6 décembre 2021

Lot 423. A blue and white 'landscape' jardinière, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); wood stand, 22.6 cm. Lot sold: 163,800 HKD (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD). © Sotheby's Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

Lot 422. A pair of blue and white 'Romance of West Chamber' dishes, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 16 cm. Lot sold: 226,800 HKD (Estimate: 70,000 - 90,000 HKD). © Sotheby's inscribed with qishi baoding zhi zhen (precious as a treasured ding of rare stone) Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

  Lot 405. A blue and white ''warriors' square bottle vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 25.2 cm. Lot sold: 75,600 HKD (Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD). © Sotheby's Literature: Duncan Macintosh, Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, Newton Abbot, 1977, pl. 115. Exhibited: Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, Oriental Ceramics Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1981, cat. no. 50. Heavenly Steeds: Horses in Chinese Art, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Museum, Hong... [Lire la suite]

Lot 404. A blue and white sleeve vase, Ming dynasty, Chongzhen period (1627-1644); 43.7 cm. Lot sold: 69,300 HKD (Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 HKD). © Sotheby's Note: The scene on the present vase recalls the allusion of zhegui (‘to pluck an osmanthus branch’), which represents success in the imperial examinations and signifies an official's blossoming career. The phrase comes from a legend that a great osmanthus tree grows in the Lunar Palace. Branches of the tree are... [Lire la suite]

Lot 403. A blue and white 'landscape' censer, 17th century; 10 cm. Lot sold: 226,800 HKD (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD). © Sotheby's Provenance: Collection of Morris Whitehouse (1878-1944), collection no. 620.Bluett and Sons Ltd, London, 10th May 1972.Collection of the late Peter Fawcett. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021 

Lot 402. A blue and white 'mythical beast' bowl, Mark and period of Wanli (1579-1620); 16.7 cm. Lot sold: 441,000 HKD (Estimate: 260,000 - 300,000 HKD). © Sotheby's Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong before 1998. Note: See two other similar examples sold in these rooms, Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8th April 2013, lot 3122; and another at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st June 2011, lot 3827. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

Lot 401. A blue and white lobed basin, Mark and period of Wanli (1579-1620); Japanese wood box, 29.7 cm. Lot sold: 302,400 HKD (Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 HKD). © Sotheby's Provenance: A Japanese private collection. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

Lot 400. A blue and white 'Three Friends of Winter' jar, Mark and period of Jiajing (1522-1566); 15.3 cm. Lot sold: 201,600 HKD (Estimate: 70,000 - 90,000 HKD). © Sotheby's Provenance: Collection of Gustaf Dalén (1869-1937), and thence by descent. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

Lot 399. A blue and white 'phoenix' vase, yuhuchunping, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); 24.8 cm. Lot sold: 1,197,000 HKD (Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 HKD). © Sotheby's Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, known as Il Grechetto, The Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1650–1655. Brush drawing in oil, 41.7 x 57.3 cm, The Royal Collection / HM Queen Elizabeth II Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021 From 10 December 2021 to 6 March 2022 the Kunsthaus Zürich presents the first exhibition in a German-speaking country devoted to the graphic oeuvre of virtuoso Baroque artist Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. This innovative master, whose graphic works bear the influence of Rembrandt, invented... [Lire la suite]