22 juin 2011
Chinese robes and surcoats @ Bonhams, San Francisco

06 juin 2011
Massive Qianlong Lacquer Vase Highlights June Auction In San Francisco
A fine red, black and yellow carved lacquer baluster vase, 18th Century. Estimate $80,000-120,000. Photo Bonhams
San Francisco - Summer begins with a wealth of Chinese art at Bonhams & Butterfields, with fine objects in every collecting category going on the auction block June 21 at 10 a.m. A rare carved red, lacquer vase, Qianlong, discovered in an East Coast private collection, is a star lot and cover of the catalogue (est. $80,000-120,000). Carved with classic taotie masks, enclosed in stiff lappet bands on a ground of... [Lire la suite]
09 mai 2011
Chinese Textiles @ Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 12 May 2011, New Bond Street
A yellow silk Imperial Court nine-dragons robe. Early 19th century. Photo Bonhams
Yellow silk yardage, comprising the front, back and over-flat, for an Imperial dragon robe, jifu, with Five Imperial Symbols, the thin, bright yellow, tabby-woven silk with double-sided embroidery and worked with nine couched gold thread five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls against a background of clouds, bats, scattered Buddhist Emblems and 'shou' characters, all above a deep water and wave border, together with the sacred mountain and Precious... [Lire la suite]
03 mai 2011
Chinese textiles @ Nagel Auctions
A fine embroidered dragon robe with five clawed dragons among clouds and auspicious motifs, China, 19th ct. Photo Nagel
L. 139 cm. Red ground plain silk densely embroidered with gold threads and polychrome silks, the fine gold embroidery excuted in couched stitches;. Estimate 6 000 €
A fine embroidered Lady's robe with golden dragons on black satin, China, 19th ct. Photo Nagel
Gold threads partly loosened, silk satin partly worn. Estimate 2 500 €
Provenance: From a German private collection
A blue silk robe with... [Lire la suite]
14 décembre 2010
Dragon robe, informal robe & silk velvet vest, Qianlong Period, Qing Dynasty & 19th century

09 novembre 2010
An embroidered blue ground dragon robe & An embroidered blue gauze summer dragon robe, 19th Century

25 juin 2010
Kesi-woven dragon robes & a lady's kesi-woven silk vest, 19th Century & Qing Dynasty

16 mai 2010
Chinese robes & embroidered rank badges @ Nagel - Auction Fine Asian Art. May 7th 2010

24 mars 2010
Chinese textiles @ Sotheby's, Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, 23 Mar 2010, New York
A fine and rare gold 'kesi' 'one hundred birds' jacket. Qing dynasty, 19th century. photo courtesy Sotheby's
finely woven depicting 'one hundred birds' in a landscape with trees flowers including pomegranates, finger citrons, nandina berries, crab apples, and peaches - width 63 in., 160 cm. Est. 20,000—30,000 USD. Lot Sold 50,000 USD
NOTE: Compare a 'one hundred boys' informal robe in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, illustrated by Robert Jacobsen, Imperial Silks: Ch'ing Dynasty Textiles in The... [Lire la suite]
08 octobre 2009
A superb and rare large blue and white 'dragon' moonflask. Seal mark and period of Qianlong
A superb and rare large blue and white 'dragon' moonflask. Seal mark and period of Qianlong
the well potted body of flattened globular form, superbly painted on each side in vivid tones of cobalt-blue with simulated 'heaping and piling' with a medallion enclosing a ferocious full-faced dragon, the scaly five-clawed beast framed by flaring horns and flowing mane, leaping amidst swirling vaporous clouds and flames, the medallion reserved on a ground of scrollwork issuing three large lotus blooms extending up each... [Lire la suite]