25 mai 2021

The Dream Quest Collection was assembled since 1990. Beginning with an interest in Cizhou ceramic pillows, the collector gradually expanded his collection to other provincial kilns. Thence, a comprehensive collection of over 100 ceramic pillows, spanning from the Tang to the Qing dynasties, of various shapes, techniques, glazes and decoration was amassed. The Dream Quest Collection of ceramic pillows is unquestionably second to the renowned Yeung Wing Tak Collection. Lot 426. An amber-glazed marbled pillow, Tang dynasty... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2922. A Blue Splashed sancai-Glazed Cylindrical Tripod Censer And A Cover, Tang Dynasty (618-907); 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high overall, box. Estimate HKD 160,000 - HKD 200,000. Price realised HKD 237,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 The cylindrical censer is modelled in the shape of lian and decorated on the exterior with blue splashes. The interior is covered with amber glaze. The base, the inside and bottom of the feet are unglazed exposing the body. Provenance: Dexinshuwu Collection, acquired... [Lire la suite]

Dosso Dossi, The Trojans Building the Temple to Venus at Eryx and Making Offerings at Anchises's Grave, c. 1520. Oil on canvas, 59.4 x 85.6 cm (23 3/8 x 33 5/8 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington. Purchased as the Gift of Anonymous. WASHINGTON, DC.- Dosso Dossi’s newly rediscovered painting The Trojans Building the Temple to Venus at Eryx and Making Offerings at Anchises’s Grave (c. 1520) has been acquired by the National Gallery of Art. This painting completes the story depicted in the right half of Dossi’s Aeneas... [Lire la suite]

Lot 456. A Longquan celadon 'pagoda' fair cup, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); d. 7 cm; h. 7.6 cm. Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 26 May 2021

Lot 455. A gilt-copper mounted Longquan celadon moulded and slip-decorated ewer, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); Japanese wood box, 20.5 cm. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 26 May 2021

Lot 2984. A Rare Blue And White ‘Floral Scroll’ Bowl, Xuande Six-Character Mark In Underglaze Blue Within A Double Circle And Of The Period (1426-1435); 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) diam., box. Estimate HKD 3,000,000 - HKD 5,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 The bowl is thinly potted with rounded sides supported on a tall foot, finely painted in cobalt blue with ‘heaping and piling’ effect with a composite floral scroll on the body comprising eight lotus, peony, camellia, rose, hibiscus and... [Lire la suite]