13 septembre 2021

Bonhams Announces Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings for September 20, 2021

Bonhams sale of Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings will offer an impressive array of 250 lots from several notable collections. Highlights include a magnificent and rare 'robin's-egg' glazed archaistic hu-shaped two-handled vase, Qianlong six-character, impressed seal mark and of the period (1736-1795) from the Estate of Robert P. Youngman (estimate: US$400,000-600,000); an impressive zitan luohan chuang (bed) late Qing/Republic Period (estimate: US$200,000-300,000); Mountain Gorge, a splendid modern painting... [Lire la suite]

06 août 2021

A pair of famille-rose 'phoenix' bowls, Late Qing-Republic period

Lot 12. A pair of famille-rose 'phoenix' bowls, Late Qing-Republic period; Diameter 5⅜ in., 13.6 cm. Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 USD. Lot sold: 5,292 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. each base with an apocryphal six-character Guangxu mark in iron red. Sotheby's. The Hundred Antiques: Fine & Decorative Asian Art, New York, 11-22 June 2021
09 février 2021

A part teadust-glazed porcelain model of standing Damo, late Qing-Republic period

Lot 598. A part teadust-glazed porcelain model of standing Damo, late Qing-Republic period; H. 57 cm. Estimate: € 2,000 - €3,000. Result: € 2,000. Courtesy Nagel. Provenance: Former old European private collection, assembled prior 1990 - Private property Frankfurt.   Fine Asian Art, Stuttgart - Part I by Nagel Auction, December 8, 2020
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19 décembre 2019

A large underglaze red decorated hu-form vase, Late Qing-Republic period

Lot 40. A large underglaze red decorated hu-form vase, Late Qing-Republic period; 21 1/4in (54cm) high. Estimate $10,000 - $15,000. Sold for US$ 7,500. © Bonhams. Powerfully drawn with four five-clawed dragons contending in a turbulent sea, the dynamic scene set off by raised elephant handles. Provenance: A Private Oregon Collection by Descent from China.  Bonhams. Chinese Works of Art, Los Angeles, 17 December 2019 
04 mars 2017

A pair of famille rose jardinières, Late Qing-Republic period

Lot 2149. A pair of famille rose jardinières, Late Qing-Republic period. Estimate US$ 6,000 - 8,000 (€5,700 - 7,600). Photo: Bonhams. Each with bulging sides and flat-lipped rim, painted as mirror images of each other with a pair of magpies in a garden setting of flowering prunus, peony, chrysanthemum and fluttering butterflies, all between lappet borders. 14 1/2in (37cm) diameter Bonhams. CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS, 13 Mar 2017, 12:00 EDT, NEW YORK
11 septembre 2016

A large Chinese yellow ground and underglaze blue "eight treasures" vase, hu, late Qing-Republic period

Lot 208. A large Chinese yellow ground and underglaze blue "eight treasures" vase, hu, late Qing-Republic period. Estimate $5,000-8,000. Sold for $21,250. Photo Freeman's the body painted with meandering leafy scroll and the eight treasures of Buddhism, between a band of pendent ruyi motifs and a band of upright lappet border, the neck flanked by a pair of scroll handles; drilled. H: 17 in., 43 cm   Provenance: Property from a Long Island family collection Freeman's. Asian... [Lire la suite]

11 juillet 2016

Back on agate and carved stone scholar's objects at Bonhams San Francisco, 29 june 2016

Lot 9116. Two carved agate containers, Late Qing-Republic period. Estimate USD 800 ~ 1,200. Sold for US$ 1,625 (€1,467). Photo: Bonhams. he first thinly sectioned as a curved leaf forming a shallow well rising from reticulated flowering and fruiting branches with two songbirds perched on the rim, the translucent stone marked with russet patches (losses); the second a libation cup of inverted bell form with handles carved as stylized dragons, the translucent stone of gray with a faint golden cast... [Lire la suite]
30 juin 2016

A Group of five civil rank badges, Late Qing-Republic period

Lot 9202. A Group of five civil rank badges, Late Qing-Republic period. Estimate USD 1,500 ~ 2,500. Sold for US$ 1,187 (€1,069). Photo: Bonhams. Including a pair of ninth rank paradise fly catchers still attached to one another, each embroidered with shades of blue and white satin stitches, couched silver and gilt-wrapped threads (wear, soiling); the third a kesi-woven silver pheasant of the fifth rank woven in shades of blue against the present variegated brown ground with some details added in ink... [Lire la suite]
30 juin 2016

A large group of twenty-eight unfinished rank badges, Late Qing-Republic period

  Lot 9199. A large group of twenty-eight unfinished rank badges, Late Qing-Republic period. Estimate USD 2,000 ~ 3,000. Sold for US$ 3,125 (€2,814). Photo: Bonhams. Including ten pairs in various sizes and embroidery techniques but without any animal or bird for rank designation (many with wear, soiling); one pair of brocade woven badges in black, white and red with what may be the pheasant of the fifth civil rank; one pair embroidered in counted stitch and couched gilt threads with what may be the... [Lire la suite]
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30 juin 2016

Five pairs of civil rank badges with metallic-wrapped threads, Late Qing-Republic period

Lot 9198. Five pairs of civil rank badges with metallic-wrapped threads, Late Qing-Republic period. Estimate USD 1,500 ~ 2,500. Sold for US$ 2,500 (€2,251). Photo: Bonhams. The first pair kesi-woven with a second rank golden pheasant in gilt-wrapped threads amid blue cloud scrolls and bright red sun (borders torn, worn); the second pair embroidered in counted stitch with a fourth rank wild goose separately worked and applied onto a black gauze badge now lined with cerise silk, both badges and birds combining... [Lire la suite]