1 août 2021

A Louis XVI four-leaf mahognany and Chinese painted paper folding screen by Joseph Gengenbach dit Canabas, late 18th century; H: 98cm x L: 48cm x 4 Leafs. Price on request. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 Each rectangular panel depicting a figurative landscape with court figures. Note: Joseph Gengenbach dit Canabas, maître in 1766.Joseph Gengenbach (1712-1797), known as ‘Canabas’, became master cabinet-maker in 1766 and specialised in delicate items of furniture executed in solid... [Lire la suite]

A cloisonné enamel scroll-form table, Ming dynasty, 17th century; 15¾ in. (40 cm.) long. Price on request. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 The top with a shaped cartouche depicting five bats, wu fu, in flight beside pine trees and rockwork emerging from crashing waves, all beneath clouds scrolls reserved on geometric cell-pattern grounds and flanked by six stylised shou roundels, the underside with a classic lotus scroll. Provenance: Sold at Christie’s London, 9 November 2010, lot 263A... [Lire la suite]

A Chinese export black and gilt-lacquered bureau-cabinet, circa 1730 - 40, probably for the North European market; 94 in. (239 cm.) high; 45 in. (114 cm.) wide; 25 in. (64 cm.) deep. Price on request. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 Decorated overall with chinoiserie figures in landscapes, flowers and foliage, with a shaped arched cornice centred by a shell above a pair of mirrored doors, the stepped architectural interior fitted with an arrangement of drawers, recesses and document slides behind pierced sliding... [Lire la suite]

A pair of Louis XV ormolu-mounted Chinese Coromandel lacquer and vernis Martin encoignures (corner cabinets) by Adrien Delorme, circa 1748-49. ; 37 in. (95 cm.) high; 29 in. (73 cm.) wide; 20 in. (52 cm.) deep. Price on request. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 Each with shaped moulded breche d’Alep marble top above a curved door decorated with a triangular cartouche depicting a courtly scene in a palace garden, surrounded by a floral trellis pattern and framed by a lappeted motif, the angles headed by... [Lire la suite]

A Louis XV Ormolu-mounted Chinese Turquoise-Glazed Porcelain Cat, The Porcelain Qianlong (1736-1795), The mounts second half 18th century; 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm.) high; 12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) wide; 8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) deep. Price on request. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 Provenance: Probably supplied by Lazare-Duvaux (1703-1758), marchand-mercier, Paris, circa 1750-1755 toJeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour, duchesse de Menars (1721-1764), in her Cabinet des Muses,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 843. Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat (b. 1943), Two Paintings of Ruyi Sceptre, ink on paper, set of two, 2004; 2009;154.2 x 38.5 cm. 60¾x 15⅛in.; 76.5 x 142 cm. 30⅛x 55⅞in. Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Sotheby's. Inkspiration: Chinese Paintings Online, Hong Kong, 30 Jul 2021 - 11 Aug 2021

Lot 840. Zeng Xiaojun (b. 1954), Scholar's Rock, ink on paper, framed, 120.5 x 76.5 cm. 47⅜x 30⅛in. Estimate: 70,000 - 90,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, Labyrinths: Contemporary Ink Paintings By Zeng Xiaojun, 8-24 Nov, 2013. Sotheby's. Inkspiration: Chinese Paintings Online, Hong Kong, 30 Jul 2021 - 11 Aug 2021

Tai Xiangzhou (b.1968), Wood Stand, 2014, ink on paper, framed, 117 x 60.4 cm (46 x 23¾in.). Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Sotheby's. Inkspiration: Chinese Paintings Online, Hong Kong, 30 Jul 2021 - 11 Aug 2021

Pierre Verger, Untitled (The Lovely Dance of the Puli Puli with Their Spectacular Headdresses of Feathers and Flowers, Fiesta de la Virgen, Copacabana, Bolivia), 1939- 45. Gelatin silver print, 8 × 7 1/16 in. (20.3 × 17.9 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston. © Fundação Pierre Verger HOUSTON, TX.- Running along the western side of South America, the Andean Mountains have supported a rich, interconnected series of civilizations and empires for more than 3,000 years. Surveying this captivating, multifaceted world, the Menil... [Lire la suite]