The famous auction house goes on sale next week a large number of antiques from China and Japan
Asian antiques are hot. It is something that has come to the fore in recent years. Especially in the furniture and antiques fairs in the world. But also in auctions of valuable pieces from that continent.
You’ll have a little over a year when we were in the BRAFA, the art and antiques fair in Brussels. The Chinese art was one of the stars of that appointment, attended by China and Singapore buyers who want to recover old pieces scattered around the world, to return them to their countries of origin.
As mentioned, the other option available to these fans-with money, yes, are auctions. So that Christie’s held next week (days 14 to 17 May) in London, is an extraordinary opportunity. And is expected to have a great public success.
Because some of the parts offered are very rare and therefore very valuable. This is a total of 300 lots, ranging Tang Dynasty until the 20th century. It is particularly rich supply of jades, porcelains and Buddhist sculptures.
Of all these wonders are two strange and large pagodas (measuring over five feet in height) belonging to a large group of pagodas dating from the Qianlong Jiaqing period (1750-1800). It is the first time such pagodas auctioned off.They are decorated mainly in blue underglaze iron red enamel and gold.
Another attraction of the auction are a pair of magnificent large elephants in the same period as the pagodas. They come from a European family of aristocrats who bought them in 1988. Considered as a talisman of good luck, prosperity and peace, these elephants reflect the interest and appreciation of these animals in Chinese culture.
Japanese aesthetic parts operate separately in this auction. So, coinciding with a major convention netsuke (miniature sculptures created in the seventeenth century in Japan), there will be a sale of this type of work. With the presence of important pieces from private collections, such as the Marquis Costa de Beauregard, many of which have not been seen in the market since 1930.
This section of the auction consists of 450 lots representing 400 years of Japanese art. The covering of the early Edo period to the twentieth century. Also you can purchase ukiyo-e prints from the collection of Nicolas Bouvier, a private collection of lacquer as well as swords and armor.
Of all these amazing pieces, we have been in love a beautiful lacquered wedding jewelry dating from the Edo period, in the early seventeenth century. The paints of that era called “Transition”. And were produced for export to the West, especially for Portuguese and Dutch markets.
This box is a work of great value: there is a similar example in the Victoria and Albert Museum. It is decorated in gold, silver and red. It has mother of pearl inlays.Hinged door opens to reveal three drawers.
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