18 mars 2021

Lot 503. A bronze ritual wine vessel, pou, Late Shang Dynasty, 13th-12th century BC; 13 in. (33 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Price realised USD 237,500. © Christie's 2021  The bulbous body is flat cast around the sides with a wide frieze of three large taotie masks formed by pairs of dragons with large eyes, scroll-filled bodies and raised tails confronted on a narrow flange, each mask bordered by slender descending dragons, below a band of nine dragons... [Lire la suite]

Lot 24. An exceptionally rare cloisonné enamel 'bats and clouds' vase, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795). Height 15 ½ in., 39.3 cm. Estimate: 300,000 - 500,000 USD. Lot sold: 315,000 USD. (C) 2021 Sotheby's  the globular body rising from a tall spreading foot to a flaring waisted neck and a gilt galleried rim, the neck set with two mythical beast-form handles, the body intricately enameled with sixteen bats in flight, each meticulously picked out in red, pink,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 20. An exceptionally rare cloisonné enamel 'bats and clouds' vase, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795). Height 15 ½ in., 39.3 cm. Estimate: 300,000 - 500,000 USD. Lot sold: 315,000 USD. (C) 2021 Sotheby's  the globular body rising from a tall spreading foot to a flaring waisted neck and a gilt galleried rim, the neck set with two mythical beast-form handles, the body intricately enameled with sixteen bats in flight, each meticulously picked out in red, pink, yellow and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8. An important inscribed pale celadon jade table screen, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795). Height 10 ⅞ in., 27.6 cm. Estimate: 300,000 - 500,000 USD. Lot sold: 588,700 USD. (C) 2021 Sotheby's  of vertical rectangular form, skillfully carved in several layers of relief on one side with two scholars standing on a rocky outcrop beneath a gnarled pine tree all set within a vertiginous mountain landscape of craggy peaks and ravines, a... [Lire la suite]