4 juillet 2021

Lot 201. A pale celadon jade Mughal-style dish, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Diamètre: 14,5 cm. (5 ¾ in.). Estimate EUR 2,000 - EUR 3,000. Price realised EUR 4,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 Reposant sur un petit pied, la panse est délicatement incisée de rinceaux de feuillages, le col et le pied à décor de frise de feuilles stylisées. Christie's. Art d'Asie, Paris, 9 juin 2021

Lot 158. A Mughal style agate footed dish and an agate bowl, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Diam. 10.9 cm; 14.7 cm, 4¼ in.; 5¾ in. Estimate: 3,800 - 4,500 EUR. Lot sold: 4,788 EUR. Photo Sotheby's. the dish with lobed sides and a barbed everted rim, raised on a high foot, the deep bowl similarly carved with lobed sides and rim evoking flower petals. Property from a European private collection. Sotheby's. Arts d'Asie, Paris, 10 june 2021

Lot 782. A Mughal pale green jade-handled gemstone-inlaid dagger, 18th-19th century; 38cm (15in) long. Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500. Sold for £ 22,750 (€ 26,452). Courtesy Sotheby's. The pale green jade hilt of pistol-grip form with swelling grip, the knuckle-guard with a bud-shaped gilt pommel set at the centre with a red gemstone, delicately inlaid overall with floral designs, the petal and leaves elegantly inset with diamonds. Note: Compare with a similar Mughal-style jade sword hilt inset with... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 674. A tall painted lacquer incense-burner stand, xiangji, Mid Qing Dynasty; 89.5cm (35 2/8in) high x 37cm (14 1/2in) diam. Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500. Sold for £ 7,650 (€ 8,895). Courtesy Sotheby's. With circular top and constricted waist supported on five flanged tall curling legs terminating in curving 'slipper' feet standing on a circular plinth, finely decorated with designs of bats amidst wispy clouds and beaded scrolls, all between leiwen bands and above blossoming flowers. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 634. A rare imperial mother-of-pearl lacquered 'ruyi'-backed chair, Kangxi period (1662-1722);86.9cm (33 7/8in) high x 50cm (19 5/8in) wide x 38cm (15 2/8in) deep. Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000. Sold for £ 22,750 (€ 26,452). Courtesy Sotheby's. Set with an arch-shaped seat framed by a back splat with a scroll terminal, flanked by open-frame ruyi armrests, all above a shaped apron on all four sides above straight terminating in hoof feet, decorated overall with painted and mother-of-pearl-inlaid... [Lire la suite]

    Lot 626. A rare twelve-leaf 'Coromandel' lacquer double-sided 'West Lake' screen, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Each leaf 263cm (103 1/2in) high x 47cm (18 1/2in) wide. Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000. Sold for £ 44,000 (€ 51,161). Courtesy Sotheby's. Lavishly decorated with an idyllic view of the West Lake in Hangzhou with courtly ladies and gentlemen gathered in pavilions engaged in elegant pursuits amidst bridges and boats, surrounded by panels containing further landscapes, flowers and mythical animals,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 583. A bamboo 'pine and cranes' libation cup, 17th-18th century; 12cm (4 3/4in) long. Estimate £1,000 - £1,500. Sold for £ £ 12,112 (€ 14,083). © Bonhams 2001-2021. Of naturalistic form, modelled as a knotted trunk section, carved in openwork with two cranes perched on gnarled branches. Note: See a similar bamboo 'pine trunk' libation cup, Kangxi, illustrated by S.Kwan, Ming and Qing Bamboo, Hong Kong, 2000, no.58, where it is noted that 'the shape of the cups that followed the style... [Lire la suite]

  Jan Steen (1625/26–1679), Villagers Merrymaking Outside an Inn, 1652, Oil on canvas © The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle. BISHOP AUCKLAND.- Auckland Castle reopened its doors on Saturday 3 July with a new exhibition dedicated to scenes of everyday life. Beauty in the Everyday: Dutch and Flemish Masters at Auckland Castle, on display in the Bishop Trevor Gallery until 3 October, features paintings which capture scenes of daily life produced in the Low Countries during the seventeenth century.Although created... [Lire la suite]