YOKO London Calypso collection rose gold ring featuring a pink freshwater pearl surrounded by amethysts and diamonds.
YOKO London Calypso collection rose gold ring
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Taffin, yellow sapphire ring
Taffin 18ct gold ring featuring a large yellow sapphire on a rose gold band covered in high-tech ceramic.
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Hoplistocerus prominulosus, Hoplistocerus dives, Hoplistocerus prominulosus, Hoplistocerus callioides, Hoplistocerus iheringi
Hoplistocerus prominulosus
Hoplistocerus dives
Hoplistocerus prominulosus
Hoplistocerus callioides
Hoplistocerus iheringi
Hoplistocerus refulgens
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Habit à la française en soie bleu ciel brodé d'une frise d'éventails en fil argent, années 1760
Habit à la française en soie bleu ciel brodé d'une frise d'éventails en fil argent, années 1760. Estimation : 800 CHF / 1 200 CHF. Photo HÔTEL DES VENTES DE GENÈVE
habit sans boutonnière avec manches à revers en soie écrue, gilet en soie écrue brodée et culotte à pont, l'ensemble orné de sequins
Man's French formal suit, hand-sewn in skyblue silk suit embroidered with a repeated fan pattern in silver thread and silver sequins, 1760s, justacorps (long coat) with ornamental buttons and wide cream silk sleeve cuffs, slightly raised collar, breeches and a cream silk waistcoat
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Trois gilets en soie brodée, fin XVIIIe siècle
Trois gilets en soie brodée, fin XVIIIe siècle. Estimation : 800 CHF / 1 200 CHF. Photo HÔTEL DES VENTES DE GENÈVE
poches et bas droits avec le col légèrement montant et petit revers, 2 décorés de rayures noires en velours et brodés de sequins et motifs et 1 brodé de fleurs multicolores, dos en lin et laine
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Veste en velours de soie bleu marine brodée, années 1780
Veste en velours de soie bleu marine brodée, années 1780. Estimation : 500 CHF / 800 CHF. Photo HÔTEL DES VENTES DE GENÈVE
bords, poches et manches brodés au point d'arête de feuilles de chêne et de glands, gilet assorti en soie écru avec poches à pointes, doublure en soie
Man's formal navy blue velvet silk justacorps, 1780s, front, pockets and cuffs embroidered with a repeated pattern of acorns and oak leaves, matching ivory silk embroidered waistcoat with silk lining
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Gilet d'hiver à pointe, en soie jaune brodé, circa 1750
Gilet d'hiver à pointe, en soie jaune brodé, circa 1750. Estimation : 300 CHF / 500 CHF. Photo HÔTEL DES VENTES DE GENÈVE
décoré de roses et de fleurs bleus sur un treillis de vignes, longueur dépassant les hanches avec le devant en V, les poches à pointes, dos en lin matelassé de laine.
HÔTEL DES VENTES DE GENÈVE. Tableaux, Dessins, Découpages du Château d'Hauteville, le 11 Septembre 2015 à 15h
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A copper-red-glazed bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735)
A copper-red-glazed bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735). Estimate $12,000 – $18,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015
The bowl has deep, rounded sides and is covered on the exterior with a glaze of soft, crushed-strawberry-red color ending in a line on the ring foot. 5 ½ in. (14 cm.) diam.
Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
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A small blue-glazed jardinière stand, Yongzheng four-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1723-1735)
A small blue-glazed jardinière stand, Yongzheng four-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1723-1735). Estimate $15,000 – $25,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015
Thickly potted with shallow rounded sides that rise to a flat, everted rim, the dish is covered overall with a glaze of rich cobalt blue that thins to white on the outer edge of the rim. 5 ½ in. (14 cm.) diam.
Notes: Stoutly potted dishes of this type were intended to serve as stands for small jardinières or flower pots. See, for example, the Yonzheng-marked tea-dust-glazed jardinière and stand sold at Christie's New York, 20 March 2001, lot 274, and the Yongzheng-marked, red-glazed flower pot and stand illustrated in Catalog of the Special Exhibition of K'ang-Hsi, Yung-Cheng and Ch'ien-Lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, p. 72, no. 35. See, also, a similar Yongzheng-marked 'sky-blue'-glazed stand of similar shape and size sold at Christie's New York, 13-14 September 2014, lot 1540.
Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
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Lamprima adolphinae Gestro, Lamprima latrelei, Lamprima aurata, Lamprima micardi
Lamprima adolphinae Gestro, 1875, male
Lamprima adolphinae Gestro, 1875, female
Lamprima latrelei
Lamprima adolphinae blue form
Lamprima adolphinae golden form
Lamprima aurata
Lamprima micardi
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An unusual small celadon-glazed barrel-form incense stick-flower holder, Qianlong six-character seal mark
An unusual small celadon-glazed barrel-form incense stick-flower holder, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate $10,000 – $15,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015
The sides are applied with a pair of mask and ring handles between two rows of bosses, and the flat top is pierced with seven circular openings, all under a glaze of soft, greyish blue-green color that also covers the base. The bottom of the foot is covered with a brown dressing. 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) high
Notes: Vessels of this type, with a top pierced with circular apertures, could have been used to hold either incense sticks or flowers. A similar example, of larger size (16.9 cm.), bearing a Yongzheng seal mark, is illustrated in Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, The Zhuyuetang Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, p. 149, no. 78. The barrel shape and the celadon glaze of the present and Zhuyuetang vessels are more usually found on jars of a size similar to the Zhuyuetang holder, such as the Qianlong-marked jar from the Robert Chang Collection sold at Christie's New York, 16 October 2001, lot 390.
Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
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A rare celadon-glazed relief-decorated baluster vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period
A rare celadon-glazed relief-decorated baluster vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate $10,000 – $15,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015
The tapering body is finely decorated in relief with a band of leafy flower scroll bearing four large blossoms between a band of narrow chrysanthemum petals below and a ruyi collar on the rounded shoulder. The tall neck is decorated on each side with a pair of confronted archaistic birds between bow-string borders and repeated on the pair of tubular handles, all below a ruyi band at the flared rim. The vase is covered overall with a glaze of soft sea-green color that thins on the raised decoration and rims. Together with fitted 19th century French ormolu mounts. Vase 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.) high
Provenance: Nellie Lisa Bass, Baroness Burton (1873-1931).
George Evan Michael Baillie, Baron Burton (1894-1952).
Michael Evan Victor Baillie, Baron Burton (1924-2013)
Partridge Fine Arts Ltd., London, September 1984.
Exhibited: On loan: Birmingham City Art Gallery, circa 1950-1983.
Note: The pair to the present vase was sold at Christie's New York, 20-21 March 2014, lot 2181.
Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
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A rare relief-decorated celadon-glazed baluster vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795)
A rare relief-decorated celadon-glazed baluster vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate $10,000 – $15,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015
The high shouldered jar is decorated in relief with a multitude of chilong dragons and phoenix, their sinuous bodies highly stylized with raised bosses terminating in curled tendrils. The short slightly flared neck rises to a lipped rim encircled by a wan emblem border. The waisted base is decorated with a further border of overlapping lotus panels. The glaze is of a rich olive-green tone pooling in the recesses to highlight the decoration. 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) high
Note: Vases of this form and decoration are extremely rare and this appears to be one of only two known examples. The other example was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1356.
Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
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A teadust-glazed pear-shaped vase, Qianlong inscribed six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795)
A teadust-glazed pear-shaped vase, Qianlong inscribedsix-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate $30,000 – $50,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015
The body of compressed pear shape is supported on a slightly splayed foot and rises to a tall, cylindrical neck. The vase is covered overall in an even, speckled, dark olive-green glaze except for the unglazed bottom of the foot which is covered with a black dressing. 13 in. (33 cm.) high
Provenance: Estate of Bess Myerson (1924-2014), Santa Monica, California.
Note: In 1954, Bess Myerson was the first Jewish woman to be crowned Miss America. She served as New York commissioner from 1969-1973.
Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
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A magnificent and very rare large celadon-glazed carved moon flask, Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period
A magnificent and very rare large celadon-glazed carved moon flask, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate $1,000,000 – $1,500,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015
The elegantly potted body is raised on a rounded rectangular foot and is decorated in low-relief on both sides with dense, leafy lotus scroll, repeated on the neck between the pair of chilong-form handles, and below a band of classic scroll at the lipped rim. The vase is covered in an even glaze of soft blue-green tone. 17 ¾ in. (45.2 cm.) high
Provenance: Mary Eddy Jones (1902-2000), Oklahoma, acquired in 1950s-60s, and thence by descent within the family.
Marylin Jones Jarmin, Mary Eddy Jones and Mr. Henry Ford II, at the opening of the Ford Motor Company Glass Factory, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1975.
Notes: In the 18th century, the Jingdezhen imperial kilns devoted considerable research and development to the production of celadon glazes applied to a white porcelain body. In the Qianlong reign, these fine celadon glazes were sometimes used on undecorated pieces - the perfection of the glaze enhancing the elegance of the form. However, celadon glazes were also applied to porcelain vessels with low relief surface decoration, which had become somewhat bolder and more formal in the Qianlong reign. The present vase is an excellent example of the refined effect that could be created by the use of the carved decoration on a monochrome porcelain vessel.
No other celadon-glazed Qianlong-marked moonflask of this size and particular shape appears to have been published. However, a blue and white moonflask of similar size and shape, also decorated with lotus scrolls and withchilong handles, and with Qianlong seal mark, is illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art; Chinese Ceramics IV; Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 74. Compare, also the unmarked Qianlong period blue and white moonflask with lotus-scroll decoration on the body and petal lappets on the neck from the Huaihaitang Collection exhibited at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ethereal Elegance - Porcelain Vases Of The Imperial Qing - The Huaihaitang Collection, November 2007-March 2008 and illustrated in the catalogue, p. 280, no. 94. Another similar example, but with a Yongzheng mark, was sold at Sotheby Parke Bernet, Hong Kong, 16 May 1977, lot 93.
Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
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A large flambé-glazed bottle vase, Qianlong six-character incised seal mark and of the period (1736-1795)
A large flambé-glazed bottle vase, Qianlong six-character incised seal mark and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate $60,000 – $80,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015
The heavily potted vase has an ovoid body that tapers to a cylindrical neck and is covered with a rich streaked glaze of dark crushed-strawberry red and milky blue draining to mushroom at the rim. The interior has a greyish-celadon glaze and the base a mottled celadon glaze. 18 in. (45.8 cm.) high
Provenance: Private collection, New York, acquired before 1940, and thence by descent to the present owner.
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GEORGE AND NETTIE FOWLKES, HOBE SOUND, FLORIDA
Notes: This distinctive glaze first appeared during the Yongzheng period and seeks to recreate the famous classical Jun wares of the Song dynasty. The splashes and streaks characteristic of this glaze are described as yao bian, or 'transmutation glaze', which has been the subject of much research. For a discussion of this topic see R. Kerr, Chinese Ceramics: Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London, 1986, p. 75, and N. Wood, 'The Evolution of the Chinese Copper Red', by R. Scott (ed.), Chinese Copper Red Wares, Percival David Foundation of Art, London, 1992, pp. 29-30.
The potters at the imperial Jingdezhen kilns were charged with the task of reproducing these glazes on porcelain. Such was the enthusiasm of the Yongzheng emperor for Jun glazes that the important Taocheng jishi bei (Commemorative Stele on Ceramic Production), composed by the famous imperial kiln director Tang Ying in 1735, lists no fewer than nine different Jun-type glazes, and noted that five of these were based upon ancient examples that had been sent from the palace in Beijing to the imperial kilns hundreds of miles to the south at Jingdezhen, in Jiangxi province. In order to achieve successful imitation of Jun glazes, Tang Ying went to considerable lengths, including sending his secretary Wu Yaopu to Junzhou in 1729 to try and obtain the recipe for Jun glazes. This dedication to the accurate recreation of Song dynasty glazes continued into the Qianlong period, and is evident on the present lot.
A flambé-glazed vase with Qianlong mark, of similar size to the present vase, was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 December 2008, lot 2571.
Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
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A café-au-lait-glazed dish, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795)
A café-au-lait-glazed dish, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate $60,000 – $80,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015
The shallow, rounded sides rise from a low foot to the slightly flared rim and are encircled by a double bow-string band. The dish is covered inside and out with a slightly iridescent glaze of reddish-brown color, and the base is white. 6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.) diam., box
Notes: It is unusual to find a dish of this type with a Qianlong mark, but a pair in the Zhuyetang Collection is illustrated inShimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, p. 230, no. 153. See, also, the two dishes of the same size sold at Christie's New York, 29 March 2006, lot 459 and 19 September 2006, lot 380.
For a Kangxi precursor see the dish in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, no. 233. The eight-character mark on the base may be translated, 'made for the Zhonghe Pavilion in the renzi year of Kangxi', corresponding to 1672. Yongzheng-marked examples are represented by one illustrated in Old Oriental Ceramics Donated by Mr. Yokogawa, Tokyo National Museum, 1953, pl. 389, and another included in the exhibition, Chinese Antiquities from the Brian S. McElney Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1987, no. 100.
Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
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A copper-red-glazed stem bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue in a line and of the period (1736-1795)
A copper-red-glazed stem bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue in a line and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate $7,000 – $9,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015
The bowl with rounded sides that flare towards the rim is raised on a conical foot and is covered inside and out with a glaze of dark crushed-strawberry-red color below the white rim. The mark is in a line inside the foot - 6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam.
Provenance: Sotheby's Amsterdam, 28 November 2000, lot 364.
Michael L. Vermeer, Atlanta, Georgia.
Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
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A small tea-dust-glazed bottle vase, Qianlong six-character inscribed seal mark and of the period (1736-1795)
A small tea-dust-glazed bottle vase, Qianlong six-character inscribed seal mark and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate $30,000 – $50,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015
The vase with bulbous body and neck that tapers to a galleried rim is covered overall with a glaze of dark olive-green color that also covers the base around the mark which is covered with a glaze of mottled brown color. 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high
Provenance: Christie's New York, 18 September 2003, lot 344.
Michael L. Vermeer, Atlanta, Georgia.
Notes: Compare the similar vase with the more usual tea-dust glaze, and Qianlong mark, illustrated in Porcelain from the Tianjin Municipal Museum, Hong Kong, 1993, no. 162. Another is illustrated by R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p. 256, no. 935, and another is illustrated by J. Ayers in Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, London, 1985, p. 164, no. 135, where the author notes that the darker glaze is typical of the later period. See, also, the similar Qianlong-marked vase from the Goldschmidt Collection sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 13 November 1990, lot 64.
Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
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Two copper-red-glazed bowls, Qianlong six-character seal marks in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795)
Two copper-red-glazed bowls, Qianlong six-character seal marks in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate $8,000 – $12,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015
Each has deep, rounded sides that flare towards the rim and is covered on the exterior with a glaze of deep crushed-strawberry-red color. Together with a copper-red-glazed bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period, with deep, rounded sides that rise to a slightly everted rim, the exterior covered in a glaze of dark crushed-strawberry-red color. 7 7/8 in. (19.5 cm.) diam.; 7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) diam.
Provenance: Michael L. Vermeer, Atlanta, Georgia.
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