15 avril 2021

Lot 155. A fine doucai ogee-form 'eight Daoist emblems' dish, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Diameter 7 ⅞ in., 20.1 cm. Estimate: 12,000 - 14,000 USD. Lot sold: 50,400 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. brightly painted on the interior with a central floret encircled by a border of interlocking lime-green foliate scrolls alternately suspending stylized peaches and lotus flowers, the cavetto with the 'Eight Daoist Emblems' intertwined with fluttering ribbons, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 154. A doucai 'pomegranate' dish, Qing dynasty, early 18th century. Diameter 6 ¼ in., 15.9 cm. Estimate: 5,000 - 7,000 USD. Lot sold: 6,048 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. with rounded sides supported on a slightly tapering foot, the center of the interior with a pomegranate shrub growing from rockwork and bearing three ripe red fruits, the cavetto with fruiting sprigs of grape, plum and pomegranate all between double-line borders above and below, the underside with fruiting plum... [Lire la suite]

Lot 153. A fine doucai 'shou' dish, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Diameter 8 ⅜ in., 21.2 cm. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD. Lot sold: 69,300 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. well potted with the shallow rounded sides raised on a slightly tapered foot, painted to the interior with a central medallion enclosing a shou character roundel surrounded by eight further shou characters and interlocking ruyi strapwork, the exterior similarly... [Lire la suite]

Austy Lee Art Jewellery.《 The Panlong bangle 蟠龍玉釧 》— The Jade Dynasty collection — 18K White gold with Burmese Green jade, Onyx, ruby and White diamonds. © Austy Lee Art Jewellery Panlong (traditional Chinese: 蟠龍; pinyin: pánlóng; Wade–Giles: p'an-lung; lit. "coiled dragon") is an aquatic dragon resembling a jiaolong 蛟龍 "river dragon; crocodile" in Chinese mythology, an ancient motif in Chinese art, and a proper name. Austy Lee Art Jewellery.《 The Diplopia of Jadeamanian earrinngs 》— The Jade dynasty collection — 18K... [Lire la suite]

Lot 15. A very rare archaic bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, you, Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 10th century BC. Est. £120,000-150,000. Courtesy Bonhams. Provenance: Major-General Sir Neill Malcolm (1869-1953), KCB, DSOCaptain Dugald Malcolm (1917-2000), CMG, CVO, TDSotheby's London, The Malcolm Collection: Ancient Bronzes, 29 March 1977, lot 17Hartman Rare Art, New YorkChristie's London, 10 December 1990, lot 2Christie's New York, 18 September 1997, lot 324An important European private collection.  Exhibited:... [Lire la suite]