27 janvier 2021

Lot 78. A massive pair of ruby and famille rose jars and covers, Yongzheng period (1723-1735); 35 in. (88.9 cm.) high, each. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Price Realised USD 27,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2021. Each finely enameled with a basket of spring flowers, ruby lappets at the shoulders. Provenance: Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 21 November 2011, lot 1146. Note: The Tibor Collection was formed over decades, growing to encompass every category of Chinese export... [Lire la suite]

Lot 256. A sancai-glazed square dish, Liao Dynasty (907-1125 AD); 4.3/4 in. (12.1 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 1,000 - GBP 2,000. Price Realised GBP 1,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2018 The dish is moulded to the interior with a stylized chrysanthemum blossom and leafy tendrils in amber and green tones on a cream ground. The rim is decorated with further flowers and tendrils. The amber glaze covers the sides of the exterior and falls short of the base to reveal the reddish-buff coloured body. Provenance: Private English... [Lire la suite]

Lot 549. A sancai glazed molded pottery dish, Liao dynasty (907-1125); 5 1/8in (13cm) long. Estimate US$ 1,000 - US$ 1,500. Sold for US$ 1,020 (€ 842). Courtesy Bonhams. The floral edged dish of square form and molded with flowerheads and leaves accented in green and chestnut on a straw glazed ground, the straight foot unglazed. Bonhams. Asian Decorative Works of Art, 15 Dec 2020, Los Angeles

  Lady Mountbatten's wedding day in 1946. CourtesyEddie Worth/AP/Shutterstock/Sotheby's.  LONDON.- The 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, great niece of Russia’s last Tsarina, first cousin to Prince Philip and the daughter of Britain’s last Viceroy of India, the late Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten was born in 1924 into a dazzling dynasty of royal and political relations. Over her eminent life at the very heart of Britain’s cultural establishment, she is known... [Lire la suite]