14 janvier 2021
A blue and white jar and cover, 19th century
Lot 99. A blue and white jar and cover, 19th century; 111⁄4 in. (28.6 cm.) high. Estimate USD 1,000 - USD 1,500. Price Realised USD 3,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020
The jar is decorated with four shaped panels enclosing scholars objects and flower blossoms, all reserved on a blue ground with prunus.
Property from the Collection of Lenora and Walter F. Brown.
Provenance: The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas.
Christie's. Art of China. Including Property... [Lire la suite]14 janvier 2021
A large copper-red-decorated blue and white ‘peach’ vase, meiping, Late Qing dynasty-Republic period
Lot 98. A large copper-red-decorated blue and white ‘peach’ vase, meiping, Late Qing dynasty-Republic period; 201⁄4 in. (51.4 cm.) high. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised USD 10,625. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020
The vase is decorated on the exterior with gnarled leafy branches bearing nine peaches and flowers. There are two bats in flight next to the branches.
Property from the Collection of Lenora and Walter F. Brown.
Provenance: Christie’s London, 6 November 2012, lot... [Lire la suite]14 janvier 2021
A large blue and white jar and cover, Wanli period (1573-1619)
Lot 97. A large blue and white jar and cover, Wanli period (1573-1619); 171⁄4 in. (43.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price Realised USD 20,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020
The heavily potted jar is decorated with foliate scrolls bearing various fruits and flowers, interspersed with sea shells, double-gourds, bamboo shoots, and Buddhist emblems, between borders of classic scroll and ruyi heads. The domed cover is decorated with further foliate scrolls,... [Lire la suite]14 janvier 2021
A large blue and white jar, Wanli period (1573-1619)
Lot 96. A large blue and white jar, Wanli period (1573-1619); 151⁄4 in. (38.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price Realised USD 4,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020
The heavily potted jar is decorated with birds amidst ‘The Three Friends of Winter’ and rocks, between borders of ruyi heads and stylized lappets.
Property from the Collection of Lenora and Walter F. Brown.
Provenance: Laurin Guilloux, Paris, 29 June 1980, lot 14.The Lenora and Walter F. Brown... [Lire la suite]14 janvier 2021
A small blue and white dish, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Lot 95. A small blue and white dish, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 61⁄2 in. (16.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 1,000 - USD 1,500. Price Realised USD 2,125. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020
The dish is decorated with two cranes, one standing in a lotus pond and the other in flight, the exterior is further decorated with lotus flowers. There is an apocryphal Chenghua mark on the base.
Property from the Collection of Lenora and Walter F. Brown.
Provenance: Christie's New York, 28 October 1977, lot... [Lire la suite]14 janvier 2021
A blue and white jardinière, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Lot 94. A blue and white jardinière, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 83⁄4 in. (22.2 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised USD 8,125. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020
The jardinère is decorated on the exterior with two panels, each enclosing a scene of scholars and attendants engaged in leisurely pursuits.
Property from the Collection of Lenora and Walter F. Brown.
Provenance: Rare Art, New York.The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas.
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A blue and white meiping, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Lot 93. A blue and white meiping, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 61⁄2 in. (16.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price Realised USD 11,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020
The vase is decorated with a wide floral scroll between a leafy band above and a cloud band below.
Property from the Collection of Lenora and Walter F. Brown.
Provenance: Acquired in Chicago, 1983.The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas.
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A blue and white 'phoenix tail' vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Lot 92. A blue and white 'phoenix tail' vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 181⁄8 in. (46 cm.) high. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price Realised USD 6,875. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020
Decorated on the body with a continuous scene of figures in a garden setting below with a scene of scholars accompanied by attendants on the neck.
Property from the Collection of Lenora and Walter F. Brown.
Christie's. Art of China. Including Property from the Irving Collection, 18 Nov - 9 Dec 202014 janvier 2021
A large blue and white vase, meiping, Late Ming dynasty, 17th century
Lot 91. A large blue and white vase, meiping, Late Ming dynasty, 17th century; 21 in. (53.3 m.) high. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price Realised USD 5,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020
The heavily potted vase is decorated on the body with three blossoming branches of camellia, above a band of classic scroll on the splayed foot.
Property from the Collection of Lenora and Walter F. Brown.Provenance: Laurin Guilloux, Paris, 25 June 1980, lot 12.The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San... [Lire la suite]14 janvier 2021
Southern Italian, probably Palermo, Sicily, circa 1220-1240. An Important Cameo with the Ascension of the Prophet Elijah to Heav
Lot 8. Southern Italian, probably Palermo, Sicily, circa 1220-1240. An Important Cameo with the Ascension of the Prophet Elijah to Heaven from the Imperial Treasury of the Holy Roman Emperors. Estimate: 120,000 - 180,000 GBP. Lot sold: 801,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's
chalcedony, within a mid-16th-century enamelled gold mount with arabesques, inscribed in Hebrew to the reverse: נעלה אליה לשמים [Elijah was raised to Heaven]; cameo: 27 by 28.6mm., 1.06 by 1.12in.,35.3 by 37.8mm.,... [Lire la suite]