23 août 2022

Lot 3587. An Underglaze Blue and Yellow Enamelled ‘Dragon’ Bowl, Mark and Period of Kangxi (1662-1722). D 13.2cm H 6.5cm. Sold for HKD 504,000 (Estimate HKD 200,000 - 250,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022 The bowl has a slightly flared open mouth and a curved belly with a rounded footrim. The outer wall is decorated with two pearl-driven dragons, and the bowl is decorated with a bow-shaped dragon in the centre of the bowl, a unique form of dragon decoration for the Kangxi... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3586. A Blue-Ground and Copper-Red ‘Dragon’ Bowl, Mark and Period of Kangxi (1662-1722). D 15.8cm. Sold for HKD 816,000 (Estimate HKD 450,000 - 680,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022 The bowl has a lavish mouth, a deep belly, and a rimmed foot; the body is covered in blue glaze, with the mouth and upper part of the footrim outlined in glaze red for one week each, and the outer wall of the bowl darkly engraved with a seawater dragon, the body of the dragon then filled... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3585. A Large and Fine Yellow-Ground Green and Aubergine-Enamelled ‘Double Dragons’ Dish, Mark and Period of Kangxi (1662-1722). D 31.7cm. Sold for HKD 648,000 (Estimate HKD 420,000 - 680,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022 The lip is slightly lopsided, with a curved wall that curves down to take up the footrim, and the footrim is neatly trimmed; the exposed skin reveals a fine, white, and dense material. The interior and exterior are covered with yellow glaze, and the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3553. A Pair of Underglaze-Red ‘Fish’ Dishes, Mark and Period of Yongzheng (1723-1735). D 15cm; D 14.7cm. Sold for HKD 1,140,000 (Estimate HKD 400,000 - 600,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022 This pair of plates has an open mouth and shallow belly with a rimmed foot. The interior is plain, and the exterior is painted with a red-glazed design of three fishes. The base is inscribed in blue and white with 'Made in the Yongzheng era of the Qing dynasty' in two lines of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3552. A Pair of Famille Rose ‘Chicken’ Cups, Marks and Period of Yongzheng (1723-1735). D 9.2cm. Sold for HKD 4,800,000 (Estimate HKD 2,500,000 - 3,500,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022 This Yongzheng chicken pot cup is a rare example, inherited from Chenghua in the fifteenth century, but painted in a style that is new and innovative. The cups are in a pair, with open mouths, straight, sloping walls, and short feet. The core is slightly convex, and the interior... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3551. A Famille-Rose ‘Apricot Blossom’ Month Cup, Mark and Period of Kangxi (1662-1722). D 6.5cm. Sold for HKD 780,000 (Estimate HKD 650,000 - 950,000). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022 The cup is of small form, with a slightly flared rim and deep belly, the upper belly sloping and straight, the lower belly slightly folded, and the lower foot surrounded by a footrim, the surface of the cup being thin and light, the glaze warm and moist, the exterior and exterior glazed with... [Lire la suite]

Left to right: Roman bowl, AD 50 – 70, Roman beaker, 1st century AD , Byzantine cup, AD 500 – 700, Byzantine jug, AD 400 – 500, The Archaeological Museum at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.  LONDON.- The British Museum will exhibit eight ancient glass vessels which were damaged in the 2020 Beirut port explosion and newly conserved by experts. The beautiful vessels were painstakingly pieced back together and conserved at the conservation laboratories at the British Museum in London and will be shown as... [Lire la suite]