9 octobre 2021

Lot 204. A famille-rose 'peony' waterpot, Republic period. Diameter 5¼ in., 13.4 cm. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot sold: 27,720 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 the compressed globular body rising from a narrow tapering foot to high rounded shoulders and an incurved rim, enameled on one side with peony branches in varying stages of bloom, centering a lush pink blossom with delicately shaded and frilled petals, set against broad pointed leaves in two shades of green, with insects... [Lire la suite]

Lot 202. A biscuit-glazed famille-verte 'ducks' bowl, 20th century. Diameter 3⅞ in., 10 cm. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot sold: 35,280 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 the rounded body resting on a straight foot rising to a slightly everted rim, the exterior painted with a continuous scene of ducks resting amongst rockwork against a turquoise ground, the base inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue. Exhibited: Ch'ing Polychrome Exhibition, The Oriental... [Lire la suite]

Lot 203. A mirror-black-glazed and gilt-decorated 'landscape' vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Height 19⅝ in., 49.8 cm. Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 USD. Lot sold: 12,600 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 the elongated ovoid body swelling to high rounded shoulders and sweeping into a tall flaring neck and everted rim, the exterior glazed a glossy black and gilt-painted with a continuous idyllic lakeside scene, with two gentlemen conversing by the banks accompanied by an attendant, a fisherman on... [Lire la suite]

Lot 131. A fine ruby-ground sgraffiato ‘hundred antiques’ bowl, Seal mark and period of Daoguang (1821-1850). Diameter 5⅞ in., 14.9 cm. Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 USD. Lot sold: 63,000 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 the deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a slightly everted rim, the exterior richly painted in the famille-rose palette with four gilt-rimmed medallions each enclosing a selection of the 'hundred antiques' such as vases, lanterns, censers, and other... [Lire la suite]

John Singer Sargent, A Venetian Woman, 1882, oil on canvas, Cincinnati Art Museum, The Edwin and Virginia Irwin Memorial, 1972.37. The exhibition “Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano” brings to life the Venetian glass revival of the late 19th century and the artistic experimentation the city inspired for visiting artists. It is the first comprehensive examination of American tourism, artmaking and art collecting in Venice, revealing the glass furnaces and their new creative boom as a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 240. A blue and white 'sanduo' meiping, Qing Dynasty, 18th century. Height 12⅞ in., 32.8 cm. Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 USD. Lot sold: 17,640 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 finely potted, the baluster body rising from a slightly splayed foot to broad shoulders and a short, waisted neck surmounted by a lipped rim, decorated in simulated 'heaping and piling' cobalt blue with fruiting sprays of peaches, pomegranates and finger citrons all between a trefoil border at the shoulder and a band of... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 136. A copper-red-decorated 'dragon' vase (Tianqiuping), Qing Dynasty, 18th century. Height 13¾ in., 35 cm. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD. Lot sold: 69,300 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 the globular body rising to a tall, slightly flaring cylindrical neck, the exterior painted in vibrant underglaze red with a fierce, scaly four-clawed dragon striding amidst flame wisps and clouds in vigorous pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' above crashing waves below, the rim encircled by a band of foliate... [Lire la suite]

Lot 134. A gilt-decorated blue and white bowl, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Diameter 6⅝ in., 16.8 cm. Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 USD. Lot sold: 18,900 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 resting on a straight foot and rising to a gently everted rim, the interior with a central medallion painted in underglaze blue with a lotus pond encircled by diaper border, the cavetto with a gilt foliate scroll beneath a further blue and white diaper band, the exterior painted with a stylized scroll issuing broad... [Lire la suite]

Lot 132. A famille-rose 'landscape' lantern vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Height 14⅛ in., 36 cm. Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 USD. Lot sold: 239,400 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 the ovoid body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and stepped incurved rim, finely painted in bright enamels with a continuous vista of lofty peaks towering above terraced fields, elegant pavilions, and a broad river, the landscape detailed with blue boulders and trees bearing foliage in a spectrum... [Lire la suite]

Lot 205. A pair of later-enameled famille-rose 'floral' bowls, Marks and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735). Diameter 4 in., 10.2 cm. Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 USD. Lot sold: 327,600 USD. © Sotheby's 2021 each with deep rounded sides rising from a straight foot, the exteriors later-enameled with peonies on leafy stems entwined amidst other flowers with butterflies in flight, the base inscribed with a six-character mark within a double circle in underglaze blue. Provenance: Christie's New... [Lire la suite]