07 août 2022
A Gilt-Decorated Wucai Cylindrical Censer With Arabic Inscriptions, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
Lot 3321. A Gilt-Decorated Wucai Cylindrical Censer With Arabic Inscriptions, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). D 12.6cm. Sold for HKD HKD 240,000 (Estimate HKD 200,000 - 300,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022
Provenance: 1. Galerie Longville, Paris, France, no. 9008 (according to the label)2. Collection of Mr. Jean-Louis Vergne, Châtel, France, 19843. Collection of the Duchamp family, Paris, France.
Note: The furnace is of cylindrical form with a... [Lire la suite]07 août 2022
A Peachbloom-Glazed ‘Beehive’ Waterpot, Mark and Period of Kangxi (1662-1722)
Lot 3320. A Peachbloom-Glazed ‘Beehive’ Waterpot, Mark and Period of Kangxi (1662-1722). D 12.6cm. Sold for HKD HKD 480,000 (Estimate HKD 400,000 - 600,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022
Provenance: 1. Private collection, Bordeaux, France, 19832. Collection of the Duchamp family, Paris, France.
Note: This small vessel with a lavish mouth, short neck and sloping shoulders, and a bulging belly and shallow footrim is covered with a cowpea-red glaze with a concealed kui... [Lire la suite]07 août 2022
Hong Kong Palace Museum presents new exhibits in special exhibition
Gu Kaizhi (around 346–407), Nymph of the Luo River (Northern Song copy), detail, Northern Song dynasty, 11th or 12th century. Handscroll, ink and colour on silk. © The Palace Museum
HONG KONG.- As the Hong Kong Palace Museum enters its second month after its grand opening, the Museum is presenting the second rotation of the special exhibition “The Making of Masterpieces: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy from the Palace Museum” in Gallery 8. Visitors to this exhibition have the rare opportunity to... [Lire la suite]