12 mai 2021

 Lot 3223. A Famille-Rose Sgraffiato Ruby-Ground ‘Lantern Festival’ Bowl, Qianlong Period (1736-1795). D 17.3cm. Estimate HKD 120,000 - 200,000 (USD 15,385 - 25,641). Sold Price: HKD 180,000 (USD 23,077). Copyright 2021 © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited The bowl has deep, rounded sides that rise to a slightly flared rim and is decorated on the exterior with four medallions of 'Lanterns of Abundance', feng deng. Each medallion contains an elegant grouping of precious objects,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3222. A Famille-Rose Peach-Blossom and Bird Dish, Yongzheng Period (1723-1735). D 17.3cm. Estimate HKD 1,800,000 - 2,800,000 (USD 230,769 - 358,974). Sold Price: HKD 6,600,000 (USD 846,154). Copyright 2021 © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited This dish is finely potted and exquisitely enamelled with branches of flowering peach blossoms growing from the foot of the shallow dish on the exterior, extending over the rim to the interior, where the main branch arches elegantly to the top, bearing... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3221. A Small Blue and White ‘Duck and Lotus’ Dish, Yongzheng Period (1736-1795). D 11.3cm. Estimate HKD 350,000 - 500,000. Sold Price: HKD 380,000. Copyright 2021 © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited The dish is decorated to the interior with a central medallion depicting a pair of mandarin ducks in a lotus pond. The exterior is similarly decorated with two pairs of mandarin ducks swimming amongst lotus, all below a band of dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl. The recessed base is inscribed with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3215. A Very Important Fine Blue and White ‘Dragon’ Vase, Qianlong Period (1736-1795). H 26.5cm. Estimate HKD 35,000,000 - 42,000,000 (4,487,180 - 5,384,616). Sold Price: HKD 45,600,000 (USD 5,846,154). Copyright 2021 © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited The vase is well potted in elongated pear shape sweeping up to a slender neck. Its exterior is exquisitely painted in vivid cobalt blue with five sinuous five-clawed dragons striding in various positions around the vase amidst a dense lotus ground. All patterns... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3211. A Blue and White Flower and Bird Moonflask, Yongzheng Period (1723-1735). H 26.5cm. Estimate HKD 1,500,000 - 2,500,000. Sold Price: HKD 1,500,000. Copyright 2021 © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited The flask is delicately painted in cobalt of sapphire-blue tone with simulated 'heaping and piling' effect. One side of the compressed circular body is painted with two magpies perched on a branch, entwined with a twig of bamboo. The reverse side is similarly decorated with two birds on a leafy branch of a fruit... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3211. An Important Blue and White ‘Lychee’ Moonflask with Ruyi Handles, Yongzheng Period (1723-1735). H 26.5cm. Estimate HKD 6,000,000 - 8,000,000 (USD 769,231 - 1,025,641). Sold Price: HKD 10,560,000 (USD 1,353,846). Copyright 2021 © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited This flask is elegantly potted with a characteristic flattened body in globular form, finely painted in a soft blue hue with a branch of five lychee fruits on both sides, all between cresting waves encircling the foot and shoulder. The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3210. A Rare Yellow-Ground Underglaze-Blue ‘Ram’ Vase, Zun, Yongzheng Period (1723-1735). H 32.5cm. Estimate HKD 5,800,000 - 8,000,000 (USD 743,590 - 1,025,641). Sold Price: HKD 7,200,000 (USD 923,077). Copyright 2021 © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited This vase is potted with a gently compressed globular body rising from a splayed foot to a tall waisted neck and the upper shoulder is decorated with three ram heads. The lower neck is encircled by a raised double-fillet band, repeated at the central and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3207. A Pair Of Imperial Blue-And-White ‘Immortals’ Bowls, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). D17.5cm H 8.5cm. Estimate HKD 50,000 - 80,000 (USD 6,410 - 10,256). Sold Price: HKD 288,000 (USD 36,923). Copyright 2021 © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited The bowl is of deep, rounded form with its exterior painted with four Daoist immortals each standing in a landscape setting before a pine tree and separated by tasselled lanterns. All patterns are set below a band of lotus blooms and above a band of classic scroll... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3220. A Flambé-Glazed Bottle Vase, Qianlong Period (1736-1795). H 46cm. Estimate HKD 1,800,000 - 2,200,000 (USD 230,769 - 282,051). Sold Price: HKD 3,840,000 (USD 492,308). Copyright 2021 © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited The vase is potted with an ovoid body rising from the slightly flared foot to a tall cylindrical neck, covered all over with a brilliant streaked flambé glaze varying from mauve to lavender and thinning to a pale mushroom at the rim. The base is covered with a mottled brown... [Lire la suite]

Lot 21 A. Gerhard Richter (B. 1932), Abstraktes Bild, signed, numbered and dated ‘769-4 Richter 1992’ (on the reverse), oil on canvas, 78 ¾ x 70 ½ in. (200 x 179.1 cm.) Painted in 1992. Estimate USD 9,000,000 - USD 12,000,000. Price realised USD 6,990,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021. Provenance: Marian Goodman Gallery, New YorkPrivate collection, SydneyPrivate collectionPrivate collection, United StatesAcquired from the above by the present owner. Literature: B.... [Lire la suite]