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31 décembre 2013

A pale green jade 'landscape' boulder, 19th century

A pale green jade 'landscape' boulder, 19th century
A pale green jade 'landscape' boulder, 19th century. Photo Bonhams. The pale green stone carved with the figure of a scholar and a boy in front of an overhanging cliff supporting a thatched hut beside a path leading over a humped bridge and past a tall...
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31 décembre 2013

A fine pair of full-tip rhinoceros horn 'lotus pond' libation cups,19th century

A fine pair of full-tip rhinoceros horn 'lotus pond' libation cups,19th century
A fine pair of full-tip rhinoceros horn 'lotus pond' libation cups,19th century. Photo Bonhams. Each long horn intricately carved with a large lotus blossom concealing a frog crouching on the inside petals, issuing from a long smooth stem surrounded by...
30 décembre 2013

Fingernail Guards, 19th century (late Qing Dynasty)

Fingernail Guards, 19th century (late Qing Dynasty)
Fingernail Guards, 19th century (late Qing Dynasty). China. Collected & donated by Mrs Dickson, MAA 1929.451. Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, Cambridge. Worn principally by noble women either on one or several fingers. People with extremely long...
26 décembre 2013

A jade-mounted wood ruyi scepter with polychrome inlay, 19th century

A jade-mounted wood ruyi scepter with polychrome inlay, 19th century
A jade-mounted wood ruyi scepter with polychrome inlay, 19th century. Photo Bonhams The large scepter head mounted with a thick greenish-white nephrite plaque depicting a boy on a caparisoned elephant surrounded by a dragons and a bat in low relief, the...
25 décembre 2013

Rinpa Revival. Nonomiya Shrine Suzuribako. Japan, Edo-Meiji Period, 19th century

Rinpa Revival. Nonomiya Shrine Suzuribako. Japan, Edo-Meiji Period, 19th century
Rinpa Revival. Nonomiya Shrine Suzuribako. Japan, Edo-Meiji Period, 19th century. Photo courtesy Lesley Kehoe Galleries. Lacquer, mother-of-pearl shell, lead. 9.1 x 8.3 x 1.9 inches (23 x 21 x 5 cm). Lesley Kehoe Galleries. 'The Transcendent Spirit: Synthesizes...
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21 décembre 2013

Snuff bottle. China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, cyclical date 1813

Snuff bottle. China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, cyclical date 1813
Snuff bottle. China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, cyclical date 1813. Photo courtesy Santos-London. Porcelain. Height: 2.5 inches (6.5 cm) Santos-London. 100 Years of Export Porcelain: 1650–1750. Arader Galleries. Rare Book Room, 29 East 72nd Street, New...
16 décembre 2013

A blue ground embroidered dragon robe with eight medallions of dragons, 19th century

A blue ground embroidered dragon robe with eight medallions of dragons, 19th century
A blue ground embroidered dragon robe with eight medallions of dragons, 19th century. Photo Bonhams. The deep blue satin garment worked in rich colors and with gilt-wrapped threads presenting eight roundels of dragons amid clouds, bats, and Daoist symbols,...
12 décembre 2013

Two hundred year old Imperial Chinese robe makes £15,000

Two hundred year old Imperial Chinese robe makes £15,000
The Imperial Kesi Ground Formal Robe, Qing Dynasty, 19th century. Sold for £15,000. The robe depicts a gold dragon; court robes included the dragon motif together with a decorative representation of the Chinese conception of the cosmos. Photo: Lyon &...
11 novembre 2013

Emerald and diamond brooch-pendant, 19th century

Emerald and diamond brooch-pendant, 19th century
Emerald and diamond brooch-pendant, 19th century. Photo courtesy Sotheby's Centring on a step-cut emerald measuring approximately 21.50 x 18.10 x 12.05mm, framed by a scrolling motif highlighted with single-cut and rose diamonds, encircled by pinched...
11 novembre 2013

Emerald and diamond brooch, second half of 19th century and later

Emerald and diamond brooch, second half of 19th century and later
Emerald and diamond brooch, second half of 19th century and later. Photo courtesy Sotheby's Set with cushion-shaped, oval and circular-cut diamonds, later set to the centre with a step-cut emerald, later brooch fitting. Estimate 46,000 — 65,000 CHF Sotheby's....
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