05 septembre 2021
A superb and important large jade tiger pendant, Late Shang dynasty, Anyang, 13th-11th century BC
Lot 703. A superb and important large jade tiger pendant, Late Shang dynasty, Anyang, 13th-11th century BC; 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm.) long (maximum, ear to tail), cloth box. Estimate USD 300,000 - USD 500,000. Price realised USD 1,086,000. © Christie's 2021
The thick disc has a central aperture drilled from both sides, the inner walls with remains of pronounced cutting ridges. The stone is of dark mottled green color with some buff-colored alteration to both sides at one edThe flat, curved pendant is in... [Lire la suite]03 octobre 2020
A bronze helmet, Late Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC
Lot 880. A bronze helmet, Late Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC; 10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 17,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020.
The front with central peak at the brow, surmounted by a horse-shaped finial, heavily encrusted.
Provenance: Jeffrey Novick, San Francisco, 2 March 1993.The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
Christie's. Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection Part II, New York, 24 September... [Lire la suite]17 janvier 2020
A rare finely cast bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, fangyi, Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC
Lot 1126. A rare finely cast bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, fangyi, Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC; 89 in. (22.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 800,000 - USD 1,200,000. Price realised USD 1,143,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
The vessel is of tapering rectangular shape and is well cast in low relief on the two broad sides with a large taotie mask set below a small taotie and reserved on a leiwen ground repeated as the ground to the pair of confronted... [Lire la suite]17 janvier 2020
A rare turquoise-inlaid bronze and jade ge halberd blade, Late Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC
Lot 1125. A rare turquoise-inlaid bronze and jade ge halberd blade, Late Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC; 8½ in. (21.6 cm.) long. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 99,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
The mottled greyish-green jade blade, which is now opaque, has beveled edges and a tiny hole. It issues from a bronze handle inlaid on each side with a turquoise-inlaid rectangular panel of a stylized taotie mask below the hafting bar. There is a hole in the... [Lire la suite]20 septembre 2019
A rare large mottled brown and greenish-beige jade bird-form pendant, Late Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC
Lot 820. A rare large mottled brown and greenish-beige jade bird-form pendant, Late Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC; 2 ½ in. (5.9 cm.) long. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 62,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019.
The pendant is possibly repurposed from a cong and is carved as a bird in flight with outspread wings and tail decorated in intaglio lines. The beak has a bull-nose perforation for suspension. The greenish-beige jade has some brown inclusions... [Lire la suite]19 juillet 2019
An archaic bronze ritual food vessel, Yu, late Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC
Lot 59. An archaic bronze ritual food vessel, Yu, late Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC. Height 6 1/4 in., 15.9 cm; Diameter 9 3/4 in., 24.8 cm. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 USD. Lot sold 75,000 USD. © Sotheby's
the deep rounded body with an everted rim all raised on a tall splayed foot, a frieze below the rim decorated with stylized dragon motifs, bi-sectioned by three raised taotie masks, similarly on the foot but without the... [Lire la suite]04 mars 2019
A rare and finely cast bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, fangyi, Late Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC
Lot 1604. A rare and finely cast bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, fangyi, Late Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC; 9 in. (22.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 1,500,000 - USD 2,500,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019
Provenance: Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954) Collection, Springfield, Massachusetts. The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned in 1962.Christie's New York, 21-22 March 2013, lot 1126.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Bidwell on the porch of their home at 16 Ridgewood... [Lire la suite]17 septembre 2018
A rare set of three small bronze bells, nao, late Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC
Lot 1107. A rare set of three small bronze bells, nao, late Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC; 6 ¼ in. (15.6 cm.) high (largest). Estimate USD 150,000 - USD 250,000. Price realised USD 162,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018
The bells of graduated size are of lenticular section and cast on each side in relief with ataotie mask below a square panel, and the hollow, tapering shank is cast with a single clan sign, plexi stand.
(inscription on the largest nao)
Provenance: Dr. Bruno... [Lire la suite]12 septembre 2018
A very rare bronze ritual rectangular wine vessel and cover, fangyi, late Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century
Lot 1106. A very rare bronze ritual rectangular wine vessel and cover, fangyi, late Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century; 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) high. Estimate USD 800,000 - USD 1,200,000. Price realised USD 972,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018
The vessel of tapering rectangular shape is finely flat-cast on each side with a largetaotie mask between a pair of birds confronted on a 'forehead shield' taotie above and a pair of addorsed dragons below, all reserved on a leiwen ground.... [Lire la suite]01 septembre 2017
A malachite-inlaid bronze halbert blade, Late Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC
Lot 902. A malachite-inlaid bronze halbert blade, Late Shang dynasty, 13th-11th century BC, 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) long. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Unsold. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017
The blade is cast with a median ridge and with a hafting hole, and is decorated on both sides of the pierced nei with kui dragons filled with malachite inlay. The bronze has malachite encrustation, wood stand, fitted Japanese wood box.
Provenance: In Japan prior to 1973.
Note: Two late... [Lire la suite]