Chine, Objets de lettrés / Treasures of the Chinese Scholar

   Lot 956. A set of three spinach-green jade seals, late Qing dynasty. The two square seals 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high; the rectangular seal 2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 25,000 - USD 35,000. Price realised USD 112,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018. Each seal is finely carved with a forward-facing, crouching dragon guarding a flaming pearl amidst clouds. The seal faces reads Yichuntang (Hall of Ever-present Spring), bi er jian gu (may you have blessings and wealth), and wei... [Lire la suite]

Lot 144. A finely carved rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th-18th century; 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) long. Estimate USD 80,000 - USD 120,000. Price realised USD 228,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2007. The exterior finely carved and meticulously detailed with scholars and attendants in a wooded retreat, on one side a scholar is shown seated in front of a screen as he paints while watched by two other scholars and an attendant, with another attendant heating a pot of wine in the foreground, on the reverse a woman and an... [Lire la suite]

Carved biscuit porcelain ink stone and cover, Qing Dynasty, Daoguang-Guangxu period (1821–1908). Diameter: 4 3/4 inches, 12 cm. Height: 1 1/4 inches, 3.2 cm. © Ben Janssens Oriental Art An unglazed biscuit porcelain ink grinding stone of circular form, contained within a circular box. The flat cover is carved in high relief with a butterfly flying among branches of plum blossoms and buds. The scene is encircled by a raised band. The concave ink-grinding slab is raised from the box and set in a deep water-pool... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1455. A rare carved rhinoceros horn cup, 17th century; 7 1/8 in. (18.2 cm) long. Estimate USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Price realised USD 458,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 Finely carved inside and out as a lotus leaf rising from a base of churning waves in which seven sinuous chilong weave in and out with two larger openwork chilong forming the handle and one in the interior, the material of deep honey tone. Provenance: Acquired in Philadelphia in the early 1930s, and... [Lire la suite]

Coupe en forme de lotus en corne de rhinocéros, Chine, Hauteur : 24,3 cm, Paris, musée Guimet - musée national des Arts asiatiques, MA12810. Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (MNAAG, Paris) / Michel Urtado  

Coupe à décor intérieur de petit dragon, et à décor extérieur de branchage et fleurs, en corne de rhinocéros, dynastie Qing (1644-1912), Hauteur : 20 cm, Largeur : 16,5 cm, Paris, musée Guimet - musée national des Arts asiatiques, MG2084. Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (MNAAG, Paris) / Thierry Ollivier  

Epingle à cheveux en corne de rhinocéros, Chine, Paris, musée Guimet - musée national des Arts asiatiques, MA12808. Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (MNAAG, Paris) / Michel Urtado

Coupe à décor de paysage en corne de rhinocéros, Chine, Hauteur : 18,8 cm, Paris, musée Guimet - musée national des Arts asiatiques, MA12811. Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (MNAAG, Paris) / Michel Urtado

Coupe en forme de melon en corne de rhinocéros, Chine, Paris, musée Guimet - musée national des Arts asiatiques, MA12809. Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (MNAAG, Paris) / Michel Urtado

Coupe à décor intérieur de dragon, et à décor extérieur de chevaux et d'arbres, en corne de rhinocéros, Chine, règne de Yongzheng (1723-1735), Hauteur : 10 cm, Largeur : 16 cm, Paris, musée Guimet - musée national des Arts asiatiques, MG1507. Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (MNAAG, Paris) / Thierry Ollivier