12 avril 2021

Lot 142. A blue and white 'landscape' censer, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 8 ⅛ in., 20.5 cm. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot sold: 18,900 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. of bombé form supported on a slightly splayed foot, the rounded sides sweeping to a gently flared rim, finely painted around the exterior with a continuous riverbank landscape with pavilions, rockwork, and trees, several figures strolling through the idyllic environs, all beneath a keyfret... [Lire la suite]

Lot 141. A famille-verte baluster vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 18 ½ in., 47 cm. Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 USD. Lot sold: 94,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. of baluster form, the body rising from a flared foot and surmounted by a trumpet neck, painted around the sides with a continuous scene of officials resting in pavilions admiring ladies riding horses in the garden, a canopy of scrolling clouds above, all below a band of auspicious emblems enclosed in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 140. A carved 'Ding' 'dragon' dish, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Diameter 5 in., 12.6 cm. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot sold: 138,600 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. finely potted with flared sides rising from a flat base to a six-lobed rim, the interior swiftly incised with a sinuous chilong amongst foliate scrolls, applied overall with a creamy ivory glaze, the lobed rim bound in copper. Property from the Studio of Serendipitous Encounters. Provenance: Sotheby's Hong... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 138. A copper-red-glazed 'Langyao' vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 14 ¼ in., 36 cm. Estimate: 5,000 - 7,000 USD. Lot sold: 20,160 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the slender baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck and everted mouth, covered in a deep copper-red glaze draining to white at the rim, suffused with a network of fine craquelure throughout, the interior and underside of the base covered with a crackled celadon-tinged... [Lire la suite]

Lot 136. A peachbloom-glazed 'beehive' waterpot, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722). Diameter 5 in., 12.7 cm. Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 USD. Lot sold: 126,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. finely potted in the classic domed 'taibai zun' form, the slightly tapered sides rising to rounded shoulders and short waisted neck below a lipped mouth rim, the exterior evenly applied overall save for the rim and base with a rose-pink glaze variegated in dark and light tones and mottled... [Lire la suite]

Lot 135. A pair of yellow-glazed jars and covers, Kangxi marks and period (1662-1722). Diameter 14 ⅝ in., 37.2 cm. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD. Lot sold: 63,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. each heavily potted with an ovoid body surmounted by a short neck with a lipped rim, the exterior of the jars and covers covered overall with a translucent egg-yolk yellow glaze, the base inscribed with a six-character mark in underglaze blue, the cover with a lotus bud finial, wood... [Lire la suite]

Lot 134. A large yellow-glazed bowl, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722). Diameter 14 ⅝ in., 37.2 cm. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD. Lot sold: 31,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the finely potted deep rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a wide everted rim, applied overall with a vitreous translucent pale yellow glaze, gradating to a richer egg-yolk tone towards the bottom, the glaze pooling naturally along the foot, the base white-glazed with a six-character... [Lire la suite]

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announces that Classic Week, a marquee series of seven live and online auctions that feature pieces from antiquity to the 20th century. Sales will be held from 8-23 April and include Old Master paintings and sculpture, European Art, Antiquities, Books and Manuscripts and two single-owner auctions, The Kagan Collection and The Elaine and Alexandre Rosenberg Collection of illuminated manuscripts and early printed books. The exhibition at Christie’s Rockefeller Center will be by appointment only... [Lire la suite]