29 décembre 2021

Lot 3128. A rare blue and white 'fish' water dropper, Vietnam, 15th century; 7.5 cm. Lot sold: 10,080 HKD (Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2021 Property from the Tuyet Nguyet and Stephen Markbreiter Collection. Note: The late 15th and early 16th centuries were a golden age for Vietnamese ceramics. When the Chinese empire had banned the export of its own country's ceramics, the Vietnamese hastened to meet the demand in the regional market.  The magnitude of the trades has been... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 3126. Three hardstone spearheads, Vietnam, Gò Mun culture, circa 8th century BCE; 12.5 to 13.7 cm. Lot sold: 13,860 HKD (Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2021 Property from the Tuyet Nguyet and Stephen Markbreiter Collection. Lot 3127. A group of 12 hardstone weapons and slit rings, Vietnam, Gò Mun culture, circa 8th century BCE; 14 to 11.4 cm. Lot sold: 20,160 HKD (Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2021 comprising various... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3115. A large bronze ritual drum, Dong Son culture, 600 BCE - 300 CE; w. 43 cm. Lot sold: 75,600 HKD (Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2021 Property from the Tuyet Nguyet and Stephen Markbreiter Collection. Lot 3119. Two bronze bracelets, Dong Son culture, 5th – 1st century BCE; 10 and 11.2 cm. Lot sold: 13,860 HKD (Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2021 Property from the Tuyet Nguyet and Stephen Markbreiter Collection. Lot... [Lire la suite]

Lot 131. Anonymous (China, 16-17th century), Eagle. Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and color on silk, 64 1⁄8 x 32 1⁄4 in. (163 x 82 cm.). Four illegible seals. Price Realised USD 32,500 (Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000). © Christie's 2021 Christie's. Art of China and Japan, New York, 1 Dec - 14 Dec 2021

Lot 137. Qi Baishi (1863-1957), Seal Script Calligraphy - Cane. Hanging scroll, ink on paper, 112 3⁄8 x 13 1⁄8 in. (31.3 x 33.2 cm.). Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist. Price Realised USD 25,000 (Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 10,000). © Christie's 2021 Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, Fine 19th and 20th Century Chinese Paintings, 18 March, 1991, Lot 136. Note: The Chinese character "zhe" means sugar cane. Qi Baishi's inscription here refers to an... [Lire la suite]

Lot 134. With signature of Sheng Hong (16-17th century), Blue-and-Green Landscape. Scroll, mounted for framing, ink and color on silk; 15 3⁄8 x 118 1⁄8 in. (39 x 300 cm.). Colophon by Sheng Dashi (1771-1836) and Chen Hongshou (1768-1822). Price Realised USD 11,250 (Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 20,000). © Christie's 2021 Christie's. Art of China and Japan, New York, 1 Dec - 14 Dec 2021

Lot 33. A large famille-verte 'bird and flower' baluster jar and cover, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 24 3/4in (63cm) high, overall. Sold for US$ 12,750 (€ 11,252) (Est: $8,000 - $12,000). © Bonhams 2001-2021 Robustly potted rising from a waisted lower body to a generous shoulder and upright neck, painted all around with 'bird and flower' vignettes within petal-form panels, the neck with a composite floral band, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a bud-form knop. Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 157. A peach-shaped cloisonné enameled dish, Namikawa Sosuke (1847-1910), Meiji era (1868-1912); 10 1/2 x 11 3/4in (26.7 x 29.8cm). Sold for US$ 20,312 (€ 17,926) (Est: $8,000 - $12,000). © Bonhams 2001-2021 Rendered in musen with a gnarled prunus branch in the moonlight, its radiating branches beginning to bud, the enamels skillfully used to emulate the tarashikomi technique associated with the Rinpa School, signed Sosuke in a double-gourd reserve near one branch, the reverse... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1. A fine small-white glazed bowl, Kangxi mark and of the period (1662-1722); 3 3/4in (9.5cm) diam. Sold for US$ 20,312 (€ 17,926) (Est: $4,000 - $6,000). © Bonhams 2001-2021 The rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a gently everted rim, covered overall in an even, white glaze, the base with the six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle. Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, Los Angeles, 16 Dec 2021

Julien Drach (b. 1973), Roma, 2019 (5). Chromogenic print mounted on Dibond. Edition of 8. 105 x 105 cm (41 3/8 in. x 41 3/8 in.). Price upon request. © Sotheby's Sotheby’s is proud to present ROMA a selling exhibition by the French photographer Julien Drach (b.1973). Dedicated to the Eternal City, this body of work began in 2018, during an artist residency at the French Academy, the Villa Medici, the spectacular mannerist villa in the heart of Rome. The villa’s melancholic interior, together with the endless... [Lire la suite]