27 mars 2023

  VERSAILLES - Le château de Versailles rassemble pour la première fois depuis la fin du XVIIe siècle, neuf chefs-d’œuvre provenant de l’exceptionnelle collection de peintures de Louis XIV. Témoin de son goût pour le style caravagesque, cet ensemble figurait dans l'un des espaces centraux du château, une pièce d'abord utilisée comme salon, qui deviendra la chambre officielle du roi en 1701. Habituellement présentées à six mètres du sol, l'exposition sera une occasion unique d'admirer ces toiles à hauteur de regard. La chambre... [Lire la suite]

Cup in the Shape of a Plum Flower with Branch-Shaped Handle, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Yixing stoneware with underglaze molded decoration, 3.9 × 10.2 × 8.5 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Russell Tyson, 1964.741. Cup in the Shape of a Lotus Flower with a Figure of an Immortal, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Yixing stoneware with underglaze molded decoration, 6.9 × 8.7 × 8.5 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Russell Tyson, 1964.1215 Chen Mingyuan (Chinese, active 1650/1700), Lotus Cup, Qing dynasty... [Lire la suite]

Eared Cup (Erbei) with Warming Stand (Lu), late Western Han-early Eastern Han, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Bronze. Cup: 3.6 × 12.6 × 10.6 cm; Stand: 9.7 × 24 × 12 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago, Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection, 1930.363. Eared cups with warming stands were probably used to heat sauces for meat. Each side of these warming stands is cast with one of the Animals of the Four Directions (si shen)—the Green Dragon of the East, the White Tiger of the West, the Black Warrior (tortoise and snake) of the North, and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 22. An archaic green jade dragon-form huang pendant, Warring States period;  5/8in (37.2cm) high. Sold for US$6,375 (Estimate US$700 - 900). © Bonhams 2001-2023 The thin plaque simply carved as the silhouette of a horned dragon looking back towards its forked tail, the 'S'-shaped body supported by the curled wing and clawed feet, a small aperture drilled at the center for stringing, the surface plain, the translucent stone mottled with natural inclusions softly polished to a silky... [Lire la suite]

Scholar's rock, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722). Black Lingbi limestone; wood stand. Overall (with base): H. 46.7 cm; W. 41.3 cm: D. 16.8 cm. Gift of Richard Rosenblum Family, 2009, 2009.512.1a, b. © 2000–2023 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Scholar's rock, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th–19th century. Ying limestone; wood stand. H. 25.4 cm; H. (inc. stand) 54.6 cm; W. 17.5 cm. Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Gift of C. C. Wang and Family, 1984, 17.5 cm, 1984.495.2a,b. © 2000–2023 The Metropolitan Museum of Art ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 96. A huanghuali rectangular low table, kangzhuo, 17th-18th century; 16 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 22 3/4in (41.9 x 95.2 x 57.8cm). Sold for US$14,025 (Estimate: US$800 - 1,200). © Bonhams 2001-2023 The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection. Note: The design of this low table features a guotui (leg-encircling) double round molding frame with luoguocheng (humpbacked stretchers) and ailao (short vertical posts), a typical Ming style, though more commonly seen in square stools.... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 93. A huali storage chest, yixiang, Qing Dynasty, 19th century; 18 3/4 x 39 1/2 x 25 7/8in (47.7 x 100.3 x 65.8cm). Sold for US$2,040 (Estimate: US$6,000 - 8,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023  The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection The three-board top set over straight sides and fitted with a circular huangtong lockplate with cloud-shaped hasp, the side panels set with c-shaped huangtong bail handles with circular backplates and striking plate. Provenance: Jim Freeman, March 1,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 93. A fine and rare huanghuali three-shelf bookcase, jiage, Qing Dynasty, 18th century; 68 7/8 x 32 7/8 x 14 3/4in (175 x 83.5 x 37.5cm high). Sold for US$123,855 (Estimate: US$50,000 - 70,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 Of upright rectangular form, with double beaded rails of square section mitred and tenoned into three shelves with exposed tenons on the short sides, the center shelf suspending two drawers carved with raised beaded panels fitted with white brass basket-form pulls, the lower shelf... [Lire la suite]

Lot 871. A small Jun dish, Northern Song-Jin dynasty, 11th-12th century; 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) diam., cloth box. Price realised USD 10,710 (Estimate USD 6,000 – USD 8,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023 Provenance: Collection of Ivan Traugott (1871-1952), Stockholm.Bukowskis, Stockholm, 7 December 2012, lot 1456.J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4746. Note: A very similar blue-glazed Jun dish formerly in the collection of Edward T. Chow is illustrated by R. Krahl in Chinese... [Lire la suite]