Chine, Laques /Chinese Lacquers

Lot 434. A mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer 'figure' square tray, Yuan-Ming Dynasty (1279-1644); 24 cm, 9 1/2  in. Estimate 50,000 — 70,000 HKD. Lot sold 68,750 HKD (7,834 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. of square form, the interior inlaid with a landscape scene depicting two scholars and an attendant walking across a bridge above a lotus pond gazing at the moon, the flaring sides decorated with leafy sprays. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 05 June 2020

Lot 435. A mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer 'figure' octagonal box and cover, Yuan-Ming Dynasty (1279-1644); w. 32 cm, 12 5/8  in. Estimate 80,000 - 120,000 HKD. Lot sold 325,000 HKD (37,035 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. of octagonal form with three tiers, the cover finely inlaid with a scene of three scholars riding on horseback in a courtyard of a pavilion, the sides inlaid with eight horizontal bands containing lobed cartouches on each facet enclosing scenes with scholars engaging... [Lire la suite]

Lot 15. Boîte couverte en laque rouge, dynastie Yuan (1279-1368). Diamètre: 15,2 cm. (6 in.). Estimate 25,000 - EUR 30,000 (USD 28,308 - USD 33,969). © Christie's Image Ltd 2020.  Le dessus du couvercle est sculpté d'une grande fleur de pivoine parmi des petites fleurs et des feuillages. Les côtés de la boite et du couvercle sont sculptés de bandeaux de pivoines parmi des rinceaux feuillagés. L'intérieur et la base sont laqués noir. Christie's. Art d'Asie, Paris, 23 June... [Lire la suite]

Lot 14. Rare plat en laque rouge, dynastie Yuan (1279-1368). Diamètre: 31,6 cm. (12 ½ in.). Estimate 35,000 - EUR 50,000 (USD 39,631 - USD 56,616). Price realised EUR 75,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Le plat est très densément sculpté dans plusieurs couches de laque rouge d'un décor animé de personnages dans un paysage montagneux au bord d'une rivière dans un grand cartouche octogonal polylobé entouré de fleurs. Le revers est orné d'une frise de rinceaux feuillagés et la base est... [Lire la suite]

Lot 107. Rare petite coupe en laque noire et ocre, Dynastie Song-Yuan, XIIIème-XIVème siècle. Diamètre: 14,3 cm. (5 5/8 in.). Estimate EUR 12,000 - EUR 18,000 (USD 13,588 - USD 20,382). © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Le vase à l'épaulement renflé est élégamment formé de huit facettes se terminant en un pied effilé sous un col cylindrique évasé. Chaque facette est ornée d'un décor moulé de grands panneaux abritant lotus et pivoines en alternance avec des panneaux abritant des oiseaux parmi les... [Lire la suite]

Lot 452. A pair of black lacquer dishes, Song dynasty (960-1279); 16.2 cm, 6 3/8  in.. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 HKD. Lot sold 25,000 HKD (2,849 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. each with shallow rounded sides rising to an everted rim divided into six barbed lobes.  Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 05 June 2020 

Lot 3269. A red lacquer cup stand, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279); 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) diam. Estimate $10,000– $12,000. Price Realized $37,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The thin-walled cup stand is made in the shape of a shallow dish centered by a hollow cup holder with rounded, tapering sides positioned above the integral, hollow pedestal foot, and is covered on the exterior with dark red lacquer and on the interior with black lacquer. The rims have narrow metal mounts, Japanese wood box. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3266. A large black lacquer mallow-form dish, Southern Song dynasty, 13th century; 5 ¾ in. (14.7 cm.) diam. Estimate $12,000 – $18,000. Price Realized $6,875. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The thin dish has shallow sides that are molded in the shape of seven overlapping mallow petals that flare from the broad center to the petal-lobed rim, and is covered all over in black lacquer, Japanese wood box. Note: Lacquer dishes of this mallow shape with seven petals were made in both black and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 261. A mother-of-pearl and silver-wire-inlaid three-tiered box and cover, 16th-17th century; 24.8cm (9 3/4in) high. Estimate £ 4,000-6,000. Sold for £ 6,250 (€ 6,982). Photo: Bonhams. Of square form with lobed corners and covered with a reddish-brown lacquer, the cover inlaid with a scene of a boy climbing a tree giving a newly-plucked flowering branch to two companions with arms outstretched, the scene framed by a delicate band of twisted silver wire and bordered by a geometric ground above... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3767. A cinnabar lacquer 'grapes and pomegranates' box and cover, Qing dynasty, 18th century; diameter 8.6 cm., 3 3/8  in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot sold 112,500 HKD (12,933 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's of compressed circular form, the domed cover carved through the red lacquer in relief with plump grapes borne on coiling vines and broad furled leaves and the exterior of the box with pomegranates among blooms, two fruits with skins bursting to reveal seeds, lacquered black on the... [Lire la suite]