février 2023

Lot 1. Chine, Dynastie Tang (618-907). Miroir en bronze et traces de laque or à décor ciselé de loirs parmi les vignes et frise de chiens courant après des oiseaux, la prise en forme de crapaud. Diam. 15,1 cm. Estimation 800 - 1000 EUR. © Aponem On y joint un socle en bois ajouré et sculpté. Lot 2. Chine, Dynastie Han (206 av. JC - 220 ap. JC) et Dynastie Tang (618-907). Ensemble de cinq miroirs ronds en bronze, l'un à décor de loirs parmi les vignes, deux à décor d'animaux stylisés, deux sans décor.... [Lire la suite]

CAMBRIDGE - Throughout history, islands have been romanticised as remote places quite unlike the mainland. A major new exhibition Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean (24 February – 4 June) will transport visitors back 4,000 years to the islands and sea of the ancient Mediterranean. It will bring to the UK an unprecedented group of over 200 antiquities on loan, most for the first time, from three of the largest Mediterranean islands – Sardinia, Cyprus, and Crete - to demystify the identity of island life and show that the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 824. A blue, amber and cream-glazed pottery figure of a court lady, Tang dynasty (618-907); 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm.) high, cloth box. Estimate USD 20,000 – USD 30,000. Price realised USD 25,200. © Christie's 2023 The lady is shown standing with a small cloth bundle held at her chest and wearing chestnut-amber robes draped with a long blue shawl. The plump face is modeled with delicate features and her hair is drawn up into a soft loop that falls onto her forehead. Provenance: J. J.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3002. A celadon and russet jade 'boy and buffalo' group, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 8.5 cm. Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 HKD). © 2023 Sotheby's. The Victor Shaw Collection of Chinese Jades. Exhibited: James C.Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch’ing, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1980, cat. no. 47. Lot 3011. A reticulated white and russet jade 'dragon' plaque, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 10.2 cm. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD). © 2023 Sotheby's. ... [Lire la suite]

 Rainbow Portrait, c. 1600. Attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (Flemish, 1510–1600). Oil on canvas; 128 x 101.6 cm. Reproduced with permission of the Marquess of Salisbury, Hatfield House CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art announced the opening of The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England, the first exhibition in the US to trace the transformation of the arts in Tudor England. The exhibition captures the breathtaking scope of the finest artistic production of the English Renaissance, from... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 822. A carved walnut figure of a luohan, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century; 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm.) high, fitted composite stand. Estimate USD 4,000 – USD 6,000. Price realised USD 15,120. © Christie's 2023 The luohan is shown seated in dhyanasana and wearing long robes gathered over one shoulder with a ring clasp and falling in pleated folds over the legs. The face is set in a contemplative gaze with heavily lidded eyes. The dark brown wood has an attractive... [Lire la suite]

Lot 822. A pair of polychrome and gilt-decorated stucco figures of luohan, Yuan-Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century; Each: 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm.) high, composite stands. Estimate USD 4,000 – USD 6,000. Unsold. © Christie's 2023 Each luohan is shown seated in three-quarters profile on a rocky base and wearing layered robes painted in red, green, black and white with gilt borders. The faces are detailed in black and red pigment and the heads are encircled by red-painted wire halos. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 821. A large red sandstone head of Vairocana, Song dynasty (960-1279); 24 in. (60.1 cm.) high, composite stand. Estimate USD 18,000 – USD 20,000. Price realised USD 37,800. © Christie's 2023 The full face is carved with a small mouth and hooded eyes below gracefully curved brows. The hair is delineated with rows of tight curls and is surmounted by a crown carved in relief with three figures representing the Buddhas of the past, present and future, each seated on a lotus throne. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 820. An inscribed and dated red sandstone Buddhist stele, Northern Wei dynasty (AD 386-534), dated by inscription to AD 500; 10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) high. Estimate USD 5,000 – USD 7,000. Price realised USD 13,860. © Christie's 2023 The main side of the stele is carved in high relief with a figure of Buddha shown seated in dhyanasana and right hand held open in abhaya mudra. The adjacent sides are carved in more shallow relief, with one showing the Buddha standing between... [Lire la suite]

Lot 819. A silvery-bronze square mirror, Song-Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century; 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) square, cloth box. Estimate USD 7,000 – USD 9,000. Price realised USD 32,760. © Christie's 2023 One side is cast with a scholar playing the flute opposite a seated tiger holding a wine cup, with a gourd-shaped wine jar between them, all below a five-character inscription reading jie shi ming ru jing (the regional military governor is honorable and incorruptable). The reverse is plain and... [Lire la suite]