21 décembre 2021

Lot 363. A Jizhou 'papercut' 'prunus' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 15.2 cm. Lot sold: 151,200 HKD (Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 HKD). © 2021 Sotheby's Property from a Hong Kong private collection. Provenance: Collection of T.T. Tsui (label). Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

Lot 361. A Qingbai figure of a mythical beast, Song - Yuan dynasty (960-1368); 19 cm. Lot sold: 252,000 HKD (Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD). © 2021 Sotheby's Provenance: Schoettle Ostasiatica, Stuttgart, 1970 (label).Collection of Sibyl Hermele, no. 418 (label).Acquired in London, post-1970. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

Lot 360. A pair of moulded qingbai 'bird and floral' bowls, Song dynasty (960-1279); 17.8 cm. Lot sold: 37,800 HKD (Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD). © 2021 Sotheby's Property from a European Private Collection. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

Lot 359. A small Jizhou tortoise-shell-glazed jar, Song dynasty (960-1279); 9 cm. Lot sold: 37,800 HKD (Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD). © 2021 Sotheby's Property from a European Private Collection. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

Lot 358. A white-rimmed black-glazed bowl and a Cizhou-type painted bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 10.8 and 8.8 cm. Lot sold: 30,240 HKD (Estimate: 24,000 - 32,000 HKD). © 2021 Sotheby's Property from a European Private Collection. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

Lot 357. Two carved qingbai 'floral' bowls, Song dynasty (960-1279); 14.5 and 17.1 cm. Lot sold: 35,280 HKD (Estimate: 28,000 - 30,000 HKD). © 2021 Sotheby's Property from a European Private Collection. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

Lot 356. A pair of small persimmon-glazed vases, Song - Yuan dynasty (960-1368); 10 cm. Lot sold: 20,160 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 HKD). © 2021 Sotheby's Property from a European Private Collection. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

Lot 355. A black pottery dragon-handled cup, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); 10.7 cm. Lot sold: 20,160 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 HKD). © 2021 Sotheby's Property from a European Private Collection. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

Lot 354. A Longquan celadon cong-shaped vase, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); 19.3 cm. Lot sold: 63,000 HKD (Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 HKD). © 2021 Sotheby's Property from a European Private Collection. Provenance: Amsterdam, 14th May 1997, lot 373.  Note: Cong-shaped vase with stand is unique to the Yuan dynasty. A closely related example excavated in 1980 from Gong village, Daotai town in Longquan City, is now in the Longquan City Museum, published in Zhu Boqian, Celadons... [Lire la suite]

 Erik Madigan Heck, Junya Watanabe (Honeycomb), Old Future, 2015 © Erik Madigan Heck | Courtesy of Christophe Guye. During the Hermitage Days, held each year in honour of Saint Catherine, the patron saint of the museum, on 12 December 2021, the exhibition “Beauty and Style. The History of Fashion Photography from the Collection of the Still Art Foundation” will begin its run in the General Staff building. The exhibition has been organized by the State Hermitage in conjunction with the Still Art Foundation. The... [Lire la suite]