A.lain R. T.ruong

Conch Pearl Diamond and Fancy Vivid Pink Diamond Necklace

Alain Truong — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:47:49 GMT

Conch Pearl Diamond and Fancy Vivid Pink Diamond Necklace. Photo courtesy Tiancheng International Auctioneer Limited

Suspending to the front a drop-shaped conch pearl measuring approximately 14.00 x 12.00 x 10.00mm, surmounted by two briolette diamonds and a pear-shaped Fancy Vivid Pink diamond, to a briolette diamond-set necklace with seven round conch pearls intervals. Centre conch pearl weighing 14.50 carats. Conch pearls together weighing 16.00 carats. Diamonds together weighing approximately 30.00 carats. Mounted in platinum and 18 karat white gold. Estimate US$220,000 - 260,000

Accompanied by AGT report numbered 5189382, stating that pink diamond is natural, of Fancy Vivid Pink colour, SI1 clarity.

Tiancheng International Auctioneer Limited. SPRING AUCTION 2013 JEWELLERY AND JADEITE. 15 Jun · 3 pm. Hong Kong Headquarters 30/F Bank of China Tower 1 Garden Road, Central Hong Kong http://www.tianchengauction.com/

Plat aux quatre fleurs et saz, Turquie, Iznik, vers 1580

Alain Truong — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:41:29 GMT

Plat aux quatre fleurs et saz, Turquie, Iznik, vers 1580. Photo Millon et Associés

en céramique siliceuse dans les tons rouge brique, bleu de cobalt et vert, décoré d’oeillets, tulipes, églantines et jacinthes sur fond bien blanc. Marli aux vagues écumantes. Petites fleurettes stylisées au dos. Diam. 31 cm. Estimation : 6 000 / 7 000 €

AN IZNIK POLYCHROME DISH – 16TH CENTURY

Bibliographie : N. Atasoy et J. Raby, Iznik , 1994, p. 232 n°415

Millon et Associés. Lundi 3 juin 2013. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 5 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris. Tel: + 33 (0)1 47 27 76 71.

Plat aux oeillets et tulipes, Turquie, Iznik, vers 1580

Alain Truong — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:35:40 GMT

Plat aux oeillets et tulipes, Turquie, Iznik, vers 1580. Photo Millon et Associés

en céramique siliceuse dans les tons rouge brique, bleu de cobalt et vert, décoré d’oeillets et tulipes sur fond bien blanc. Marli aux vagues écumantes. Petites fleurettes stylisées au dos. (Egrenures et petit éclat). Diam. 29,5 cm. Estimation : 6 000 / 7 000 €

AN IZNIK POLYCHROME DISH – 16TH CENTURY

Bibliographie : N. Atasoy et J. Raby, Iznik , 1994, p. 246 et 247, n°480 et 482

Millon et Associés. Lundi 3 juin 2013. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 5 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris. Tel: + 33 (0)1 47 27 76 71.

Plat aux palmes et spirales, Turquie, Iznik, vers 1600

Alain Truong — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:29:31 GMT

Plat aux palmes et spirales, Turquie, Iznik, vers 1600. Photo Millon et Associés

en céramique siliceuse dans les tons rouge brique, bleu de cobalt, vert et manganèse sur fond blanc, décoré d’un médaillon floral entouré de spirales et flanqué d’une double palme. Entre les palmes et le marli, le décor est constitué de fleurons polylobés sur fond de spirales tapissantes. Marli aux vagues écumantes. Petites fleurettes stylisées au dos. (Un éclat, un cheveu et égrenures). Estimation : 7 000 / 8 000 €

AN IZNIK POLYCHROME DISH – CIRCA 1600

Rare et inhabituel décor
Deux exemples de plats à fond de spirales : n°765 et 766 de l’ouvrage de N. Atasoy et J. Raby, Iznik , 1994, p. 232, n°415

Millon et Associés. Lundi 3 juin 2013. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 5 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris. Tel: + 33 (0)1 47 27 76 71.

Important et rare carreau de Kashan lustré à reflets métalliques décoré d’un bismillah en relief en kufi bleu, 13e siècle.

Alain Truong — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:21:26 GMT

Important et rare carreau de Kashan lustré à reflets métalliques décoré d’un bismillah en relief en kufi bleu. Kashan, premier quart du 13e siècle. Photo Millon et Associés

L’inscription en kufique à longues hampes aux sommets tréfloïdes en relief : Bismillah al-rahmân al-r... recouverte d’une glaçure bleu de cobalt, sur fond décoré de spirales végétales aux fleurons bilobés turquoise, contrefond à motifs végétaux blancs sur chamois. Sur les étroites bandes du haut et du bas, partie des versets 1 à 4 et 68 à 70 de Sourate YA SIN (XXXVI) en naskh. Dim. 25 x 39 cm. Estimation : 8 000 / 12 000 €

A RARE AND IMPORTANT KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY TILE, BISMILLAH INSCRIBED IN KUFIC RELIEF – BEGINNING OF 13TH CENTURY
PROVENANCE : HAKKY BEY COLLECTION, SOLD IN 1906 IN PARIS, LOT N°372

Provenance : Collection Hakky Bey, Hôtel Drouot 5-10 Mars 1906, lot 372 (reproduit)
Collection privée

Références : A rapprocher des exemples suivants :
- O. Watson, 1985, pp. 124-125, Tombe à Qumm (1206)
- O. Watson, 1985, p. 126, Mihrab d’un mausolée à Mashhad, daté de 612H. (1215)
- M. Rogers, The arts of Persia , 1989, p. 270 et 278, Mihrab de Masjid-i-Maydân, Kashan, 623 (1226), Berlin Museum.

Millon et Associés. Lundi 3 juin 2013. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 5 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris. Tel: + 33 (0)1 47 27 76 71.

Panneau de deux carreaux d’Iznik d’époque Murad III, Turquie, Iznik, vers 1580

Alain Truong — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:14:58 GMT

Panneau de deux carreaux d’Iznik d’époque Murad III, Turquie, Iznik, vers 1580. Photo Millon et Associés

Le décor est composé d’un grand médaillon central en forme de palme, orné de sazs , pommegranates et oeillets polychromes sur fond bleu de cobalt. De part et d’autre, un bouquet composé d’églantines, tulipes et oeillets polychromes sur fond blanc. Qualité exceptionnelle. Dim. du panneau : 23,5 x 48 cm. Estimation : 40 000 / 50 000 €

AN IZNIK PANEL OF TWO POLYCHROME TILES – CIRCA 1580, PERIOD OF MURAD III
Very fine quality

Provenance : Sotheby’s, London, 25 April 1990, lot 432

Références :
- Un panneau avec les mêmes carreaux est conservé au Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.
(reproduit dans Y. Petsopoulos, Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans , London 1982, p. 134, n°128.)
- Un panneau est conservé au Louvre (reproduit dans Les Arts de l’Islam au Musée du Louvre , 2012, p. 313, n°182).
- Un panneau est conservé au Mausolée Eyup Sultan
- Un panneau similaire au LACMA (The Phil Berg Collection)
- Un panneau de quatre carreaux conservés au SADBERK HANIM MUSEUM, (reproduit dans A. ALTUN, Turkish Tiles and Ceramics, p. 44, N°I.72)

Millon et Associés. Lundi 3 juin 2013. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 5 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris. Tel: + 33 (0)1 47 27 76 71.

Tiancheng International will present two pieces of jewellery of Angelina Jolie

Alain Truong — Sat, 25 May 2013 08:44:00 GMT

The jeweller Robert Procop put on the Antique Diamond “Elise” Choker (estimate: HK$ 4,000,000 - 6,000,000 / US$ 520,000 – 770,000) for Angelina Jolie.

HONG KONG.- Tiancheng International will present two pieces of Jewellery of the Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie at the Jewellery and Jadeite Spring Auction 2013 at Hong Kong on 15 June. The first piece is an exquisite vintage choker which was sourced by celebrated jeweller Robert Procop for the character “Elise Clifton-Ward” portrayed by Angelina Jolie in the film The Tourist in 2010. The second piece is a cushion-shaped emerald ring came from The Style of Jolie Collection, designed by Angelina Jolie along with Robert Procop, which she wore at the premiere of Kung Fu Panda 2 at the Cannes Film Festival in France in 2011. All proceeds from the auctions (including buyer’s and seller’s premium) of these two lots will be donated to Education Partnership for Children in Conflict (EPCC), a nonprofit group founded by Angelina Jolie which committed to placing the out-of-school children in school and improving the learning environment, safety, materials and teacher quality for them to help the war-affected children worldwide.

Ellen Sin, Director of Tiancheng International’s Jewellery Department said, “We are honoured to have been entrusted to present these two stunning pieces of jewellery of Ms Jolie with an extraordinary meaning of helping the children in need. The sale of these important jewelleries not only will be a milestone in Tiancheng International's history but also open a new page for the jewellery auctions in Asia.”

These two pieces of jewellery of Angelina Jolie, together with all the Spring Auction jewelleries and jadeites will be on view at Tiancheng International’s Hong Kong headquarters on 26 to 28 May and 12 to 14 June.

The Exquisite Antique Diamond "Elise" Choker (Estimate: HK$ 4,000,000 – 6,000,000 / US$ 520,000 – 770,000) was worn by Angelina Jolie in the film The Tourist in 2010. Of openwork foliage scroll design, set with intertwining wreaths of diamond-set laurel leaves and accented by six oscillating old-cut diamonds, which was a superlative example of the Garland Style greatly prized during the early twentieth century, the necklace is gorgeous, elegant whilst of great magnificence. Mounted in platinum. Length approximately 38.5cm. To find a memorable piece for Angelina Jolie’s character Elise in The Tourist, the famous Jeweller Robert Procop searched far and wide across the globe and ultimately got this artwork.

Exquisite Antique Diamond "Elise" Choker, circa 1900 (Estimate: HK$ 4,000,000 – 6,000,000 / US$ 520,000 – 770,000) was worn by Angelina Jolie in the film The Tourist in 2010. Photo courtesy Tiancheng International Auctioneer Limited

Another Jolie’s jewellery, a 9.17-ct. cushion-shaped Emerald Ring (Estimate: HK$ 1,000,000 – 1,500,000 / US$ 130,000 – 200,000) signed Jolie RP is of simply bezel-set, designed by Angelina Jolie in collaboration with Robert Procop. The vivid colour, dramatic faceting and surpassing clarity of the emerald are extraordinarily impressive. By making the gemstone the main focus of the design, its simplicity becomes timeless. This ring was worn by Angelina Jolie for the premiere of Kung Fu Panda 2 at the Cannes Film Festival in France in 2011.

A 9.17-ct. cushion-shaped Emerald Ring (Estimate: HK$ 1,000,000 – 1,500,000 / US$ 130,000 – 200,000) signed Jolie RP is of simply bezel-set, designed by Angelina Jolie in collaboration with Robert Procop. Photo courtesy Tiancheng International Auctioneer Limited

A very rare Longquan Celadon Vase and Cover, meiping, Ming Dynasty, 14th-15th Century

Alain Truong — Sat, 25 May 2013 08:34:00 GMT

A very rare Longquan Celadon Vase and Cover, meiping, Ming Dynasty, 14th-15th Century. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013

The vase is stoutly potted with a slender waist and slightly spreading foot, swelling up to a full robust shoulder and terminating in a short conical neck. The bell-shaped cover is surmounted by a bud-form finial. Both are covered with a glaze of soft olive-green tone. 17 3/4 in. (45 cm.) high, box. Estimate $1,553,268 - $1,941,585

Provenance: The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 3104

Exhibited: Selected Treasures of Chinese Art - Min Chiu Society Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong, 30 November 1990 - 10 February 1991

Notes: This magnificent meiping belongs to a small group of fine Longquan celadon wares made specifically for the early Ming Court. According to official records, both Jingdezhen and Longquan kilns were making porcelain vessels by Imperial command in the early Ming period, and Longquan wares were being sent to the court at least until the Chenghua period. Excavations at the Longquan kiln site at Fengdongyan uncovered bowls, dishes, meiping, ewers and yuhuchunping amongst the vessels made for court use. The current meiping is perhaps the rarest and most extravagant examples of the Imperial Longquan wares, not only for its large size, but also for the technical difficulty in firing such an exaggerated shape to perfection. The current meiping's faultless potting and almost blemish-less glaze, however, is as much a testament to the mastery of the Longquan potters as a rare occurance of serendipity. It is not surprising then, that it was said to be Dr. T.T. Tsui's favourite piece in his own collection.

Very few early Ming Longquan meiping of this type survived, and even fewer still retain their covers. The current meiping is most closely comparable to the example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, which retains its cover and is illustrated in Green - Longquan Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2009, no. 64, pp. 130-1. The only other known example with its cover is in the Gotoh Museum, Kaminoge, illustrated in Ceramic Art of the World, Vol. 14 - Ming Dynasty, Tokyo, 1976, no. 230, p. 235. The glaze of the Gotoh example is somewhat darker, and its shoulders not so perfectly rounded as the current example. Compare also to the example excavated at the Yongle strata at Fengdongyan, illusrtated inLongquan Ware: Chinese Celadon Beloved of the Japanese, 2012, no. 149, p. 119, which is smaller at 39 cm. high.

Christie's. THE YIQINGGE COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMICS. 29 May 2013. Hong Kong

An Extremely Rare Flambe-Glazed Vase, Hu, Yongzheng impressed four-character seal mark and of the period (1723-1735)

Alain Truong — Sat, 25 May 2013 08:17:00 GMT

An Extremely Rare Flambe-Glazed Vase, Hu, Yongzheng impressed four-character seal mark and of the period (1723-1735). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013

The pear-shaped vase is strongly potted with a full rounded body moulded with three sets of raised triple bands around the belly, below the waisted neck and around the flaring mouth rim, set with a pair of angular loop handles with ruyi-head terminals. The vase is covered on the exterior with an unctuous glaze of rich red and purple tones, thinning to brown over the extremities, the interior with a pale blue glaze and the base washed in café-au-lait and splashed with celadon. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm.) high. Estimate $491,868 - $711,915)

Provennce: Inoue Bansuiken, Tokyo
Kochukyo, Tokyo
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 October 2003, lot 704

Notes: The present vase appears to be unique. It is of an impressive size and unusual form, and no other vase of this type appears to have been recorded.

The closest comparisons are two slightly smaller Yongzheng-marked flambé-glazed pear-shaped vases, of similar proportion to the present lot, with three sets of triple bow-strings, but without the handles, one in the Beijing Palace Museum (24 cm. high), illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 177; and the other (20.7 cm. high) included in the joint exhibition Qing Imperial Porcelain, Nanjing Museum and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 36.

Another closely related piece is the flambé-glazed hu-shaped vase from the Jingguantang Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 November 1996, lot 564, and again, 30 April 2000, lot 596. This vase and the present lot share similar characteristics in having an exceptionally fine flambé glaze which is thick and of rich tones varying from deep red to purple and lavender-blue. This distinctive glaze seeks to re-create the famous classical Jun wares of the Song period, and the splashes and streaks characteristic of this glaze are described as yao bian, or 'transmutation glaze'.

Christie's. THE YIQINGGE COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMICS. 29 May 2013. Hong Kong

Important sapphire and diamond pendent earrings

Alain Truong — Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:34 GMT

Important sapphire and diamond pendent earrings. Photo courtesy Tiancheng International Auctioneer Limited

Each suspending an cushion-shaped sapphire weighing 17.56 and 15.46 carats, within a pavé-set diamond surround, supported by two rectangular motifs set with baguette-cut and brilliant-cut diamonds, spaced by two brilliant-cut diamonds. Mounted in 18 karat white gold. Estimate US$1,100,000 - 1,350,000

Accompanied by Gübelin report numbered 1007518/1 and 1007518/2 dated 12 July 2010, stating that the 17.56 and 15.46 carat sapphires are natural, of Burmese (Myanmar) origin, with no indication of heating. Also accompanied by a SSEF report numbered 60787 dated 28 September 2011, stating that the 17.56 and 15.46 carat sapphires are natural, of Burmese (Myanmar) origin, Vivid Blue colour, with no indication of heating, with an appendix stating that the two natural sapphires possess extraordinary characteristics and merit a special mention and appreciation, 'Microscopic examination revealed inclusions, which represent the hallmarks of the reputed classical sapphires mines from Mogok valley in burmese (Myanmar). Its Vivid Blue colour is due to a combination of well-balanced trace elements in the stone, typical and characteristics for the finest sapphires of Mogok.'

Tiancheng International Auctioneer Limited. SPRING AUCTION 2013 JEWELLERY AND JADEITE. 15 Jun · 3 pm. Hong Kong Headquarters 30/F Bank of China Tower 1 Garden Road, Central Hong Kong http://www.tianchengauction.com