03 octobre 2021
A blue and white garden stool, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Lot 847. A blue and white garden stool, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 14 ½ in. (36.8 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 22,500. © Christie's 2021
Of barrel form, the sides are decorated with lions chasing beribboned Buddhist emblems, and molded in relief with lion-mask handles with pierced mouths between bosses and decorative borders. The convex top is centered with a floral medallion and four lotus pads.
Provenance: Peter Pappot, Amsterdam, 1992.
Note: A related garden... [Lire la suite]03 octobre 2021
A rare blue and white bowl, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619)
Lot 846. A blue and white bowl, Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619); 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box. Estimate: USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 43,750. © Christie's 2021
The bowl is decorated on the exterior in bright shades of blue with a wide band of meandering floral scoll between two narrower bands of stylized waves.
Provenance: S. Marchant and Son, London, 1 January 1972.
Note: A... [Lire la suite]03 octobre 2021
A blue and white faceted vase, Wanli period (1573-1619)
Lot 845. A blue and white faceted vase, Wanli period (1573-1619); 6 7/8 in. (17 cm.) high, Japanese double wood box. Estimate: USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 8,750. © Christie's 2021
Each facet of the body is decorated with a flowering branch below flower-head tendrils on the broad shoulder. The facets of the neck are decorated with a flower sprays and butterflies.
Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 23-24 september 2021
03 octobre 2021
A rare iron-red and green-enameled 'boys' bowl, Jiajing six character mark in iron red within a double circle and of the period
Lot 844. A rare iron-red and green-enameled 'boys' bowl, Jiajing six character mark in iron red within a double circle and of the period (1522-1566); 9 in. (22.9 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box. Estimate: USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 32,500. © Christie's 2021
The bowl is decorated on the interior with an immortal in the center enclosed by a frieze of prunus, chrysanthemum and peacock feathers in the well. The exterior is decorated with four ladies with boys at play above a petal... [Lire la suite]03 octobre 2021
A blue and white double-gourd 'lotus' vase, Jiajing six-character mark in underglaze blue in a line and of the period (1522-1566
Lot 843. A blue and white double-gourd 'lotus' vase, Jiajing six-character mark in underglaze blue in a line and of the period (1522-1566); 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box. Estimate: USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 30,000. © Christie's 2021
Both the upper and lower bulbs are decorated with broad bands of lotus scroll between decorative borders.
Note: Compare the slightly smaller Jiajing-marked vase with similar style of decoration and identical leaf tips at the shoulder... [Lire la suite]03 octobre 2021
A rare small blue and white jar, Jiajing six-character mark in underglaze blue in a circle and of the period (1522-1566)
Lot 842. A rare small blue and white jar, Jiajing six-character mark in underglaze blue in a circle and of the period (1522-1566); 4 ¼ in. (10.8 cm.) diam., reticulated silver cover, Japanese wood box. Estimate: USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 43,750. © Christie's 2021
The jar is decorated with a continuous scene of court ladies at leisurely pursuits, accompanied by female attendants in a garden setting.
Note: A blue and white jar of similar size and shape, also unusually... [Lire la suite]03 octobre 2021
Christie's to offer a selection of Fabergé masterpieces from The Harry Woolf Collection
A Selection of Fabergé Masterpieces from The Harry Woolf Collection. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021
LONDON.- Christie’s announces the sale of an iconic, private collection of Fabergé masterpieces from the collection of Mr. Harry Woolf, to take place live at Christie’s London on 29 November 2021 during the Autumn Russian Art sales season. The selection comprises 86 pieces from Mr. Woolf’s extraordinary Fabergé collection which he personally composed over a period of nearly fifty years from the 1970’s until 2019.
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A 'Jun' purple-splashed jar, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1279-1644)
Lot 197. A 'Jun' purple-splashed jar, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1279-1644). Diameter 8½ in., 21.6 cm. Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 USD. Lot sold: 107,100 USD. © Sotheby's 2021
sturdily potted, the compressed baluster body rising from a narrow base to voluminous swelling shoulders, surmounted by a short tapering neck and rolled rim, covered with a lavender-purple glaze suffused with vivid streaks of crimson and purple-red, the rim and interior glazed a pale sky-blue... [Lire la suite]03 octobre 2021
A rare 'Jun' box and cover, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234)
Lot 196. A 'rare 'Jun' box and cover, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234). Diameter 6¾ in., 17.2 cm. Estimate: 12,000 - 15,000 USD. Lot sold: 65,520 USD. © Sotheby's 2021
of circular section, the box with a short foot supporting a conical lower body turning upward to form straight sides, the cover modeled in mirror form and accented with a raised fillet encircling the midpoint of the sloping surface, and another around the summit, the center of the cover with... [Lire la suite]03 octobre 2021
A purple-splashed 'Jun' dish, Jin-Yuan dynasty (1115-1366)
Lot 195. A purple-splashed 'Jun' dish, Jin-Yuan dynasty (1115-1366). Diameter 7⅜ in., 18.5 cm. Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 USD. Lot sold: 27,720 USD. © Sotheby's 2021
the shallow rounded sides gently rising to an everted rim, covered in a glossy unctuous sky-blue glaze thinning to beige at the rim and splashed irregularly with vivid accents of purple-red, the underside similarly glazed, the recessed base studded with five spur marks and surrounded by a short glazed circular foot.... [Lire la suite]