Objets de lettrés chinois / Treasures of the Chinese Scholar

Chinese Rhinoceros Horn Lotus Decorated Cup, 17th Century. Photo courtesy  iGavel Auctions This cup was inherited from a descendant of GE “Chinese” Morrison. George Ernest Morrison, born on 4 February 1862, was an Australian adventurer who is known for his travels in Asia and the Pacific. Before the age of 21, he traveled to the South Sea Islands and wrote an expose of the evils of the “Kanaka” trade, a trade in “indentured” labor for the Queensland sugar plantations that included kidnapping. His article... [Lire la suite]

Chinese Archaistic Rhinoceros Horn Cup, 17th-18th Century. Photo courtesy  iGavel Auctions Width: 6 inches; height: 3 1/2 inches. Scattered cracks; chips to the foot, carving, and lowest section of the body; the dragon climbing up the exterior spout with a chip to the tip of the tail; scattered filled holes from insect activity, including approximately 3 around the rim and spout; one filled split and hole at the base of the spout, just above the foot; and a chip to the leg of a dragon on the exterior... [Lire la suite]

Chinese 'Three Friends' Rhinoceros Horn Libation Cup, 17th-18th Century. Photo courtesy  iGavel Auctions Carved with the 'Three Friends of Winter'. Width: 5 3/4 inches; height: 3 3/8 inches. Estimate $80000-120000. Lot sold $ 162,000.00 iGavel Auctions. Asian, Ancient, and Ethnographic Works of Art. May 1st, 2013. http://www.igavelauctions.com/

A rare cloisonné enamel ‘qin’ wrist rest, Qing dynasty - Sotheby's of qin shape, the arched body resting on four bracket feet, brightly enamelled against a turquoise diaper ground with a bird perched on a gnarled stem issuing leafy magnolia and crabapple blossoms, the left terminal with a shou medallion, the top nut and tail piece with stylised floral scrolls against a dark blue ground, encircled by further floral scrolls around the sides, the base similarly decorated with a four-character Qianlong mark within... [Lire la suite]

A peachbloom beehive waterpot, taibo zun. Mark and period of Kangxi - Sotheby's well potted, of classic domed 'taibo zun' form, the rounded sides contracting to a narrow waisted neck below a short lipped mouthrim, incised around the exterior with three medallions formed of the curled bodies of archaistic kuidragons, all beneath a rich crimson-red glaze characteristically mottled with shades of lighter pink and dots of emerald green imitating the skin... [Lire la suite]

Rince-pinceaux en jadéite mauve clair, XIXème siècle. Photo Aguttes en forme de pomme de pin, lance en forme de champignon lingzhi rouille. L : 8 cm - Estimation : 1 200 / 1 500 € Aguttes. Vendredi 19 avril 2013. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 4 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris - www.aguttes.com

Rince-pinceaux en jade vert clair avec traces de rouille. Deuxième moitié du XIXème siècle. Photo Aguttes en forme de feuille de nénuphar avec anse en forme de kilins. L : 9 cm. Estimation : 2 000 / 2 200 € Aguttes. Vendredi 19 avril 2013. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 4 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris - www.aguttes.com

Grand pain à encre d'esprit impérial. Photo Aguttes décoré en léger relief sur une face de deux dragons à quatre griffes encadrant deux caractères. Traces de dorure et de polychromie. Le revers à motifs de nuages encadrant sept caractères rehaussés de dorure. Pièce ancienne portant des marques Ming. L: 38 cm - Estimation : 3 300 / 3 500 € Aguttes. Vendredi 19 avril 2013. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 4 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris - www.aguttes.com

A rare famille-rose 'figural' brushpot, inscribed with a poem by Su Dongpo, signed Tang Ying, Qing dynasty, 19th century - Sothebys of broad cylindrical form with straight sides supported on a recessed base, masterfully painted around the exterior with a continuous scene taken after an episode of the Dongpo shihua, depicting the Song dynasty poet Su Dongpo seated at a rock desk, grinding ink in the 'Jasper Pond' inkstone next to an open scroll with a... [Lire la suite]

An exceptional and extremely rare dated zitan-mounted archaic jade disc, Bi. Zhou dynasty, the inscription and the stand dated to 1775 - Sotheby's the smoothly patinated stone of a creamy beige tone naturally streaked with honey-brown inclusions, pierced with a large circular aperture, crisply later incised on one side in clerical script with an imperial poem praising the beauty of the treasured jade, signed Qianlong yiwei chun yuti (‘Imperial inscription in the yiwei year of the Qianlong... [Lire la suite]