8 février 2023

Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi), (Italian, 1510–1563). Bindo Altoviti, ca. 1545. Oil on marble. 34 5/8 × 28 3/4 in. (88 × 73 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Assadour O. Tavitian Trust, 2022 (2022.460). Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2020 NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that it has received a gift of an exceptional oil painting by celebrated Italian artist Francesco Salviati (1510–1563). Executed on a one-inch thick marble slab, the arresting portrait depicts Bindo... [Lire la suite]

Cranes (detail), 1772, Maruyama Ōkyo. Six-panel screen; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper, 67 1/4 × 137 3/4 × 3/4 in. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Camilla Chandler Frost in honor of Robert T. Singer, L.2022.205.1. Image: www.lacma.org LOS ANGELES, CA.- Getty Museum presents Connections: Asia, featuring five exceptional works of Asian art on loan from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and displayed alongside European paintings and sculpture in the Getty’s collection. “The Getty Museum is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3059. A large whiteware cup, Sui dynasty (589–618); d. 11.8 cm, h. 9.3 cm. Lot sold: 40,320 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 HKD). © 2023 Sotheby's. Provenance: Collection of C. Roger Moss, O.B.E. (1936-2020), former president of the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong from 2000-02. Exhibited: Hong Kong Club, on display between 2003-2020. Note: See two related cups of comparable size sold recently in our New York rooms, 23rd March 2022, lot 298; and 21st... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 3047. A group of four jade sword fittings, Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD); 4.6 to 5.8 cm. Lot sold: 277,200 HKD (Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 HKD). © 2023 Sotheby's. Provenance: Acquired in Taiwan, 1990s, by repute. Sotheby's. Chinese Art Online: A Private Asian Collection, Hong Kong, 19 January 2023

Lot 3005. A pair of bronze 'chimera' weights, Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD); d. 7.8 cm. Lot sold: 378,000 HKD (Estimate: 300,000 - 400,000 HKD). © 2023 Sotheby's. with an iridescent sheen to the metal surface. Provenance: Acquired in Japan, 1990s, by repute. Note: The present weights are cast in the form of a chimaera, generally known as bixie (literally 'to avert evil spirits'), standing on a mountainous rock base. For related weights, see an Eastern Han... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3001. Two silver-inlaid bronze chariot fittings, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (475-221 BC); h. 10 cm and 10.5 cm. Lot sold: 63,000 HKD (Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 HKD). © 2023 Sotheby's. Provenance: Laiyantang Collection, Hong Kong, 1990s. Exhibited: Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, on loan, 1997-2005. Lot 3003. A pair of large archaic bronze ritual wine vessels and cover, fanghu, Late Western Zhou - Eastern Zhou dynasty, early Spring and Autumn... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3013. A pair of bronze figures of horses, Tang dynasty (618-907); l. 22.2 cm; h. 14.6 cm. Lot sold: 1,008,000 HKD (Estimate: 800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD). © 2023 Sotheby's. with 3 X-rays. Provenance: Acquired in Japan, 1990s, by repute. Lot 3045. A small gilt-bronze 'lion' support, Tang dynasty (618-907); w. 9.7 cm. Lot sold: 81,900 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 HKD). © 2023 Sotheby's. Provenance: Mandala Fine Arts, Hong Kong,... [Lire la suite]