boxwood

Jim Dine (B. 1935), The Face in the Rage of Red, 1986. Estimate: $20,000-30,000. Photo: Bonhams. NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams presents Dance of Death, a curated selection of macabre masterpieces from the collection of the late Richard Harris. The sale will take place from October 21 – November 1 and will feature an extraordinary group of over 115 works focused on the iconography of death.After retiring in 2001 from his business as an antique prints dealer in Chicago, Harris began to amass a distinctly unusual group of works... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3044. An inscribed boxwood ruyi, Qng dynasty, 17th-18th century; 13 ¾ in. (34.9 cm.) long, Japanese wood box. Estimate HKD 100,000 - HKD 150,000. Price realised HKD 125,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 The smooth wood is well carved as a gnarled lingzhi stem with a large lingzhi head at one end and smaller heads sprouting from the sides. The reverse is incised with a poetic inscription by the Tang dynasty poet Li Shangyin, followed by a signature and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5080. A boxwood brush pot, 17th century; 17.2 cm, 6 3/4  in. Estimate 50,000 — 80,000 HKD. Sold for 62,500 HKD (7,395 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. of irregular form and accented with knots and cavities, the exterior smoothly patinated to a warm brown colour. Sotheby's. EYE/EAST, Hong Kong, 22 May 2020

Lot 1135. A boxwood ruyi scepter, 18th-19th century; 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) long. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 3,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2016 The scepter is carved in the form of lingzhi, with a wide cap for a head, and with smaller lingzhi caps climbing up the shaft. Provenance: J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1988. Christie's. The Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Scholar's Objects, New York, 17 march 2016

Lot 105. A huanghuali and boxwood two-tiered carry box, Late Ming-Early Qing dynasty; 94 by 61.1 by 46 cm., 37 by 24 by 18 1/8  in. Estimate 380,000 — 550,000. Lot Sold 1,500,000 HKD (172,434 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. the base of the carry box comprising a rectangular frame connected by two transverse stretchers, each short side with an openwork spandrelled upright rising from the base frame to meet the arch-shaped handle, the spandrels carved... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1132. A stained or lacquered boxwood ruyi scepter, 18th century; 16 in. (40.6 cm.) long. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 3,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2016 The scepter is carved in the form of lingzhi, with two caps making up the head of the scepter, and two smaller caps below. Provenance: Kagedo Gallery, Orcas, Washington. Literature: S. Little, Spirit Stones of China, the Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Chinese Stones, Paintings, and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3323. A small square boxwood vase, Qing dynasty, 19th Century; 10 cm., 4 in. Estimate 200,000 -- 250,000 HKD. Lot Sold 100,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's the body of square baluster lobed form rising from a short splayed foot to a narrow neck with flaring rim, the base carved with an apocryphal Qianlong four-character seal mark. Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 22nd May 1984, lot 244. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3336. A carved boxwood seated Buddha, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century; 12 cm., 4 3/4 in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot Sold 162,500 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the rotund figure wearing a loose robe, with a loving and jovial expression, supporting a little boy playfully climbing on his shoulder, the wood of rich, golden brown colour, wood stand. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 april 2011

Lot 3316. A carved Boxwood wristrest, Qing Dynasty, 18th century; 20.2 cm., 8 in. Estimate 150,000 — 250,000 HKD. Lot Sold 350,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. naturalistically carved as a slightly curled section of tree bark with irregular openings and cracks, one side carved in low relief with a branch of prunus blossom, the underside decorated with a sprig of three narcissus, the smooth patina of warm honey tone. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3332. A carved Boxwood brushpot, Qing Dynasty, 18th-19th century; 14.7 cm., 5 3/4 in. Estimate 120,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot Sold 212,500 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. well carved in high relief with a sleeping sage stumped over a book, with a second sage standing to one side with a brush in his hand, the reverse set with a tiger snarling at a dragon emerging from the clouds. Provenance: Collection of H.G. Beasley.Sotheby's London, 4th May 1984, lot... [Lire la suite]