2nd-3rd century

Lot 161. Sculpture de Boddhisatva en schiste gris, Art Gréco-bouddhique du Gandhara, IIe-IIIe siècle. H. : 71 cm (28 in.). Estimation 12 000 - 18 000 € . Résultat: 32,500 EUR. Courtesy Artcurial Assis en dhyanasana sur un trône, la tête auréolée d'un nimbe, les mains relevées en dharmachakramudra, vêtu d'un sanghati recouvrant l'épaule gauche et d'un paridhana attaché par une ceinture et retombant en plis sur les jambes, paré de colliers, le visage serein, la chevelure ornée d'un diadème et d'une... [Lire la suite]

Lot 160. Sculpture de Boddhisatva en schiste gris, Art Gréco-bouddhique du Gandhara, IIe-IIIe siècle. H. : 62 cm. Estimation 15 000 - 20 000 € . Résultat: 20,800 EUR. Courtesy Artcurial Assis sur un trône dans une attitude frontale, la tête auréolée d'un nimbe, chevilles croisées, les mains relevées en dharmachakramudra, vêtu d'un sanghati recouvrant l'épaule gauche et d'un paridhana attaché par une ceinture et retombant en d'élégants plis sur les jambes, paré de nombreux colliers, le visage serein,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 232. A rare and important grey schist torso of Buddha Shakyamuni, Ancient Gandhara region, 2nd-3rd century. Hauteur: 129 cm. (50 ¾ in.). Estimate EUR 200,000 - EUR 300,000. Price realised EUR 247,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018. Il est représenté debout, le genou gauche légèrement en avant. Il est vêtu de robes monastiques aux plis élégants recouvrant ses deux épaules et laissant deviner les courbes harmonieuses de son corps. Sa main gauche tient un pan de son vêtement le long de son... [Lire la suite]

Lot 603. An Important Gray Schist Figure of a Standing Buddha, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd century, 32. in. (81.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 300,000 - USD 500,000. Price realised USD 792,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017  Provenance: with Walter Randel, New York, 1961.Acquired by Alice M. Kaplan from the above by 1962. A Private East Coast Collection Mr. and Mrs. Jacob and Alice M. Kaplan, late 1950s or early 1960s. Alice M. Kaplan (1903-1995) is remembered for her generosity and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 602. A gray schist figure of a Seated Buddha, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd century, 37 ½ in. (95 cm.) high. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 87,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017  Provenance: Acquired by the present owner from the New York Art Market on 13 January 1995. Note: The Buddha depicted seated in meditation on a throne showing Buddha at center flanked by devotees and with a plush cushion of kusha grass draped over the edges. Sacred throughout... [Lire la suite]

Tripod vessel with lid, Vietnam, Hán Việt period, 2nd-3rd century. Unglazed stoneware with drops of ash glaze. H x Diam (overall): 17.5 x 15.6 cm (6 7/8 x 6 1/8 in). The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; a joint gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Paul Singer, the AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, and the Children of Arthur M. Sackler, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, RLS1997.48.1749a-b © 2017 Smithsonian Institution

Lot 1419. A bronze circular mirror with deities, animals and inscription, Late Eastern Han dynasty, 2nd-3rd century. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 3,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2012. Thinly cast, the knob within a bead band and a main field cast in thread relief with deities, one shown riding a dragon, one shown riding a tiger, and four seated figures shown in two groups, all separated by nipples and encircled by an inscription and hatchured, sawtooth and C-scroll... [Lire la suite]

Lot 17. Yuan Yao (Active 1720-1780), Spring Mountains. Scroll, mounted for framing, ink and color on silk, 78 5/8 x 95 ¾ in. (199.5 x 243 cm.). Dated spring, first month, yihai year (1755). Estimate: $450,000-650,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2016. NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announces Asian Art Week: a series of auctions, viewings and events, from September 13-16. This season includes eight sales featuring over 900 lots, drawing together an extraordinary breadth of works from every category of Asian... [Lire la suite]

Lot 269, A gray schist figure of a Bodhisattva, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd century. Estimate $50,000 – $70,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016 Seated in dhyanasana on a cushion over a lion throne, wearing a long dhoti and low-slung flowing sash over his muscular torso, adorned with a torque, beaded multi-stranded necklace terminating in makara heads, bracelets, armlets visible under his drapers, and earrings, his elaborate coiffure caught up with a beaded and floral headdress. 22 in. (56 cm.) high ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 275, A gray schist figure of Buddha, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd century. Estimate $80,000 – $120,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016 Standing on a base centered by a diminutive image of the seated Buddha with attendants and columns, dressed in asanghati flowing over both shoulders and his dhoti visible below, the face with bow-shaped mouth and heavy-lidded eyes, the wavy locks of hair pulled over the ushnisha - 38 in. (96.5 cm.) high Provenance: Private collection, New Jersey, acquired from... [Lire la suite]