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23 avril 2010

The sensational six leads Christie’s Hong Kong sale of exquisite jewels this spring

Hong Kong - Christie’s are proud to announce ‘The Sensational Six’, a selection of six superlative gems which will draw the eyes of the jewellery world to Hong Kong on June 1, 2010. Each the best of its type, these jewels present serious gem collectors...

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Tags: Cartier, heart-shaped diamond, pear-shaped diamond, Kashmir sapphire, Golconda diamond, jadeite bead necklace, natural pearls

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23 avril 2010

Christie's Presents the Most Valuable Chinese Painting Ever Offered at Auction

Landscapes Inspired by Du Fu’s Poetic Sensibilities valued at HK$120 million/US$15.5 million. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010 HONG KONG.- A masterpiece valued at HK$120 million/US$15,480,000 by Ming Dynasty Chinese classical painting master Shitao (石涛)...

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Tags: Huang Binhong, Fu Baoshi, Zhang Daqian, Chen Banding, Cheng Linsheng, Du Fu, Gao Yongzhi, Huang Xuepi, Luo Zhenyu, Shitao

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22 avril 2010

A Rare Pair of French Display Cabinets in the Chinoiserie Manner. Circa 1870

A Rare Pair of French Display Cabinets in the Chinoiserie Manner. Circa 1870 The wood frame ebonised, and paint decorated with Chinese motifs and trelliswork in polychrome and gilt; rising from cabriole legs with lions paw feet, having winged grotesque...

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Tags: chinoiserie, Cabinet, 1870

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22 avril 2010

David Webb jewelry @ Christie's, Jewels: The New York Sale

An emerald and diamond brooch, by David Webb. Centering upon an inverted calf's head-cut emerald, within a circular-cut diamond scrolling ribbon surround, set at the top and bottom with a pear or rectangular-cut diamond, enhanced by baguette and trillion-cut...

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Tags: diamond, ruby, enamel, David Webb, frog, rectangular-shaped emerald, dress-set, inverted calf's head-cut emerald

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22 avril 2010

A Danish parcel-gilt silver mounted Imari tankard & a Louis XIV silvered bronze-mounted Japanese Imari bowl and cover

A Danish parcel-gilt silver mounted Imari tankard, Jorgen Friis of Randers, circa 1775. photo Sotheby's the lobed domed cover inset with a Swedish medal of 1725, the forked scrolled thumbpiece topped by a female head, the cover pricked with an inscription...

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Tags: Louis XIV, 18th century, Imari, bowl and cover, tankard, Danish, 1775, silver mounted, Jorgen Friis of Randers

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22 avril 2010

Japanese Art at Bonhams Puts Armour in the Spotlight with Beards and Dragons

A splendid example of Japanese armour –estimated to sell of £100,000-150,000. Photo: Bonhams LONDON.- There is something about Japanese armour that makes Westerners do a double-take. It may well have something do with the fact that the helmets often come...

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Tags: 16th Century, Edo Period, 18th19th century, 1690-1760, Myochin...Naga, Nabeshima, mogami do tosei gusoku armour, shaku-zara

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22 avril 2010

A Collector's Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World

Bactrian stone head of a goat, 3rd millennium BC. Height: 10 cm Ever since he first drew on the walls of his cave, man has had the desire to depict the creatures around him. The Sladmore Gallery, 57 Jermyn Street, St James’s, London, is renowned for exhibiting...

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Tags: Ibis, Roman, frog, apulian, Egyptian, cat, Goat, Bactrian, Byzantine, Apis Bull, Ordos, baboon, dove, falcon, fly, vulture

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21 avril 2010

Two circular tortoiseshell boxes with covers, 19th century

Two circular tortoiseshell boxes with covers, 19th century. photo Bonhams The larger with the top deeply carved with figures at work and leisure in a riverside townscape, the sides with dwellings amongst trees, the base with larger scale figures in a...

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Tags: 19th century, Box and Cover, Tortoiseshell

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21 avril 2010

A boxwood okimono, Meiji

A boxwood okimono, Meiji. photo Bonhams Carved as a wolf and a human skull, the emaciated animal with inlaid ivory or bone eyes, 5.5cm high. Sold for £384 Bonhams. Asian Art, European Glass and Ceramic, 21 Apr 2010. Edinburgh www.bonhams.com

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Tags: Skull, okimono, Meiji, boxwood

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21 avril 2010

Irving Penn (1917-2009), Vionnet dresses, Schiaparelli Jacket & Chanel Sequined Suit

Irving Penn (1917-2009), Vionnet Dress with Fan, 1977. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010. platinum-palladium print, flush-mounted on aluminum, printed 1978 - signed, initialed, titled, dated, numbered '35/37', '1817', inscribed 'Merry Christmas with...

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Tags: Irving Penn, 1974, 1977, SCHIAPARELLI, Madeleine Vionnet, Chanel, Diana Vreeland, Irving Penn (1917-2009)

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