Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers

Lot 18. An exceptionally large famille-verte 'Lintong dou bao' charger, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 55.5 cm, 21 7/8 in. Lot sold: 163,800 EUR (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2022 Property from a European private collection. Provenance: Sotheby's London, 12th June 2003, lot 222; Christie’s, London, 7th November 2006, lot 189; Galerie 41, Monaco, 31st March 2007. Note: This awe-inspiring charger, superbly painted with vivid enamels of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 176. A blue and white Ko-sometsuke dish, 17th century; Diam. 28 cm, 11 in., with a Japanese fitted wooden box. Lot sold: 11,970 EUR (Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2022 Property from the personal collection of Sam and Myrna Myers in France. Sotheby's, Art d'Asie, Paris, 16 June 2022

Lot 176. A small wucai 'peach' jar, 17th century; H. 16.3 cm, 6 3/8 in. Lot sold: 5,670 EUR (Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2022 Property from the personal collection of Sam and Myrna Myers in France Sotheby's, Art d'Asie, Paris, 16 June 2022

Lot 32. A Longquan celadon-glazed baluster vase, Ming dynasty; H. 50 cm, 19 3/4 in. Lot sold: 4,032 EUR (Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2022 Property from a European private collection. Lot 186. Two large Longquan celadon dishes, Ming dynasty; Diam. 37.4 cm, 14 3/4 in. ; Diam. 33.5 cm, 13 1/4 in. Lot sold: 5,040 EUR (Estimate: 4,000 - 8,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2022 Property from the personal collection of Sam and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 345. A bronze blade, Shang dynasty; Length 26.4 cm. 10¼ in. Lot sold: 5,040 GBP (Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's of elegant tapering form terminating in a point, the metal heavily azurite encrusted. Provenance: Collection Armand Trampitsch (1890-1975).  Ader Picard Tajan auction in Tokyo, Hôtel Okura, 30th May 1985, Lot 75. Sotheby's. Two Americans in Paris, The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, London, 4 November 2021

Lot 381. A jade 'bird' pendant, Late Shang-early Zhou dynasty; Height 6.6 cm, 2½ in. Lot sold: 5,040 GBP (Estimate: 5,000 - 8,000 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's the flat stone worked in the form of a bird in profile, detailed with incised feathers, pierced at the head with an aperture for suspension, the heavily calcified stone a creamy-green colour. Provenance: Collection Armand Trampitsch (1890-1975). Ader Picard Tajan auction in Tokyo, Hôtel Okura, 30th May 1985, Lot 38. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 364. A blue and white octagonal lobed jar, Mark and period of Wanli (1573-1619); Height 12 cm, 4¾ in. Lot sold: 25,200 GBP (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's the octagonally lobed body rising from a recessed base to a short straight rim, painted in vibrant underglaze-blue with a continuous scene of a dragon chasing a flaming pearl and three qilin among scrolling clouds beneath a ruyi lappet border, and a cover. Sotheby's. Two Americans... [Lire la suite]

Lot 362. A blue and white 'crane' double gourd vase, Mark and period of Jiajing (1522-1566); Height 23.5 cm, 9¼ in. Lot sold: 75,600 GBP (Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's the upper bulb of slightly compressed globular form rising to a circular mouth, the large lower bulb of globular form and separated by a curved waist, finely decorated around the exterior with eight trigrams interspersed with ruyi-shaped clouds and flying cranes. Sotheby's. Two Americans in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 361. A hexagonally lobed wucai 'dragon' box Mark and period of Wanli (1573-1619); Height 11.5 cm, 4½ in. Lot sold: 10,080 GBP (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's brightly painted and enamelled to each face with a scaly ferocious dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl, all above rocks and foaming waves and below a foliate scroll band, the base inscribed with the six-character mark in under-glaze blue within a double circle. Provenance: Acquired in 1983. Sotheby's. Two... [Lire la suite]

Lot 352.  A blue and white 'frog' kendi, Ming dynasty, 16th Century; Height 20 cm, 7⅞ in. Lot sold: 30,240 GBP (Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's naturalistically painted and modelled as a crouching frog, with short spout issuing from its mouth and tall hexagonal trumpet-shaped handle supported on its back. Provenance: Jorge Welsh London, 13th June 1997. Literature: Jean-Paul Desroches, Two Americans in Paris, A Quest for Asian Art, 2016, Paris, no 297.... [Lire la suite]