10 septembre 2010
Jade jewelry @ Doyle New York
Pair of Art Deco Platinum, Jade and Diamond Pendant-Earrings, Janesich. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Topped by 2 square-cut diamonds, joined by graduated pairs of 20 baguette diamonds, totaling approximately 1.85 cts., suspending 2 oval cabochon jade approximately 19.6 x 14.4 x 6.15 mm. and 19.65 x 14.4 x 6.25 mm., signed Janesich, with maker's mark, no. 74154, circa 1930. With GIA report no. 2125245897 stating that the jade is natural color, no indications of impregnation. Estimate $20,000-30,000
Art Deco Jade and... [Lire la suite]
10 septembre 2010
The Joe Grimberg Collection's three black jade snuff bottles

10 septembre 2010
Wucai baluster jar and cover. Transitional period, circa 1650
A Wucai baluster jar and cover. Transitional period, circa 1650. photo Christie's Ltd 2010
Painted around the body with a scene of a maiden kneeling in tribute before male and female officials, their attendants to one side in front of a large screen and altar table, while a group of maidens play musical instruments on a terrace, all beneath a border of 'cracked-ice' pattern on the shoulder and rocks and flowers on the tapered neck, the cover painted with a scene of three boys playing in a rocky landscape; 15 1/8 in.... [Lire la suite]
10 septembre 2010
Transitional period Blue & White porcelains @ Christie's
A blue and white cylindrical brushpot. Transitional period, circa 1640. photo Christie's Ltd 2010
Painted with scholars in a terraced landscape being attended to by their young servants while participating in three of the 'Four Scholarly Pursuits', the rim dressed in a brown wash, and the flat foot left unglazed; 7½ in. (19.1 cm.) high, lacquer cover, Japanese wood box - Estimate $20,000 - $30,000
A blue and white sleeve vase. Transitional period, circa 1635-1650. photo Christie's Ltd 2010
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10 septembre 2010
'Puddingstone', fossiliferous limestone, mammoth tooth, amygdaloidal basalt & hair chrystal snuff bottles

10 septembre 2010
A blue and white fish-bowl. Wanli mark and period

10 septembre 2010
Ming Dynasty blue and white @ Christie's Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 16 - 17 September 2010, New York
A rare large blue and white 'shou-character' jar. Wanli six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619). photo Christie's Ltd 2010
The heavily potted, high-shouldered body decorated with a pattern of shou roundels reserved on a ground of dense lotus scroll with small flowers and scrolling tendrils, above a band of linked ruyi heads at the base, the short neck encircled by an unusual pattern of conjoined lotus buds, the reign mark within a recessed roundel in the center of... [Lire la suite]
10 septembre 2010
A Blue and White dish & A Blue and White dish, Jiajing mark and period.
