24 février 2023

Lot 816. An engraved gilt-bronze stem cup, Tang dynasty (618-907); 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) high, cloth box. Estimate USD 8,000 – USD 12,000. Unsold. © Christie's 2023 The exterior of the cup is engraved with a continuous scene of two hunters on horseback, one with a club extended and ready to strike, the other with bow drawn and followed by two hounds, all reserved on a ring-punched ground below a foliate scroll band. The gilded surface has areas of green patination. Provenance: Acquired in Hong... [Lire la suite]

Lot 815. A gilt-bronze lock, Tang dynasty (618-907); 7 in. (17.8 cm.) long, softwood stand. Estimate USD 1,000 – USD 2,000. Price realised USD 1,764. © Christie's 2023 The lock comprises a long slender rod connected to an oblong box containing the mechanism, with a quadrangular slot at one end of the box to receive the key. The sliding bolt at the other end is cast with a bud-shaped decoration in relief. The long rod is threaded through two rings attached to plain medallions. Each piece has a gilt... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 814. A bronze bottle vase, Tang dynasty (618-907); 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 12,000 – USD 18,000. Price realised USD 16,380. © Christie's 2023 The vase has an ovoid body surmounted by a slender neck rising to a flared rim, and has a silvery black patina with cuprite and malachite encrustation. Provenance: J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4885. Note: Vases of this shape, known as ambrosia vases, were often shown in Buddhist images and sculpture carried by... [Lire la suite]

Lot 813. A bronze basin, Tang dynasty (618-907); 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) diam., cloth box. Estimate USD 5,000 – USD 7,000. Price realised USD 3,780. © Christie's 2023 The shallow basin has steep sides with a flat base and has a smooth green patina with patches of malachite encrustation. Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong, 1999.J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 3093. Note: A bronze basin of very similar form unearthed in 1957 from a Sui dynasty tomb located in the outskirts of Xi’an, is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 812. A finely engraved gilt-bronze stem cup, Tang dynasty (618-907); 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high, cloth box. Estimate USD 20,000 – USD 25,000. © Christie's 2023 The exterior of the cup is engraved with a wide band of leafy flower scroll reserved on a ring-punched ground below a narrow band of florets linked by ‘C’-scrolls. The splayed foot is decorated with four fan-shaped panels, each engraved with a different flower. The cup is covered overall in thick, well-preserved gilding, with small areas of... [Lire la suite]

  Raphael, Flaget Madonna. Faces of the Madonna and Child identified as painted by Raphael through brushstroke AI analysis. Courtesy Flaget Madonna LLC.   NEW YORK, NY.- A previously unknown 16th century panel painting by Raphael and studio, the Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance, has been discovered. Known as the Flaget Madonna, the painting depicts the Madonna and Child with Elizabeth and John the Baptist. The work’s attribution is the result of more than two decades of study, and includes... [Lire la suite]

  Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Portrait of a Man as the God Mars, circa 1620. Courtesy Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s unveiled a masterpiece by Sir Peter Paul Rubens: Portrait of a Man as the God Mars, a painting that encapsulates the Baroque master’s unrivalled originality and power of expression, and a rare manifestation of one the artist’s deepest private passions - his complete fascination with the classical world. The work’s appearance in Brussels marks the first time in some 200 years that the painting has... [Lire la suite]