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9 mai 2011

Barthel Bruyn the Elder, Vanitas

Barthel Bruyn the Elder, Portrait of a Noblewoman, 1530-35. Oil on panel, 45 x 36 cm. Museo Correr, Venice Barthel Bruyn the Elder, Portrait of a knight, 1531, 62,6 x 46,5 cm. Beschriftung: unter der Bez.: AE 37; auf dem Spruchband: VIVE: MEMOR. LETI....

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Tags: Portrait, vanitas, Barthel Bruyn the Elder

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9 mai 2011

René Boivin jewelry @ Sotheby's. Magnificent Jewels. 14 Apr 11. New York

18 Karat Gold and Diamond 'Tulip' Double-Clip Brooch, René Boivin, France, Circa 1940. Photo Sotheby's The polished gold flowers designed as tulips set throughout with rose-cut diamonds, maker's mark for Boivin, French assay marks, flowers detach to be...

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Tags: Coral, 1940, René Boivin, sapphire, Tulipe

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9 mai 2011

Chinese Textiles @ Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 12 May 2011, New Bond Street

A yellow silk Imperial Court nine-dragons robe. Early 19th century. Photo Bonhams Yellow silk yardage, comprising the front, back and over-flat, for an Imperial dragon robe, jifu, with Five Imperial Symbols, the thin, bright yellow, tabby-woven silk with...

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Tags: 19th century, dragon robe, kesi, Jiaqing, Daoguang, Imperial Court, nine-dragons robe, yellow silk

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9 mai 2011

A rare Mughal gem-set jade-hilted dagger (peshkabz), North West India, 17th-18th century & A jade-hilted dagger, India, 18th ct

A rare Mughal gem-set jade-hilted dagger (peshkabz), North West India, 17th-18th century. Photo Sotheby's the tapering curved watered-steel blade with broad flattened back chiselled and overlaid in gold with a pendant palmette, the dark-green jade pistol-grip...

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Tags: Jade, 18th century, 17th-18th Century, India, dagger, mughal-style, peshkabz

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9 mai 2011

An enamelled and agate-hilted dagger with bubri decoration and scabbard, possibly from the personal armoury of Tipu Sultan

An enamelled and agate-hilted dagger with bubri decoration and scabbard, possibly from the personal armoury of Tipu Sultan at Seringapatam, India, circa 1790. Photo Sotheby's the slender tapering watered wootz steel blade of peshkabz form with broad back...

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Tags: agate, India, dagger, Tipu Sultan, 1790, Seringapatam

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9 mai 2011

JAR jewelry @ Sotheby's Geneva, Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels, 17 May 2011

Spectucular pair of gem-set and diamond ear clips, JAR. Photo Sotheby's Each designed as a stylised articulated feather, set with circular-cut gemstones such as sapphires, garnets, tourmalines and spinels of various sizes and colours, accented with single-cut...

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Tags: Jar, bangle-bracelet, sapphire, garnet, marquise-shaped diamond, pink diamond, tourmalines, Spinel

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8 mai 2011

A Mughal-style carved jade bowl, China, 18th century

A Mughal-style carved jade bowl, China, 18th century. Photo Sotheby's of pale green tones, the walls carved with six lobes, decorated in relief with flowering lily plants and scrolling leaves above a palmette arcade, the well with a central lotus flower...

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Tags: Qianlong, Jade, 18th century, China, mughal-style

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8 mai 2011

Mughal gem-set gold and jade objects and jewelry, India, 17th,18th & 19th century

A rare Mughal gem-set gold spoon, India, 17th-18th century. Photo Sotheby's the shallow bowl delicately inlaid on the reverse with a lotus rosette comprised of radiating foil-backed diamond petals and rubies, the faceted tapering shaft inlaid with emeralds...

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Tags: Jade, 1800, 17th-18th Century, India, Mughal, archer's ring, Jaipur, fly-whisk, Crutch Hilt, hasli

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8 mai 2011

A Kangxi blue and white porcelain huqqa base for the Indian market, China, 1662-1722

A Kangxi blue and white porcelain huqqa base for the Indian market, China, 1662-1722. Photo Sotheby's of squat bulbous form with a narrow neck with a broad horizontal flange and swollen neck, the underglaze decoration composed of six bracketed cartouches...

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Tags: Kangxi, Blue and White, China, huqqa bases, 1662-1722, Indian market

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8 mai 2011

Safavid Polychrome & blue and white, Persia, 17th century

A Safavid Polychrome Bottle, Persia, second half 17th Century. Photo Sotheby's the bulbous body with slender elongated neck on a short foot, the slip painting with central decoration comprising lobed cartouches with blue, black and red floral motifs;...

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Tags: 17th century, Blue and White, Persia, Safavid, 17th-18th Century, Zandi

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