24 novembre 2022

Trente-deux façons d’être : Être agaçante, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888 © Collection du Edo-Tokyo Museum. PARIS- Cette nouvelle exposition de la MCJP évoque l’histoire des relations des habitants de la ville d’Edo – qui deviendra Tokyo en 1868 – avec les animaux et témoigne de la culture à laquelle cette coexistence a donné naissance. Coorganisée avec le Edo-Tokyo Museum, elle réunit plus d’une centaine d’estampes ukiyo-e, de peintures et d’objets du quotidien. Au fil du parcours, le public pourra appréhender cette symbiose... [Lire la suite]

Lot 381. Two blue and white 'medallion' bowls, Seal marks and period of Qianlong (1723-1795). Diameter 6 in., 15.4 cm. Sold for 7,560 USD (Estimate 5,000 - 7,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2022 the base of each with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue (2). Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, circa the 1950s, and thence by descent. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 21 september 2022

  Lot 380. A pair of blue and white 'Eight Buddhist Emblems' stem cups, Marks and period of Qianlong (1723-1795). Diameter 4⅝ in., 12 cm. Sold for 20,160 USD (Estimate 15,000 - 20,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2022 the interior of each foot with a six-character mark in underglaze blue (2). Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 21 september 2022

Lot 379. A copper-red and underglaze-blue 'dragon' meiping, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1723-1795). Height 8½ in., 21.6 cm. Sold for 151,200 USD (Estimate 30,000 - 50,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2022 the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 21 september 2022

Lot 376. An extremely rare iron-red 'dragon' meiping, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng-Qianlong period (1723-1795). Height 13¼ in., 33.6 cm. Sold for 327,600 USD (Estimate 12,000 - 15,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2022 Note: This extremely rare meiping is spiritedly painted with ascending and descending dragons in iron-red enamel. Only one similar meiping is known, bearing a six-character Yongzheng mark, sold in our London rooms, 13th December 1977, lot 523 and illustrated in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 373. An iron-red holy water vase, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795). Height 8¾ in., 22.2 cm. Sold for 32,760 USD (Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27th November 2020, lot 106 (part lot). Note: A vase of this form and design can be seen in a painting by Giuseppe Castiglione, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, showing the Qianlong Emperor seated under a pine tree with a table to his right set with several treasures from his... [Lire la suite]

Lot 371. A wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Diameter 5⅛ in., 13 cm. Sold for £44,400 (Estimate $7,000 - $10,000). © Sotheby's 2022 the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 17th March 1977, lot 240. Asian Private Collection. Sotheby's Hong Kong, 17th May 1988, lot 101. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 21 september 2022