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16 mars 2010

A rare large inscribed duan stone scholar's rock. 18th/19th century

A rare large inscribed duan stone scholar's rock. 18th/19th century. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2010 The vertical 'rock' well carved in low relief on one side with a vignette of bamboo, plum blossom, orchid and chrysanthemum, and inscribed with a poetic...

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Tags: 18th-19th century, Duan stone, Robert H. Blumenfield Collection, scholar's rock

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9 juillet 2009

German, two ivory turned cup, 17th century; a jasper goblet, 18th century and four agate bowls, Italian 18th-19th century

Turned cup. German, 17th century ivory. 23.5cm., 9¼in. Estimate 25,000—35,000 GBP. Sold 79,250 GBP Turned cup. German, 17th century ivory. 25cm., 9 3/4 in. Estimate 20,000—30,000 GBP. Sold 49,250 GBP NOTE: These two intricately turned ivory cups are an...

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Tags: 17th century, agate, Ivory, 16th Century, Italian, Goblet, German, 18th-19th century, Sotheby's, Turned cup, jasper

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20 juin 2009

New acquisitions by the the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Female Figure, ca. 18th - 19th century, South India or Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Ivory with traces of polychromy, semi-precious stones, and wire, 10-1/4 inches tall. (Photo by Katherine Wetzel, © 2009 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts). RICHMOND, VA.-A powerful...

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Tags: India, Théodore Géricault, 18th-19th century, James Prosek, Sallie Lee Blount Mahood, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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20 juin 2009

A rare rhinoceros horn cup. 18th/19th Century

A rare rhinoceros horn cup. 18th-19th Century Of gently curving profile, depicting a raft coursing through finely detailed waves and tree branches, the wider end possibly presenting Zhang Qian, the famous Han Dynasty explorer, seated on a bench reading...

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Tags: rhinoceros horn, cup, 18th-19th century, Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian

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19 juin 2009

A red overlay Peking glass vase. Qianlong Mark, 18th-19th Century

A red overlay Peking glass vase. Qianlong Mark, 18th-19th Century Of stick neck shape and translucent white 'snowflake' ground beneath the rich cranberry red layer carved away to form a cloud collar band above a five-clawed dragon striding through clouds...

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Tags: Peking Glass, 18th-19th century, red overlay glass, Qianlong Mark

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31 mai 2009

A fine spinach jade censer and cover. Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century

A fine spinach jade censer and cover. Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century the rectangular body with projecting tubular corners each terminating in short waisted foot, finely carved around the exterior with an archaistic band of interlocking snakes above shou...

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Tags: Qing dynasty, censer and cover, 18th-19th century, spinach jade

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24 mai 2009

A monumental 'Daoist paradise' ten-fold screen, 18th/19th century

A monumental 'Daoist paradise' ten-fold screen, 18th/19th century Ink and colour on silk, mounted as a ten-fold screen, finely painted with a Daoist paradise depicting the Eight Immortals and Shoulao, Li Tieguai and Liu Haichan, Laozi riding an ox and...

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Tags: 18th-19th century, ink and colour on silk, 'Daoist paradise', ten-fold screen

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24 mai 2009

An 'Eight Immortals' kesi panel. The kesi 18th/19th century

An 'Eight Immortals' kesi panel. The kesi 18th/19th century Hanging scroll, colour on silk, the mounted scroll decorated with the Eight Immortals, Shoulao and Liuhai and the three-legged toad, engaged in leisurely pursuits in the legendary island of Peng...

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Tags: 'Eight Immortals', 18th-19th century, kesi panel

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24 mai 2009

A large silk-embroidered 'Hundred Birds' hanging, 18th/19th century

A large silk-embroidered 'Hundred Birds' hanging, 18th/19th century Embroidered with myriad birds including peacock, peahen, cranes, honeysuckle and other birds, perched on a gnarled tree and on pierced rockwork, beside bamboo and tree peony by a pond...

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Tags: 18th-19th century, 'Hundred Birds', hanging, silk-embroidered

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24 mai 2009

A gilt-decorated and polychrome dark red lacquer stand, 18th/19th century

A gilt-decorated and polychrome dark red lacquer stand, 18th/19th century The square top supported by four sides below an undulating apron of classic scroll, set on a square support atop three short feet, the dark-red-lacquered surface finely painted...

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Tags: 18th-19th century, dark red lacquer, gilt-decorated, polychrome lacquer, stand

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