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Broche Barrette en platine fil de couteau ornée de trois diamants taillés en brillant. Epoque 1920.

20 mercredi Août 2014

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Broche Barrette, Epoque 1920.

Broche Barrette en platine fil de couteau ornée de trois diamants taillés en brillant. Epoque 1920.. Photo Artcurial

Poids brut des diamants : 7,60, 7,77 et 8,66 cts. Long. : 7,7 cm. Poids brut : 17 g. Estimation : 150 000 € / 180 000 €

Accompagnés chacun d’un certificat du laboratoire LFG (2014) indiquant :
• pour le 7,60 cts : couleur H, pureté SI1, fluorescence faible.
• pour le 7,77 cts : couleur H, pureté VS2, aucune fluorescence.
• pour le 8,66 cts : couleur J, pureté VS2, fluorescence faible.

ARTCURIAL DEAUVILLE, 14800 DEAUVILLE. Bijoux, le 23 Août 2014 à 14h

A ‘Ding’ persimmon-glazed lobed bowl, Song Dynasty

20 mercredi Août 2014

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A 'Ding' persimmon-glazed lobed bowl, Song Dynasty

A 'Ding' persimmon-glazed lobed bowl, Song Dynasty

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A ‘Ding’ persimmon-glazed lobed bowl, Song Dynasty.  Photo Sotheby’s

finely potted of wide conical form, the gently rounded sides flaring up from the short, slightly splayed footrim to the elegant hexalobed rim, evenly covered with a lustrous russet-brown glaze, the glazed on the interior transforming to a darker brown in a narrow section below the drained rim, repeated on the exterior, the russet glaze variegated with patches of black-brown near the foot, the unglazed footrim revealing the fine white body, Japanese double wood box (5). Diameter 6 5/8  in., 17 cm. Estimation 20,000 — 30,000USD

Ding lobed bowls covered with this lustrous russet-brown glaze are highly prized for their discerning craftsmanship which draws inspiration from the beauty of nature in both its lobed form and color. Referred to in literature as soybean or persimmon glaze (shi se you), as well as red or purple (zi), bronze purple (zi jin), and caramel (jiang se you), such colored bowls were made by a number of north-Chinese kilns. However the pieces made at the official Ding kilns located at Quyang in Ding county, Hebei province, are distinguished as the most exceptional and rare by their particularly fine near-white body exposed at the foot and visible through the glaze at the rim.

A ‘Ding’ bowl of related form and glaze, from the Chang Foundation, is illustrated in James Spencer, Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1990, pl. 28; another in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., is published in Oriental Ceramics. The World’s Great Collections, vol. 9, Tokyo, 1981, pl. 62; and a third example is included in Chinese Ceramics from the Museum Yamato Bunkakan Collection. Illustrated Catalogues Series, vol. 7, Nara, 1977, pl. 57. Closely related bowls also include one from the Muwen Tang collection, included in the exhibition Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1994, cat. no. 23, sold in our London rooms, 12th November 2003, lot 9; and another sold at Christie’s New York, 19th March 2008, lot 542. Compare also a bowl of this type, but with a plain rim, sold in our London rooms, 13th November 2002, lot 84.

The technique of producing this russet-brown hue on Ding wares, reminiscent of brown lacquers of the Northern Song dynasty, is worth noting. The color is in fact a film that was produced when the dark brown glaze was over-saturated with iron: the excess iron crystallizes at the surface during firing and cooling (see Monique Crick, ‘The Art of the Song Potters – Simplicity, Elegance, and Technical Perfection’, The Monochrome Principle. Lacquerware and Ceramics of the Song and Qing Dynasties, Museum fur Lackkunst, Munich, 2008, pp. 59-60).

Sotheby’s. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York | 16 sept. 2014, 10:30 AM 

A rare ‘Ding’ dish, Song Dynasty

20 mercredi Août 2014

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A rare 'Ding' dish, Song Dynasty

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A rare ‘Ding’ dish, Song Dynasty.  Photo Sotheby’s

of shallow saucer shape resting on a low wedge-shaped foot ring, the interior crisply carved with a chilong curled to form a medallion encircled by floral sprays, one bearing a large peony, the other a lotus, the petals with delicately incised and combed details, the underside plain, all under an ivory glaze, the rim bound in metal. Diameter 5 5/8  in., 14.3 cm. Estimation 15,000 — 20,000 USD

Provenance: Mrs. Lily H. Yu.
Sotheby’s London, 13th – 14th November 1972, lot 320.
Sotheby’s London, 8th July 1974, lot 136.
Sotheby’s London, 12th December 1978, lot 357.
Sotheby’s New York, 15th June 1983, lot 216.

Exposition; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, on loan, 2007-2008.

Sotheby’s. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York | 16 sept. 2014, 10:30 AM

A rare ‘Jizhou’ meiping ,Southern Song Dynasty 

20 mercredi Août 2014

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A rare 'Jizhou' meiping ,Southern Song Dynasty

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A rare ‘Jizhou’ meiping ,Southern Song Dynasty. Photo Sotheby’s

with rounded shoulders tapering towards the foot, the body decorated in brown with an alternating repeated design of scrolls confined within ruyi-shaped outlines, the narrow neck painted with a key-fret band, rising to a rounded lip decorated with dots. Height 8 1/4  in., 21 cm. Estimation 30,000 — 50,000 USD

Provenance: Acquired in California, circa 1980.
Collection of Dr. Qingcai Zhang.

The technique used to create this type of design is difficult to control and as a result, vessels decorated this way are scarce.  An example of another meiping of similar size, also with the same all-over scrolling pattern was sold in our London sale rooms, 17th November 1999, lot 728; another is illustrated in Good Fortune Throughout History – An Exhibition of Black Glaze and Porcelain from Tzu-chou and Ji-Chou Kilns, Taipei, 2004, no. 41; and one on loan from the Florence and Herbert Irving collection is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (L.1992.62.25).

This kind of scroll design is best known and likely derived from contemporary carved lacquerware where it was used mainly in the decoration of bowls, dishes, trays and boxes. Similar designs were also made on silver vessels. For a silver example of ameiping and cover with this design excavated from a silver hoard in Deyang county, seeZhongguo Meishu Quanji, Gongyi meishu bian, vol. 10, Beijing, 1987, pl. 99.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. P106s56 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

Sotheby’s. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York | 16 sept. 2014, 10:30 AM
 

A russet-splashed black-glazed bowl , Northern Song Dynasty

20 mercredi Août 2014

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A russet-splashed black-glazed bowl , Northern Song Dynasty

A russet-splashed black-glazed bowl , Northern Song Dynasty. Photo Sotheby’s

the flaring sides with a slightly incurved rim, covered with a black glaze and splashed with russet on the interior and exterior, above the knife pared foot applied with a thin coat of brown slip. Diameter 3 5/8  in., 9.1 cm. Estimation 7,000 — 9,000 USD

Sotheby’s. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York | 16 sept. 2014, 10:30 AM

A russet-splashed black-glazed bowl , Northern Song Dynasty

20 mercredi Août 2014

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A russet-splashed black-glazed bowl , Northern Song Dynasty

A russet-splashed black-glazed bowl , Northern Song Dynasty. Photo Sotheby’s

the rounded sides rising from the knife-pared foot to the finger-grooved rim, covered with a lustrous black glaze liberally splashed on the interior and exterior with russet, foot dressed with a thin brown slip. Diameter 3 1/2  in., 8.9 cm. Estimation 7,000 — 9,000 USD

Sotheby’s. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York | 16 sept. 2014, 10:30 AM

Graff diamond necklace

20 mercredi Août 2014

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Diamond Necklace, Graff, very light pink briolette diamond

Graff diamond necklace featuring 388 pink and white diamonds and a 30.94ct very light pink briolette diamond that has been weightlessly suspended within a rose gold frame and accentuated with a cascade of white and pink diamonds.

Graff diamond necklace featuring 388 pink and white diamonds and a 30.94ct very light pink briolette diamond that has been weightlessly suspended within a rose gold frame and accentuated with a cascade of white and pink diamonds.

David Morris pear-shaped pink diamond ring

20 mercredi Août 2014

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David Morris, pear-shaped pink diamond

David Morris pear-shaped pink diamond ring set against a glimmering backdrop of pavé pink diamonds on a rose gold band.

David Morris pear-shaped pink diamond ring set against a glimmering backdrop of pavé pink diamonds on a rose gold band.

Three Toi & Moi pink diamond rings

20 mercredi Août 2014

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Alexandre Reza, Boodles Gemini, Fancy Pink diamond, heart-shaped diamond, oval-cut pink diamond, pear-shaped diamond, Toi & Moi ring, Zambian emerald

Alexandre Reza Toi & Moi pink gold ring featuring a 5.04ct Fancy Pink, internally flawless, pear-shaped diamond alongside a bright green Zambian emerald.

Alexandre Reza Toi & Moi pink gold ring featuring a 5.04ct Fancy Pink, internally flawless, pear-shaped diamond alongside a bright green Zambian emerald.  © Katrin Baumann 2013 All right reserved

Boodles Gemini ring set with a natural light pink pear-shaped diamond, mirrored by a D colour white diamond.

Boodles Gemini ring set with a natural light pink pear-shaped diamond, mirrored by a D colour white diamond.

Boodles Gemini Heart ring set with a heart-shaped white diamond and oval-cut pink diamond in white and pink gold.

Boodles Gemini Heart ring set with a heart-shaped white diamond and oval-cut pink diamond in white and pink gold.

A fine ‘Sky Blue’  ‘jun’ bowl, Song-Jin Dynasty

20 mercredi Août 2014

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A fine 'Sky Blue'  'jun' bowl, Song-Jin Dynasty

A fine 'Sky Blue'  'jun' bowl, Song-Jin Dynasty

A fine ‘Sky Blue’  ‘Jun’ bowl, Song-Jin Dynasty. Photo Sotheby’s

the steep rounded sides rising to a delicately incurved rim, covered overall in an evenly applied and fine ‘sky blue’ glaze of milky lavender blue suffused with a pale crackle and draining to a mushroom tone at the rim, the glaze pooling unevenly above the unglazed neatly pared ring foot, Japanese wood box. Diameter 6 7/8  in., 17.7 cm. Estimation 40,000 — 60,000 USD

‘Jun’ ware has been much admired over the centuries by both Chinese and Western connoisseurs for the beauty of its glaze, its depth and intensity; this particular shade of sky blue being understood as the ideal color for the monochromatic version of the ware. Over the years there has been much speculation surrounding the methodology and technology of the famous glaze. Understanding how the glaze was created proved elusive until the late 1980s when it was discovered that the blue tone is not created by pigments at all but is actually an optical effect. During firing the ‘Jun’ glaze separates into light-scattering droplets of glass and when light passes through this ‘glass emulsion’, the blue spectrum of light is reflected, giving the ware its bluish hue. The thickness of the glaze is a critical factor in creating the optical blues. It has been thought that this was a consequence of multiple layers, but analyses of sectioned shards done at the kiln sites indicate that only a single layer is applied and that the depth of glaze is attributable to the thick body, as water from the glaze is absorbed by the porous biscuit resulting in a more substantial covering. 

Sotheby’s. Chinese Art through the Eye of Sakamoto Gor: Song Ceramics, New York | 16 sept. 2014, 10:00 AM

 
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