27 septembre 2021

Lot 151. A Fine Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Baluster Vase, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Height 17 inches. Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000. Sold for $63,000. © 2021 William Doyle Galleries, Inc. Of slender form, decorated with classical figures in a court scene. Doyle. Asian Works of Art. Mon, Sep 20, 2021

Lot 162. An Exceptionally Large Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Charger, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Diameter 22 inches. Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000. Sold for $17,640. © 2021 William Doyle Galleries, Inc. Boldly decorated to well with figures and architecture in a mountainous lakeside landscape. Doyle. Asian Works of Art. Mon, Sep 20, 2021

Lot 157. A Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Bottle Vases, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Height 10 1/2 inches. Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000. Sold for $13,860. © 2021 William Doyle Galleries, Inc. Each tapering globular body painted with vertical panels of Antiquities alternating with seated figures in a fenced garden landscape, the tall cylindrical neck with a ruyi lappet border and cloud scrolls, on a conforming tapering cylindrical foot. C Estate of Sarah Belk Gambrell. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 301. An Iznik Pottery Dish, Circa 1680, Ottoman Turkey. Diameter 11 3/8 inches. Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000. Sold for $8,820. © 2021 William Doyle Galleries, Inc. The well painted in manganese, iron-red, sage-green and cobalt-blue with long stem peony roses and tulips about a central saz leaf, the sloping rim with a 'rock and wave' pattern border, the underside with alternating cloud and swirls, the footrim drilled for suspension.  C Estate of Sarah Belk Gambrell. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 59. An exceptional and rare pair of bronze 'dragon' tripod censers, Marks and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Width across handles 11¼ in., 28.5 cm. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 USD. Lot sold: 327,600 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 each globular body resting on three cabriole legs issuing from ferocious beast masks and rising to a recessed neck and galleried rim, the shoulder set with a pair of pierced S-curve handles, the body crisply cast in high relief with two pairs of dragons... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 58. An exceptionally rare gold-ground famille-rose five-piece altar set (wugong), Seal marks and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Height of tallest 14¾ in., 37.3 cm. Estimate: 600,000 - 800,000 USD. Lot sold: 988,000 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 comprising a censer, a pair of candlesticks, and a pair of beaker vases, the robustly potted censer of globular form rising from three cabriole legs to a waisted neck and galleried mouth, the shoulder set with a pair of gently curved... [Lire la suite]

Lot 870. A rare huanghuali trestle-leg table, qiaotou'an, 17th century; 34 in. (86.4 cm.) high, 84 ¼in. (213.9 cm.) wide, 19 ¾ in. (50.2 cm.) deep. Estimate: USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Price realised USD 375,000. © Christie's 2021 The single, floating panel is set in the rectangular frame fitted flush at both narrow ends with everted ends, above the beaded apron and shaped, beaded spandrels carved with stylized archaistic scroll. The whole is raised on finely beaded trestle legs joined by shaped... [Lire la suite]

Lot 870. A very rare and exceptional imperial cloisonné enamel zun-form vase, Xuande period (1426-1435); 7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 300,000 - USD 500,000. Price realised USD 375,000. © Christie's 2021 The vase is cast with a spreading foot that rises to a cushion-form mid-section and a trumpet neck, with four gilt vertical flanges on each section. The sides are decorated with peony blossoms on the foot, lotus scrolls on the mid-section, and upright overlapping plantain leaves with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 870. A teadust-glazed hu- form vase, Qianlong incised six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795); 13 ¾ in. (34.9 cm.) high, Japanese wood box. Estimate: USD 100,000 - USD 150,000. Price realised USD 537,500. © Christie's 2021 The pear-shaped vase tapers to a waisted neck that is flanked by two elephant-head handles suspending fixed rings, and is covered overall with a glaze of mottled, olive-green color, the foot is covered with a dark brown wash. Provenance: Private... [Lire la suite]

Fabergé's premises at 173 New Bond Street in 1911. Image Courtesy of The Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow and Wartski, London LONDON.- New highlights of the exhibition announced today as tickets go on sale include some of the rarest works produced by the Fabergé firm. Many of these works are being shown for the first time in the UK and some of which are being reunited for the first time since the Russian revolution.Fabergé in London: Romance to Revolution will be the first major exhibition devoted to the... [Lire la suite]