10 novembre 2009

Memento Mori en ivoire représentant le Christ Enfant. France ou Flandres, XVIIe siècle. photo courtesy Sotheby's sous un dais en bois ; avec une étiquette du XIXe siècle inscrite à l'encre L'Insouciance par François Flamand et un texte manuscrit à l'encre collé en-dessous du socle. haut. ivoire 10,5 cm ; haut. dais 15,5 cm - Est. 3.000—5,000 EUR Sold 4,375 EUR LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: G. Laue, Memento Mori, Kunstkammer Georg Laue, Munich, 2002, n°78 NOTE: Les attributs comme le crâne ou l'arbre de la Connaissance... [Lire la suite]

Sabre indochinois, Fin XIXe siècle. la garde en ivoire à tête de chimère en bronze doré, le fourreau en bois naturel incrusté de nacre à décor de végétaux. Long. : 83 cm - Estimation : 150 / 200 € Delorme - Collin du Bocage - Paris. Vente du Lundi 16 novembre 2009. Tableaux Anciens et Modernes, Objets d'Art, Tapis, Asie, Jouets. Peintures & Arts Graphiques. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 5 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris. Monsieur René MILLET, Expert. Pour tout renseignement,veuillez contacter la maison de ventes au 01 58 18 39... [Lire la suite]

A very rare yellow-glazed bowl and cover, Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd Finely and crisply incised around the exterior of the deep U-shaped body under the flaring rim with a wide band of two five-clawed dragons amidst fire and cloud scrolls in pursuit of flaming pearls, all above two relief-moulded ribs and an incised band of stylised foaming waves and rocks above the short straight foot, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a crisply-moulded reticulated seated... [Lire la suite]

Felice Ficherelli  (San Gimignano 1605 - Florence 1660) Salomé et la tête de Saint Jean Baptiste Toile. 71 x 57 cm - Estimation : 12 000 / 15 000 € Delorme - Collin du Bocage - Paris. Vente du Lundi 16 novembre 2009. Tableaux Anciens et Modernes, Objets d’Art, Tapis, Asie, Jouets. Peintures & Arts Graphiques. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 5 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris. Monsieur René MILLET, Expert. Pour tout renseignement,veuillez contacter la maison de ventes au 01 58 18 39 05. Felice Ficherelli dit Felice Riposo... [Lire la suite]

An unusual pair of Beijing ruby-red glass pricket candlesticks, Qing Dynasty © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd The rich dark-tinted glass of even tone, the sticks formed as a wide drip pan standing on a high-domed base and set with a metal spike at the top. 41.5cm (16¼in) high. (2). Sold for £4,800 Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 5 Nov 2009. New Bond Street www.bonhams.com

Cartier, Panther Clip Brooch. From 1949. Sold to the Duchess of Windsor Last days to see this exhibition in Beijing ! Beijing's Palace Museum and Cartier present Cartier Treasures: King of Jewellers, Jewellers to Kings, an exhibition of Cartier masterpieces in the former Imperial Palace's Exhibition Hall of the Meridian Gate.More than 350 items, including Cartier Collection archives dating from the founding of Cartier through the 1970s, will be displayed. Partly dedicated to royal jewels, which earned Cartier its... [Lire la suite]

Allan  Grant (American, 1909-2008), Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly backstage at the 28th Annual Academy Awards, Hollywood, California, 1956 Gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches, 50.8 x 40.64 cm. Signed, titled & dated in pencil on verso. Printed later. Estimate: from $7,000 to $8,000Notes: A fine large print of an exceptional dual portrait in profile of two of Hollywood's loveliest stars by the late, great Life photographer Allan Grant. Allan Grant (1919-2008) was a Life magazine photographer. He was the last... [Lire la suite]

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599-1660), "Portrait of a Man". Oil on canvas. 27 x 21-3/4 inches. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Jules Bache Collection, 1949 49.7.42 NEW YORK, NY.- Velázquez Rediscovered, a special exhibition opening November 17 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, will feature a newly identified painting by Velázquez, "Portrait of a Man", formerly ascribed by the Museum to the workshop of Velázquez and recently reattributed to the master himself following its cleaning... [Lire la suite]