27 juin 2021

  Lot 246. Five celadon-glazed bowls and an unglazed bowl, Probably Vietnam, ca. 16th-17th century; 14.6 cm to 17.5 cm, 5 3/4  in. to 6 7/8  in. Estimate: 400 - 600 EUR. Lot sold: 504 EUR. Courtesy Sotheby's.  each with rounded sides resting on a short foot. Property from a French private collection. Provenance: Acquired by the father of the present owner during his posting in Asia from the 1930s to the 1960s, and thence by descent in the family. Sotheby's. Art... [Lire la suite]

Lot 224. A rare and beautifully modelled blue and amber-glazed pottery figure of a court lady, Tang dynasty (618-907); H. 26.7 cm, 10½ in. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 EUR. Lot sold: 22,680 EUR. Courtesy Sotheby's. modelled with both arms and hands joined before the body, wearing a deep blue-coloured shawl draped around her shoulders, arms and hands, falling in long folds over an amber-glazed robe to the base revealing pointed slippers, the unglazed face modelled with small... [Lire la suite]

Lot 220. A large purple-splashed 'Jun' bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); Diam. 18.5 cm, 7¼ in. Estimate: 3,000 - 4,000 EUR. Lot sold: 3,780 EUR. Courtesy Sotheby's. of deep, rounded conical form with slightly incurved rim, covered inside and out with an unctuous glaze of pale milky blue colour, the interior with a purple plash. Provenance: Collection of Louis Foght, Copenhagen. Bruun Rasmussen, April 1960, lot 910. Sotheby's. Art d'Asie, Paris, 10 June 2021

Lot 55. A large Longquan celadon auspicious jar and cover, Yuan-early Ming dynasties, 14th-15th century; 36 cm, 14⅛ in. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 EUR. Lot sold: 22,680 EUR. Courtesy Sotheby's. of baluster form, well carved in relief with four auspicious characters jin yu man tang ('May gold and jade fill your halls'), alternating with melon, peach, pomegranate and loquat repeated on the barbed rim cover, applied overall with a beautiful glaze of even celadon colour, save for the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 45. A Longquan celadon dish, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); Diam. 33.9 cm, 13⅜ in. Estimate: 1,500 - 2,000 EUR. Lot sold: 2,016 EUR. Courtesy Sotheby's. of deep form, the centre moulded with a flowering peony tree growing from rockwork, surrounded by combed motifs radiating towards the well with freely carved scrolling leafage before the deeply grooved everted rim, the underside plain, covered overall in a sea-green glaze. Sotheby's. Art d'Asie, Paris, 10 June 2021

Lot 37. A Longquan celadon bottle vase, Song-Ming dynasty (960-1644); 21.5 cm, 8½ in. Estimate: 1,500 - 2,000 EUR. Lot sold: 4,032 EUR. Courtesy Sotheby's. the globular body rising from a tapered foot to a tall neck and everted dished rim, covered overall save for the footring with an attractive green crackeled glaze. Property from the collection of Alberto Giuganino (1887-1979). Note: Other examples of this type include a vase sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 28th... [Lire la suite]

    Lot 37. A rare lobed celadon 'auspicious objects' dish, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). 16.8 cm, 6⅝ in. Estimate: 1,500 - 2,000 EUR. Lot sold: 2,142 EUR. Courtesy Sotheby's. of mallow shape, supported on a small rounded footrim, moulded to the interior with with the Eight Treasures in petal panels centred with a recessed rosace, all within a double incised line, the reverse incised and combed with undulating petals resembling a mallow flower, applied overall with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 37. The Eugene and Elva Bernat white-glazed ‘Amphora’ vase, Tang dynasty (618-907). H. 42.5 cm, 16¾ in. Estimate: 30,000 - 40,000 EUR. Lot sold: 47,880 EUR. Courtesy Sotheby's.  elegantly potted, the slightly splayed foot swelling to high, rounded shoulders surmounted by a tall waisted neck molded with three raised rings and an everted galleried rim applied on each side with a molded florette, further florettes applied to the shoulder, surmounted by two... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3204. A pale celadon jade gu-form vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century; 71⁄2 in. (19 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 50,000 - HKD 80,000. Price realised HKD 875,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 April 1997, lot 783A Hong Kong private collection formed in the late 1970s to early 1990s. Lot 3203. A white jade censer and cover, Republic period; 81⁄4 in. (21 cm.) across the handles, stand, box. Estimate HKD 40,000 - HKD... [Lire la suite]