Sale 1877
New York
|
19 September 2007
Price realised
USD 7,500
Estimate
A FLAMBE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE 18TH CENTURY The globular body tapering towards the cylindrical neck, covered with a deep copper-red glaze of crushed strawberry tone streaked in milky blue and shading to mushroom on the mouth rim, the base covered in a creamy white glaze 16¼ in. (41.2 cm.) high, stand
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A dozen treasures from one of America’s finest Asian art museums are coming to auction at Christie’s in Hong Kong
The tiny and exquisitely beautiful curiosities that once housed tobacco are highly prized. Specialist Sherese Tong advises on how to start a collection
An expert guide to palettes, glazes, reign marks and different kilns, featuring outstanding examples offered from the Leonora and Walter F. Brown Collection
Specialist Sarah Reynolds highlights the sumptuous work of the Pre-Raphaelites’ second and third generations
Specialist Camille de Foresta explains how these two large beasts were made some 1,000 years ago to accompany their Chinese owner into the afterlife