26 juin 2011

A Chinese cizhou-type brown-painted ovoid jar,  Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 12¼in. (31cm.) high. Estimate $1,500 - $2,500- Price Realized  $6,250 Provenance: Warren E. Cox & Assoc., New York, prior to 1978. Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. Notes: The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 466d5 is consistent with the dating of this lot. Two Chinese cizhou-type vessels, Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 comprising a brown-glazed resist decorated... [Lire la suite]

    Lucien Lelong Haute Couture, n° 4144, circa 1920/25. Ensemble en crêpe de chine corail gansé de lamé or, Photo Artcurial Robe sans manches à encolure ronde, jupe ornée de plis religieuse, ceinture-lien se nouant sur le devant, Cape coordonnée se nouant également sur le devant. Se porte avec un fond de robe (griffe beige, graphisme bourgogne) (légère oxydation du lamé et petite tache) - Estimation 800 - 1 000 € Callot Sœurs Haute Couture Eté 1914. Ensemble d'après-midi.  Photo Artcurial en... [Lire la suite]

A large Chinese painted bronze mirror, Han Dynasty(206 BC-AD 220) or later, Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 later decorated with figures and birds; 11in. (28cm.) diameter - Estimate $2,000 - $3,000- Price Realized $5,250 Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. Three Chinese bronze mirrors, Han-Tang dynasty (206 BC-AD 907), Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 comprising a large mirror molded with figures, a smaller mirror with grapes and stylized animals, and a fan-shaped mirror. The large mirror 9in. (22.8cm.)... [Lire la suite]

Jacques Fath Haute Couture, n° 6672, circa 1950. Robe du soir. Photo Artcurial en velours de soie et satin duchesse noir, travail de pliage et effet de plastron sur le bustier, ample jupe portefeuille (griffe blanche, graphisme noir) (mini usure, manque ceinture) - Estimation 1 000 - 1 200 € Provenance: Anne Moen Bullitt  Jean Dessès Haute Couture, n° 9852, circa 1950. Ensemble de cocktail. Photo Artcurial en faille noire, corsage à manches trois-quarts, important décolleté souligné d'un revers à draper, JUPE à... [Lire la suite]

A Sèvres cup and saucer, 1783. Photo Sotheby's gobelet litron et soucoupe of the third size, decorated with a blue ground enriched with guilloche and Vitruvian scrollﾠborders in stamped raisedﾠgold foil, the ground with scatteredﾠgold veins resembling lapis lazuli, the cup reserved with a classical scene in sepia tones depictingﾠHercules and Omphale, the saucer with a Herculean trophy including a pair of doves, a distaff, clubﾠand lionskin; interlaced Ls flanked by dateletters ff for 1783, gilder's mark 2000 for Henry-François... [Lire la suite]

EISA Haute Couture, circa 1953. Robe de bal. Photo Artcurial en satin duchesse champagne avec découpe arrondie figurant une pointe de chaque côté, rappel sur la petite basque, jupe longue en tulle de soie absinthe (griffe blanche, graphisme gris) (réparations dans le tulle, quelques taches au bas de la jupe, petite décoloration tout en bas de la jupe) - Estimation 1 800 - 2 200 € Provenance: Anne Moen Bullit EISA Haute Couture, Hiver 1953. Robe de cocktail. Photo Artcurial en satin noir à pois blancs, impression sur... [Lire la suite]

An extremely rare Vincennes teapot and cover, circa 1747-49. Photo Sotheby's héière ronde in Meissen style with a tau handle and bird's head spout, paintedﾠwith a continuous riverside scene including an elegant couple, the cove, with further landscapes in miniature, attachedﾠwith a white metal chain andﾠmounts,ﾠcracked; 10.4cm., 4¼in. ESTIMATE 20,000-30,000 GBP - Lot Sold: 20,000 GBP Note: The shape of this teapot closely follows a Meissen prototype. For a similar teapot in the Musée National de Cèramique (minus a cover) see... [Lire la suite]