19 mai 2022

Lot 3672. Two ‘Hatcher Cargo’ blue and white ‘erotica’ cups, Chenghua marks, Ming dynasty, Chongzhen period (1627-1644); h. 6.7 cm. Lot sold 126,000 HKD (Estimate : 90,000 - 120,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Property from the Bertholet Collection. Provenance: Collection of Captain Michael Hatcher. Literature: Colin Sheaf and Richard Kilburn, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, The Complete Record, London, 1988, pl. 120 centre right (one cup only). Exhibited: The Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3650. A Dehua seated figure of Wenchang, Ming dynasty, 17th century, He Chaozong mark; 38.5 cm. Lot sold 1,260,000 HKD (Estimate : 900,000 - 1,200,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: Sotheby's London, 4th November 2009, lot 243. Christie's Hong Kong, 30th May 2018, lot 3109. Note: He Chaozong, the Dehua kilns' most famous potter and greatest figure sculptor, lived and worked in the late Ming period, around the late 16th and early 17th centuries. His figures are... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3635. A doucai 'floral' bowl, Mark and period of Wanli (1573-1620); 17 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot sold 1,008,000 HKD (Estimate : 250,000 - 350,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: A Japanese private collection. Note: Elegantly painted with a rhythmic floral scroll, the design of this bowl represents a development of Chenghua (1465-87) prototypes. The Wanli Emperor (r. 1573-1620) is known to have been passionately fond of Chenghua doucai wares, thus their value and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3634. A fine yellow-glazed bowl, Mark and period of Jiajing (1522-1566); 17.8 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot sold 730,800 HKD (Estimate : 300,000 - 500,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: A Japanese private collection. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art including Jades from the De An Tang Collection and Gardens of Pleasure – Erotic Art from the Bertholet Collection, Hong Kong, 29 April 2022

Lot 3633. A carved polychrome lacquer 'dragon' octagonal dish, Mark and period of Jiajing (1522-1566); 17 cm, Japanese wood box. Lot sold 630,000 HKD (Estimate : 500,000 - 700,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Note: The art of polychrome lacquer, ticai, reached its apex of quality in the Jiajing period. Two or more layers of coloured lacquer would be applied at differing levels to a required thickness, with the lacquer artist carving down to the different sections to expose the appropriate... [Lire la suite]

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), A nude young man (after Masaccio) surrounded by two figures. Pen and two shades of brown ink, 13 x 7 7/8 in. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022. PARIS.- Christie’s Paris Old Masters sale began with the momentous sale of A nude young man (after Masaccio) surrounded by two figures by Michelangelo, selling for €23,162,000 / £19,645,462 / $24,380,019, establishing it as the most expensive work by the artist to have ever sold, the highest price ever achieved for a work on paper offered... [Lire la suite]

Tiaras exhibition at Sotheby’s, June 2022. Courtesy Sotheby's LONDON.- As part of its Jubilee Season, a month-long programme of exhibitions, auctions and events celebrating The Queen’s reign, Sotheby’s will open the largest tiara exhibition to be staged in the UK in 20 years – paying homage to one of the most symbolic signifiers of the monarch’s perennial style: the tiara. The exhibition will feature some 50 tiaras of aristocratic and royal provenance, with some pieces to be exhibited publicly for the first time.... [Lire la suite]