria, and Madagascar in Moth to Cloth: Silk in Africa, opening December 20. The focused exhibition spotlights the centuries-old sub-Saharan tradition of silk production through indigenous and imported practices. The lustrous fiber is used to create prestigious... [Lire la suite]

Lot 415. A purple-splashed Junyao bowl, Northern Song–Jin dynasty (960-1234); 15.2 cm, 6 in. Estimate: 260,000 - 360,000 HKD. Lot sold: 327,600 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: A Northern American collection. Literature: The Rainbow Aloft: Jun ware, Hong Kong, 2020, pl. 11. Sotheby's. China / 5000 years, Hong Kong, 27 November 2020

Lot 414. A large rare inscribed Longquan celadon 'sanduo' jar, guan, Ming dynasty, 15th - 16th century; w. 33 cm, 13 in. Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 HKD. Lot sold: 163,800 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. carved wood stand and cover, the wood cover surmounted by a jade finial. Provenance: A South American private collection. Note: The crisp decoration of sanduo, the 'Three Abundances' including peaches, pomegranates and lychees, on this Longquan jar is particularly striking. The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 411. A rare brown-painted Qingbai crouching figure, Yuan dynasty '1279-1368); 14 cm, 5½ in. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD. Lot sold: 252,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Exhibited: Jingdezhen Wares. The Yuan Evolution, The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1984, cat. no. 68. Sotheby's. China / 5000 years, Hong Kong, 27 November 2020

Lot 406. A Yue celadon cup, a Cizhou painted stemcup and a Cizhou white-glazed carved, Song Dynasty (960-1279); yue cup 8.3 cm, 3¼ in.; stemcup d. 8.2 cm, 3¼ in.; Cizhou bowl 9.6 cm, 3¾ in.; Japanese wood boxes. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD. Lot sold: 60,480 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: yue cup: Mayuyama Ryusendo. Sotheby's. China / 5000 years, Hong Kong, 27 November 2020

Lot 405. A Qingbai lobed ewer and cover, Song Dynasty (960-1279); 14.8 cm, 5¾ in. Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD. Lot sold: 226,800HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: J.J. Lally & Co., New York. Sotheby's. China / 5000 years, Hong Kong, 27 November 2020

Lot 404. A rare Cizhou carved 'Tiger' pillow, Northern Song - Jin Dynasty (960-1234); 26.7 cm, 10½ in. Estimate: 120,000 - 150,000 HKD. Lot sold: 163,800 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Bonhams San Francisco, 15th November 2011, lot 3314. Sotheby's. China / 5000 years, Hong Kong, 27 November 2020