31 mars 2023

Lot 675. A gilt-silver box and cover, Tang dynasty (618-907). Length 2⅝ in., 6.8 cm. Lot Sold 10,160 USD (Estimate 8,000 - 10,000 USD). © 2023 Sotheby's Provenance: Hong Kong Private Collection. Lot 676. A small parcel-gilt silver 'mandarin ducks' jar, Tang dynasty (618-907). Diameter 2⅜ in., 6.3 cm. Lot Sold 10,160 USD (Estimate 8,000 - 10,000 USD). © 2023 Sotheby's Provenance: Japanese Private Collection.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 126. A 'phosphatic' glazed jar with lug handles, Tang Dynasty (618-907); 7 1/2in (19.3cm) diameter. Sold for US$2,550 (Estimate US$2,000-3,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 Well-potted with deep sides and high shoulder tapering down to a short splayed foot and flat base, a pair of loop handles flanking the shoulders, the wide mouth with short straight neck and everted lip, glazed inside and out a third way down in very deep brown tone, the exterior with four thick strokes of cream and icy blue, the... [Lire la suite]

Attributed to Gesina ter Borch and Gerard ter Borch the Younger, Moses ter Borch Holding a Kolf Stick, c. 1655. Oil on panel, overall: 39.37 x 26.67 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington. The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund 2022.106.1 WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art has acquired Moses ter Borch Holding a Kolf Stick (c. 1655), considered to be a collaboration between Gesina ter Borch and her half-brother, Gerard ter Borch the Younger. Genre and portrait painter Gerard ter Borch the Younger... [Lire la suite]

Lot 525. The Guennol archaic jade ceremonial axe (Yue), Neolithic period - Zhou dynasty. Length 4⅝ in., 11.7 cm. Lot Sold 1,016,000 USD (Estimate 400,000 - 600,000 USD). © 2023 Sotheby's Property from the Collection of Robin Bradley Martin Provenance: Sydney L. Moss, London, until February 1957.Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 26th April 1957.Collection of Lord Cunliffe, The Rt. Hon. Rolf, 2nd Baron Cunliffe of Headley (1899-1963).Bluett & Sons Ltd., London.Collection of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 524. The Guennol imperially-inscribed archaic jade axe-adze, Neolithic period, 'Shi Quan Lao Ren Wan Yu' seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Length 4⅝ in., 11.7 cm. Lot Sold 60,960 USD (Estimate 50,000 - 70,000 USD). © 2023 Sotheby's inscribed to one side of the handle with a six-character seal mark reading shi quan lao ren wan yu (jade for the enjoyment of The Elder with Ten Accomplishments). Property from the Collection of Robin Bradley Martin... [Lire la suite]

Lot 120. A rare and massive ash-glazed proto-porcelain reticulated globular vase, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 4th-3rd Century; 20 1/4in high. Sold for US$21,675 (Estimate US$3,000-5,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 With tall cylindrical neck that flares very slightly at the mouth, a wide band of impressed vertical cog-like ribs at the top of the neck, mirrored in another band at the top of the rounded shoulder, above three bands of continuous triangular piercings that circle the body, and a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 119. A relief-impressed globular high-fired grey pottery jar, Warring States (475-221 BCE); 11in high and 16 1/2in across (28cm high and 42cm across). Sold for US$3,570 (Estimate US$3,000-5,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 With high shoulder, wide globular body and short everted neck, the shoulder and body with fifteen rows of unusual relief-impressed barbed scrolls that cover the majority of the body, stopping below the simply incised short neck and above the plain flat foot. Property from The Mary... [Lire la suite]

Lot 118. An extremely rare Neolithic black-painted red pottery 'ithyphallic' bowl, Pen, Qinghai Province, Majiayao Culture (c. 3900-3500 BCE); 13 5/8in (34.5cm) across the rim. Sold for US$20,400 (Estimate US$15,000-20,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 the conical lower sides rising from a flat circular foot and rounded and incurving toward the everted rim, the interior smooth, and finely burnished, and painted with three oval roundels each with five standing 'ithyphallic' figures holding hands in a... [Lire la suite]

  Jar with Spiral Designs, Northwest China, Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, Majiayao phase (3300-2650 BC). Earthenware with slip-painted decoration. Diameter: 39.1 cm (15 3/8 in.); Overall: 45.2 cm (17 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Donna S. and James S. Reid, Jr. in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou 2004.64. This jar is a spectacular example of painted pottery from the Majiayao culture, one of the regional cultures of prehistoric China. Its geometric patterns are probably abstract symbols transformed from a... [Lire la suite]

Theis Wendt, Void no. 11, 2023. Impression à jet d'encre sur Hahnemuhle, cadre en acajou et verre de musée, 200 x 140 x 10 cm. Édition de 5. Courtesy Galerie PARIS-B PARIS - La Galerie PARIS-B est heureuse d’annoncer l’exposition personnelle «TEXERE» de Theis Wendt au sein de son espace PB Project du 11 mars au 22 avril 2023. C’est la première exposition de l’artiste à PARIS-B suite à la collaboration pour Paris Photo en Novembre 2022. Les mots texte, textile et texture dérivent tous du verbe latin, et du titre de... [Lire la suite]