13 juillet 2020
A bronze tiger-form finial, Warring States period (475–221 B.C.)
Lot 2864. A bronze tiger-form finial, Warring States period (475–221 B.C.); 9. 3/8 in. (24 cm.) long. Estimate HKD 380,000 - HKD 500,000. Price realised HKD 750,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.
It is solidly cast in the form of a crouching tiger. Its head is raised growling with a long lean body and outstretched tail curling upwards at the tip. The head is finely cast with wavy lines suggesting fur, and with spiralled scrolls and continuous patterns defining the brows, ruff... [Lire la suite]28 juin 2020
A bronze rectangular censer, China, 17th-18th century
Lot 168. A bronze rectangular censer, China, 17th-18th century. Largeur: 12 cm. (4 ¾ in.) ; hauteur: 6 cm. (2 3/8 in.) Estimate EUR 4,000 - EUR 6,000. Price realised EUR 87,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020.
Reposant sur quatre petits pieds droits, la panse rectangulaire est flanquée par deux anses angulaires. La base porte une inscription à trois caractères Qing De Tang.
Provenance: Previously in a European private collection.
Christie's. Art d'Asie, Paris, 23 June 2020.... [Lire la suite]13 juin 2020
Brûle parfum tripode en bronze, ding, fin de la dynastie Shang-début de la Dynastie des Zhou de l'Ouest
Lot 102. Brûle parfum tripode en bronze, ding, fin de la dynastie Shang-début de la Dynastie des Zhou de l'Ouest (XIIème-VIIIème siècle av. JC.). Hauteur: 21,7 cm. (8 ½ in.). Estimate EUR 35,000 - EUR 40,000 (USD 39,807 - USD 45,493). Unsold. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020.
Il repose sur trois pieds cylindriques. Le corps est très délicatement sculpté d'une bande de maques de taotie entrecoupées de fines arêtes. Deux anses en forme de U inversés rythment le bord. Le bronze est... [Lire la suite]13 juin 2020
Jarre en bronze, hu, Dynastie des Han (IIIème av. JC.-IIIème siècle)
Lot 101. Jarre en bronze, hu, Dynastie des Han (IIIème av. JC.-IIIème siècle). Hauteur: 36,8 cm. (14 ½ in.). Estimate EUR 18,000 - EUR 25,000 (USD 20,472 - USD 28,433). Price realised EUR 9,375. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020.
Le corps globulaire légèrement aplati est sculpté de cercles concentriques, décorés sur les côtés d'une paire de anses en forme de monstres soutenant des anneaux mobiles, le pied est haut légèrement évasé et rythmé d'anses verticales. Le bronze a une... [Lire la suite]13 juin 2020
Grande cloche en bronze, yongzhong, Début-milieu de la dynastie des Zhou (XIème-IXème siècle avant JC)
Lot 100. Grande cloche en bronze, yongzhong, Début-milieu de la dynastie des Zhou (XIème-IXème siècle avant JC). Hauteur: 45,1 cm. (17 ¾ in.). Estimate EUR 18,000 - EUR 25,000 (USD 20,472 - USD 28,433). Price realised EUR 15,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020.
Les deux côtés de la cloche sont sculptés de trois rangs de bosses en relief, au-dessus d'une bande sculptée en bas-relief d'animaux stylisés devant. Le bronze a une patine claire couleur vert-gris incrustée de malachite et azurite.
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Petite cloche en bronze, yongzhong, Epoque des Printemps et Automnes, VIIème-VIème siècle
Lot 99. Petite cloche en bronze, yongzhong, Epoque des Printemps et Automnes, VIIème-VIème siècle. Hauteur: 22.1 cm (8 ¾ in.). Estimate EUR 8,000 - EUR 10,000 (USD 9,098 - USD 11,373). Price realised EUR 6,875. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020.
L'extérieur est orné de deux panneaux se faisant face surmontant un troisième panneau horizontal, tous rehaussés de rinceaux de motifs stylisés en relief. L'anse en forme de U inversé est ornée de motifs géométriques. La surface est tacheté de patine gris... [Lire la suite]07 juin 2020
A selection of archaic bronzes from the Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection at Christie's New York, 15-16 March 2015
Leopold and Jane Swergold.
Lot 3182. A bronze ritual food vessel, gui, Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 11th century BC, the inscription later; 11 in. (28 cm.) across the handles. Estimate $60,000 - $80,000. Price realised $93,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015.
The body is horizontally grooved below a band of dissolved dragons confronted on abstract taotie masks, which is repeated on the cover below a shallow groove encircling the circular, collared handle, which is... [Lire la suite]07 juin 2020
A bronze ritual food vessel, gui, Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 11th century BC, the inscription later
Lot 3180. A bronze ritual food vessel, gui, Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 11th century BC, the inscription later; 11½ in. (29.2 cm.) wide across handles. Estimate $60,000 - USD 80,000. Price realised $149,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015.
The S-curved body is raised on a pedestal foot encircled by a band of four taotie masks formed by pairs of dragons confronted on narrow flanges, and is encircled below the everted rim with a band of four similar taotie masks, the... [Lire la suite]07 juin 2020
A small bronze ritual wine vessel, gu, Shang dynasty, 13th-12th century BC
Lot 3180. A small bronze ritual wine vessel, gu, Shang dynasty, 13th-12th century BC; 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high. Estimate $15,000 - USD 20,000. Price realised $20,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015.
The trumpet-shaped neck is undecorated while the middle section, which is set between double bow-string borders, is flat-cast with taotie masks formed by pairs of downward-facing birds with prominent pupils and quills stacked below the coiled tail. Four birds of similar type,... [Lire la suite]07 juin 2020
Two bronze ritual wine vessels, gu, Shang dynasty, 13th-12th century BC from Anna Charlotte Rice Cooke Collection
'Portrait of Anna Rice Cooke (1853-1934)', oil on canvas painting by Frederic Yates (1854-1919), 1910, Honolulu Academy of Arts.
Mrs. Cooke was born into a prominent missionary family in Hawaii, where she spent the majority of her life. She and her husband, Charles Montague Cooke, were well known amongst the societal elite in Hawaii, and were eventually responsible for the establishment of the Honolulu Academy of the Arts, now called the Honolulu Museum of Art. In the early 1880s, the Cookes built their family home on... [Lire la suite]