2 juillet 2011

Paire de coupes couvertes "Aux Sirènes". Chine, époque Kangxi (1662-1722) pour la porcelaine; Paris, début du XVIIIe siècle pour la monture en bronze doré. Photo Marc-Arthur Kohn Les deux coupes portent une marque en rouge H. 27 cm, L. 27 cm, P. 19 cm - Estimation : 120 000 - 180 000 € Cette très rare paire de coupes couvertes en porcelaine de Chine d'époque Kangxi s'agrémente d'une très fine monture de bronzes dorés réalisée dans la grande tradition des objets dits «montés» de la fin du XVIIe siècle et du... [Lire la suite]

Yves Klein (1928 - 1962), Monochrome. Photo Sotheby's pure pigment and synthetic resin on cartoline; 21.5 by 17.8cm.; 8 1/2 by 7in. Executed in 1959.. ESTIMATE 60,000-80,000 GBP - Lot Sold: 73,250 GBP Yves Klein (1928 - 1962), La Terre Bleue. Photo Sotheby's embossed with the star on the base and numbered 72/300 on a label affixed to the underside; dry IKB pigment and synthetic resin on plaster cast; 35.5 by 29.5 by 28cm.; 14 by 11 5/8 by 11in. Conceived in 1957, this work was cast in 1990 in an edition of... [Lire la suite]

Vase balustre. Chine, époque Qianlong (1736-1795) pour la porcelaine France, époque Louis XVI, vers 1775-1780 pour la monture en bronze.  Photo Marc-Arthur Kohn H. 63,5 cm, L. 34 cm. Fêlure interne à l'une des attaches. Estimation : 250 000 - 300 000 € Le vase, de forme balustre, repose sur un piédouche de bronze ciselé et doré, orné de canaux rayonnants, ceints à la base d'un tore de laurier, le tout reposant sur un socle carré à compartiments amatis. Une corolle de canaux alternant avec des feuilles... [Lire la suite]

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) , Concetto spaziale, Attese. Photo Sotheby's signed, titled and inscribed Forse il verde è un bel colore! on the reverse, waterpaint on canvas, 65.3 by 54cm.; 25 3/4 by 21 1/4 in. Executed in 1964-1965. ESTIMATE 400,000-600,000 GBP - Lot Sold: 469,250 GBP NOTE: In Concetto Spaziale, Attese, Fontana's tagli take their most striking form. A verdant green ground becomes a dramatic stage upon which four trademark slashes play their part. Dancing across the canvas in the curved form of musical notes... [Lire la suite]

Jean Patou, haute couture, circa 1935-1938. Photo Cornette de Saint Cyr Robe longue en dentelle noire ornée de ruban de velours de forme croissant cousus pour donner un effet de festoné en biais, ras du cou, petites manches, jupe ample à ourlet doublé de crin. Sans Griffe - Estimation : 1 500 / 1 700 € Provenance: Garde robe personnelle de Mademoiselle JACK, mannequin de la maison Patou dans les années 1930 Jean Patou, haute couture, n°5 540, circa 1935-1938. Photo Cornette de Saint Cyr Robe longue en crêpe écru, encolure... [Lire la suite]

A Saint Cloud gold-mounted snuff box in the form of a recumbent horse, circa 1740-50. Photo Bonhams Mounted with a chased and engraved gold bridle and saddle and diamond chips in the eyes, mounted with an agate cover, the mounts twice marked with 'Eagle's head' guarantee mark (petite garantie) for Paris, after 1838, 5.3cm high, 5.2cm across. Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000, € 3,400 - 4,600, US$ 4,900 - 6,600 - Sold for £7,800 Provenance: The Estate of Stephen Richard Currier and Audrey Bruce Currier, sold Christie's East, New... [Lire la suite]

A Saint Cloud silver-mounted circular snuff box, circa 1735. Photo Bonhams Moulded in relief with pagodas on landscape vignettes to the side, a parrot perched on a branch to the base and a hunt vignette with a boar and hound on the cover, the silver mount with discharge mark of Hubert Louvet, Paris 1732-38, 4.5cm diam, (haircrack to side of box at rear). Estimate: £800 - 1,200, € 920 - 1,400, US$ 1,300 - 2,000 - Sold for £2,280 Provenance: Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1319 Literature: Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no.... [Lire la suite]

  A Saint Cloud gold-mounted box in the form of a monk, circa 1740.  Photo Bonhams The bearded figure holding a beaker in his right hand, traces of marks to mount, perhaps the 'crowned mace' discharge mark for Jacques Cottin, Paris, 1727-32, 5.6cm across, 4.7cm high; Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000, € 2,300 - 3,400, US$ 3,300 - 4,900 - Sold for £4,800 Provenance: Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1307 Literature: Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 78; Munger 2002, fig. 6 Exhibited: Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1972-2003; London,... [Lire la suite]

Roberto Capucci Alta Moda, circa 1980. Photo Cornette de Saint Cyr Robe de cocktail en soie marine, encolure bateau sous deux volets d'inspiration renaissance gansé d'un biais de shantung multicolore se continuant sur les manches, jupe droite à taille légèrement froncée soulignée d'une ceinture. Griffe noire, graphisme blanc - Estimation : 8 000 / 10 000 € CAPUCCI Paris - Rome, circa 1960. Photo Cornette de Saint Cyr Blouse en soie à effet de mille raies écrues, encolure ronde soulignée d'une broderie de perles violette,... [Lire la suite]

A very rare Vincennes silver-mounted octagonal snuff-box, circa 1745-50. Photo Bonhams Moulded with a border of palmettes around the centre, painted in purple with floral motifs, pierced with two holes at the rear, the lower body with an oval foliate and trellis cartouche on either side enclosing a landscape scene, the sides with flowering branches, the cover moulded with a palmette motif in the centre, embellished in purple and enclosed by a flowering branches tied with a ribbon, the inside cover painted with a scene of ships... [Lire la suite]