mythical beast

Lot 223. A large painted grey pottery figure of a mythical beast, Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220); 48cm long. Sold for €2,560.  Photo Bonhams. Well modelled as a crouching and winged mythical beast, the powerful body with a ridged back arched above strong haunches, the upturned snout pulled in an aggressive snarl, with bulging eyes and pricked ears, a rectangular aperture behind the neck, traces of white pigment.The results of TL-Analysis C100x45, Oxford Authentication Ltd., 15 August 2000 are consistent with the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3002. A celadon and russet jade 'boy and buffalo' group, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 8.5 cm. Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 HKD). © 2023 Sotheby's. The Victor Shaw Collection of Chinese Jades. Exhibited: James C.Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch’ing, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1980, cat. no. 47. Lot 3011. A reticulated white and russet jade 'dragon' plaque, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 10.2 cm. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 HKD). © 2023 Sotheby's. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 464. A pair of celadon jade figure of mythical beasts, Ming dynasty or earlier; l. 9.7 cm. Lot sold: 277,200 GBP (Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's.   Lot 486. A celadon jade figure of Xuanwu, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); h. 10.7 cm. Lot sold: 113,400 GBP (Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's.   Lot 468. An archaistic celadon and russet jade 'chilong' rhyton, gong, Ming dynasty... [Lire la suite]

Lot 56. A pale green jade carving of two mythical beasts, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911); 14cm (5 1/2in) wide; 9cm (3 1/2in) high. (2). Sold for HKD 229,500 (Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000). © Bonhams 2001-2022 Well carved as a younger beast playfully resting on a larger recumbent beast, the larger one with its head slightly tilted to the right, detailed with a long snout, bulging eyes beneath furrowed brows a long single horn and a finely incised mane flanked by a pair of large furled ears,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 361. A Qingbai figure of a mythical beast, Song - Yuan dynasty (960-1368); 19 cm. Lot sold: 252,000 HKD (Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD). © 2021 Sotheby's Provenance: Schoettle Ostasiatica, Stuttgart, 1970 (label).Collection of Sibyl Hermele, no. 418 (label).Acquired in London, post-1970. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 30 November 2021

Lot 130. A pair of painted baked mud figures of mythical beasts, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1279-1644); 51⁄8 in. (13 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised USD 1,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2021. Each crouching figure is modeled with a snarling expression, long snout and ridged backbone, with the details picked out in muted colors of yellow, red, brown, green and grey. Property from the Collection of Frederick A. and Sharon L. Klingenstein Christie's. Art of China.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 578. An Exceptionally Rare and Important Gold, Silver and Glass-Embellished Bronze Vessel, fanghu, Warring States period, 4th-3rd century BC. Height 13¾ in., 35.1 cm. Estimate: 2,500,000 - 3,500,000 USD. Lot sold 8,307,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.  NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s bi-annual Asia Week sale series in New York achieved $36.4 million this week – significantly above the series’ high estimate of $29.1 million, and all sales surpassing their high estimates. Works from... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 407. A brown jade figure of a mythical beast, Song-Ming dynasty (960-1644); 4.4 cm, 1 3/4  in. Estimate 25,000 — 30,000 HKD. Lot sold 32,500 HKD (3,703 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. seated upright with its head looking forward, the stone of a rich reddish-brown tone.  Provenance: An English private collection. Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 05 June 2020 

Lot 101. A white and russet jade carving of a mythical beast, 18th century; 7.5cm (2 7/8in) wide. Estimate: £ 8,000-12,000. Sold for £ 22,500 (€ 25,121). © Bonhams The lustrous stone of an even pale tone with minor russet inclusions, exquisitely carved as a recumbent horned beast detailed with bulging eyes and curling mane, grasping a leafy lingzhi spray in its mouth, its head turned to the backwards with its tail coiling along the rounded thigh, crouching on scrolling clouds extending to the underside.  ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3771. A yellow jade carving of a mythical beast, Ming dynasty; 7 cm., 2 3/4  in. Estimate 300,000 — 400,000 HKD. Lot sold 375,000 HKD  (43,108 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's the pebble worked as a crouching animal with bushy eyebrows and a notched spine ending in a tail swept up against hindquarters incised with archaised tufts of hair, the yellow stone suffused with russet veins and brown skin on the underside.  Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 07 Oct 2015