30 avril 2011
Two tea-dust-glazed bottle vases. Incised seal mark and period of Qianlong
A fine tea-dust-glazed bottle vase. Seal mark and period of Qianlong. Photo Sotheby's
the elegantly potted globular body rising from a flaring foot to a tall cylindrical neck with cup-shaped mouth, covered with a densely flecked olive-green glaze paling at the rim and around the shoulder, an incised seal mark to the recessed base; 19.5 cm., 7 7/8 in. Estimate 600,000—800,000 HKD. Lot Sold 2,180,000 HKD
NOTE: A Qianlong vase of this form covered with a similar strikingly deep tea-dust glaze is illustrated in Porcelains from the... [Lire la suite]30 avril 2011
Vase Dragon, Assiette "Pêches", vases Doucai et Pousière de Thé. Marque et Période Yongzheng @ Photo Aguttes - Paris
Vase bouteille "Dragon". Marque Yongzheng à six caractères en bleu sous couverte dans un double cercle. Photo Aguttes - Paris
à fond émaillé blanc décoré en rose sur la panse de deux dragons à cinq griffes entourant la perle sacré dans un encadrement de nuages. Dragon et perle au col. H : 33 cm - Estimation : 30 000 / 40 000 €
Assiette ronde en porcelaine blanche décorée en émaux de la famille rose. Marque Yongzheng à six caractères en bleu sous couverte dans un double cercle. Photo Aguttes - Paris
de... [Lire la suite]30 avril 2011
"The Way of the Master – The Great Artists of India, 1100–1900" @ Museum Rietberg in Zurich
Self-Portrait and Portraits of Artists (detail) By Daulat, Mughal, c. 1610 © Golestan Palace Library, Tehran. Photo: Davood Sadeghsa
800 years of Indian painting, about 200 masterpieces by more than 40 artists – and all this at a glance. Never before has it been possible in the West to acquaint oneself with the entire history of Indian painting at a single exhibition.The inventiveness and colour sense of artists such as Abd al-Samad, Farrukh Beg or Nainsukh are as impressive as their names are exotic. Acclaimed by their... [Lire la suite]