17 mars 2009

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) Concerto spaziale, 1965. Perforations et gauffrage sur papier blanc. Signé. 56 x 44 cm. Certificat de la Fondation Fontana. Enregistré sous le n°3550/1. Estimation : 55 000 / 75 000 € Note: Sera reproduit au catalogue raisonné des oeuvres sur papier de Lucio Fontana actuellement en préparation. Vente du Samedi 21 mars 2009. Bijoux d'Artiste & Art Contemporain. Damien Leclere - Marseille

A Pair of Chinese Tang dynasty painted pottery horses and riders. China, Tang Dynasty terracotta. 16in. (41cms) high. Price: £5,000.00 A pair of Chinese painted pottery figures of officials on horseback, the horses with mains and open mouths, the officials wearing high hats and tunics. Tang dynasty, c. 8th century AD.Oxford TL Test Certificate. (all text, images © Nicholas S. Pitcher Oriental Art) NEW YORK ASIA WEEK 2009. Nicholas S. Pitcher Oriental Art 1st Floor, 29, New Bond Street London W1S 2RL, UK. Tel: 207... [Lire la suite]

A massive Chinese bronze incense-burner and cover, China, 18th century bronze. 19in. (49cms) long A massive Chinese bronze incense-burner and cover modelled as a finger citrus, branches forming the handle and legs from which flowering leafy tendrils climb the body. The cover is modelled as a further finger citrus. The patina is fine and dark and the sides and base show remains of original gilding. Xuande seal mark, 18th century. (all text, images © Nicholas S. Pitcher Oriental Art)NEW YORK ASIA WEEK 2009. Nicholas S. Pitcher... [Lire la suite]

Chinese Han dynasty bronze wine-flask, China, Western Han dynasty bronze. 13in. (33cms) wide Price: £2,400 (Sold) A Chinese bronze flattened wine-flask, or Bianhu, with garlic neck and mask and loose ring handles, brightly patinated with large areas of red and green. Western Han dynasty, 2nd/1st century BC. (all text, images © Nicholas S. Pitcher Oriental Art) NEW YORK ASIA WEEK 2009. Nicholas S. Pitcher Oriental Art 1st Floor, 29, New Bond Street London W1S 2RL, UK. Tel: 207 499 6621 - Fax: 207 499 6621 - Email:... [Lire la suite]

Claude Vialat (1936) Empreintes, 1981. Bâche. 180 x 185 cm. Estimation : 9 000 / 10 000 € Vente du Samedi 21 mars 2009. Bijoux d'Artiste & Art Contemporain. Damien Leclere - Marseille

Plaque, Densatil Monastery, Tibet. 15th century Gilding on bronze. Approx: 24" x 17" (all text, images © Leiko Coyle Asian Art) NEW YORK ASIA WEEK 2009.Leiko Coyle Asian Art 311 East 72nd street, New York, New York, USA - Tel: 212.600.1475 - Email: Leikoc@gmail.com

Double-sided Tsakali depicting Jambala/Kubera, Tibet, 15th century Mineral pigments and ink on sized cotton. 5 x 5 1/4 inches (all text, images © Leiko Coyle Asian Art) NEW YORK ASIA WEEK 2009.Leiko Coyle Asian Art 311 East 72nd street, New York, New York, USA - Tel: 212.600.1475 - Email: Leikoc@gmail.com

Thangka of Vajrabhairava, Tibet, Late 18th century Mineral pigments on sized cotton with silk brocade. 44 x 27 inches NEW YORK ASIA WEEK 2009.Leiko Coyle Asian Art 311 East 72nd street, New York, New York, USA - Tel: 212.600.1475 - Email: Leikoc@gmail.com (all text, images © Leiko Coyle Asian Art)

Yi Am (1507-1566), Mother Dog and Puppies, first half of the 16th century. Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, 163 x 55 cm. The National Museum of Korea, Seoul. Cat. 11 NEW YORK, NY.- The early Joseon period, a time of extraordinary artistic achievements in Korea, will be explored in a loan exhibition opening at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in March 2009. Showcasing approximately 47 spectacular works—painting, ceramics, metalwork, and lacquer—Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600 will illustrate the lively and nuanced... [Lire la suite]

Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang poses in front of his work “Drawing for the Prints of History, 2008," made with gun powder on paper which is presented in the exhibition I Want to Believe at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao until September 13. Photo: EFE/Alfredo Aldai BILBAO.- From March 17 to September 6, 2009, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want To Believe, an exhibition that presents the full spectrum of the artist’s multimedia art in all its conceptual complexity. The exhibition comes to Bilbao after... [Lire la suite]