Chine, Textiles /Chinese Textils

  An 18th century Chinese Imperial Brown Embroidered Silk Semi-formal Dragon Robe, Jifu. Estimate: $30,000-50,000. NEW YORK, NY.- When Asia Week New York opens on March 16, Lark Mason Associates will offer up a trio of sales on iGavelAuctions.com, the likes of which are certain to attract competitive bidding from museum curators, collectors, and connoisseurs of all persuasions. Though all three sales offer significant lots, the pièce de résistance is Property from an American Collector, Part II.“A private... [Lire la suite]

Lot 57. A small square wool carpet, Late Qing Dynasty (1820-1911); 72cm (28 5/16in) x 70cm (27 9/16in). Sold for €701.25 (Estimate € 500-800). Photo Fabrice Gousset. Decorated with a wan key-fret border enclosing a floral diaper ground around a quatrelobed cartouche with a central leafy blossom. Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981)Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) Bonhams. The Robert and Jean-Pierre Rousset Collection of Asian Art: A Century of Collecting - Part 1. Paris, 25 october... [Lire la suite]

Lot 56. A small wool 'Five Dragons' carpet, 18th-19th century; 91cm (35 7/8in) x 92cm (36 1/4in). Sold for €2,167.50 (Estimate € 500-800). Photo Fabrice Gousset. Woven to the centre with a forward-facing serpentine dragon encircled by four further writhing dragons, within mountain, ruyi-clouds and lishui borders. Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981)Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) Bonhams. The Robert and Jean-Pierre Rousset Collection of Asian Art: A Century of Collecting - Part... [Lire la suite]

Lot 55. A small metal-wire and wool carpet, 18th-19th century; 93cm (36 5/8in) x 93cm (36 5/8in). Sold for €2,805 (Estimate € 300-500). Photo Fabrice Gousset. The square carpet decorated with Wan key-fret border enclosing an octagonal cartouche with floral and lotus blossoms. Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981)Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) Bonhams. The Robert and Jean-Pierre Rousset Collection of Asian Art: A Century of Collecting - Part 1. Paris, 25 october 2022.

Lot 109. An imperial chestnut-ground silk 'bats and shou symbols' brocade rectangular panel, Wanli period (1573-1620); 110cm (43 2/8in) high x 52cm (20 1/2in) wide. Sold for £11,475 (Estimate  £4,000-6,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Finely woven in a repeating pattern with six rows of large bats in flights, each carrying a vaporous lingzhi cloud supporting a golden Shou character, all interspersed with cruciform clusters of wispy clouds and reversed wan symbols on a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 108. A rare black-ground 'boys and rams' brocade panel, 15th-16th century; 59cm (23 2/8in) long x 23.5cm (9 2/8in) wide. Sold for £5,100 (Estimate  £5,000-8,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 The silk satin panel finely woven with repeating patterns of boys riding white goats or rams, each figure elegantly dressed in fur-trimmed red and green winter robes, carrying a flowering prunus branch suspending a bird cage over the shoulders, all surrounded by camelias and the Precious Objects including... [Lire la suite]

Lot 652. An embroidered yellow silk dragon robe  for a child, longpao, late Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Hauteur : 136,5 cm. (53 3/4 in.) ; Longueur de manche à manche : 187 cm. (73 5/8 in.). Price Realised EUR 10,080 (Estimate EUR 3,000 - EUR 5,000). © Christie's 2022 Together with an embroidered dragon collar. Lot 655. A blue-ground kesi surcoat, longgua, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Hauteur : 141 cm. (55 1⁄2 in.) ; Longueur... [Lire la suite]

Lot 658. Four silk brocade 'dragon and five poison' sutra covers, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); Dimensions de chaque panneau : circa 19 x 64 cm. (7 1⁄2 x 25 1⁄4 in.). Price Realised EUR 12,600 (Estimate EUR 6,000 - EUR 10,000). © Christie's 2022 Provenance: Private Asian Collection, predominantly assembled in Asia in the 1980s and 1990s. Christie's. Five Private Collections. London, 5 July - 19 July 2022

Manchu Imperial Consort's Semiformal Court Robe with Design of Nine Five-Clawed Dragons Chasing Pearls and Five Symbols of Imperial Authority, detail, late 18th–early 19th century; Chinese, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing period; silk in tapestry weave (kesi) with metallic threads, sleeve extensions in silk faille; 56 1/2 x 93 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, Museum Purchase 30:1918. ST. LOUIS—The Saint Louis Art Museum will present “Chinese Silk Textiles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties,” an exhibition showcasing rare examples of... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 527. A kesi 'lions' panel, Late Ming dynasty; Height 23¼ in., 59 cm; Width 15½ in., 39.4 cm; framed. Lot sold: 9,450 USD (Estimate: 1,000 - 1,500 USD). © Sotheby's 2022 Property from the Collection of Anthony G. Henderson. Provenance: Acquired circa the 1970s-80s. Sotheby's. China / 5000 Years, New York, 29 March 2022