7 juillet 2021

  Lot 5021. A green-glazed incense burner and reticulated cover, Tang dynasty (618-907); h. 14.2 cm. Estimate: 30,000 - 40,000 HKD. Lot sold: 176,400 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Roger Keverne Ltd, London. Literature: Roger Keverne, Summer Exhibition, London, 1999, cat. no. 27. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Online, including a Private Hong Kong Collection, Hong Kong, 2 July 2021

Lot 5021. An archaic bronze figure of an ox, Western Han dynasty (202 BC–9 AD); l. 35 cm, with two X-rays. Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD. Lot sold: 604,800 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Mandala Fine Arts, Hong Kong, 2007. Note: Freestanding bronze figures of oxen are known from Western Han tombs in Yunnan province; compare, for example, a bronze ox excavated at Shizhaishan, Jinning county, and illustrated in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji, vol. 14, Beijing, 1993, pl. 162, together with heads of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5021. A sancai-glazed 'dragon'-handled amphora, Tang dynasty (618-907); 38 cm. Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 HKD. Lot sold: 107,100 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Online, including a Private Hong Kong Collection, Hong Kong, 2 July 2021

Lot 5020. A white marble figure of a seated bodhisattva, Eastern Wei dynasty (534-550); 37 cm. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD. Lot sold: 50,400 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: A French private collection.Christie's Paris, 11th December 2013, lot 322 (EUR 7,500). Sotheby's. Chinese Art Online, including a Private Hong Kong Collection, Hong Kong, 2 July 2021  

  Lot 5019. An archaic bronze 'mythical beast' mirror, Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD); 18 cm. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD. Lot sold: 50,400 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Acquired in Japan in the 1990s, by repute. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Online, including a Private Hong Kong Collection, Hong Kong, 2 July 2021