21 décembre 2022

Two parcel-glazed pottery camels, China, Sui-Tang dynasty, 7th century

  Lot 168. Two parcel-glazed pottery camels, China, Sui-Tang dynasty, 7th century. Hauteur : 32,5 cm. (12 3/4 in.) et 33,2 cm. (13 1/8 in.). Price realised EUR 37,800 (Estimate EUR 20,000 – EUR 30,000). © Christie’s Limited Images 2022 Ils sont représentés debout sur une base rectangulaire, la tête droite et regardant droit devant. Leur pelage et leur crinière sont rendus par un travail de ciselage. Chacun porte sur son dos une selle sur laquelle sont entreposés des sacs. Leur selle... [Lire la suite]

20 mars 2022

An exceptionally rare white marble pear-shaped bottle and cover, Sui-Tang dynasty, 7th century

      Lot 295. An exceptionally rare white marble pear-shaped bottle and cover, Sui-Tang dynasty, 7th century. Height 12⅜ in., 31.5 cm. Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 USD. © Sothebys. Property from an American Private Collection. Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 22nd September 2005, lot 297. Note: It is extremely rare to find vessels of this early date made of marble, a medium that was then used for carving figural or animal sculptures. A few white marble vessels, such as a footed... [Lire la suite]
09 mars 2020

A white-glazed pottery compressed pear-shaped jar, Sui-Tang dynasty, 6th-7th century

Lot 1301. A white-glazed pottery compressed pear-shaped jar, Sui-Tang dynasty, 6th-7th century; 4¼ in. (11cm.) high. Estimate 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised 30,000 USD. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010 The squat, globular body below a stepped neck and widely-flaring rim, all covered in a finely-crackled, lustrous glaze stopping short of the flat foot. Provenance: British Rail Pension Fund; Sotheby's London, 12 December 1989, lot 63. Note: See Mayuyama, Chugoku Bunbutsu Kenbun, Tokyo, 1948, pl.... [Lire la suite]
17 février 2020

Three bronze circular mirrors, Sui-Tang dynasty, 6th-8th century

Lot 1272. Three bronze circular mirrors, Sui-Tang dynasty, 6th-8th century; 3 5/8, 6 and 3¾ in. (9.2, 15.2 and 9.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 40,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. One cast with four animals racing around the central knob, within a raised border and an inscription in the outer field, below dogtooth and scallop borders; the largest with a band of tiny bosses encircling the knob, in the outer field four masks face the center as two pairs... [Lire la suite]
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15 janvier 2020

A rare pair of greyish-green-glazed stoneware lamps, Sui-Tang dynasty, 6th-7th century

Lot 1438. A rare pair of greyish-green-glazed stoneware lamps, Sui-Tang dynasty, 6th-7th century; 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 15,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 Each is modeled with a large lower drip pan supporting a domed formation of overlapping lotus petals below a smaller upper drip pan surmounted by a cylindrical, horizontally grooved candle holder. Both lamps are covered overall in a finely crackled transparent glaze of greyish... [Lire la suite]
19 décembre 2017

A green-brown glazed pottery group of a camel with a calf, Sui-Tang dynasty, 7th century

Lot 390. A green-brown glazed pottery group of a camel with a calf, Sui-Tang dynasty, 7th century. H. 37,5 cm. Estimate 12.000/18.000 €. Lot sold 12.000 €. Courtesy Nagel Standing on a flat base, the head held erect, the mouth opened, the ears sticking out. With a saddlecloth fastened around the neck, the belly and back with buckled straps, loaded with a blanket. The space between the legs is solidly modelled and moulded in relief, showing on one side a suckling calf, on the other two small figures... [Lire la suite]

15 mars 2015

A Yueyao celadon jar, China, Sui-Tang dynasty, circa 600 AD

A Yueyao celadon jar, China, Sui-Tang dynasty, circa 600 AD. Estimate USD 2,000 - 3,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The rounded ovoid body with two loop handles applied to the shoulder, covered on the exterior with a thin olive-green glaze stopping above the foot; 5 3/8 in. (13.8 cm.) high, box Provenance: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1987. Property from the Private Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Christie's. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD... [Lire la suite]
09 juillet 2014

Asian Art in London celebrates its seventeenth year

A blue and white 'boys' vase, Kangxi period. Height: 25.5 cm. Photo Littleton & Hennessy. LONDON.- From 30 October - 8 November Asian Art in London presents the 17th year of the celebration of the arts of Asia in the form of selling exhibitions at the galleries of specialist Asian art dealers and auctions at the major salerooms. Asian Art in London opens on Thursday 30 October with a glittering champagne Gala Party at the British Museum where guests can enjoy a private view of the British Museum’s exhibition,... [Lire la suite]
13 novembre 2013

An archaic bronze 'lion and grapevine' mirror, Sui-Tang dynasty

An archaic bronze 'lion and grapevine' mirror, Sui-Tang dynasty. Photo courtesy Bonhams Heavily cast in a circular form, one side flattened and undecorated, the other side cast with a central mythical beast handle, encircled by four lions amidst entwined growth of grapevines, all issuing from raised circular ridges and edges. 12.3cm diam. Estimate HK$ 30,000 - 50,000 (€2,900 - 4,800) Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Hong Kong. 24 Nov 2013
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28 mars 2011

A large straw-glazed pottery amphora, Sui-Early Tang dynasty

Lot 121. A large straw-glazed pottery amphora, Sui-Early Tang dynasty; height 21 1/4 in., 54 cm. Estimate 8,000—12,000 USD. Lot Sold 13,750 USD. photo Sotheby's 2011 the tall ovoid body surmounted by a waisted neck rising to a cupped mouth, flanked by a pair of dragons biting the rim, their bodies coiled around the neck, their lower legs and tails resting on the shoulders, covered overall in a straw-colored glaze Sotheby's. Informing the Eye of the Collector: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from J.T. Tai &... [Lire la suite]
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