30 juin 2011
Velours de Bursa, Turquie & Velours ciselé, Italie ou Turquie, XVIème siècle.

30 juin 2011
cThree 19th century Chinoiserie snuff boxes in Meissen style

30 juin 2011
Un kaftan perse, deux gilets et une tunique turques

30 juin 2011
A very rare gold-mounted shell-shaped snuff box, probably Vezzi, circa 1725
A very rare gold-mounted shell-shaped snuff box, probably Vezzi, circa 1725. Photo Bonhams
Decorated in gilding over a red ground, the cover and base moulded in relief with a stylised shell against a gilt ground tooled with a trellis pattern, the ribs decorated with gilt bellflower motifs and dots, the sides with exotic birds, animals, plants and a figure, the inside cover with a vignette of three chinoiserie figures, the inside of the box with a chinoiserie figure seated on a cushion, 8.1cm wide (some wear). Estimate: £12,000... [Lire la suite]
30 juin 2011
Lampas & Damas "au chinois" @ Aponem Deburaux

30 juin 2011
Three 18th century Saint Cloud Chinoiserie snuff boxes from the Helmut Joseph Collection
A Saint Cloud gilt-metal-mounted snuff box, circa 1740. Photo Bonhams
The cover and base moulded in high-relief with a shell heightened in coloured enamels in a Kakiemon palette, the sides painted with Oriental flower sprigs, the inside cover painted with a chinoiserie scene depicting a figure standing by a fence, flanked by flowering bushes, the inside with a single flower sprig, 8cm across (slight rubbing to enamels on base). Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000, € 3,400 - 5,700, US$ 4,900 - 8,200
Literature: Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985,... [Lire la suite]
30 juin 2011
Les Islettes, trois assiettes à bordure contournée, décor au chinois. Fin XVIIIème siècle

30 juin 2011
'Cy Twombly and Nicolas Poussin: Arcadian Painters' @ Dulwich Picture Gallery

30 juin 2011
Une œuvre de François Le Moyne préemptée pour le musée Auguste Rodin
François Le Moyne (Paris, 1688-1737), Diane revenant de la classe ou Le soir (Diana returning from the hunt or "The evening"). Huile sur toile chantournée mise au rectangle, 114 x 162,5 cm. Oil on canvas fret put as rectangle; 45 by 64 in. photo Sotheby"s
PARIS - Le 23 juin 2011, Le Retour de chasse de Diane ou Le Soir de François Le Moyne (1688-1737) était mis en vente chez Sotheby’s à Paris. Estimée entre 200 et 300 000 euros, cette peinture était adjugée pour 471 793 euros frais compris. L’Etat... [Lire la suite]
29 juin 2011
Frankenthal gilt-metal-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1770
A Frankenthal gilt-metal-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1770. Photo Bonhams
Of slightly waisted form with a domed cover and the exterior moulded with a basketwork pattern, the base and cover painted with chinoiserie scenes after Jean Pillement, the sides with landscape scenes depicting ruins, castles and bridges over rivers, the inside cover with a scene of peasants smoking and drinking, the mounts with wavy borders, 8cm wide. Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000, € 3,400 - 4,600, US$ 4,900 - 6,600
Provenance: Alfred Joseph... [Lire la suite]