18th century

Carved Turquoise Boulder 綠松石雕, China, 18th century. Photo courtesy Vanderven Oriental Art. Length: 22,5 cm Height 18,5 cm (with foot 28,5 cm). Price on request中國清代 長：22.5厘米，高：18.5厘米（連底座28.5厘米） Provenance: Dutch Private Collection since 1988 until present With Bernstein, San Francisco before 1988 With Spink & Son, London before 1975 荷蘭私人收藏（1988年至今） 美國舊金山伯恩斯坦家族（1975－1988年） 英國倫敦斯平克家族（1975年之前）  Exhibitions: Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages , Exhibition Victoria &... [Lire la suite]

A gilt copper alloy figure of Marichi, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Sold for US$ 254,500 (€188,323) inc. premium. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams. NEW YORK — Exceptional gilt bronze figurative sculpture dominated Bonhams diverse offerings in the auction of Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art on September 18, claiming seven of the auction's top ten spots. The majority of these highlights came directly from private collections and surpassed their pre-auction estimates substantially. Splendid examples from China, Nepal and... [Lire la suite]

   A Pair of Magnificent Sancai-Glazed Pottery Horses, Tang Dynasty. Est. $2,500,000 - 2,500,001. Sold for: $4,197,000 (£2,637,632) to a Private Asian. Photo: Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Today at Sotheby’s in New York, the two day auction of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art concluded bringing a total of $22,711,064, surpassing the high estimate and with 78% of lots sold. Along with yesterday’s sale of Magnificent Ritual Bronzes – Property from the Collection of Julius Eberhardt, which brought... [Lire la suite]

Chinese White Jade Ewer, 18th Century. The phoenix form base carved in high relief and rising to a wide lipped mouth, the tail forming the handle, incised details, stone an even white tone. Height 7 1/2 inches. Estate of Luz Papasian. Sold For $2,853,000. Photo Doyle NewYork NEW YORK, NY.- Doyle New York's Asian Works of Art auction on September 16, 2013 attracted strong competition from an international audience of bidders in the salesroom, on the telephones, and live on the Internet. The auction offered over 400 lots... [Lire la suite]

An Imperial yellow silk 'Dragon' throne seat cover, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Photo: Sotheby's. embroidered in satin stitch and couched gold-wrapped threads, with five five-clawed dragons amidst clouds and bats, the central dragon portrayed frontally with a flaming pearl, all enclosed within a couched gold border, further surrounded by a border of scrolling foliage bearing large stylized lotus blossoms interspersed with bats, framed and glazed. Height 42 1/4  in., 107.3 cm; Width 55 in., 139.7... [Lire la suite]

A fine and rare gilt bronze figure of Shadakshari Lokeshvara, Yige drugma Yongle incised six character mark and of the period. Sold for $1,370,500. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams. NEW YORK, NY.- A fine and rare gilt bronze figure of Shadakshari Lokeshvara from the Yongle period has sold for $1,370,500 at Bonhams Chinese Art from the Scholar's Studio auction, realizing more than six times its pre-auction estimate. The elegantly posed 15th century figure was produced by the imperial workshops, to be brought to Tibet during one of the... [Lire la suite]

A White Jade Rectangular Pendant Plaque, 18th century. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 One side is well carved with Zhang Qian floating in a log boat amidst rolling, wind-tossed waves below clouds and an inscription, cheng cha fang di sun (ride the raft and visit the star of the Weaving Maiden ([Vega]), and on the reverse with a woman (the Weaving Maiden) seen through a circular window as she sits at her loom, the scene framed by vaporous clouds at the corners. The semi-translucent stone is of even white color... [Lire la suite]

A White Jade Shaped Rectangular Pendant Plaque, 18th century. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 One side is well carved with a scene of the Northern Song poet, Mi Fu, accompanied by an attendant, bowing to a tall, pierced rock, and on the reverse with a lengthy inscription, mi zhang ai yan fu ai shi/tan gui jue qi jiu wei pi/shi xiong zu bai zi xie tu/nai zhi dian ming bu xu de, and signed Zigang, all below confronted archaistic dragons at the top. The stone is of even white color. 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm.)... [Lire la suite]

An unusual cobalt decorated blue-glazed vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Photo: Sotheby's the ovoid body painted with a scene of two birds in a tree growing beside a fantastic rock, the branches of the tree extending up the tall neck and stopping just before the flared mouth, all covered with a transparent blue glaze, the interior and base glazed white, the mouth rim dressed in iron-brown. Height 12 1/2  in., 31.7 cm. Estimation 8,000 - 12,000 USD Provenance: Collection of Sir H. Grant, circa... [Lire la suite]

A 'Dehua' figure of Guan Yu, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Photo Sotheby's seated with body turned and both arms raised, astride a horse adorned with a rein, saddle and embellished saddle cloth, standing foursquare on a base carved with clouds, the General dressed in plain robes falling in folds held by a circular belt over fitted armor and a tied headdress, the full-face with apertures for the application of a beard. Height 11 3/4 in., 29.8 cm. Estimation 8,000 — 12,000 USD ... [Lire la suite]