27 avril 2023
'Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings ' at the National Museum of Asian Art, Washington
Left to right: Ritual wine pouring vessel (gong) with masks (taotie), dragons, and real animals, Anyang or middle Yangzi region, ca. 1100 B.C., bronze, Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer, F1961.33a–b; Ritual wine-pouring vessel (gong) with masks (taotie) and dragons, middle or late Anyang period, ca. 1100 B.C., bronze, Gift of Arthur M. Sackler, S1987.279a–b; Ritual wine-pouring vessel (gong) with masks (taotie), dragons, and real animals, middle Anyang period, ca. 1150–1100 B.C., bronze, Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment,... [Lire la suite]27 avril 2023
A superb wucai 'phoenix' sleeve vase, Chongzhen-Shunzhi period (1628-1661)
Lot 1049. A superb wucai 'phoenix' sleeve vase, Chongzhen-Shunzhi period (1628-1661); 42 cm high. Price realised USD 119,700 (Estimate USD 100,000 – USD 150,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023
Provenance: The J. M. Hu (1911-1995), Zande Lou Collection.Important Chinese Ceramics from the J. M. Hu Family Collection; Sotheby’s New York, 4 June 1985, lot 51.Bluett & Sons, London.Michael B. Weisbrod, Inc.The Fayerman Collection, Pennsylvania.Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd., New York.
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A Dehua cylindrical tripod censer, 17th century
Lot 1048. A Dehua cylindrical tripod censer, 17th century; 12.1 cm diam. Price realised USD 8,820 (Estimate USD 6,000 – USD 8,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023
Provenance: The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 1994.
Literature: The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Works of Art and Snuff Bottles, New York, 1994, p. 72, no. 76.
Exhibited: New York, The Chinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Works of Art and Snuff Bottles, 1-24 June 1994.
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A rare white-glazed jue-form wine vessel, 17th-18th century
Lot 1047. A rare white-glazed jue-form wine vessel, 17th-18th century; 18 cm wide. Price realised USD 5,292 (Estimate USD 4,000 – USD 6,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023
Provenance: The J. M. Hu (1911-1995), Zande Lou Collection.
Note: A nearly identical jue, dated to the Kangxi period, is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, and is illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan cang gu taoci ziliao xuan cui (Selected Collection of Ancient Ceramics in the... [Lire la suite]27 avril 2023
Mauritshuis acquires new tulip for its collection
Balthasar van der Ast (Middelburg, 1593/1594) , Vase with a Single Tulip, c.1625, oil on oak panel, 26.5 x 20 cm. The Mauritshuis
THE HAGUE.- The Mauritshuis has acquired a new flower still life by Balthasar van der Ast. Vase with a Single Tulip from c. 1625 is a rare painting (26.5 x 20 cm) showing only one flowering tulip. Watercolour drawings with the same scene have been preserved in full, such as in tulip albums for bulb growers. In contrast, only two Dutch paintings with a single tulip are known from the 17th... [Lire la suite]