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Lot 13. A fine and extremely rare ruby-red cup, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 6.5 cm. Estimate: 4,000,000- 6,000,000 HKD. Lot sold: 6,225,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. finely potted with rounded thin sides springing from a short slightly tapered foot, the exterior evenly covered with a rich, ruby-coloured enamel, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a four-character reign mark within a double square. Property from an Important Private Asian Collection. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 12. A fine and rare lemon-yellow cup, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 6.3 cm. Estimate: 3,000,000- 4,000,000 HKD. Lot sold: 3,780,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. delicately potted with deep rounded sides supported on a short foot, the exterior covered with a vibrant lemon-yellow enamel stopping neatly at the foot, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a four-character reign mark within a double square. Property from an Important Private Asian Collection. Provenance: Hong... [Lire la suite]

Lot 10. A Hutian qingbai carved 'lotus' jar and cover, Song dynasty (960-1279); h. 17.5 cm. Estimate: 800,000 - 1,200,000 HKD. Lot sold: 630,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. carved around the bulbous body with two main registers of overlapping petals, covered overall in an ice-blue glaze falling short of the base to reveal the white body, the similarly glazed domed cover carved with corresponding petal motifs and surmounted by a 'lotus bud' finial. Note : This covered jar, crisply... [Lire la suite]

Lot 9. An exceptionally large and extremely rare zitan-mounted imperial inscribed archaic jade bi, Eastern Han dynasty, the inscription and the stand dated to the gengyin year of the Qianlong period (corresponding to 1770); disc 23.8 cm, overall h. 30.8 cm. Estimate: 45,000,000- 60,000,000 HKD. Lot sold: 53,771,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the exceptionally large jade bi dated to the Eastern Han dynasty, boldly worked on both sides with an overall array of small raised circular... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8. A rare yellow jade 'lingzhi' ruyi sceptre, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 31.6 cm. Estimate: 500,000 - 700,000 HKD. Lot sold: 3,024,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. with the head depicted as three lingzhi blooms, the largest one rendered borne on a gently gnarled branch forming the shaft and issuing further lingzhi blooms, the warm yellow stone with russet patches, original wood stand. Property from an Old Hong Kong Family Collection. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 7. A rare Jizhou lobed tortoise-shell bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 11.2 cm. Estimate: 260,000 - 350,000 HKD. Lot sold: 327,600 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. with rounded sides gently divided into six lobes and raised on a short foot, liberally decorated overall with variegated brownish-beige splashes and mottles against a dark ground mimicking tortoise-shell, the glaze stopping neatly above the unglazed foot. Provenance : Zetterquist Galleries, New York. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A yellow jade 'dragon' pendant, heng, Warring States Period (475–221 BC); 11.8 cm. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD. Lot sold: 302,400 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. of flat arc form with each end worked to depict a dragon's head, each flat side worked with raised bosses, pierced through at the centre for suspension, the stone of a warm yellowish-beige colour with russet patches. Property from the Kuan Yi Ju Collection. Exhibited: Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, c. 2005 (label). ... [Lire la suite]

Edgar Degas, Danseuse rose, circa 1896, estimate: £2,500,000-3,500,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 LONDON.- Edgar Degas’ Danseuse rose (circa 1896, estimate: £2,500,000-3,500,000) and Femme sortant du bain (circa 1886-88, estimate: £1,300,000-1,800,000) will feature in Christie’s 20th and 21st Century Evening Sale on 30 June 2021. Together, they represent Degas’ exploration of two of the themes he found most enduring – that of the dancer at rest and the intimate gestures of a woman bathing. Through the second... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5. A superbly carved rare marble fragmentary head of Shakyamuni Buddha, Northern Qi dynasty (550-577); 27.8 cm. Estimate: 3,000,000- 5,000,000 HKD. Lot sold: 3,780,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. sensitively modelled, the benevolent face depicted with a pair of heavily-lidded downcast eyes, an elongated nose flanked by pendulous ears and delicately hemmed lips, all below evenly arched eyebrows, the hair arranged in dense rows of spiral curls rising to a faintly domed ushnisha, stand. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4. A huanghuali kang table, kangji, Late Ming–early Qing dynasty; 101 by 64.8 by h. 30 cm. Estimate: 450,000 - 650,000 HKD. Lot sold: 604,800 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the top set within a wide rectangular frame enclosed within a further edge, the edge of the frame moulding downward and inward to a shaped beaded-edged apron carved on each side with a pair of chilong, each cabriole leg with a mythical beast mask and corresponding claws. Note: Powerfully carved with dragons and... [Lire la suite]