1745

Lot 3615. An imperially inscribed celadon jade album leaf, mark and period of Qianlong, dated yichou year (in accordance with 1745), 28.7 cm, 11 1/4  in. Estimate 700,000 — 900,000 HKD. Lot sold 875,000 HKD (105,885 EUR) (112,604 USD). Photo: Sotheby's the rectangular plaque skilfully incised and gilt on one side in running script with an excerpt from an imperial poem Yuzhi bingxi fu [An imperial rhapsody of ice sports], dated to the jiaping (12th month)... [Lire la suite]

A Massive and Magnificent Imperial Khotan Jade ‘Taishang Huangdi zhi Bao’ Seal, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period. Height 11 cm / Length 12.8 cm / Depth 12.8 cm. Est. HK$80 – 120 million / US$10 – 15 million. Photo: Sotheby's. HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Chinese Works of Art Autumn Sales 2016 will take place on 5 October at Hall 3, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Autumn sales this year will be led by a highly important Imperial Khotan-green Jade ‘Taishang Huangdi zhi Bao’ Seal. Other highlights... [Lire la suite]

Allan Ramsay (1713-84), Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-88), 1745. Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by H M Government from the Trustees of the Wemyss Heirlooms Trust and allocated to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 2016. EDINBURGH.- A hugely significant portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie by the greatest Scottish portrait painter of the eighteenth century has been acquired by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery thanks to the AIL (Acceptance in Lieu of Tax) Scheme. Prince Charles Edward Stuart... [Lire la suite]

Covered punchbowl with platter, ca. 1745. Chinese for the Swedish market. Hard paste. Punchbowl: H. with cover 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm); Platter: Diam. 21 3/4 in. (55.2 cm). Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1940 (40.133.1a,b–.2). The Metropolitan Museum of Art © 2000–2013 The Metropolitan Museum of Art This monumental punchbowl, with its original cover and platter, must have been one of the most ambitious porcelains to grace an American colonial household. We can only speculate as to how the bowl, the... [Lire la suite]

Three Chinese famille rose porcelain plates, c.1730-50, 2.7 x 22.7 x 22.7 cm. RCIN 59717. Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II painted at the centre with sprays of peony and plum blossom with other flowers; pink diaper well border with four reserves with pink blossoms; border painted with four pink peony trails within pink line borders. A Chinese famille rose porcelain plate, c.1725-50, 2.9 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm. RCIN 59719. Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II painted at the centre w ceramic... [Lire la suite]

Chine de commande. Exceptionnel bol à punch circulaire, XVIIIème siècle, vers 1745. Photo courtesy Thierry De Maigret décoré sur la paroi extérieure en grisaille rehaussé d'or de deux scènes grivoises représentant un gentilhomme assis sur une chaise, son épée sur le côté, enlaçant une femme de petite vertu; pendant qu'ils s'embrassent, la femme soustrait à l'homme sa bourse. Bouquets de fleurs polychromes à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur. D: 26,5 cm. Estimation : 3 000 - 4 000 € Un autre bol à... [Lire la suite]

Assiette en porcelaine décorée en émaux polychromes de la famille rose au centre de deux écossais. Vers 1745, période Qianlong  (1736-1795). Photo Piasa.  vêtus de leur kilt, l'un tenant un fusil, l'autre jouant de la cornemuse. L'aile décorée de quatre réserves lobées d'oiseaux et fleurs, et paysages montagneux. Diamètre : 23 cm - Estimation : 30 000 / 40 000 €Le joueur de cornemuse a été copié d'après une gravure de George Bickham pour A short history of the Highland Regiment et publié... [Lire la suite]

Meissen. Statuette représentant un rhinocéros. Marquée : épées croisées en bleu, XVIIIe siècle, vers 1745. Photo Piasa l'épiderme gris, la gueule et les lèvres rehaussées de rouge. Longueur : 17 cm. Hauteur : 10 cm. Restaurations aux oreilles. Estimation : 6 000 / 8 000 € Un rhinocéros similaire, à l'épiderme brun, avec variante de la position de la tête figurait dans l'ancienne collection de Sir Gawaine et Lady Baillie récemment vendue à Londres (Sotheby's, 1er mai 2013, lot 90). Un autre rhinocéros à l'épiderme gris... [Lire la suite]

A Chinese Export Black Lacquer and Parcel-Gilt desk-and-bookcase, circa 1745 - Photo Sotheby's   Feet possibly replaced. height 92 1/2 in.; width 42 in.; depth 26 in. 235 cm; 106.7 cm; 66 cm. Estimation: 80,000 - 120,000 USD PROVENANCE: Sold, Sotheby's, New York, April 18-19, 2002, lot 433Sold, Christie's, New York, Le Goût Steinitz, I,October 19, 2007, lot 30 ($301,000) COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: Tove Clemenson, 'Some Furniture Made in China in the English Style, Exported from Canton to Denmark, 1735,... [Lire la suite]

A German gold and mother-of-pearl snuff box, possibly Dresden, circa 1745 - Photo Sotheby's rectangular, the surfaces mounted with shaped iridescent mother-of-pearl panels carved with shellwork framed by chased gold interlaced cloisons, chased waved borders, the interior of the cover mounted with a gouache miniature of a nobleman, French School, c.1740-45, wearing armor and the sash and star of the Polish Order of the White Eagle, in fitted leather box; apparently unmarked except for a Roman chariot control mark in use... [Lire la suite]