collection of David and Nayda Utterberg

Anonymous (Early 14th Century), Miroku Bosatsu (Bodhisattva Maitreya) in Welcoming Descent. Ink, color, gold and gold leaf on silk. Estimate: $300,000-400,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022. NEW YORK, NY.- During New York’s annual Asian Art Week in March 2022, Christie’s will present Enlightenment and Serenity: Important Buddhist Paintings from the Collection of David and Nayda Utterberg as part of the Japanese and Korean Art Including the Collection of David and Nayda Utterberg sale on 22 March 2022. Twenty lots from... [Lire la suite]

Lot 230, A pair of huanghuali yokeback armchairs (sichutou guanmaoyi), 17th-18th century. Estimate 150,000 — 250,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's each with an arched crestrail terminating in truncated ends, with two gently curved cylindrical corner posts centered by a wide serpentine rectangular splat, the elongated outscrolled arms supported at the mid-section by S-form stiles and recessed front posts connecting to the soft mat seat within a molded frame and with two bowed stretchers underneath, all above... [Lire la suite]

Lot 229, A Huanghuali Recessed-leg Table (Qiaotouan), 17th-18th century. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's the thick single plank top set to either end with delicately shaped everted ends tongue and grooved into the inside edge, all supported on four splayed, cylindrical legs joined by a continuous beaded apron with stylized foliate openwork spandrels and a pair of rounded stretchers to either side. Height 34 1/4  in., 87 cm; Width 54 1/4  in., 137.8 cm; Depth 13 3/4  in.,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 227, A Huanghuali Waistless Daybed (Ta), 17th-18th century. Estimate 300,000 — 500,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's the molded frame of standard miter, mortise and tenon construction enclosing a soft mat platform with five bowed stretchers underneath, above square-section corner legs ending in inward turning hoof feet and joined by humpback stretchers. Height 21 1/8  in., 53.7 cm; Width 84 in., 213.3 cm; Depth 24 3/4  in., 62.9 cm Property from the collection of David and Nayda Utterberg ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 220. A lavender-blue 'Jun' bowl, Southern Song Dynasty. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's. thickly potted with deep, gently rounded sides rising to a slightly incurved rim, applied overall with a rich lavender-blue glaze, thinning at the rims to a mushroom color, stopping unevenly around the foot revealing the pale orange body, Japanese wood box (3). Diameter 3 3/4  in., 9.5 cm Property from the collection of David and Nayda Utterberg Provenance: Christie's New York, 2nd December... [Lire la suite]

Lot 213. A 'Cizhou' Cream-Glazed Pillow, Northern Song Dynasty. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the curved upper surface of ruyi form raised on a high pentagonal base, the top incised with a peony borne on a leafy stem, reserved against a densely combed background, covered overall in a cream glaze over a white slip stopping at the foot and the front side of the base, Japanese wood box (3). Width 11 5/8  in., 29.4 cm Property from the collection of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 212. A 'Jizhou' Resist-Decorated 'Prunus' Box and Cover, Southern Song Dynasty. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's of circular form, the domed cover carved through the glaze with a sprig of prunus below a crescent moon, the exposed body appearing reddish-burnt biscuit against the straw-white glazed ground, the interiors partly glazed (2). Diameter 3 in., 7.5 cm Property from the collection of David and Nayda Utterberg Provenance: Purchased in Hong Kong, 1986. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 211. A Small White-Glazed Flower-Form Bowl, Jin-Yuan Dynasty. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's well potted, of conical form, rising from a short straight foot ring, indented in six-lobed flower form and molded to the interior with a chrysanthemum floret, covered overall with a crackle-suffused ivory-white glaze. Diameter 4 1/8  in., 10.5 cm  Property from the collection of David and Nayda Utterberg Provenance: Purchased in Hong Kong, 1989. Sotheby's.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 210. A Small 'Ding' Bowl, Northern Song Dynasty. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's with deep rounded sides rising to a lipped rim, all supported on a slightly recessed base and foot, the white stoneware body covered overall with an ivory-tinged glaze, the rim left unglazed. Diameter 4 1/8  in., 10.5 cm Property from the collection of David and Nayda Utterberg Provenance: Purchased in San Francisco, 1987.  Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 16 Mar 2016,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 221. A 'Jizhou' 'Papercut' 'Prunus' Bowl, Southern Song Dynasty. Estimate US$ 2,000 — 3,000. Photo Sotheby's the deep gently curved sides rising from a short tapering foot to a slightly incurved rim, modelled with a ridge to the interior and resist-decorated with plum blossom florets reserved on a dark brown against a purplish-brown ground, the exterior with a dark brown glaze stopping short of the unglazed foot, revealing the light buff body, Japanese wood box (3). Diameter 4 3/4... [Lire la suite]