Françoise Hardy par Jean-Marie Périer @ Pierre Bergé & Associés Bruxelles
Jean-Marie Périer, Françoise Hardy, 1967. photo Pierre Bergé & Associés Bruxelles
Tirage en couleur. Signé et numéroté 5/10. H_80 cm L_120 cm.- Estimation : 18 000 / 20 000 €
Jean-Marie Périer, Françoise Hardy, 1967. photo Pierre Bergé & Associés Bruxelles
Tirage en couleur. Signé et numéroté 1/10. H_80 cm L_120 cm. Estimation : 12 000 / 15 000 €
Jean-Marie Périer, Françoise Hardy, 1971. photo Pierre Bergé & Associés Bruxelles
Tirage en couleur. Signé et numéroté 1/12. H_60 cm L_80 cm - Estimation : 2 000 / 3 000 €
Jean-Marie Périer, Salvador Dali et Françoise Hardy dans l'œuf. photo Pierre Bergé & Associés Bruxelles
Tirage en couleur. Signé et numéroté 5/12. H_80 cm L_60 cm - Estimation : 6 000 / 7 000 €
Jean-Marie Périer, Françoise Hardy tour Eiffel. photo Pierre Bergé & Associés Bruxelles
Tirage couleur. Signé et numéroté 2/12. H_60 cm L_80 cm - Estimation : 3 000 / 4 000 €
Jean-Marie Périer, Françoise Hardy. photo Pierre Bergé & Associés Bruxelles
Tirage en couleur. Signé et numéroté 4/15. H_60 cm L_50 cm - Estimation : 2 000 / 3 000 €
Jean-Marie Périer, François Hardy, Londres 1965. photo Pierre Bergé & Associés Bruxelles
Tirage en couleur. Signé et numéroté 1/10. H_80 cm L_120 cm - Estimation : 5 000 / 6 000 €
Jean-Marie Périer, François Hardy. photo Pierre Bergé & Associés Bruxelles
Tirage en noir et blanc. Signé et numéroté 3/15. H_50 cm L_60 cm - Estimation : 2 000 / 3 000 €
Jean-Marie Périer, Françoise Hardy, Mick Jagger. photo Pierre Bergé & Associés Bruxelles
Tirage en couleur. Signé et numéroté 1/12. H_60 cm L_80 cm - Estimation : 2 000 / 3 000 €
Pierre Bergé & Associés Bruxelles - Bruxelles. Vente du Mardi 11 mai 2010. Salle des Beaux Arts - Bruxelles. Pour tout renseignement, veuillez contacter la maison de ventes au 00 32 2 504 80 30 et au 00 32 2 504 80 30 pendant les expositions et la vente.
Jean-Marie Périer, Alain Delon, 1966
Jean-Marie Périer, Alain Delon, 1966. photo Pierre Bergé & Associés Bruxelles
Tirage en couleur. Signé et numéroté 4/12. H_60 cm L_80 cm - Estimation : 5 000 / 7 000 €
Pierre Bergé & Associés Bruxelles - Bruxelles. Vente du Mardi 11 mai 2010. Salle des Beaux Arts - Bruxelles. Pour tout renseignement, veuillez contacter la maison de ventes au 00 32 2 504 80 30 et au 00 32 2 504 80 30 pendant les expositions et la vente.
Yellow Diamonds @ Sotheby's. Magnificent Jewels. 20 Apr 10. New York
Magnificent Fancy Vivid Yellow Diamond Necklace. photo Sotheby's
Set with cut-cornered rectangular modified brilliant-cut and cut-cornered square modified brilliant-cut diamonds of fancy vivid color weighing a total of 100.17 carats, mounted in 18 karat gold, length 16¾ inches. Est. 2,000,000—3,000,000 USD. Lot Sold 3,554,500 USD
Accompanied by 42 GIA reports stating Fancy Vivid Yellow, Natural Color, Internally Flawless to SI1 clarity.
Fancy Intense Yellow Diamond Ring. photo Sotheby's
The cut-cornered rectangular mixed-cut diamond of fancy intense yellow color weighing 27.80 carats, flanked by triangular-shaped diamonds weighing 3.50 carats, mounted in platinum and gold, size 7. Est. 400,000—600,000 USD. Lot Sold 602,500 USD
Accompanied by GIA report no. 2115664354 stating that the diamond is Fancy Intense Yellow, Natural Color, SI1 clarity.
Pair of Fancy Intense Yellow Diamond and Diamond Earclips. photo Sotheby's
The cut-cornered square modified brilliant-cut diamonds of fancy intense yellow color weighing 12.75 and 12.29 carats, framed by round diamonds weighing approximately 14.10 carats, mounted in platinum and gold. Est. 300,000—400,000 USD. Lot Sold 488,500 USD
Accompanied by GIA report no. 2115664333 stating that the 12.75 carat diamond is Fancy Intense Yellow, Natural Color, VS1 clarity; and GIA report no. 1112664342 stating that the 12.29 carat diamond is Fancy Intense Yellow, Natural Color, VS1 clarity.
Fancy Yellow Diamond Ring. photo Sotheby's
The square emerald-cut diamond of fancy yellow color weighing 14.00 carats, flanked by round diamonds weighing approximately .60 carat, mounted in platinum and gold, size 3¼. Est. 120,000—150,000 USD. Lot Sold 260,500 USD
Accompanied by GIA report no. 5111613627 stating that the diamond is Fancy Yellow, Natural Color, VS2 clarity.
Fancy Light Yellow Diamond Ring. photo Sotheby's
The modified rectangular mixed-cut diamond of fancy light yellow color weighing 7.95 carats, flanked by trapeze-cut diamonds of yellow hue weighing approximately 1.30 carats, within a frame of small round diamonds of pink hue weighing approximately .70 carat, the shank set with near colorless round diamonds weighing approximately 1.75 carats, mounted in platinum and 18 karat white and pink gold, size 6¾. Est. 50,000—75,000 USD. Lot Sold 98,500 USD
Accompanied by a copy of GIA report no. 14773481 stating that the 7.95 carat diamond is Fancy Light Yellow, Natural Color, VS1 clarity.
Fancy Intense Yellow Diamond Ring. photo Sotheby's
The emerald-cut diamond of fancy intense yellow color weighing 5.30 carats, flanked by marquise-shaped and tapered baguette diamonds weighing approximately 1.20 carats, mounted in 18 karat white and yellow gold, size 8. Est. 60,000—80,000 USD. Lot Sold 80,500 USD
Accompanied by GIA report no. 6107848861 stating Fancy Intense Yellow, Natural Color, VS1 clarity.
Pair of Fancy Yellow Diamond Earstuds. photo Sotheby's
The cut-cornered rectangular modified brilliant-cut diamonds of fancy yellow color weighing 3.68 and 3.63 carats, mounted in 18 karat gold. Est. 60,000—80,000 USD. Lot Sold 76,900 USD
Accompanied by GIA report nos. 17458027 and 17458077 stating that the diamonds are Fancy Yellow, Natural Color, VVS1 clarity.
Fancy Deep Brownish Greenish Yellow Diamond Ring. photo Sotheby's
The pear-shaped diamond of fancy deep brownish greenish yellow color weighing 6.04 carats, framed and flanked by round diamonds weighing approximately 2.75 carats, mounted in 18 karat gold and platinum, size 6¾. Est. 20,000—25,000 USD. Lot Sold 48,750 USD
Accompanied by GIA report no. 2115817136 stating Fancy Deep Brownish Greenish Yellow, VS2 clarity.
Fancy Intense Yellow Diamond Ring. photo Sotheby's
The cut-cornered rectangular modified brilliant-cut diamond of fancy intense yellow color weighing 2.28 carats, framed by round and marquise-shaped diamonds weighing approximately 2.75 carats, mounted in 18 karat white gold, size 4¼. Est. 20,000—30,000 USD. Lot Sold 25,000 USD
Accompanied by GIA report no. 11045697 stating Fancy Intense Yellow, Natural Color, VS1 clarity.
Fancy Intense Yellow Diamond Ring. photo Sotheby's
The marquise-shaped diamond of fancy intense yellow color weighing 2.32 carats, framed by round diamonds, mounted in gold and platinum, size 10¼. - Est. 15,000—20,000 USD. Lot Sold 23,750 USD
Accompanied by GIA report no. 5111300682 stating Fancy Intense Yellow, Natural Color, VS2 clarity.
Pair of Diamond and Colored Diamond Earclips. photo Sotheby's
The flowerheads set with near colorless round diamonds weighing approximately 8.10 carats, set in the center with round diamonds of yellow hue weighing approximately 1.40 carats, mounted in 18 karat white gold. Est. 8,000—12,000 USD. Lot Sold 12,500 USD
Sotheby's. Magnificent Jewels. 20 Apr 10. New York www.sothebys.com
Yellow ground porcelains @ Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art, 10 May 2010. Knightsbridge
A Yellow-Ground, famille rose bowl. Underglaze blue Daoguang six-character mark and of the period. photo Bonhams.
Decorated with flowerheads and scrolling foliage on the exterior and with five orange bats in the well (some old damage) - 18.5cm (7.25in) diameter. Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000
A yellow-ground famille rose bowl decorated with panels of flowers. Qianlong six-character mark. photo Bonhams.
With a fitted box. Nearly 11.5cm (4.5in) diameter (2). Estimate: £400 - 600
A lemon-yellow ground, famille rose bowl and six polychrome enamel saucer dishes. Each with six-character Guangxu mark. photo Bonhams.
The bowl decorated in the interior with underglaze blue; the exterior depicting domestic or Zodiacal Animals beside Scholars' accoutrements (damage). The bowl 15cm (6in) diameter (7).
A pair of yellow-ground cups decorated with bamboo. Both with a four-character Tongzhi mark. photo Bonhams.
In a fitted case with two wood stands. Each cup 9cm (3.5in) diameter (5).
A yellow ground box and cover with shou characters. Qianlong six-character mark. photo Bonhams.
36cm (14in) diameter - Estimate: £400 - 600
A yellow ground planter or jardinière with shou characters. Qianlong six-character mark. photo Bonhams.
About 34cm (13.5in) diameter - Estimate: £400 - 600
A pair of yellow-ground dishes. Each one with a six-character Daoguang mark. photo Bonhams.
In a fitted box - 14.5cm (5.5in) diameter (3).
Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art, 10 May 2010. Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com
An Imperial-yellow monochrome Peking glass cup, 19th century
An Imperial-yellow monochrome Peking glass cup, 19th century. photo Bonhams.
With a flaring, shaped rim; the body carved with lotus and lily flowers - 6.9cm (2¾in) high. Estimate: £300 - 500
Provenance: Mrs O'Neill Lacy, circa 1940
Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art, 10 May 2010. Knightsbridge
Jean-Marie Périer, Vivienne Westwood et son fiancé & Jean-Paul Gaultier en Pape, 1994
Jean-Marie Périer, Vivienne Westwood et son fiancé, 1994. photo Pierre Bergé & Associés Bruxelles
Tirage en couleur. Signé et numéroté 1/10. H_80 cm L_120 cm - Estimation : 4 000 / 6 000 €
Jean-Marie Périer, Jean-Paul Gaultier en Pape, 1994. photo Pierre Bergé & Associés Bruxelles
Tirage en couleur. Signé et numéroté 1/12. H_80 cm L_60 cm - Estimation : 2 000 / 3 000 €
Pierre Bergé & Associés Bruxelles - Bruxelles. Vente du Mardi 11 mai 2010. Salle des Beaux Arts - Bruxelles. Pour tout renseignement, veuillez contacter la maison de ventes au 00 32 2 504 80 30 et au 00 32 2 504 80 30 pendant les expositions et la vente.
Emeralds @ Sotheby's. Magnificent Jewels. 20 Apr 10. New York
Platinum, Emerald and Diamond Ring. photo Sotheby's
The cushion-shaped emerald weighing 11.51 carats, flanked by half-moon-shaped diamonds weighing 1.60 carats, size 5¾. Est. 250,000—350,000 USD. Lot Sold 374,500 USD
Accompanied by AGL report no. CS 80059 stating that the emerald is of Colombian origin, clarity enhancement: none; and GRS report no. GRS2009-111385 stating that the emerald is of Colombian origin.
18 Karat Gold, Emerald and Diamond Ring. photo Sotheby's
The emerald-cut emerald weighing approximately 5.00 carats, flanked by baguette diamonds weighing approximately 1.20 carats, size 7½. Est. 70,000—90,000 USD. Lot Sold 86,500 USD
Accompanied by AGL report no. CS 41826 stating that the emerald is of Colombian origin, clarity enhancement: faint.
Platinum, 18 Karat Gold, Emerald and Diamond Ring. photo Sotheby's
The emerald-cut emerald weighing 6.73 carats, framed and flanked by round diamonds weighing approximately 2.50 carats, size 6. Est. 35,000—45,000 USD. Lot Sold 65,500 USD
Accompanied by AGL report no. CS 41662 stating that the emerald is of Colombian origin, clarity enhancement: none.
Emerald and Diamond Ring. photo Sotheby's
The cushion antique mixed-cut emerald weighing 4.61 carats, flanked by cushion-shaped and round diamonds weighing approximately 2.00 carats, mounted in platinum, size 6¼. Est. 50,000—70,000 USD. Lot Sold 56,250 USD
Accompanied by AGL report no. CS 40178 stating that the emerald is of Colombian origin; Clarity Enhancement: None.
Emerald and Diamond Ring. photo Sotheby's
The emerald-cut emerald weighing 6.89 carats, flanked by triangular-shaped diamonds weighing approximately 1.80 carats, mounted in platinum and 18 karat gold, size 4. Est. 20,000—30,000 USD. Lot Sold 38,750 USD
Accompanied by AGL report no. CS 41797 stating that the emerald is of Zambian origin, clarity enhancement: insignificant.
Pair of Emerald and Diamond Earclips. photo Sotheby's
The emerald-cut emeralds weighing approximately 21.60 carats, framed by round diamonds weighing approximately 4.00 carats, mounted in 18 karat gold. Est. 30,000—40,000 USD. Lot Sold 37,500 USD
Sotheby's. Magnificent Jewels. 20 Apr 10. New York www.sothebys.com
An exceptionally rare green enamel-decorated holy water bottle. Ming dynasty, early 15th century
An exceptionally rare green enamel-decorated holy water bottle. Ming dynasty, early 15th century. photo Christie's Ltd 2010
The high-shouldered body decorated with an undulating peony scroll set between lappet borders below a band of classic scroll at the base of the neck separated by a raised flange decorated with overlapping leaf tips from detached blossoms on the upper neck, all in a soft apple-green enamel and reserved on a white ground - 9 in. (22.8 cm.) high Est. £100,000 - £150,000 ($147,000 - $220,500)
Provenance: Christie's New York, 27 November 1991, lot 338.
Bluett & Sons, London, 30 November 1991.
The property of an English collector.
Notes: Not only is this remarkable vessel a rare example of this form in the early 15th century, it is also an exceptionally rare example of the use of overglaze green enamel to decorate Jingdezhen porcelain at this early date. Indeed, when this flask was sold in Christie's New York rooms in November 1991, it was conservatively dated to the 16th century, since, although the style of the decoration appeared to date to the early 15th century, there were, at that time, no known examples of this decorative technique from the early 15th century. In 1984 a dish with iron red enamel ground and green enamel dragon decoration, applied to the biscuit, and another dish with yellow enamel ground and green enamel dragon decoration, applied to the biscuit, had been excavated at Zhushan, Jingdezhen, from the Yongle strata (illustrated in Imperial Hongwu and Yongle Porcelain excavated at Jingdezhen, Chang Foundation, Taipei, 1996, pp. 318-9, no. 129, and pp. 320-1, no. 130, respectively). However in 1991 no example of a Yongle porcelain vessel decorated in green overglaze enamel had yet been excavated.
Only a few years later, however, new information came to light which allowed confident dating of the current vessel to the early 15th century. In 1994 a stand (fig. 1) with decoration of lingzhi scrolls and a petal band around foot, all executed in overglaze green enamel, was excavated from the Yongle stratum at Dongmentou, Zhushan, Jingdezhen (illustrated in Imperial Hongwu and Yongle Porcelain excavated at Jingdezhen, op.cit., pp. 202-3, no. 70). The stand with green enamel decoration was found together with a zhadou, spittoon, also decorated solely in green enamel. The colour and texture of the green enamel on the stand is wholly comparable with that on the current flask, as is the style of decoration.
Although porcelain bottles of this shape are known from the Qianlong reign, decorated in overglaze iron red enamel or underglaze blue and overglaze enamels in doucai style, Ming dynasty Yongle examples are extremely rare. However, blue and white porcelain vessels with flanges on their necks were being made at Jingdezhen as early as the Yuan dynasty. The neck of such a bottle was excavated from the Yuan stratum at Luomaqiao, Jingdezhen, and included in the exhibition Ceramic Finds from Jingdezhen Kilns, Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, 1992, no. 150, while two blue and white bottles on stands, preserved in the Qingyang City Cultural Bureau, Anhui province, are illustrated by Zhu Yuping, Yuandai qinghua ci, Wenhua chubanshe, Shanghai, 2000, p. 142, no. 6-19. A Yuan dynasty bottle with flanged neck and pale bluish glaze in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated in Zhongguo wenwu jinghua daquan - Taoci juan, Taipei, 1993, p. 355, no. 623, where its use in Tibetan Buddhism is noted. A white glazed vessel of this form was also excavated from the Yuan dynasty stratum at the Dehua kilns in Fujian province (illustrated in Dehua Wares, Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, 1990, p. 109, no. 94).
A Yongle bottle of this form with a celadon glaze imitating Longquan wares, was excavated from the site of the imperial kilns at Zhushan, Jingdezhen in 1982 (illustrated in Imperial Hongwu and Yongle Porcelain excavated at Jingdezhen, Chang Foundation, Taipei, 1996, pp. 302-3, no. 121). The Yongle examples of this form have a more prominent foot than their Yuan counterparts, and the Yongle vessels are also of more slender and elegant proportions.
Bottles or flasks of this type, which almost certainly developed from a metal proto-type, are often referred to as a 'pure water' or 'holy water' bottles, although they are more properly called kamandalu, which are used to contain holy water, called amrta, although it is sometimes referred to in English as nectar or ambrosia. It is particularly associated with the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin). This bottle form relates to the kendi and the kundika, having the distinctive flange on the neck, but is differentiated from the kendi and kundika by having no spout on the shoulder. The bottle most closely accords with kundika such as the Ding ware examples excavated from the Jingzhi Temple pagoda (dated AD 977) and the Jingzhongyuan Temple pagoda (dated AD 995) in Dingzhou, Hebei province (see Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Treasures from the Underground Palaces - Excavated from Northern Song Pagodas, Dingzhou, Hebei Province, China, Tokyo, 1997, nos. 57-58 and 87). The kundika with shoulder spout is also often referred to as a pure or holy water flask or sprinkler, and both vessels are associated with Buddhism. The bottle has a slightly wider mouth than that seen on the kundika, and the flange is positioned lower on the neck.
In sculpted or painted images of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara it is noticeable that, from the Tang dynasty onwards, the Bodhisattva holds the vessel by the neck, using the flange to suspend it between two fingers of her right hand. Such a bottle can be seen held between the fingers of a Tang dynasty sandstone eleven-headed Avalokitesvara from the Baoqing Temple, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, dated to c. 703, (illustrated in China - Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2004, p. 301, no. 193). A similar flanged bottle is held in the right hand of a beautiful, Yongle marked, gilt bronze seated figure of Avalokitesvara in the Rietberg Museum (illustrated in On the Path to Enlightenment - The Berti Aschmann Foundation of Tibetan Art at the Museum Rietberg, Zürich, Zürich, 1995, pp. 98-9, no. 52). Unusually this latter figure holds the flask upside-down because the right hand is in the varada mudra (gift bestowing hand gesture); nevertheless the flange on the neck of the bottle can clearly be seen.
As mentioned above, bottles of this form appear to have been made in greater numbers during the Qianlong reign, and several have been preserved. In discussion of a Qianlong iron red decorated flask of this type, the late Professor Wang Qingzheng, noted that this type of Qing dynasty bottle was called a zang cao ping, Tibetan herb bottle or gan lu ping, sweet dew bottle in Chinese (see Wang Qingzheng (ed.) in Dictionary of Chinese Ceramics, Singapore, 2002, p. 47, lower right). In the Qianlong reign it was a specially commissioned imperial gift to Tibetan monks, and according to the Yinliu zhai shuo ci (Description of porcelain from the Studio of Drinking Steams), it was not made after the Qianlong reign because no further Tibetan monks came to court. Professor Wang notes that in the Qing period such bottles were placed in front of Buddhist shrines to hold herbs.
It is likely that Ming dynasty bottles such as the current example were deployed in the same way. The Yongle emperor was a keen patron of Tibetan Buddhism, and invited a number of eminent Tibetan hierarchs to the Chinese court. These visits necessitated additional imperial orders of porcelain vessels, both for use in the rituals conducted by these hierarchs, and to be bestowed upon them as gifts from the emperor. The current flask may well have been commissioned for such an occasion.
Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. 11 May 2010. London, King Street www.christies.com
A small dingyao carved bowl, Northern Song dynasty & a small moulded longquan celadon 'lotus' dish Southern Song dynasty
A small dingyao carved bowl. Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). photo Christie's Ltd 2010
Of conical form, with finely potted flaring sides issuing from a narrow foot ring, beautifully carved in the interior with a series of gently curving, radiating spirals forming the flutes of a stylized blossom, the exterior plain, applied with a creamy white glaze of ivory tone darkening slightly to pale olive in the recesses of the carving and stopping short of the metal-bound rim - 5½ in. (14 cm.) diam., fitted box. Est. £6,000 - £8,000 ($8,820 - $11,760)
Provenance: Lord Cunliffe Collection, no. TT20.
Exhibited: Exhibition of Sung Dynasty Wares, The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 9 November - 17 December 1949, no. 136.
A small moulded longquan celadon 'lotus' dish. Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). photo Christie's Ltd 2010
The gently rounded sides lightly moulded on the exterior with a band of upturned lotus petals, covered overall in a sea-green glaze stopping irregularly at the foot, the footrim unglazed and burnt slightly orange in the firing - 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) diam., fitted box. Est. £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,880 - $8,820)
Provenance: With Bluett & Sons, London.
Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. 11 May 2010. London, King Street www.christies.com
Gérard Rancinan (Né en 1953), The Raft of illusions
Gérard Rancinan (Né en 1953), The Raft of illusions. photo Arts Conseils - Paris
Tirage argentique sous diasec. Signé et numéroté sur 12 exemplaires. 85 x 125 cm. AC - Estimation : 14 000 / 18 000 €
Arts Conseils - Paris. Vente du Mardi 11 mai 2010. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 4 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris. Pour tout renseignement, veuillez contacter Aurélie Maurice au 06 87 66 22 93
