19 janvier 2020
An iron-red square stemcup, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Lot 18. An iron-red square stemcup, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Height 2 1/2 in., 6.2 cm. Estimate 800 — 1200 USD. Lot sold 7,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's
of square section with canted corners rising to a slightly everted rim, decorated on the exterior in iron-red with roundels of stylized dragons on each side, all supported on a stepped pedestal foot.
Property from the Estate of William and Jennifer Shaw.
Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27th October 1993, lot 226.
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A Navaratna Pin, Jaipur, India, 18th century
A Navaratna Pin, Jaipur, India, 18th century. Width 4cm. Price On Request. © Susan Ollemans.
A Navartana pendant with an inscribed ruby in the center and two rows of holy stones surrounding the ruby (sun).The reverse has extremely fine floral enameling. The pin fitting is modern.
Susan Ollemans. 13 Georgian House, 10 Bury Street, St James's, London SW1Y6AA, United Kingdom - Tel: + 44 ( 0 ) 7775566356 - Email: sue@ollemans.com13 janvier 2020
A pair of glazed bowls with cut-out decoration, 18th century
Lot 1373. A pair of glazed bowls with cut-out decoration, 18th century; 4 3/16 in. (10.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 11,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
Each has deep, rounded sides that flare towards the rim and are decorated with a delicately cut-out band of flower sprays, and covered overall with a clear glaze of pale blue-green tint that fills in the cut-out design and ends in a neat line on the foot. An apocryphal Xuande mark is on the base.
Note: Very... [Lire la suite]13 janvier 2020
A pair of iron-red-decorated stem cups, 18th century
Lot 1366. A pair of iron-red-decorated stem cups, 18th century; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 22,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
The thinly potted sides of each bowl are delicately painted in shaded tones of iron red with three fish, and the spreading stem foot is encircled at the top by a bow-string band. An apocryphal Chenghua mark is in underglaze blue on the inside of the foot of each.
Provenance: Barbara Hutton (1912-1979)... [Lire la suite]13 janvier 2020
An unusual blue and white faceted vase, hu, 18th century
Lot 1335. An unusual blue and white faceted vase, hu, 18th century; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 10,000. Price realised USD 16,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
Each side of the faceted body, which is of rectangular section, is painted with a riverscape in a panel, and the facets of the canted shoulder with further landscape panels incorporating pine trees, lingzhi and rocks, all within 'fishroe' borders. The flaring neck, decorated with bands of flower scroll,... [Lire la suite]13 janvier 2020
A pair of large blue and white jardinières, 18th century
Lot 1325. A pair of large blue and white jardinières, 18th century; 24½ in. (61 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 70,000. Price realised USD 62,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
Each is heavily potted and painted around the deep sides with a continuous river landscape in which figures are shown at various pursuits in pavilions nestled amidst forested mountains, all below scrolling clouds and a border of reverse-decorated dots below the molded rim, gilt wood stands.
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A pair of unusual copper red-decorated blue and white vases, 18th century
Lot 1313. A pair of unusual copper red-decorated blue and white vases, 18th century; 15¾ and 15 7/8 in. (40 and 40.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 20,000. Price realised USD 1,143,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
Each high-shouldered, tapering body is decorated in copper red and underglaze blue on one side with a scene of a deer and a crane standing beside a pine tree, a blue rock and lingzhi, and on the reverse with a different lengthy poetic inscription in cursive script... [Lire la suite]12 janvier 2020
A huanghuali brushpot, Qing Dynasty, 18th century
Lot 46. A huanghuali brushpot, Qing Dynasty, 18th century. Height 6 1/2 in., 16.5 cm. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 USD. Lot sold 11,250 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.
of cylindrical form, the wood a golden-brown tone with attractive graining, the base centered with a circular plug.
Sotheby's. Monochrome, New York, 15 sept. 201512 janvier 2020
A tieli wood and brown lacquer corner leg table (tiaozhuo), Qing dynasty, 18th century
Lot 51. A tieli wood and brown lacquer corner leg table (tiaozhuo), Qing dynasty, 18th century. Height 33 5/8 in., 85.4 cm; Width 54 in., 137.2 cm; Depth 18 3/4 in., 47.6 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 6,250 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.
a rectangular brown lacquer panel set within a hardwood molded-edge frame, above a recessed and lacquered waist, the straight beaded apron supported on four square section beaded legs terminating in hoof feet, the underside with... [Lire la suite]08 janvier 2020
A large celadon-glazed carved ovoid jar, 18th century
Lot 1387. A large celadon-glazed carved ovoid jar, 18th century; 18 1/8 in. (46 cm.) high. Estimate USD 25,000 - USD 35,000. Price realised USD 99,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013.
The heavily potted body is carved with a broad frieze of peony scroll between a band of petal lappets below and a ruyi band above, and the short waisted neck is encircled by a band of leaf tips. The exterior is covered with a soft sea-green glaze that continues over the rim into the neck.
Provenance: Christie's New... [Lire la suite]