07 avril 2021
Divinité masculine, Art Khmer (Cambodge - Laos - Thailande), Style dit Preah Kô. Dernier quart du 9° siècle
Lot 268. Divinité masculine, Art Khmer (Cambodge - Laos - Thailande), Style dit Preah Kô. Dernier quart du 9° siècle. Grès. H. 65,5 cm. Est: €12,000 - €18,000. Sold: €18,000. Courtesy Cornette de Saint Cyr.
Corps de divinité à deux bras, au torse puissant émergeant d'un classique sampot court, serré à la taille et sur les cuisses par une ceinture maintenant tout un jeu de chutes et plissés de textiles, retombant «en ancre» entre les jambes. Ce même plissé remonte dans le dos où il s'épanouit «en éventail»... [Lire la suite]07 avril 2021
Divinité masculine, Art Khmer (Cambodge - Laos - Thailande), Style dit d'Angkor Vat, ca 12° siècle.
Lot 267. Divinité masculine, Art Khmer (Cambodge - Laos - Thailande), Style dit d'Angkor Vat, ca 12° siècle. Grès. H. 111 cm. Est: €18,000 - €25,000. Sold: €30,000. Courtesy Cornette de Saint Cyr.
Importante divinité masculine à deux bras, représentée debout. Il a la taille ceinte d'un sampot finement plissé maintenu par une ceinture à bordure perlée, ornée du classique motif de double rang d'ovales. Sur l'avant, la double chute en ancre descend jusqu'à la limite inférieure du vêtement, marquant ainsi la... [Lire la suite]07 avril 2021
A Kashan moulded lustre and cobalt-blue calligraphic pottery tile, Ilkhanid Iran, Late 13th-14th century
Lot 21. A Kashan moulded lustre and cobalt-blue calligraphic pottery tile, Ilkhanid Iran, Late 13th-14th century; 16 x 1 ½ x 7 ½ (40.5 x 4 x 19.5cm). without frame. Estimate: GBP 25,000 - GBP 30,000. Sold for: GBP 60,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.
Moulded with a bold cobalt-blue inscription in thuluth on dense scrolling foliate lustre ground, framed.
Provenance: Kunsthaus am Museum, Van-Ham Kunstauktionen, Cologne, Auction 49a, 23 November 1971, lot 439, to current owner.
Note: The... [Lire la suite]07 avril 2021
A rare yellow-glazed blue and white 'boys at play' stembowl, Ming dynasty, 15th century
Lot 133. A rare yellow-glazed blue and white 'boys at play' stembowl, Ming dynasty, 15th century. Diameter 7 in., 17.8 cm. Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 USD. Lot sold: 27,720 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.
elegantly potted, the tall cylindrical stem rising from a slightly spreading foot to a deep rounded bowl flaring at the rim, painted to the exterior in cobalt tones with a lively scene of boys at play within a fenced garden, some playing ball games, others burning incense or walking... [Lire la suite]07 avril 2021
A green-enameled 'dragon' dish, Zhengde mark and period (1506-1521)
Lot 132. A green-enameled 'dragon' dish, Zhengde mark and period (1506-1521). Diameter 7 in., 17.8 cm. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 USD. Lot sold: 47,880 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.
with shallow rounded sides supported on a short slightly tapered foot, the interior decorated with a central medallion enclosing a five-clawed dragon writhing among stylized clouds, the head, scaly body and limbs finely incised, reserved on the biscuit and covered with green... [Lire la suite]07 avril 2021
A finely painted blue and white lobed 'fruit and flower' bowl, Xuande mark and period (1426-1435)
Lot 130. A finely painted blue and white lobed 'fruit and flower' bowl, Xuande mark and period (1426-1435). Diameter 9 in., 22.8 cm. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 USD. Lot sold: 315,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.
of conical form, well potted with the flaring sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a six-lobed rim, finely painted in deep cobalt blue accentuated with characteristic 'heaping and piling', the interior centered with... [Lire la suite]