wrist rest

Lot 3228. A sancai-glazed wrist rest, Tang dynasty (618-907). H 5.7cm L 10cm W 11.7cm. Estimate HKD 450,000 - 650,000. Lot sold: HKD 420,000. © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022. Provenance: The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, purchased from Eskenazi, London, no. EK163 in May 2003. Poly Auction. Tang Sancai Ceramics From The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, Hong Kong, 14 Jul 2022

Lot 1105. A rare large zitan wrist rest, 18th-19th century; 22 ½ in. (57.6 cm.) long. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 40,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2016 The unusually long wrist rest is carved on the convex top in imitation of root gnarl. The wood has a satiny patina and is rich purple in color.  Provenance: Christie's New York, 16 September 1999, lot 76.Nicholas Grindley, London, 1999. Christie's. The Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Scholar's... [Lire la suite]

Lot 229. An ivory wrist rest, dated 1903; 28cm., 11in. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000. Lot sold 17,500 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's. of rectangular form, the concave side carved in high relief with two birds perched amongst flowering chrysanthemum branches, the reverse engraved with distant figures in a sampan boat amongst a mountainous landscape with trees, accompanied by an inscription dated guimao year (corresponding to 1903). Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 13... [Lire la suite]

Lot 800. A blue and sancai-glazed pottery pillow or wrist rest, China, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907);  5 ½ in. (13.9 cm.) long. Estimate $8,000 - $12,000. Price Realized $21,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 Modeled in the form of a crouching beast supporting an oval top decorated in blue, amber and straw glazes with a geometric pattern, the base carved with an inscription. Provenance: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1986. Christie's. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT... [Lire la suite]

Famille Rose Porcelain Wrist Rest, China, Jiaqing period (1796-1820). Mark ‘Le Shan Tang’ ?, ‘Hall of Pleasure from Goodness’. Photo courtesy Auctionata. Finely decorated porcelain in an unusual design, in the colors of the Famille Rose. Fine pink and blue enamel diaper heightened in gilding. In the form of a furled handscroll. Length: 17 cm. Good condition. Estimate €1,200 – €1,500 Provenance: from a German private collection. This Chinese porcelain wrist rest in the colors of Famille Rose was made during the Jiaqing... [Lire la suite]

A finely carved botanical rhinoceros horn cup 17th/18th century. Carved in relief around the sides with a butterfly flitting amongst various plants and bamboo growing amidst rockwork, 5.1/4 in. (13.5 cm.) long. Estimate: $60,000-80,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010. NEW YORK, NY.- On March 25, Christie’s New York will present For the Enjoyment of Scholars: Selections from the Robert H. Blumenfield Collection, a single-owner sale of exceptional Chinese carvings and works of art. Meticulously acquired over the past thirty... [Lire la suite]