05 juillet 2022
An Extremely Rare Meissen Blue and White Double Cruet, Circa 1725
Lot 17. An Extremely Rare Meissen Blue and White Double Cruet, Circa 1725; 8 1/2 in., 21.5 cm. high. Lot sold: 88,200 EUR (Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 EUR). © Sotheby's
the flattened pear-shaped conjoined flasks with entwining necks, painted with stylized flowering branches issuing from grassy mounds, the rims and spreading footrim with bands of fretted zig-zag, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, Dreher’s mark X for J. D. Rehuschuh.
Literature: Ulrich Pietsch,... [Lire la suite]05 juillet 2022
A sancai-glazed cylindrical jar and cover, Tang dynasty, 618-907
Lot 3203. A sancai-glazed cylindrical jar and cover, Tang dynasty, 618-907. H 8.5cm. Estimate HKD 120,000- HKD 180,000. Lot sold: HKD 130,000. © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022.
Provenance: The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, purchased from Eskenazi, New York, acquired October 2008, no. EK344.
Exhibited: Giuseppe Eskenazi, Chinese Ceramics Ceramics and Stone Sculptures, 30 October to 28 November 2008, no. 12.
Literature: Giuseppe Eskenazi, Chinese Ceramics Ceramics and Stone Sculptures, October 2008, p.... [Lire la suite]05 juillet 2022
An apple-green-glazed globular jar and cover, Tang dynasty, 618-907
Lot 3202. An apple-green-glazed globular jar and cover, Tang dynasty, 618-907. D 9.1cm H 8.2cm. Estimate HKD 70,000 - HKD 90,000. Lot sold: HKD 400,000. © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022.
Provenance: 1. Ben Janssens Oriental Art, UK
2. The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, no. BE10.
Literature: Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, March 2009, p. 46-47.
Poly Auction. Tang Sancai Ceramics From The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, Hong Kong, 14 Jul 2022.
05 juillet 2022
A blue-glazed globular jar and cover, Tang dynasty, 618-907
Lot 3201. A blue-glazed globular jar and cover, Tang dynasty, 618-907. H 6.1cm D 7.5cm. Estimate HKD 180,000 - HKD 220,000. Lot sold: HKD 550,000. © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022.
Provenance: 1. Eskenazi, London, no. C40422. The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, purchased from Eskenazi, London, acquired October 2008, no. EK345.
Literature: Guiseppe Eskenazi, Chinese Ceramics Ceramics and Stone Sculptures, October 2008, p. 26-27, no. 4.
Poly Auction. Tang Sancai Ceramics From The Ten-views Lingbi Rock... [Lire la suite]05 juillet 2022
'The Renaissance in the North: New Prints and Perspectives' at The National Gallery of Art, Washington
Daniel Hopfer and Hieronymus Hopfer, Emperor Charles V, 1520 (1521?), etching (iron) with open biting and unique contemporary hand-coloring in green, red, yellow, pink and brown, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Purchased as the Gift of Ladislaus and Beatrix von Hoffmann.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Printmaking flourished in Northern Europe during the late 15th and 16th centuries as artists harnessed the power of the multiplied image. Relatively inexpensive, portable, and widely disseminated, prints aided religious devotion, advanced... [Lire la suite]