23 janvier 2021

Lot 133. A Jian tea bowl, Song-Jin dynasty (AD 960-1234); 4 7⁄8 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 1,500 - USD 2,500. Price Realised USD 2,125. © Christie's Image Ltd 2021. The interior and exterior of the bowl are covered with black glaze streaked with brown ‘hare’s fur’ markings, thinning to a russet-brown tone at the rim and pooling irregularly above the foot. Provenance: J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2005. Christie's. Art of China. Including Property from the Irving... [Lire la suite]

Lot 133. A Jian tea bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 4 15⁄16 in. (12.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised USD 15,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2021. The bowl is covered inside and out with a lustrous brown glaze flowing from the russet band below the rim and stopping irregularly above the foot exposing the unglazed body. The center of the interior has a black glaze with light 'hare's fur' markings. Provenance: The Cunliffe Collection, no. T30 (according to... [Lire la suite]

Lot 132. A Longquan celadon bracket-lobed dish, Yuan–Ming dynasty (1279-1644); 12 3⁄4 in. (33 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 1,000 - USD 1,500. Price Realised USD 2,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2021. The dish is potted with sides divided into bracket lobes on the interior and exterior below an everted rim of conforming shape. The center of the interior is molded with a stem of blossoming peony, and covered overall with a glaze of soft sea-green color with the exception of a wide ring on the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 131. A Longquan celadon 'Twin fish' dish, Song dynasty (AD 960-1279); 5 1⁄4 in.(13.2 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 1,500 - USD 2,000. Price Realised USD 4,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2021. The rounded sides rise from the tapering foot to the everted rim and are carved on the exterior with a band of upright petals. The center of the interior is relief-decorated with two small fish, all under a glaze of pale sea-green color. Provenance: Kaikodo, New York, 20 January 2000. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 130. A pair of painted baked mud figures of mythical beasts, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1279-1644); 51⁄8 in. (13 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised USD 1,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2021. Each crouching figure is modeled with a snarling expression, long snout and ridged backbone, with the details picked out in muted colors of yellow, red, brown, green and grey. Property from the Collection of Frederick A. and Sharon L. Klingenstein Christie's. Art of China.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 60. A Dehua deep bowl, 17th century; 51⁄8 in. (13 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 1,000 - USD 1,500. Price Realised USD 3,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2021. The bowl with deep rounded sides and inverted mouth rim is covered overall with a creamy white glaze, incised on one side with a poetic inscription, tan zhi qun sheng run (life emerges from a snap moment). Provenance: Alice Boney, New York, 1980.The Irving Collection, New York. Christie's. Art of China. Including Property from the Irving... [Lire la suite]

Lot 59. Three civil official's rank badges, buzi, 19th-20th century; Largest, 127⁄8 in. (32.7 cm.) square. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised USD 6,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2021. The embroidered badge made for a fifth rank civil official, 20th century, is decorated with a silver pheasant alights on a rock emerging from turbulent waves amidst auspicious emblems. The embroidered badge made for a seventh degree civil official, Daoguang period (1821-1850), is decorated with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 58. A gilt-decorated blue-ground baluster vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 18 in. (46 cm.) high. Estimate USD 800 - USD 1,200. Price Realised USD 6,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2021. The vase is decorated on the body with two four-clawed dragons, each chasing a flaming pearl, and on the interior of the mouth with chrysanthemums on a green gound below a key-fret border. Provenance: Chait Galleries, Ltd., New York, 1982.The Irving Collection, New York, no. 720. Christie's. Art of China.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 444. A huanghuali and mixed wood cabinet, 19th century; 50 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 30in (128.7 x 45 x 76.2cm). Estimate US$ 10,000 - 15,000. Sold for US$ 12,750 (€ 10,486). Courtesy Bonhams. The two recessed door panels within beaded edges, with a continuous rounded dowel frame, brass fittings and door pulls, fitted with a shelf and two drawers to the interior. Provenance: Private Collection, Connecticut. Bonhams. Fine Chinese and Japanese Works of Art Part II, 14 Dec 2020, Los Angeles

Lot 442. A burlwood-inset hongmu stand, 19th century; 25 7/8 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/2in (65.7 x 21x 21cm). Estimate US$ 800 - 1,200. Sold for US$ 573 (€ 471). Courtesy Bonhams. Of square section, the top inset with an attractively-patterned burlwood panel, surrounded by a beaded edge within the hongmu frame with rounded edges, tennoned into four tall rounded legs joined by humpback stretchers and supported on pad feet. Property from the collection of Florence and Herbert Irving. Bonhams. Fine... [Lire la suite]