Chine, Peinture / Chinese paintings

Lot 83. Anonyme (Dynastie Yuan- Ming, XIVème-XVème siècle), Pivoines. Eventail, monté et encadré, encre et couleur sur soie. Diamètre: 29,2 cm. (11 ½ in.). Estimate EUR 6,000 - EUR 8,000. Price realised EUR 62,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. This work is a typical example of floral compositions from late Yuan to early Ming period. Stylistically, it effectively juxtaposes the bold, concentrated pigments used in the flowers with the diffuse washes that describe the undulating leaves and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 79. Signature de Sun Huang (Chine, XVIIème siècle), Scène du palais. Six panneaux montés en paravent, encre et couleur sur papier. Inscrit et signé Sun Huang dans le style de Qiu Ying avec deux cachets. Dimensions d'un panneau: 242 x 112 cm. (95 ¼ x 44 in.). Estimate EUR 50,000 - EUR 70,000. Price realised EUR 68,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Christie's. Art d'Asie, Paris, 23 June 2020

HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Fine Classical Chinese Paintings Spring Sale on 9 July 2020 will present over one hundred paintings and calligraphy from the masters of the Song, Yuan, Ming andQing dynasties. Highlights include Bamboos, a rare work by Xia Chang, the leading ink bamboo master from the Ming dynasty, as well as Stele Inscription in Running Script, a widely published calligraphy work with impeccable provenance by Dong Qichang. The sale also boasts some of the finest and rarest works from various important private... [Lire la suite]

Lot 471. Attributed to Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Landscape, ink and colour on paper, fan leaf, signed Wen Zhengming, dated renyin and with two seals of the artist, with two collectors’ seals, 16 by 53.5 cm, 6 1/4  by 20 3/4  in.. Estimate 60,000 — 90,000 HKD. Lot sold 75,000 HKD (8,546 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 05 June 2020 

Lot 155. Arhats, Chine, Dynastie Qing, ca 17°-18° siècle. Encre et pigments sur soie. 133 x 66 cm. Estimate: €16,000 - €18,000. © Cornette de Saint Cyr Neuf arhats accompagnés de divinités secondaires sont représentés dans un paysage. Une seconde avec les neuf autres, devait à l’origine être disposés de l’autre côté d’une image du Buddha. Cornette de Saint-Cyr. ART PRÉCOLOMBIEN - ART D'ASIE, 9 Juin 2020

Lot 5032. Li Lin (1558 - ?), Lohan after Li Gonglin; signed Cigong Li Lin and with two seals of the artist, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, 69 by 27.7 cm. 27 1/8  by 10 7/8  in. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 HKD. Sold for 100,000 HKD (16,269 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. Sotheby's. EYE/EAST, Hong Kong, 22 May 2020

Lot 3734. A tianhuang 'Buddhist lion' seal, Qing dynasty; 4.9 by 3 by 3 cm., 1 7/8  by 1 1/8  by 1 1/8  in., weight 100 gr. Estimate 1,600,000 — 2,000,000 HKD. Sold for 1,937,500 HKD (222,727 EUR). Photo Sotheby's of square section, surmounted by a well-carved seated lion with its head turned back towards its cub playfully escalading its back, the seal face inscribed with a seven-character poem in seal script Zuo kan feiyun zi juan shu ('Looking upon... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3202. A large imperial portrait of Consort Chunhui by Giuseppe Castiglione and others, title calligraphy by the Qianlong Emperor, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 198 by 123 cm., 77 7/8  by 48 3/8  in. Estimate Upon Request. Sold for 137,400,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk, majestically and vividly painted in precise detail with Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui seated in formal robes (chao fu) on an elaborate throne, the full-length... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1131. Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat (b.1943), Ruyi. Hanging scroll, ink on paper. 51 7/8 x 24 ¾ in. (131.5 x 62.7 cm.) Inscribed, with one seal of the artist. Further inscribed and signed by the artist, with four seals. Dated February, 1995. Titleslip inscribed and signed by the artist, with one seal. Estimate USD 1,000 - USD 4,000. Price realised USD 4,375. © Christie's Image Ltd 2016 Christie's. The Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 135. Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), River Landscape, ink on paper, signed Zhang Yuan, inscribed and dated 1936, with five seals of the artist , 129 by 66.5cm., 50 3/4 by 26 1/8 in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Lot sold 137,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 13 may 2015