27 mai 2011
Arabic-inscribed circular bronze box and cover & quatrelobed incense burner. Ming dynasty
An Arabic-inscribed circular bronze box and cover. Ming dynasty. Photo Bonhams
Of large circular form, the cover cast with a central medallion enclosing an Arabic invocation within a circular border cast with continous foliate wavy scroll, the base cast with apocryphal Zhengde two-character mark. 23.8cm wide. (2). Estimate: HK$300,000 - 500,000, US$ 39,000 - 64,000. Unsold
明 梵字紋圓蓋盒 陽文「正德」篆書款
The inscription on this box is the bismallah, the formula which appears at the start of every sutra or chapter in the Qur'an, and appears... [Lire la suite]
02 mai 2011
Tang dynasty parcel-gilt silver, silver and gilt-bronze @ Christie's London

12 avril 2011
A very rare and fine round, carved cinnabar lacquer (tihong) box and cover with peony décor. China, six-character mark Xuande

27 février 2011
Famille rose peach box and cover, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng mark and period

29 janvier 2011
Kangxi Blue and White @ Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental Art

29 novembre 2010
Eskenazi to Bring Chinese Treasures to New York
Parcel-gilt Silver Melon-shaped Box and Cover, Tang period, 618-907. Height: 8.0 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Rare and luxurious articles made for emperors, courtiers and scholars are the focus of the fifteenth annual New York exhibition staged by London gallery Eskenazi Ltd, one of the world’s leading dealers in Asian art. Early Chinese Metalwork in Gold and Silver and Works of Art of the Ming and Qing Dynasties will take place at the Ukrainian Institute, 2 East 79th Street , New York , from Tuesday 15 to Saturday 26 March 2011. The... [Lire la suite]
30 octobre 2010
A large Canton enamel box and cover, China, Qianlong period
A large Canton enamel box and cover, China, Qianlong period. photo courtesy Nagel
D. 34,2 cm. Slightly chipped, old overpainted losses to enamels - Estimate 5 000 €
Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de
22 octobre 2010
An imperial peachbloom seal-pasteseal-paste box and cover, China, Kangxi mark and period.
An imperial peachbloom seal-pasteseal-paste box and cover, China, Kangxi mark and period. photo courtesy Nagel
Of compressed circular form, the domed cover of mottled pinkish colour with some white speckling, the underside of stronger red colour with light green speckling. D. 7,6 cm - Estimate € 5 000 / 8 000
Cf. National Palace Museum Taipeh, 'Special Exhibition of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Porcelain', 1986, Cat.no. 11
Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de
19 octobre 2010
A black jade seal-paste box and cover. Ming Dynasty.

01 octobre 2010
A fine and rare carved polychrome lacquer 'Immortals' box and cover. Qianlong Mark And Per
A fine and rare carved polychrome lacquer 'Immortals' box and cover. Qianlong Mark And Period. photo courtesy Sotheby's
of hexalobed form, the domed cover with a central hexalobed medallion and with six further medallions repeated on the sides, each intricately carved in various levels of relief to reveal the layers of red, ochre and green lacquer with a scholar and attendants engaged in leisurely pursuits in different garden settings, the box similarly decorated with six panels each featuring scholars in... [Lire la suite]