14 novembre 2022

Lot 59. A sandstone bust of a female divinity, Cambodia, Angkor Period, style of Pre Rup, 10th century; 62cm (24 3/8in) high. (2). Sold for €315,375 (Estimate € 30,000-50,000). Photo Fabrice Gousset. This is a very rare and early representation of a female deity with superb purity of form. The top of the sarong is draped across the plain belt and the hemline is flared towards the top. She is carved with delicate folds at the neck (trivali) and faint wavy lines are incised beneath the breasts and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 58. A sandstone head of a male deity, Cambodia, Angkor Period, style of Pre Rup, 10th century; 36.5cm (14 3/8in) high. (2). Sold for €75,975 (Estimate € 20,000-30,000). Photo Fabrice Gousset. The eyebrow arches come together in a single soft line, the nostrils slightly flared, eyes defined with a delicate line and fleshy mouth with a very slight smile and faint suggestion of a moustache. Two bands of hair protrude from the diadem descending on the temples to continue with a beard defined as a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 50. A red sandstone figure of a female deity, North India, Rajasthan, circa 11th century; 95cm (37 3/8in) high. Sold for €35,655 (Estimate € 20,000-30,000). Photo Fabrice Gousset. Adorned with a detailed necklace with heavy pendants in the centre a long single cord ending in a pearl pendant that falls between her prominent breasts. A second five-row necklace of pearls with shaped medallions passes over her breasts and across her stomach. Her lower diaphanous garment is defined by the presence of small... [Lire la suite]

Pottery manor, Han Dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD), 130cm long, 114cm wide. Unearthed from Yuzhuang Han Tomb in Huaiyang, Henan in 1981. Henan Museum Collection. This set of disassembled and assembled pottery manor consists of two parts: courtyard and pastoral. The courtyard is a three-entry courtyard, that is, the front yard, the atrium and the back yard. There is a gate in the front yard, stables on both sides, and a built-in manger in the yard; entering the atrium through the second gate, there is a two-storey... [Lire la suite]

Gilt bronze winged horse pattern danglu, Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-8 AD). Length 21.5 cm, width 7 cm. Unearthed in 1991 from Tomb No. 2, Baoanshan, Mangdang Mountain, Yongcheng, Henan. Yongcheng Museum Collection. This gilt is in the shape of a pointed leaf, with a hollow galloping horse pattern on the top. The front, back and top of the horse are decorated with deformed bird and cloud patterns. When Lu has two vertical buttons on the upper part and one horizontal button on the lower part. Dang Lu is an... [Lire la suite]

Lot 21. A rare powder-blue glazed brushpot, bitong, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 16cm (6 1/4in) high. Sold for £5,100 (Estimate £4,000 - 6,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 The cylindrical vessel slightly tapering, the exterior covered in a lustrous powder blue-glaze, the interior glazed white, the base with small recessed button glazed white. Provenance: Adrian M. Joseph (d.2010), Hong Kong, 6 September 1985. Published and Illustrated: S.Marsh, Brushpots: A Collector's View, Hong Kong, 2020, pp.216-219. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 20. A rare wucai brushpot, bitong, Chongzhen-Shunzhi period (1627-1661); 19cm (7 1/2in) diam. Sold for £75,900 (Estimate £30,000 - 50,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Exquisitely decorated around the exterior with a bearded scholar official on a balustraded terrace carrying a tablet in his right hand and pointing with his left hand to the sun, behind him two attendants with large fans and three boy-attendants carrying a guqin, robes of office and a saddle, all amidst gnarled rocks and shrubbery,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 19. A rare and large blue and white qilin dish, Shunzhi period (1644-1661); 34.5cm (13 5/8in) diam. Sold for £12,112.50 (Estimate £8,000 - 12,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 With deep rounded sides rising from a channelled foot ring, vividly painted in underglaze blue with an open-mouthed roaring scaly qilin prancing across a landscape of plantain and rockwork issuing foliage, the reverse decorated with flaming pearl and precious objects, the rim enamelled brown, the base recessed. Provenance: Dr John Pullan... [Lire la suite]

 Bae Bien-U, AHBR1A-147H, 2008 © Galerie RX, Paris-NY & Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Anvers-HK. Pour la quatrième année consécutive, le MNAAG s’associe à la foire d’art contemporain Asia NOW  (21 au 23 octobre 2022) et accueille le travail de quatre artistes : Bae Bien-U, Anne de Henning, Wifredo Lam et Ram Rahman. Leurs œuvres sont présentées dans un dialogue avec celles des collections permanentes, et investissent tous les espaces du musée. Le MNAAG présente les photographies de l’artiste coréen Bae... [Lire la suite]