2 mai 2021

Lot 13. A celadon jade ancestor mask, Neolithic period, Shijiahe culture (2500–2000 BC); 6.5 cm. Estimate: 800,000- 1,000,000 HKD. Lot sold: 1,449,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. skilfully and subtly worked in relief on one side of the openwork plaque to depict an anthropomorphic face, the eyes rendered powerful and large above a mouth revealing its teeth. Property from the Kuan Yi Ju Collection. Note : This remarkable, crisply carved plaque represents one of the exceedingly rare jade... [Lire la suite]

Alaïa´s 2003 Couture gown; Balenciaga´s 1954 taffeta dress. The exhibition “Alaïa and Balenciaga. Sculptors of shape”, which houses the Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum, coinciding with its tenth anniversary, presents 100 works by both creators -Azzedine Alaïa (1935-2017) and Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895-1972)- belonging to the collections of the Azzedine Alaïa Foundation in Paris. “Balenciaga had a knowledge of the trade, the cut, he knew how to sew… he was a true creator of fashion, capable of inventing a new volume, a new... [Lire la suite]

Lot 13. A fine and extremely rare ruby-red cup, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 6.5 cm. Estimate: 4,000,000- 6,000,000 HKD. Lot sold: 6,225,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. finely potted with rounded thin sides springing from a short slightly tapered foot, the exterior evenly covered with a rich, ruby-coloured enamel, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a four-character reign mark within a double square. Property from an Important Private Asian Collection. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 12. A fine and rare lemon-yellow cup, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 6.3 cm. Estimate: 3,000,000- 4,000,000 HKD. Lot sold: 3,780,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. delicately potted with deep rounded sides supported on a short foot, the exterior covered with a vibrant lemon-yellow enamel stopping neatly at the foot, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a four-character reign mark within a double square. Property from an Important Private Asian Collection. Provenance: Hong... [Lire la suite]

Lot 10. A Hutian qingbai carved 'lotus' jar and cover, Song dynasty (960-1279); h. 17.5 cm. Estimate: 800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD. Lot sold: 630,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. carved around the bulbous body with two main registers of overlapping petals, covered overall in an ice-blue glaze falling short of the base to reveal the white body, the similarly glazed domed cover carved with corresponding petal motifs and surmounted by a 'lotus bud' finial. Note : This covered jar, crisply... [Lire la suite]

Lot 9. An exceptionally large and extremely rare zitan-mounted imperial inscribed archaic jade bi, Eastern Han dynasty, the inscription and the stand dated to the gengyin year of the Qianlong period (corresponding to 1770); disc 23.8 cm, overall h. 30.8 cm. Estimate: 45,000,000- 60,000,000 HKD. Lot sold: 53,771,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the exceptionally large jade bi dated to the Eastern Han dynasty, boldly worked on both sides with an overall array of small raised circular... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8. A rare yellow jade 'lingzhi' ruyi sceptre, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 31.6 cm. Estimate: 500,000 - 700,000 HKD. Lot sold: 3,024,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. with the head depicted as three lingzhi blooms, the largest one rendered borne on a gently gnarled branch forming the shaft and issuing further lingzhi blooms, the warm yellow stone with russet patches, original wood stand. Property from an Old Hong Kong Family Collection. ... [Lire la suite]