28 novembre 2022

Lot 33. A very fine blue and white tankard, Chongzhen period (1628-1644); 21.5cm (8 1/2in) high. Sold for £8,287.50 (Est: £6,000 - £8,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 The cylindrical vessel of tapering form, boldly painted around the exterior in vibrant tones of cobalt-blue with a continuous scene of a scholar with a fan by a gnarled taihu rock with two young boy attendants approaching, carrying a goose and a box and cover, all amidst a balustraded garden setting with mountains in the distance, between... [Lire la suite]

Lot 32. A blue and white pear-shaped ewer with Dutch silver mounts, Chongzhen period (1628-1644); 24.7cm (9 3/4in) high. Sold for £5,737.50  (Est: £2,000 - £3,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Finely potted of pear shape rising from a tall spreading foot and rising to a flaring mouth, applied with a loop handle, decorated around the exterior with a scene of two scholars engaged in conversation with a guqing and scrolls amidst a garden, attended by two boys carrying covered trays, the shoulder... [Lire la suite]

Lot 29. A fine white biscuit porcelain 'cranes and pine' brushpot, bitong, 19th century; 13.8cm (5 3/8in) high. Sold for £7,650 (Est: £6,000 - £8,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Exquisitely carved around the exterior with a large gnarled pine tree with fine pine needles and a crane perched among the branches, beside it a rocky outcrop issuing auspicious lingzhi fungus and bamboo with a flittering butterfly above. Provenance: Belfont Company (Hong Kong) Ltd., 28 June 1994. Published and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 28. A famille rose 'Hou Yi' brushpot, bitong, Late Kangxi-early Yongzheng; 11.4cm (4 1/2in) high. Sold for £12,750 (Est: £6,000 - £8,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Brightly enamelled around the exterior with Hou Yi carrying a bow while gazing at the red sun above, beside him two boys, one proffering food the other holding a vase with flowers, all within a balustraded garden with gnarled pine, with red half-leaf maker's mark. Provenance: The Oriental Art Gallery Ltd., London, 15 June 1994. Note: Hou Yi (后羿) was... [Lire la suite]

Utagawa Hiroshige, Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake (Ōhashi Atake no yūdachi), 1857, 9th month, woodblock print; ink and color on paper, John Chandler Bancroft Collection, 1901.59.1275. WORCESTER, MASS.- This fall, the Worcester Art Museum present The Floating World: Japanese Prints from the Bancroft Collection, an exhibition of 50 Japanese prints from the Museum’s collection, 48 of which are being displayed for the first time. On view November 26, 2022-March 5, 2023, the exhibition takes a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 126. Two miniature gilt-bronze figures of bodhisattvas, Tang dynasty (618-907); overall h. 5.5 and 5.9 cm. Lot sold: 352,800 HKD (Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 each modelled seated in royal ease, one with the hands clasped together before the chest, the other with one arm resting on the raised knee and holding a willow branch, both with an expressive face looking intently and gazing upwards, adorned with an ornamented headdress, jewellery, sashes and a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 125. A small parcel-gilt silver cosmetic box and cover, Tang dynasty, 2nd half of 8th century; d. 3.7 cm, h. 2.1 cm. Lot sold: 126,000 HKD (Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 of circular form, the slightly domed cover and the base of the box intricately worked in repoussé, each with a rosette comprising of an elaborate interlaced scroll encircling a central hexafoil floret, the tendrils bearing on and enclosed by looping stems, all against a densely ring-matted background,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 124. A bronze 'feline' handle, Zhou dynasty (1050-221 BC); h. 12.7 cm, overall h. 16.7 cm. Lot sold: 403,200 HKD (Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 originally affixed to the exterior of a vessel and clambering up over the rim, the animal rendered with a sinuous scaly body with a plain band running along the spine, terminating in a long upcurled tail, its head straining forward, depicted with prominent circular eyes, large pointed ears, a broad... [Lire la suite]

              Lot 123. A jade 'figure and dragon' plaque, Western Zhou dynasty, 10th century BC; 6.6 cm. Lot sold: 1,386,000 HKD (Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 the flat plaque carved and reticulated in the shape of a figure squatting atop the upturned snout of a dragon shown in profile view, the dragon detailed with scrolls and circles, perforated in the flange on the head of the figure and in the neck of the dragon. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 122. A blue and white 'landscape' brushpot, Transitional period; h. 19.7 cm. Lot sold: 756,000 HKD (Estimate: 800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 of cylindrical shape, the exterior skilfully painted with a continuous scene depicting a mountainous river landscape set with a pagoda and pavilions among verdant trees and bamboo grooves, on the foreground with two sages on a promontory pointing towards a pavilion across the shore and approached by two fishermen on sampans, all... [Lire la suite]