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Lot 2031. A rare Ming qiangjin and tianqi lacquer 'dragon' octafoil box and cover, Jiajing period (1522-1566); 12 3/4 (32.5 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 225,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010 The top delicately incised with a large full-face five-clawed dragon holding an overflowing 'treasure basin' aloft amidst stylised clouds and above crested waves breaking against jagged rocks at the base, all picked out in red, brown, green and black and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2031. A finely carved late Ming three-colour lacquer dish, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 6 1/2 in. (16.5cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 150,000 - HKD 200,000. Price realised HKD 275,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010 Finely carved to the central medallion with a barbed quatrefoil panel enclosing a full-faced dragon supporting wan emblems above his head on either side of a 'flaming pearl' against a yellow diaper-ground, the dragon reserved on a dark green diaper-ground, all... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2026. A very rare tixi lacquer rectangular box and cover, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279); 7 in. (17.9 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 350,000 - HKD 450,000. Price realised HKD 596,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010 Of rounded rectangular shape, the box and cover deeply carved in tixi style with elegant classic ruyi motifs between scrollwork through alternating layers of lustrous black, red, green and yellow lacquer. Provenance: The Nagata Collection, Tokyo,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2025. An extremely rare tianqi lacquer circular box and cover, Xuande six-character mark and of the period (1426-1435); 2 3/4 in. (7.1 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 500,000 - HKD 800,000. Price realised HKD 740,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010 Delicately incised and gilt to the cover with a single central gardenia bloom flanked by two further buds and furled leaves, all picked out in red, brown, green and black and reserved on a diaper ground of wan characters, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2024. A rare set of five brown lacquer prunus-shaped dishes, Song dynasty (960-1279); 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm. ) diam. Estimate HKD 400,000 - HKD 600,000. Price realised HKD 1,040,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010 Each with shallow sides flaring from the edge of the slightly recessed flat base to the metal-bound mouth rim and gently indented to form five lobes, covered overall in brown lacquer. Provenance: A Japenese private collection. Note: See a similar lacquer dish found... [Lire la suite]

David Dawson (British, born 1960), Working at Night, 2005. Photo: Bridgeman Images. Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. BOSTON, MASS.- Over the course of almost seven decades, Lucian Freud (1922–2011) returned repeatedly to self-portraiture, creating a body of work that stands as one of the most sustained achievements of his career. Lucian Freud: The Self-Portraits, presented at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in partnership with the Royal Academy of Arts, London, is the first exhibition dedicated to the celebrated... [Lire la suite]

Lot 61. A yellow-glazed carved cylindrical brushpot, 19th Century; 5 in. (14.7 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000. Price realised GBP 2,868. © Christie's Images Ltd 2002 Finely carved around the exterior with five monkeys playing around on rocks among pine trees apparently trying to reach a seal hanging from a branch, all under a pale yellow glaze, the eyes picked out in black, the base with an impressed seal mark, Li Licheng zuo, wood stand. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 60. A lime-green-glazed carved cylindrical brushpot, 19th Century; 11½ in. (29 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000. Price realised GBP 3,226. © Christie's Images Ltd 2002 Finely carved around the exterior with animals symbolic of longevity, cranes and deer, standing and perched among pine, bamboo and flowers, all under a pale lime-green glaze, the eyes picked out in black, the base with an impressed seal mark, Li Yucheng zuo, two small chips. Provenance: Michael... [Lire la suite]

Lot 59. A lime-green-glazed carved cylindrical brushpot, 19th Century; 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000. Price realised GBP 3,824. © Christie's Images Ltd 2002 Finely carved around the exterior with the Eight Horses of Muwang gambolling below trees, all under an even pale lime-green glaze, the eyes picked out in black, the base with an impressed seal mark, Li Yucheng zuo, small chip, wood stand. Provenance: Michael Kaynes-Klitz Collection. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 65. A celadon-glazed pear-shaped vase, 18th century; 15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000. Price realised GBP 5,736. © Christie's Images Ltd 2002 The neck applied with scrolling handles, the base moulded with lotus petals, and surmounted by a lotus seed pod, all under a pale greyish-green bubble-suffused glaze paling over the extremities, the foot-rim dressed dark brown. Christie's. Chinese Ceramics & Chinese Export Ceramics & Works of... [Lire la suite]