Marble

Lot 209. A  marble torso of Bodhisattva, Sui-Tang dynasty (589-907). Height 36.5 cm, 14¼ in. Lot sold: £27,720 (Estimate: £20,000 - 30,000). © 2022 Sotheby's. Property from a distinguished European Private Collection. Provenance: Michel Beurdeley, Paris.Christie's Paris, 26th November 2002, lot 265. Literature: Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt and Jean-Claude Moreau-Gobard, Arts de la chine, Fribourg, 1960, p. 268-269. Sotheby's. Monochrome, London, 2 November 2022

Lot 161. A carved and inscribed marble Buddhist panel, Tang dynasty (618-907); 43 by 37 cm. Lot sold: 819,000 HKD (Estimate: 500,000 - 700,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 the heavy marble plaque of rectangular form, carved in high relief and depicting the early life of the Buddha, incised in the upper register with three characters reading Guangyancheng (Vaishali city), a holy place in Buddha's early life in Central India. Provenance: R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 13th April 1993. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 739. A rare painted marble Buddhist stele, Northern Qi dynasty (AD 550-577); 13 in. (33 cm.) high, padauk stand. Estimate USD 60,000 - USD 80,000. Price realised USD 277,200. © Christie's 2022 The stele is carved with a central standing bodhisattva with his right hand raised in abhayamudra and left hand lowered, flanked by a pair of attendants, and a further pair of bodhisattvas, all below two intertwined bodhi trees backing the figures. The stele is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5. A superbly carved rare marble fragmentary head of Shakyamuni Buddha, Northern Qi dynasty (550-577); 27.8 cm. Estimate: 3,000,000- 5,000,000 HKD. Lot sold: 3,780,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. sensitively modelled, the benevolent face depicted with a pair of heavily-lidded downcast eyes, an elongated nose flanked by pendulous ears and delicately hemmed lips, all below evenly arched eyebrows, the hair arranged in dense rows of spiral curls rising to a faintly domed ushnisha, stand. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 23. A monumental pair of marble Buddhist lions, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 50 ¼ in. high, 26 ¼ in wide, 27 in. deep (127.5 cm. x 66.5 cm. x 68.5 cm.). Estimate GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000. Price realised GBP 193,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. Each lion is carved seated on its haunches on a waisted lotus plinth with drapings, wearing a tasselled collar carved in relief that is hung with a bell suspended above the chest. One beast has its right paw resting on a cub, the other has its... [Lire la suite]

Lot 108. A pair of large marble Buddhistic lions, Ming dynasty. The largest: 72cm., 28 3/8in. Estimate: £60,000 — 80,000. Lot sold 75,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. each recumbent animal carved in mirror image and poised on its front legs, its head facing to the side and with a sash in its mouth, one with one cub perched on its back and another under its front left paw, on a rectangular base, the sides carved in relief with scrolling clouds. Property From A Portuguese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1511. A marble carving of a rabbit on a lotus base, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907); 5 3/8 in. (13.8 cm) high. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 30,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The rabbit is carved in a recumbent position, with legs tucked under the body and ears laid back, resting on a domed base carved around the sides with lotus petals, all above a plain square plinth. Provenance: Acquired in New York, before 1990.  Note: Small Tang-dynasty marble... [Lire la suite]

Oliver Hoare (1945-2018). © Oliver Hoare Limited, 2019. LONDON.- On October 25th, Christie’s will present the collection of the late Oliver Hoare (1945-2018). A highly influential and much loved art dealer who specialised in Islamic art, Oliver inaugurated Islamic sales at Christie’s in 1975 when working for the auction house. Known for celebrating the remarkable stories of objects from across countless countries and eras, and the joy and intrigue that they could bring, Oliver assembled a collection of works of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 284. A carved and inlaid marble Qur’an stand, North India, 19th century; 15 3/8 ins. (39 cm.) high. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 40,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 In damascened steel frame. Exhibited: The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p. 69, no. 41. Christie's. Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence, New York, 19 June 2019

Lot 99. A rare pair of marble seated lions, Tang dynasty (618-906); 20.1cm., 7 7/8 in. Estimate 40,000 - 60,000 GBP. Lot sold 50,000 GBP. © Sotheby's. each powerfully carved figure seated on its haunches with its muscular front paws firmly planted on the rectangular base, the head facing forward with mouth open in a roar showing the teeth and up-curled tongue, the ears flattened back above the long, curling mane, the smooth stone with a warm ivory patina.  ... [Lire la suite]