10 octobre 2022

The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung. Lot 4. An embellished gold and silver-inlaid bronze 'tiger' garment hook, Eastern Zhou dynasty (771-256 BCE); 11.1 cm. Lot sold: 756,000 HKD (Estimate: 800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 the hook modelled with an elaborate tiger head on one end, accentuated by a pair of alert eyes with black glass or frit framed by silver-inlaid S-shaped eyebrows, above a turquoise-studded muzzle, detailed with silvery... [Lire la suite]

The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung. Lot 3. A finely carved and reticulated huanghuali 'chilong' seal chest, 17th century; 49.2 by 35 by h. 41.2 cm. Lot sold: 2,772,000 HKD  (Estimate: 600,000 - 800,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 the hinged top cover intricately reticulated with a pair of sinuous chilong writhing among scrolling clouds carved in varying levels of relief, each dragon playfully grasping the other's bifurcated tail in... [Lire la suite]

The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung. Lot 2. Ming Dynasty, 16th dynasty, China. Anonymous, Melon and Grasses, ink and colour on paper, one album leaf, framed; unsigned, with six collector’s seals of Xiang Yuanbian (1525-1590), one collector’s seal of Shen Zhou (1427-1509), one collector’s seal of Wu Ting (ca. 1600), two collector’s seals (partially) of the Emperor Qianlong and three other collectors’ seals at the mounting; 27 by 28.5 cm. Lot sold:... [Lire la suite]