16 mai 2022
An exceptionally rare and large doucai 'nine dragon' vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795)
Lot 13. An exceptionally rare and large doucai 'nine dragon' vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Height 67.3 cm, 26½ in. Lot sold 1,8 50,000 GBP (Estimate : 100,000 - 150,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2022
the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue.
Property from a Scottish Private Collection.
Provenance: Acquired by the forebears of the present owner in t.he 19th century, thence in the family by descent.
Note: With nine dragons soaring across the sea and... [Lire la suite]16 mai 2022
Three Monet from the Collection of Anne H. Bass sold at Christie's New York, 12 may 2022
Lot 10C. Claude Monet (1840-1926), Le Parlement, soleil couchant, signed and dated ‘Claude Monet 1903’ (lower left), oil on canvas, 32 x 36 1⁄4 in. (81.2 x 92 cm.) Painted in 1900-1903. Price realised USD 75,960,000 (Estimate USD 40,000,000 – USD 60,000,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
Provenance: Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the artist, May 1904).Elizabeth and William Lowell Putnam, Boston (acquired from the above, 1907).Anna and Augustus Lowell Putnam,... [Lire la suite]16 mai 2022
Claude Monet's masterpiece 'Saule Pleureur' to make Asian auction debut at Christie's Hong Kong Evening Sale
Claude Monet (1840-1926) Saule pleureur, oil on canvas, 51 3/8 x 43 3/8 in. (130.5 x 110.2 cm.) Painted in 1918 – 1919. Estimate: HK$95,000,000 – 135,000,000/ US$12,200,000 – 18,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
HONG KONG.- Christie’s announced the Asian auction debut of Saule pleureur, a masterpiece by Claude Monet, at Christie’s 20th and 21st Century Art Evening Sale, to be held on 26 May at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.Monet reacted to the onset of unrest in Europe in 1914 with an... [Lire la suite]