Paperweight

Lot 350. A Changsha brown-glazed 'turtle' water dropper and a paperweight, Song dynasty (960-1279); 6.5 and 8.5 cm. Lot sold: 8,190 HKD (Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 HKD). (C) 2021 Sotheby's Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

Lot 70. An imperial inscribed white jade paperweight, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, dated jiawu year (in accordance with 1774). Estimate 800,000 — 1,200,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. the translucent white rectangular panel inscribed on each short end with four characters respectively readingQianlong jiawu (jiawu year of the Qianlong reign [1774]) and zhongqiu yuti ('imperially inscribed in the second month of autumn'), flanking four evenly spaced Tang dynasty poems... [Lire la suite]

A cloisonné paperweight for scroll paintings, China, end of 19th cent. (Qing dynasty 1644-1911). Photo Auktionshaus Stahl Polychrome cloisonné on black underground on a copper body. Rectangular weight, the top decorated with a fine ornamental flower pattern. 7 x 11 cm. Estimation : 400 € Auktionshaus Stahl.  Samedi 23 février 2013. Graumannsweg 54 - 22087 Hamburg. Tel. +49 (0) 40 34 34 71

Chinese celadon jade qilong paperweight. 2012 © Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers The recumbant beast looks over its shoulder with a lingzhi twig in his mouth. L: 5 1/2 in. Estimate $5,000-8,000  Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers. ASIAN ARTS. Sep 09 2012 10:00 http://www.freemansauction.com

Rhinocéros Paperweight, No. 1195. photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 designed in 1931, clear, frosted and grey stained stencilled R. LALIQUE FRANCE 8 cm. high. Lot 47. Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($3,150 - $4,725) Christie's. Lalique. 31 May 2012. London, South Kensington

Edouard Marcel Sandoz (1881-1971), A Patinated Bronze Cobra 'Serpent à Lunettes', circa 1927. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 13 in. (33 cm.) high, 9½ in. (24 cm.) diameter - Est. $12,000 - $15,000 .Price Realized $43,750 Provenance: Hélène Rochas.Christie's, Monaco, Collection Hélène Rochas, 9 December 1990, lot 6.Christie's, Paris, Collection Claude et Simone Dray, 8 June 2006, lot 202. Notes: cf. F. Marcilhac, Sandoz. Sculpteur Figuriste et Animalier. Catalogue Raisonné de l'Oeuvre Sculpté, Paris, 1993, re. no.... [Lire la suite]