Gilt-bronze

A very rare cloisonne enamel and gilt-bronze foreigner, China, Kangxi period. Photo Nagel Auktionen Finely cast, seated on a waisted square pedestal, kneeling on one bended knee with the foot of the other leg flat on the ground, positioned with one muscular arm raised and one hand to the hip, dressed in a sleeveless coat with toggle closures elaborately decorated with dragons above waves and clouds. The figure is depicted with his mouth open in a smile with a thick curly beard  - Very minor wear. H. 27,5... [Lire la suite]

  An Exceptionally Rare Imperial Cloisonne Enamel And Gilt-Bronze Circular Plaque and Stand. Qianlong Incised Four-Character Mark And Of The Period (1736-1795). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2012 The circular panel is decorated on one side in a variety of coloured enamels to depict a landscape scene with fishermen upon a sampan and scholars on the riverside before a pavilion nestled among a tree-lined mountainous backdrop. The other side of the panel is decorated with nine cranes in different attitudes situated among... [Lire la suite]

A Finely Cast Gilt-Bronze Mirror Stand in the Form of a Hare. Song Dynasty - Photo Sotheby's cast recumbent crouching on its four legs, its raised head turned sharply to the left detailed with alert eyes, flared nostrils and divided upper lip, its long ears reclining behind, wearing a choker suspending a small bell and grasping in its mouth a long spray of trefoil leaves curling over to form a receptacle on its back, further supporting a... [Lire la suite]

A Gilt-Bronze Figure of Buddha. Ming Dynasty, 15th Century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The figure is shown seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base, with the hands in bhumisparsa mudra. The robe has foliate borders and is gracefully draped over the shoulder and around the body. The broad face is cast with a gentle expression and the hair, which is dressed in spiky curls is covered in blue pigment. 14½ in. (37 cm.) high, wood stand. Estimate $40,000 - $60,000 明十五世紀 鎏金銅佛陀坐像   Property from a Private Florida... [Lire la suite]

An Important Gilt-Bronze Figure of Shakyamuni Buddha. Yongle Mark and Period. Photo Sotheby's well-cast and portrayed seated in dhyanasana with right hand in bhumisparsamudra, the left in dhyanamudra, clothed in a loose-fitting robe falling in elegant folds leaving the right shoulder bare, the serene face with downcast eyes and gentle smile flanked by pendulous ears with pierced lobes, the head and domed ushnisha covered with tight curls and surmounted by an ovoid jewel, all supported on a double lotus... [Lire la suite]

An Important Imperial Chinese Gilt-Bronze Lion Clock Stand. Qianlong Period (1736-1795). Photo Sotheby's cast striding upon an oval pedestal encircled with lobed lotus lappets and inlaid in turquoise, coral, lapis and other hardstones, its large head turned to its left and framed by a curling mane, the back draped with a finely chased saddle blanket and shaped mount supporting a large octagonal clock-frame, cast around the border with the Eight Daoist Trigrams in a compressed band, all on a wooden stand.... [Lire la suite]

A Rare Small Chinese Gilt-Bronze Figure Of A Seated Lion. Northern Wei-Tang Dynasty, 6th-7th Century. Photo Sotheby's height 2 in. 5 cm. Estimate 5,000-7,000 USD.  Provenance: Chait Galleries, New York Sotheby's. Property from the Estate of Brooke Astor. New York | 24 sept. 2012 www.sothebys.com

A rare Imperial cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze jar.  Qianlong period (1736-1795) . photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The globular jar is brightly enamelled around the body with large peony blooms with yin-yangsymbols to the centre, all interspersed with lotus blooms borne on leafy scrolls. The shoulder is decorated with a band of pendant ruyi heads and a further band of lotus and chrysanthemum heads just below the short mouth rim. The vase is supported on three finely cast... [Lire la suite]

A gilt-bronze circular mirror with deities and beasts. Eastern Han dynasty- Three Kingdoms period, 2nd-3rd century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The knob incised with a tiger, the main field finely cast in high relief with two seated deities flanked by four mythical beasts and with domed circular cells, within a band of decorated semi-circles alternating with squares enclosing characters, below a hatchured band in the well and a band of animals and a band of linked lozenges joined by scrollwork on the rim, with... [Lire la suite]

  The top lot of the day was a Chinese gilt-bronze bell that sold for a staggering $482,500, far exceeding its estimate of $6,000-9,000. Photo Doyle New York NEW YORK, N.Y.- Doyle New York's Asian Works of Art auction on September 12, 2011 attracted intense competition from an international audience of bidders in the crowded salesroom, on the telephones, and live on the Internet. In all, the sale totaled a strong $2,805,906 against a pre-sale estimate of $2,228,400-3,299,100 with 63% sold by lot and 75% by value. BRONZE The... [Lire la suite]