Sale 13753
New York
|
15 September 2016
Price realised
USD 8,750
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A FAMILLE ROSE SILVER AND GILT-DECORATED DISH QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) The dish is decorated with a lady seated at her toilette looking in the mirror while fixing her coiffure, accompanied by her attendant shown standing and holding a basket. The well is decorated with white-enameled lotus scroll on a diaper border below shaped floral panels on the oxidized silver everted rim. 9 in. (22.8 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Edward G. Kennedy (1849-1932) Collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1921.
Contact Client Service
info@christies.com
New York +1 212 636 2000
London +44 (0)20 7839 9060
infoasia@christies.com
Asia +852 2760 1766
Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
Senior Specialist
mgristina@Christies.com
+1 212 636 2180
A pair of similar dishes with similarly decorated everted rims on a silver-oxidized ground was sold at Sotheby's London, 30 October 1987, lot 734.
Special Notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
The series of 17 sales attracts buyers from 50 different countries and is led by Sanyu’s Five Nudes, which realises a record HK$303,985,000
This rare Qing-dynasty bowl is a sublime example of ‘the creative collaboration between the East and the West’, says Chinese Ceramics specialist Chi Fan Tsang
The Vice President of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art in Hong Kong on a career-defining discovery, his love of jade and ‘handling terrific art every day’
Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art specialist Katie Lundie on what to look for when collecting Chinese archaic bronzes
The series of 15 sales was led by two exceptional predella panels by artist Giovanni di Paolo
A look back at the standout moments, extraordinary objects and storied collections offered at Christie’s this year