12 avril 2009

Pierre Lusson, Georges Perec, Jacues Roubaud, "Petit traité invitant à la découverte de l'art subtil du go". Paris, Christian Bourgois, 1969. édition originale. In-8 (209 x 123 mm), broché, non coupé - illustration : nombreux diagrammes - tirage : un des 25 exemplaires de tête sur Alfa Mousse des Papeteries Navarre. Estimate 300—350 EUR. Lot Sold 750 EUR NOTE: Premier ouvrage en langue française entièrement consacré au jeu du go et présentant des règles assez détaillées. Après qu'on lui expliqua que pour parvenir... [Lire la suite]

Michel Leiris, Miroir de la tauromachie". Paris, GLM, Acéphale, nouvelle série, cahier I, L'Erotisme, 1938 édition originale. In-8 (167 x 128 mm), broché - illustration : 3 dessins d'André Masson. tirage : un des 800 exemplaires non numérotés sur vélin. envoi autographe signé : «A Germaine et Jean Paulhan, affectueusement. Michel Leiris». Estimate 800—1,000 EUR. Lot Sold 938 EUR PROVENANCE: Jean Paulhan. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: Antoine Coron, les éditions GLM (188). NOTE: Cette plaquette est le premier et... [Lire la suite]

"La dignité n'est qu'un paravent placé par l'orgueil et derrière lequel nous enrageons à notre aise." Honoré de Balzac. Extrait de Les petits manèges d'une femme vertueuse Brown Coromandel Ten Panel Screen. China, Kangxi (1662 - 1772) lacquer. Height: 45 3/8 inches Width per panel: 9 3/8 inches. Price On Request Note: The ten panel carved brown lacquer screen is decorated with a continuous scene of the “One Hundred Boys” (shua wa wa) engaged in a variety of play: a group of boys frolicking in a lotus-strewn... [Lire la suite]

Albert Camus, "L'Envers et l'endroit". Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1956. édition en partie originale. In-8 (225 x 139 mm), broché, non rogné. Chemise demi-maroquin vert, étui bordé (Laurenchet). llustration : portrait de l'auteur en pointe-sèche originale de Hans Bellmer. tirage : tirage à 100 exemplaires. envoi autographe signé : « à Marianne, ce premier livre avec la fidèle amitié de son A.C. ». Estimate 2,000—2,500 EUR. Lot Sold 2,375 EUR NOTE: L'exemplaire est enrichi d'une lettre autographe signée... [Lire la suite]

Cloisonné Censer. China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) cloisonne enamel. Diameter: 4 ¾ inches. Price On Request Note: Of cylindrical everted form, the censer has two gilt medallions applied to either side and rests on three gilt metal cabriole legs with pad feet. Decorated with six stylized florets of white, red, blue and green enamels around the exterior and with six smaller similar blooms encircling the inside rim all amidst scrolling leaves. The base with a central green floret. Berwald Oriental Art. New York. Email:... [Lire la suite]

A gold and enamel mounted mother-of-pearl clock with English Royal Provenance, Gordon, London, the enamel work attributed to A.J. Strachan, circa 1840 fusee and chain movement with lever escapement, plain three-arm steel balance, ruby endstone, the quadrangular mother-of-pearl veneered case mounted with chased gold scrollwork enclosing a monkey, squirrel, and birds of paradise, surrounded by flowers, all highlighted in translucent and shaded enamels, champleve pink and blue enamel dial centered by a bouquet, the back... [Lire la suite]

"Les cygnes chantent avant de mourir. Certaines personnes feraient bien de mourir avant de chanter." Samuel Taylor Coledridge Rock Crystal Swan Form Container. China, Liao Dynasty (907-1125) Crystal. Length: 2 3/8 inches. Price On Request Note: The carved recumbent swan, its feet and wings tucked in, arches its head over its body forming a graceful loop with its long neck, the head nestled into the wing. There is a small aperture in the back, between the wings, with a fitted stopper secured by a gilt chain... [Lire la suite]

A Continental gold and agate two-comparment snuff box set with jewels, possibly German, late 19th century rectangular with canted corners, the twin covers and bodies mounted with gold trophies of music and birds set with rubies, diamonds, and emeralds, in a fitted leather box from Harvery & Gore, London. The rim with French control marks. Length 8cm. Estimate 8,000—12,000 USD. Lot Sold 13,750 USD Sotheby's. A Celebration of the English Country House. 09 Apr 09. New York. www.sothebys.com photo courtesy Sotheby's

Pair of Underglaze Blue And Iron Red Bowls. China. Jiaqing Mark and period (1796-1820) porcelain. Diameter: 5 7/8 inches. Price On Request Note: Each bowl is finely potted with slightly everted rounded sides decorated on the exterior with two bands of underglaze-blue scrolling leaves and stylised lotus flower heads painted in shades of iron-red. The well of the interior is decorated with a roundel enclosing an iron-red sanduo, ‘Three Plenties’ (peach, pomegranate, and finger citron) with three iron-red bats and lotus flower... [Lire la suite]

A Continental gilt bronze and malachite desk set with the arms of the Prince of Liechtenstein, possibly Russian, circa 1840 comprising: inkwell with crown finial, chamberstick with cherub bearing a crown, bell with handle formed as a figure in Renaissance dress, and a plateau, all set with malachite panels and cabochons, each piece applied with accollé arms. length of plateau 31.8cm. Estimate 15,000—25,000 USD. Lot Sold 12,500 USD PROVENANCE: The arms are those of Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1796-1858) and his wife... [Lire la suite]