Qianlong copper-red glazed dish, copper-red glazed stem bowl & blue-glazed bowl

A copper-red glazed dish. Qianlong six-character mark within a double circle and of the period. photo Bonhams

The finely potted dish with elegant flaring sides, the interior and underside covered in a rich red glaze. 7.6cm (6 3/4in) diam. Estimate: HK$60,000 - 80,000, USD 7,700 - 10,000 Unsold

清乾隆 霽紅釉盤 雙圈六字楷書款

The six-character mark, inscribed in three columns on the base, is written in kaishu, suggesting that the dish is from the early years of Qianlong's reign.

A fine copper-red glazed stem bowl. Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period. photo Bonhams

Finely potted, of sumptuous globular form supported on a splayed foot, covered in a rich attractive copper-red glaze. 18.8cm (7 1/2in) diam. Estimate: HK$200,000 - 300,000, USD 26,000 - 39,000 Unsold

清乾隆 霽紅釉高足碗 雙圈六字篆書款

A blue-glazed bowl. Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period. photo Bonhams

Of deep circular form resting on a short tapered foot and flaring at the rim, covered in a brilliant adamantine-blue glaze. 14.9cm (5 3/4in) diam. Estimate: HK$120,000 - 150,000, USD 15,000 - 19,000 Unsold

清乾隆 霽藍釉碗 六字篆書款

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings, 28 May 2010. JW Marriott Hotel www.bonhams.com

Lucio Fontana (1899 - 1968), Trois Concetto spaziale, Attesa

Lucio Fontana (1899 - 1968)  Concetto spaziale, Attesa. photo Sotheby's

idropittura su tela; firmato, iscritto Domani riceverò premio città di Milano e intitolato sul retro, cm 92x73. Est. 500,000—600,000 EUR Lot Sold 672,750 EUR

Eseguito nel 1965

Opera registrata presso la Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milano con il n. 336/1

L'opera è accompagnata dal certificato su fotografia rilasciato dalla Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milano

PROVENANCE: Acquistato direttamente dall'artista il 10 marzo 1966

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogue Raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environments spatiaux, Bruxelles 1974, vol. II, pag. 162 e pag. 116, n. 65 T 112, illustrato
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo generale, Milano 1986, vol. II, pag. 568, n. 65 T 57, illustrato
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana. Catalogo ragionato, Milano 2006, vol. II, pag. 757, n. 65 T 57, illustrato

Lucio Fontana (1899 - 1968)  Concetto spaziale, Attesa. photo Sotheby's

idropittura su tela; firmato e iscritto Mi piacciono i seni di Lorena sul retro, cm 47x38. Est. 180,000—250,000 EUR Lot Sold 360,750 EUR

Eseguito nel 1964-65

PROVENANCE: Collezione Sergio Mascalzoni, Verona
Ivi acquisito dall'attuale proprietario

EXHIBITED: Verona, Galleria Ferrari, Lucio Fontana, 1967

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: E. Crispolti, Fontana. Catalogo generale, Milano 1986, vol. II, n. 64-65 T 23, pag. 550, illustrato
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana. Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, Milano 2006, vol. II, n. 64-65 T 23, pag. 735, illustrato

NOTE: (...) Una volta disse: "Ho provato a mettere più colori sulla tela, ma il taglio non li sopporta".
Bastano anche soltanto due colori per creare una relazione, uno scontro, mentre Fontana ha vissuto un rapporto duellante, un solitario corpo a corpo tra la lama e la tonta superficie piatta. Ha compiuto un gesto non tanto dell'artista ma dell'uomo, non per ferire la tela ma per creare delle fessure che perforassero la pellicola linguistica del supporto, facciata bianca o monocroma.
Il quadro-oggetto permane nel modo dei fenomeni, attraverso il taglio sembra condurre lo sguardo oltre o dietro il quadro a raggiungere lo spazio retrostante.
Il buco non è uno spioncino per sbirciare la realtà retrostante, no, è un'indicazione di attraversamento verso la sorgente dell'infinito, il luogo che contiene tutte le immagini. (...)
(R. Mambor, in "Fontana Luce e colore", Genova 2008, pag. 118)

Lucio Fontana (1899 - 1968)  Concetto spaziale, Attesa. photo Sotheby's

olio su tela, firmato, iscritto Due più due quattro e intitolato sul retro, cm 27,5x24. Est. 200,000—250,000 EUR Lot Sold 276,750 EUR

Eseguito nel 1964. Opera registrata presso la Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milano con il n. 301/19

PROVENANCE: Collezione J. Michel, Parigi
Galerie Mathias Fels, Parigi
Sant'Erasmo Club d'Arte, Milano
Collezione privata, Caserta
Ivi acqustato dall'attuale proprietario

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: E. Crispolti, Fontana. Catalogo Generale, Milano 1986, vol. II, pag. 542, n. 64 T 137, illustrato
E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana. Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, Milano 2006, vol. II, pag. 727, n. 64 T 137, illustratro

Sotheby's. Modern & Contemporary Art including Contemporary Art from a Private Collection. 26 May 10. Milan www.sothebys.com

A pale green glazed tripod incense burner. Late 14th / Early 15th Century

A pale green glazed tripod incense burner. Late 14th / Early 15th Century. photo Bonhams

The straight sides rising from three cabriole feet and moulded around the exterior with the eight trigrams, bagua, amidst foliate scrolls, enclosed by two raised bands, with cloud scrolls below the flattened rim, covered all over with a 'kinuta' glaze, stopping short of the circular aperture at the base to reveal the porcelain body burnt orange during firing, zitan stand. 24.2cm diam.(9.5in) wide. Estimate: HK$150,000 - 250,000, USD 19,000 - 32,000 Unsold

Provenance: S. Marchant and Son, London.

十四世紀末/十五世紀初 青釉凸花八卦紋三足爐

來源：倫敦S. Marchant and Son

It is extremely rare to find a Longquan pale green celadon incense burner of such exquisite colour. Deriving its form from an archaic Han lian container, it is an excellent example of a high quality early Ming dynasty commission. Certainly, the presence of the very fine quality carved zitan stand demonstrates that it was considered a prized object during the Qing dynasty.

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings, 28 May 2010. JW Marriott Hotel www.bonhams.com

Irving Penn (1917-2009) Two Liqueurs, New York , 1951 & Frozen Foods with String Beans, New York, 1977

Irving Penn (1917-2009) Two Liqueurs, New York , 1951. photo Sotheby's

Dye-transfer print, printed before 1960. Flush-mounted to an aluminium board. Signed, titled and dated Two Liqueurs, New York 1951, annotated Print made before 1960 and Ref. 6419 by the photographer in pencil, with stamps 'Signed prints of this photograph not exceeding 16' and 'Dye transfer print made before 1960' with number and date in pencil, and with the photographer's Condé Nast copyright stamp on a paper label fixed to the reverse, and with a 'Irving Penn Studio' stamp on the reverse. Framed; 89.5 x 77.5 cm (35 ¼ x 30 ½ in.) Est. 60,000—80,000 GBP Lot Sold 145,250 GBP

PROVENANCE: Pace McGill Gallery, New York

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: Irving Penn, Passage. A Work Record, London, Jonathan Cape 1991, ill. p. 107

Irving Penn (1917 - 2009) Frozen Foods with String Beans, New York, 1977. photo Sotheby's

Dye-transfer print, printed 1993. Signed, titled and dated Frozen Food (with string beans) (New York, 1977) and annotated REF: 11183 in pencil on the reverse, stamped 'Signed, dye transfer prints of this image not exceeding 21', numbered and monogrammed in pencil by the photographer, 'Dye Transfer Print made 1993' and with the photographer's Condé Nast copyright stamp with date 1993 in pencil. Mounted and frame;. image 55.5 x 43.5 cm (21 7/8 x 17 1/8 in.), sheet 57.8 x 49.5 cm (22 ¾ x 19 ½ in.) Est. 40,000—50,000 GBP Lot Sold 79,250 GBP

PROVENANCE: Pace McGill Gallery, New York

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: Irving Penn. Photographs. A Donation in Memory of Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, exh. cat. Stockholm, Moderna Musseet, Raster Foerlag 1996, ill. p. 75.

Sotheby's. Photographs. 20 May 10. London www.sothebys.com

An extremely rare sacrificial-red glazed bowl. Xuande incised six-character mark and of the period

An extremely rare sacrificial-red glazed bowl. Xuande incised six-character mark and of the period. photo Bonhams

Of inverted bell-shape, the deep flared bowl supported on a straight foot, the rounded sides rising steeply to a flared rim, covered all over in a rich and lustrous mottled red glaze, skilfully brushed with white glaze at the rim, foot and base creating a distinct contrast. 15.2cm (6in) diam. Estimate: HK$500,000 - 700,000, USD 64,000 - 90,000 Unsold.

Illustrated: Kaikodo Journal, New York, Spring 2001, no.84

明宣德 祭紅釉碗 六字楷書刻款

出版：《懷古堂》，紐約，2001年春，編號84

No intact sacrificial-red glazed bowl of this rare Islamic-derived form with a Xuande reign mark appears to be recorded in any public or private collection. However, an excavated example, identical in form, was exhibited by the Urban Council, Hong Kong and the Jingdezhen Museum of Ceramic History, Imperial Porcelain of the Yongle and Xuande Periods Excavated from the Site of the Ming Imperial Factory at Jingdezhen, Catalogue, 1989, no. 73.

For two other monochrome examples in white and blue preserved in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, differing from the current example in that the kaishu reign marks are not incised, but inscribed in underglaze-blue, see Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Selected Hsuan-te Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 1998, pl. 57 and pl. 58.

The only Xuande reign-marked bowl of this form that appears to have been offered at auction is a yellow-glazed bowl, with similar incised mark as on the current example, sold Christie's Hong Kong, 25 October 1993, lot 732, and illustrated in Christie's 20 Years in Hong Kong, 2006, pg.105. It is now in the Meiyintang Collection, and is illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume Four, London, 2010, pl.1665.

碗侈口，鼓腹，矮圈足。口沿一圈現白，碗外通體施祭紅釉，有結晶斑，內足施白釉，附「大明宣德年製」楷書刻款。不管在私人或公共的收藏圖錄中，也沒有記錄完整無缺的宣德款祭紅釉碗。只有一件出土的相同例子，並在香港市政局及景德鎮陶瓷歷史博物館策劃下展出，見《景德鎮珠山出土永樂宣德官窰瓷器展覽》，1989，編號73。

另外兩件現藏於台北國立故宮博物院的白釉和藍釉例子，可參考《明代宣德官窯菁華特展圖錄》，台北，1998，圖版57及58。兩者與本碗的楷書款印有所不同，是以青花繪畫而成的。

在拍賣場上，只有一件黃釉碗與本碗一樣，刻有宣德六字楷書款，並於1993年10月25日在香港佳士得成交，拍品編號732，可參見《香港佳士德廿週年：中國瓷器及工藝品精選》，香港，2006，頁105。此碗現為玟茵堂珍藏，見康蕊君著，《中國陶瓷》，第四冊，倫敦，2010，圖版1665。

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings, 28 May 2010. JW Marriott Hotel www.bonhams.com

Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) Querelle, 1982

Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) Querelle, 1982. photo Sotheby's

Polacolor print. Mounted and framed. With a certificate from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York. 10.7 x 8.5 cm (4 1/8 x 3 3/8 in.) Est. 5,000—7,000 GBP Lot Sold 6,250 GBP

PROVENANCE: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York;
Jablonka Galerie, Cologne

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: Andy Warhol, Photography, exh. cat. The Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburgh/ Kunsthalle Hamburg, Zurich/ New York, Stemmle, 1999, see ill. p. 247 (Two Male Models Posing for 'Querelle' Poster).

Sotheby's. Photographs. 20 May 10. London www.sothebys.com

A magnificent pair of famille rose 'peony' bowls. Yongzheng six-character marks within double-circles and of the period

A magnificent pair of famille rose 'peony' bowls. Yongzheng six-character marks within double-circles and of the period (1723-1735). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010

The exterior of each bowl is intricately detailed in shades of pink, iron-red, yellow, pale green and turquoise-green enamels to depict two bees in flight above leafy branches bearing peony and magnolia blossoms at varying stages of maturity, entwined with a cluster of smaller daisy flowers - 4 in. (10.1 cm.) diam. (2) Est. HK$7,000,000 - HK$10,000,000 ($905,963 - $1,294,233)

清雍正 粉彩玉堂富貴盌一對 雙圈雙行六字楷書款

盌敞口，斜腹，圈足。內施白釉。外壁繪盛放的牡丹兩朵，一粉、一紅，嬌艷欲滴，玉蘭花枝伸展至一側，另一側黃色雛菊朵朵，兩隻蜜蜂在花中盤旋飛舞。底青花雙圈內書「大清雍正年製」楷書款。

清陳瀏著《陶雅》中曰：「粉彩以雍正朝最美，前無古人，後無來者，鮮艷奪目。」雍正粉彩有鮮而雅、粉而柔的特點，色彩、層次豐富多變。《中國陶瓷史》「清代的陶瓷」章雲：「雍正粉彩的特點是由於在彩繪畫面的某些部分採用了以玻璃白粉打底，用中國統繪畫中的沒骨畫法渲染，突出了陰陽、濃淡的立體感。」他對瓷器製作、設計講究嚴謹，雍正朝宮廷作坊中凡有花卉題材，均是工筆寫真，形神俱佳，氣韻清雅脫俗。如此對盌上所繪之牡丹、玉蘭及雛菊，色彩淡雅逸麗，運筆自然流暢，層次清晰，可見雍正帝品味之高雅，追求自然清新的唯美境界。

此器原為美國著名藏家Doris Duke收藏，1970年間購於紐約Chait Galleries。

Provenance: The Doris Duke Collection, by repute
Chait Galleries, New York, acquired by the present owner in 1970

Notes: Compare a bowl of slightly larger proportions decorated with five peony blossoms from the collection of K. L. Essayan sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 April 2002, lot 567 and again 28 November 2005, lot 1349; and its pair from the same collection sold at Sotheby's London, 2 March 1971, lot 195, and again, at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 November 1976, lot 626, and illustrated by Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt and Jean-Claude Moreau-Gobard, Chinese Art, pl. 163. Another pair of larger but very similarly decorated Yongzheng bowls were sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, Liquidation of the Entire Stock of the New York store of Yamanaka & Co. Inc., 24-27 May 1944, lot 288. Other related bowls include a pair of the same size but with straight sides, sold at Christie's New York, 3 June 1993, lot 294; and another painted with yellow and white peonies in the Baur collection, illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, Vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, p. 115, pl. A599. A pair of closely related bowls to those in the Baur collection was sold at Christie's New York, 3 June 1993, lot 294. A larger Yongzheng-marked bowl attributed to the Palace Workshops in Beijing with very similar elements but slight differences in the composition is illustrated by H. Moss, By Imperial Command, Hong Kong, 1976, pl. 63. Compare also a related bowl of identical size to the present example decorated with chrysanthemum rather than peony, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7 May 2002, lot 535. For a Qianlong-marked bowl of the same pattern but without the magnolia, compare a bowl sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 October 2000, lot 909.

During the Yongzheng period, enamellers at the palace workshops concentrated on improving their techniques and skills in painting enamels on porcelain, and in only a short period of time, they were able to achieve high artistic standards which have never been surpassed. Formal bands of floral decoration gave way to more naturalistic compositions on white ground, giving emphasis to the pureness of the porcelain and the painterly manner in which the motifs have been rendered. This is the case on the present bowl with the design of peonies in full bloom with yellow enamel stippled centers resembling pollen to attract the two bees hovering above.

Christie's. The Imperial Sale Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. 31 May 2010 . Hong Kong www.christies.com

Follower of Jan Brueghel the Elder. Still life of parrot tulips, morning glory, roses, peonies, lilies, ...

Follower of Jan Brueghel the Elder. Still life of parrot tulips, morning glory, roses, peonies, lilies, snowdrops and other flowers in a stone vase, together with a butterfly. photo Sotheby's

oil on panel; 77.7 by 50.7 cm. Est. 20,000—30,000 EUR Lot Sold 34,350 EUR

PROVENANCE: With Kunsthandel P. de Boer, Amsterdam, where bought by the family of the present owners in the 1950s.

Sotheby's. Old Master Paintings. 18 May. Amsterdam www.sothebys.com

An impressive diamond ring & An emerald and diamond necklace and ring suite, by Cartier

An impressive diamond ring, by Cartier. photo Bonhams

The step-cut diamond, weighing 27.05 carats, within a six-claw setting, to bullet-shaped diamond shoulders, mounted in platinum, signed 'Cartier Paris' and numbered, French assay marks, ring size 5¼. Sold for HK$2,160,000

Accompanied by a certificate from GIA stating that the 27.05 carats diamond is fancy light yellow, natural colour, VVS2 clarity. Report number 13283032, dated 16th March 2004.

An emerald and diamond necklace and ring suite, by Cartier. photo Bonhams

The necklace designed as a series of oval-cut emeralds connected by brilliant and shield-shaped diamond circlet links, accompanied by a ring of similar design, mounted in 18k yellow gold, signed 'Cartier Paris', French assay marks, diamonds approximately 40.40 carats total, necklace length 31.4cm, ring size 4½. (2). Sold for HK$456,00

Bonhams. Fine Jewellery and Jadeite and Modern Wristwatches. JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong, 28 May 2010 to 29 May 2010 www.bonhams.com

Carstian Luyckx (Antwerp 1623 - ? After 1657) A swag of roses and thistle-leaf, ...

Carstian Luyckx (Antwerp 1623 - ? After 1657) A swag of roses and thistle-leaf, tied with a blue ribbon, before a blue velvet drapery on a sculpted table, together with a Red Admiral and a Cabbage Butterfly, a landscape beyond. photo Sotheby's

oil on canvas; 61.5 by 50.4 cm. Est. 30,000—40,000 EUR. Lot Sold  90,750 EUR

EXHIBITED: IJsselstein, Stadsmuseum IJsselstein, Zomerse Stillevens & Tuinen. Hollandse meesters Barok en Modern, 25 April - 30 September 2009.

NOTE: Although it remains unclear where exactly Luyckx was active during his career, it is known that he stayed in his native town of Antwerp until at least the 1650s, and possibly even later. French inscriptions on his later paintings allow us to believe he moved to southern regions, but no documents confirm this.
His preferred subjects consist of vanitas paintings, game pieces and flower still lifes, mostly containing garlands, see for example the one sold, New York, Sotheby's, 26 January 2006, lot 11, or festoons, and like this painting, a swag of flowers. They have been recorded in private Antwerp collections as early as 1652.¹

1. See A. van der Willigen, F.G. Meijer, A Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish Still-life Painters Working in Oils, 1525-1725, Leiden 2003, pp.134-5.

Sotheby's. Old Master Paintings. 18 May. Amsterdam www.sothebys.com