14 octobre 2022

The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung. Lot 17. A jade animal-shaped plaque, Late Eastern Zhou - Western Han dynasty, 3rd - 2nd century BC; 14.8 by 6.9 by 0.5 cm. Lot sold: 16,105,000 HKD (Estimate: 800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 worked in the form of a beast with an undulating silhouette, the head of the beast portrayed bent downwards, rendered with a prominent and broad snout ending in an arc-shaped tip, the muscular body terminating in a bifurcated... [Lire la suite]

The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung. Lot 15. A bronze figure standing on a crouching beast, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (475-221 BC); 22.8 cm. Lot sold: 8,820,000 HKD (Estimate: 500,000 - 700,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 the man with a composed facial expression, detailed with alert eyes and a short moustache, his hair neatly tied under a top hat secured by strings knotted under the chin, wearing a long loosely-fitted robe of thick... [Lire la suite]

The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung. Lot 14. A very rare huanghuali painting table, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 171 by 89.5 by h. 86.5 cm. Lot sold: 10,055,000 HKD (Estimate: 6,000,000 - 8,000,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 the top of a standard mitred, mortise-and-tenoned frame with a four-board floating panel, surmounting a narrow recessed waist and a straight apron decorated with confronting stylised kui dragons rendered in beaded angular... [Lire la suite]

Lot 66. A sandstone torso of a male deity, Cambodia, Baphuon style, 11th century; 98cm (38 5/8in) high. (2). Estimate 50 000 € - 80 000. Sold for €69,675. photo Fabrice Gousset. The elegant elongated torso with a sampot rendered in narrow vertical pleats around the right leg and spreading across the left in broader fan-like manner. The fabric is drawn between the thighs and arranged on the verso in a fan-like fold that rises from beneath the belt. The observation of the garment... [Lire la suite]

Lot 64. A sandstone torso of a male deity, Cambodia, Khleang style, late 10th-early 11th century; 70cm (27 9/16in) high. Estimate 100 000 € - 150 000. Sold for €164,175. photo Fabrice Gousset. The elegant torso with subtle, yet powerful representation of his pectoral muscles and broad shoulders. The superb sampot is rendered in narrow vertical pleats and spreads across the left thigh in broader fan-like manner. The fabric is drawn between the thighs and arranged on the verso in a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 60. A sandstone figure of a female deity, possibly Durga, Cambodia, Angkor Period, Koh Ker style, 10th century; 90cm (35 1/2in) high. (2). Estimate 150 000 € - 200 000. Sold for 277 575 €. Crédit photo Fabrice Gousset. The robust figure stands in samabhanga, elegantly carved with hour-glass form torso, with full breast above delicately incised lines to indicate slight rolls of skin and sumptuous wide hips. She wears a long straight garment (sampot) flaring slightly at the bottom,... [Lire la suite]

PARIS - La nature morte retrouve enfin les honneurs d’une grande exposition parisienne, 70 ans après la dernière rétrospective à l’Orangerie en 1952.Conçue par Laurence Bertrand Dorléac, cette exposition d’auteure propose une vision nouvelle de ce genre longtemps considéré comme mineur et dont l’intitulé français, né tardivement au XVIIe siècle, n’a jamais satisfait personne. L’expression « nature morte » rend mal compte d’un genre très vivant, qui est, au fond, un agencement de choses en un certain ordre assemblées... [Lire la suite]