mai 2021

  Lot 486. A rare inscribed and moulded Longquan celadon dish, Early Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 33.8 cm. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD. Lot sold: 27,720 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the floral buds to the interior inscribed with two characters reading Chen Ji. Note: Compare a closely related example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Longquan of the World. Longquan Celadon and Globalization. Vol. I. A History of Thousands of Years, The Palace Museum,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 479. A rare Longquan celadon lamp, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 22.1 cm. Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 HKD. Lot sold: 18,900 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.  Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 26 May 2021

Lot 470. A longquan celadon ‘mythical beast’ footed bowl, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 15.2 cm. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD. Lot sold: 37,800 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.  Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 26 May 2021

Lot 469. A Longquan celadon 'trigram' incense burner, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); Japanese wood box, 29.5 cm. Estimate: 30,000 - 40,000 HKD. Lot sold: 37,800 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.  Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 26 May 2021

Lot 467. A Longquan celadon carved 'floral' wine ewer, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); Japanese wood box, 23.8 cm. Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 HKD. Lot sold: 63,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.  Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 26 May 2021

Lot 2994. A Longquan celadon stem bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 150,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 350,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 The heavily potted deep bowl with rounded sides and flaring rim is raised on a tall ribbed stem foot. It is covered overall in a thick glaze of greenish-grey tone. Property from The Zhuyuetang Collection Provenance: Southeast Asian Ceramics Society, Singapore, 1978, no. 68. Christie's. Important... [Lire la suite]

Lot 473. A rare ormolu-mounted Longquan celadon vase, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); overall 49.5 cm. Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD. Lot sold: 75,600HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Collection of Alberto Pinto.Christie's Paris, 12th-14th September 2017, lot 885. Note: A larger vase of this type in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Longquan qingci [Longquan celadon], Beijing, 1966, pl. 41; and vases also with their mouths reduced, in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, are... [Lire la suite]

Lot 458. A small Junyao green-glazed tripod incense burner, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); Japanese wood box, 6.5 cm. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD. Lot sold: 50,400 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Acquired in Japan, c. 2018.  Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 26 May 2021

Lot 465. A Yaozhou celadon tripod censer, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 7.5 cm. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD. Lot sold: 44,100 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Property from the Claire & Francis Heritage Lane Collection. Provenance: Feng Wen Tang collection, 1990s.  Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 26 May 2021

Carlo Galli Bibiena, A Colonnaded Stage Set, ca. 1750. Pen and brown and black ink with gray wash, 340 x 489 mm. Promised gift of Jules Fisher. NEW YORK, NY.- The Morgan Library & Museum is presenting Architecture, Theater, and Fantasy: Bibiena Drawings from the Jules Fisher Collection, on view May 28 through September 12, 2021. The exhibition explores the elaborate stage design drawings produced by the Bibiena family and collected by the internationally acclaimed lighting designer Jules Fisher. It marks the first... [Lire la suite]