23 avril 2010

Qiu Zhijie, Tattoo 3, 2000. photo Phillips de Pury & Company Colour coupler print. 100.6 x 79.4 cm (39 5/8 x 31 1/4 in).   Signed in Chinese, titled and annotated 3/10 in ink on the verso. ESTIMATE £5,000-7,000 PROVENANCE Acquired directly from the artist LITERATURE A Strange Heaven, Chinese Contemporary Photography, Galerie Rudolfinum: Prague, 2003, p.19 Phillips de Pury & Company. China Day Sale Saturday 24 April 2010 11am

Huang Yan, Chinese Landscape - Tattoo No. 9, 1999.  photo Phillips de Pury & Company Fuji Crystal Archive print.  84.2 x 109.2 cm (33 1/8 x 43 in).   Titled in Chinese and dated 'Chinese Landscape - Tattoo No. 9 1999' and numbered of 12 lower left. This work is from an edition of 12. ESTIMATE £2,000-3,000 PROVENANCE Private Collection, Miami Huang Yan, Chinese Landscape - Tattoo No. 10, 1999. photo Phillips de Pury & Company Colour coupler print. 119 x 158 cm (46 7/8 x 62 1/4 in). ... [Lire la suite]

“Portrait de S.A.I. la Princesse Phuong Liên”. photo Beaussant-Lefèvre Peinture en hauteur, huile sur toile. Signée en bas à gauche B. Benito. 80 x 65 cm. Cadre en bois doré - Estimation : 1 500 / 2 000 € Beaussant-Lefèvre - Paris. Vente du Mercredi 28 avril 2010. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 4 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris. Thierry Portier - Alice Buhlmann, Experts S F E P. Pour tout renseignement, veuillez contacter la maison de ventes au 01 47 70 40 00

Coupe en porcelaine blanche décorée en bleu sous couverte. Vietnam, Hoi An, XVe-XVIe siècle. photo Beaussant-Lefèvre d'une chimère au centre jouant avec une balle enrubannée entourée de nuages, les bords décorés de lotus stylisés et feuillage. (Concrétions). Diamètre : 36 cm - Estimation : 1 600 / 1 800 € Beaussant-Lefèvre - Paris. Vente du Mercredi 28 avril 2010. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 4 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris. Thierry Portier - Alice Buhlmann, Experts S F E P. Pour tout renseignement, veuillez contacter la... [Lire la suite]

Statuette de dignitaire debout. Vietnam ou Chine du Sud, 17ème siècle en bronze laqué rouge, beige et noir, la robe décorée en relief de nuages. (manque et restauration). Haut. 47,5 cm. Estimation : 500/600€. Vente aux enchères le lundi 3 mai a Vendôme par Ventes aux Enchères Vendôme Cheverny Paris S.A.S. Tél. : 02.54.80.24.24 - Fax : 02.54.77.61.10 - Email : vendome@rouillac.com

Thomas Grünfeld, Misfit Thomas Grünfeld. Né en 1956 à Opladen (DE). Vit et travaille à Cologne (DE) Thomas Grünfeld, Misfit ... Critique ironique du bon goût allemand – la « gemütlichkeit »-, Thomas Grünfeld se passionne pour la décoration intérieure. Il réalise des « tableaux-étagères » ou encore des « tables-juponnées » ainsi que des poufs à la fonctionnalité improbable. Puis il compose ses premiers misfits, sorte de bestiaire inspiré de contes et légendes populaires bavarois, les volpertigers et fait œuvre de... [Lire la suite]

A fine teadust glazed vase, fang hu. Seal mark and period of Qianlong. photo Sotheby's of archaistic fang hu form, the hexagonal body supported on a pronounced foot, gently curving at the shoulders to a flared neck, flanked by a pair of tubular loop handles, covered all over in rich mottled dark olive-green glaze, the base with a moulded six-character reign mark, hardwood stand - 45.4 cm., 17 7/8 in. Est. 2,000,000—3,000,000 HKD. Lot Sold 4,580,000 HKD PROVENANCE: The Toguri Collection, Tokyo.Sotheby's London, 9th June... [Lire la suite]

A fine and rare anhua-decorated white-glazed bowl. Ming dynasty, Yongle period. photo Sotheby's finely potted with steeply rounded sides and everted rim springing from a gently tapering foot, masterfully decorated on the interior in anhua technique with a pair of mighty five-clawed dragons with scaly sinuous bodies racing around the sides to surround a delicately incised central wisp of cloud, the exterior faintly incised with a border of lotus petal lappets around the base, applied overall with an even white glaze of warm... [Lire la suite]

A rare 'qingbai' 'peony' handled cup. Song dynasty. photo Sotheby's of shallow rounded form, applied at one side with a circular loop handle issuing from a flat everted flange, the interior intricately carved with a peony flower borne on leafy stems, covered all over in a delicate shadowy-blue glaze, the unglazed rim revealing the white body burnt russet-orange in the firing - 17.8 cm., 7 in. Est. 200,000—300,000 HKD. Lot Sold 250,000 HKD PROVENANCE: Sotheby's London, 12th Novemeber 2003, lot 74. EXHIBITED: Song Ceramics... [Lire la suite]

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 with a remarkable opportunity at a time when high quality jewels become increasingly rare on the market. Led by a magnificent single-strand jadeite bead necklace (Fig. 1, estimate: HK$50-80 million/US$6.4-10 million) and a superb 5.01carat Fancy Vivid Blue VS2 heart-shaped diamond ring... [Lire la suite]