Sceau citrine.du Marquis de La Fayette
Sceau citrine.du Marquis de La Fayette. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2011
Orné d'une citrine rectangulaire gravée des initiales LF et de la devise 'Cur non?', entièrement gravé, à décors de trophées, de faisceaux et de deux médaillons représentant Lafayette et Washington, monture en or jaune, travail du XVIIIème siècle. Estimate €4,000 - €6,000 ($5,741 - $8,612). Price Realized €5,250 ($7,591)
Provenance: Marquis de La Fayette, château de La Grange Bléneau; Clémentine de La Tour Maubourg, baronne de Brigode, sa petite-fille; puis par descendance aux propriétaires actuels.
Christie's. Intérieurs, 7 - 8 July 2011 , Paris www.christies.com
A bronze mirror decorated with blossoms, Korea, Koryo period
A bronze mirror decorated with blossoms, Korea, Koryo period. photo Nagel Auktionen
D. 19 cm. Estimate 2 000€
Property from the collection of the Tafel family, founded by the Tibet explorer Dr. Albert Tafel (1876 - 1935) and objects collected by Albert Tobias Tafel (1913 - 1981)
Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. May 7th 2011 www.auction.de
Pair of 18 Karat Two Color Gold and Diamond Leaf Earclips, Buccellati, Italy
Pair of 18 Karat Two Color Gold and Diamond Leaf Earclips, Buccellati, Italy. photo Sotheby's
Of openwork design set with round diamonds weighing approximately 1.65 carats, signed Buccellati, Italy, numbered X5174. With signed box. Estimate 9,000—11,000 USD. Lot Sold 11,250 USD
Sotheby's. Important Jewels, 02 Feb 11, New York www.sothebys.com
Korean ceramics @ Christie's New York
A Large Blue and White Porcelain Water Dropper in the form of a Mythical Lion (Haetae). Joseon dynasty (19th century). Photo: Christie´s Images Ltd 2010
Modelled as a seated lion supporting a large double-gourd bottle balanced on a tasseled saddle, the lion's mane, eye pupils, beard and tail accented by lines and dabs of underglaze blue as well as blue decorative florets and cord of the neck bell, the base of the double-gourd flask moulded with a band of lappets picked out in underglaze blue; the vessel also applied with a glossy, clear glaze; flat base unglazed; 6½ x 6¼ x 5 1/8in. (16.4 x 15.8 x 13cm.) - Estimate $300,000 - $350,000
Notes: The long history of Korean ceramics includes a tradition of whimsical, humorous animal sculptures. In the Koryo dynasty, celadon waterdroppers were modeled in the shape of ducks, monkeys, fish-dragons and dragon-headed tortoises. A Chinese scholar who visited Korea in the twelfth century went out of his way to comment on a celadon incense burner with a charming lion perched on its cover.
For a large water dropper from the Joseon dynasty in the National Museum of Korea, Seoul, shaped as a tortoise with a dragon's head carrying a gourd-shaped bottle on its back, see Choi Sunu, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, vol. 2 of The World's Great Collections: Oriental Ceramics (Tokyo, New York and San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1982), fig. 284.
A Large Blue and White Porcelain Dragon Jar. Joseon dynasty (18th-19th century). Photo: Christie´s Images Ltd 2010
Of high-shouldered ovoid form with tall, upright neck, decorated in cobalt underglaze with two four-clawed dragons chasing the flaming pearl in the midst of scallop-shaped clouds, the wide frieze between cloud and line borders, the foot and rim encircled by narrow single or double-lines of underglaze blue and the whole jar applied with a crackled clear glaze; 16¾in. (42.3cm.) high - Estimate $100,000 - $120,000
A Blue and White Porcelain Bottle with Longevity Symbols. Joseon dynasty (19th century). Photo: Christie´s Images Ltd 2010
With bulbous lower body rising from a short, inset foot to the tall, cylindrical neck ending in a rolled lip, painted in crisp strokes of underglaze blue with elements of the Ten Signs of Long Life (Shipjaengsaeng), here pairs of mythical tortoises, cranes and deer and immortal fungus shown amongst billowing clouds below the distant sun setting beneath craggy cliffs, the vessel also decorated with a narrow blue line around the foot and with a blue-tinged clear glaze of even lustre; 11¾in. (29.8cm.) high - Estimate $60,000 - $80,000
A White Porcelain Water Dropper. Joseon dynasty (15th century). Photo: Christie´s Images Ltd 2010
Of compressed peach form balanced on a high ring foot and moulded with a curved, cylindrical side spout, decorated with a powdery transparent glaze; air hole drilled next to the point at the center top; foot rim unglazed; 2¾in. (7cm.) high; 4¼in. (10.4cm.) diameter - Estimate $45,000 - $50,000
A Large Blue and White Porcelain Bowl . Joseon dynasty (19th century). Photo: Christie´s Images Ltd 2010
The deep circular bowl balanced on a raised ring foot decorated with four stylized longevity medallions of cobalt blue evenly spaced around the perimeter, the well additionally painted with a longevity medallion of the same size, the exterior of the rim and lower body above the foot painted with underglaze-blue double lines and around the foot with a single blue line, all beneath a clear glaze of blue cast; 10 1/8in. (25.7cm.) diameter; 5 7/8in. (14.8cm.) high - Estimate $45,000 - $50,000
Notes: For another bowl, see Choi Sunu, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, vol. 2 of The Worlds Great Collections, Oriental Ceramics (Tokyo, New York and San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1982), no. 269.
A Dome-form White Porcelain Water Dropper. Joseon period (19th century). Photo: Christie´s Images Ltd 2010
Rising from a short ring foot, moulded on one side with an angular short spout and drilled in the top center with an air hole, the whole save the foot rim decorated with a blue-tinged clear glaze with high sheen; 7/8in. (7.2cm.) high; 2¾in. (7cm.) diameter - Estimate $30,000 - $35,000
A Blue and White Porcelain Dish. Joseon dynasty (19th century). Photo: Christie´s Images Ltd 2010
The shallow dish resting on a raised circular foot painted in light and dark washes of underglaze blue with fishermen in a bay before a backdrop of pine-studded cliffs, the closer shoreline crags dotted with pines and flowering trees, the masts of four anchored boats shown near the rim, the landscape all below a double-line border, a single line of underglaze blue encircling the foot, the dish also covered by a transparent glaze; foot rim unglazed; 7 3/8in. (18.7cm.) diameter; 2in. (5cm.) high - Estimate $30,000 - $35,000
An Incised Buncheong Stoneware Bottle. Joseon dynasty (15th-16th century). Photo: Christie´s Images Ltd 2010
Of bulbous form rising from a high, flared foot to a cup-form mouth, decorated around the midsection with incised leaves and below the neck with a collar of incised lappets, the body also brushed with thin white slip and applied with a transparent glaze of high sheen and distinct green cast; 5¼in. (13.2cm.) high; 5¾in. (14.6cm.) diameter - Estimate $30,000 - $35,000
An Incised Celadon Stoneware Maebyeong. Goryeo dynasty (12th century). Photo: Christie´s Images Ltd 2010
The slender ovoid body with high, swelling shoulders and cup-form mouth, incised with delicate lines that form lotus blossoms on long, curling stems and cranes and willows, the vessel also applied overall save the flat foot rim with a thick celadon glaze running in several thick drops and patches and with high gloss; 11 1/8in. (28.2cm.) high - Estimate $15,000 - $20,000
Property from the Robert Moore Collection of Korean Art
A Large Blue and White Dragon Jar. Joseon dynasty (second half 19th century). Photo: Christie´s Images Ltd 2010
Of high-shouldered ovoid form with tall, upright neck, painted on the body with a single three-clawed dragon writhing through clouds below a cloud collar, the neck painted with two scalloped lines and the neck and base encircled by parallel rings, all executed in underglaze blue beneath a glossy transparent glaze; 14½in. (36.8cm.) high - Estimate $15,000 - $20,000
Property from the Robert Moore Collection of Korean Art
A Small Blue and White Porcelain Water Dropper. Joseon dynasty (19th century). Photo: Christie´s Images Ltd 2010
Rectangular, painted in underglaze blue on the four sides with leaf sprays and on the top with a panel of insects, budding boughs and flowers within a line border, the top drilled with a central air hole and circular corner spout hole; flat base unglazed; 2 x 1½ x 7/8in. (4.9 x 7 x 2.3cm.) - Estimate $12,000 - $15,000
A Slip-inlaid Celadon Stoneware Maebyeong. Goryeo dynasty (14th century). Photo: Christie´s Images Ltd 2010
Of ovoid form with inset neck and extended, rolled lip, incised and inlaid in white slip with a collar of auspicious fungus heads at the neck and with a band of stiff leaves at the foot, both framing a frieze of cranes flying above paired willows and lotuses executed in white and iron-slip inlay, the vessel also decorated with a glossy greyish celadon glaze; 11 13/16in. (30cm.) high - Estimate $8,000 - $10,000
Property from the Robert Moore Collection of Korean Art
A Celadon Stoneware Bowl and a Saucer. Goryeo dynasty (12th century). Photo: Christie´s Images Ltd 2010
The bowl of conical form with petiolate rim and impressed in the well in slight relief with a lotus blossom and applied overall with a celadon glaze; three spur marks within the circular foot rim; the shallow, round saucer also moulded in the well with a flower and decorated with a celadon glaze with emerald flushes and dense craquelure; three spur marks on the wide, flat base
Bowl 7 3/8in. (18.6cm.) diameter; saucer 5¼in. (13.2cm.) diameter (2) - Estimate $2,500 - $3,000
Property from the Dr. and Mrs. William L. Corbin Collection
Notes: On loan to the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 1 June 2006--22 June 2010
Christie's. Japanese & Korean Art Including Arts of the Meiji Period. 15 September 2010. New York, Rockefeller Plaza www.christies.com
Peinture en hauteur, Corée, période Choson, fin XIXe/début XXe siècle
Peinture en hauteur, Corée, période Choson, fin XIXe/début XXe siècle. photo Mercier & Cie
encre et polychromie sur papier, tigre debout, la tête tournée légèrement vers la gauche. Encadrée sous verre. À vue : 99 x 68 cm - Estimation : 300 / 400 €
Mercier & Cie - 59000 Lille. Monsieur Thierry PORTIER, Expert. Vente du Dimanche 2 mai 2010. Hôtel des ventes de Lille - 14, rue des jardins. Pour tout renseignement, veuillez contacter la maison de ventes au 03 20 12 24 24
Céramiques coréennes à couverte céladon du XIIème siècle @ Tajan
Vase meiping en céramique à couverte céladon. Corée, période Koryo, XIIe siècle
et décor en barbotine blanche rehaussée de noir, de grues en vol dans des médaillons et parmi des nuages stylisés. Le petit col et le pourtour du pied sont soulignés de feuilles de lotus et de bananier. (Restaurations et égrenure). Haut. 37,5 cm - Estimation : € 12,000-15,000
Provenance : Collection JT Tai, 1971 ; coll. Sackler Gallery.
Vase piriforme en céramique à couverte céladon. Corée, période Koryo, XIIe siècle.
orné en blanc et noir, de grues parmi les nuages. Haut. 37,5 cm - Estimation : € 5,000-6,000
Petite bouteille en céramique émaillée céladon. Corée, fin de la période Koryo
à décor sous couverte de grues en vol. . Haut. 14 cm - Estimation : € 400-600
Vase bouteille en céramique à couverte céladon. Corée, période Koryo, XIIe siècle
à panse sphérique basse au décor réticulé de rinceaux et médaillons ornés de grues, le haut col octogonal rehaussé de motifs floraux et agrémenté d'une petite anse. Haut. 27 cm - Estimation : € 3,000-4,000
Provenance : Collection Warren Cot, 1965 ; coll. Sackler Gallery
TAJAN. ARTS D'ASIE, 17 déc. 2009 19:00, Espace Tajan www.tajan.com
"Gods, Demons and Generals: Icons of Korean Shamanism" & "Haeri Yoo: Paper Deep" @ Kresge Art Museum
Guardian Spirits, mid-20th century, color on paper and fabric, 42 x 63 inches.
EAST LANSING, MI.- Kresge Art Museum celebrates Korea with two concurrent exhibitions. Gods, Demons and Generals: Icons of Korean Shamanism, an historical look at Korean culture and Haeri Yoo: Paper Deep, an intensely contemporary installation. The twelve paintings of Gods, Demon and Generals: Icons of Korean Shamanism represent and explore the indigenous shamanic tradition, which is a force that exists at the nexus of the culture and religion of Korea .The exhibitions are on view at Kresge Art Museum , Michigan State University, through October 18, 2009. This exhibition of late 19th-early 20th century paintings of spirits and deities represents and explores the indigenous shamanic tradition, which is a force that exists at the nexus of the culture and religion of Korea. These paintings were not created as art or decoration but rather as visual representations of the gods that a shaman (mudang or mansin) honors each day in her shrine, calls upon to help her give divinations, and manifests in her own person when she performs an elaborate ritual (kut). When they appear in rituals, the gods and ancestors speak through the shaman’s lips and perform through her own body, chastising family members for neglect and misbehavior but also bringing promises of good fortune. The images in the paintings, like the costumes that shamans wear when performing rituals, reveal a lively religious practice that incorporates elements of popular religion, Buddhism, and the old Confucian state, often with a dash of humor. To glimpse the world depicted in these compositions is to gain a unique perspective on Korea’s ancient past and immediate present at once. This exhibition is organized by and paintings are on loan from The Korea Society, New York. Haeri Yoo (Korean, born 1970) Paper Deep (detail), 2009, acrylic and mixed media on board, Panel A: 8 x 16 feet Korean-born, New York-based artist Haeri Yoo executed a large scale, mixed-media installation on two gallery walls in the museum during the month of August. The Kresge Art Museum piece represents Yoo’s first in Michigan . She returns on September 28, 2009, in conjunction with MSU’s Department of Art & Art History Visiting Artist series, for class visits, a gallery walk and lectures. Haeri Yoo’s mixed-media site-specific installation examines themes of humor, sexuality, gestural fi guration and psychological tension. The formal sensibility of her native Korea translates into sensitivity to negative space and markmaking. By adding and mutating reality, her wall drawing fuses beauty and violence.
Gods, Demons and Generals: Icons of Korean Shamanism
Haeri Yoo: Paper Deep
Yoo says her “mixed-media drawings, paintings, and site-specific installations explore psychological humor, bodily tensions, human sexuality, and the overt and subtle relationships that haunt the space between beauty and violence.” Her large walls are a riot of color, forcing the viewer to stop and focus. Images hidden next to and below other images begin to emerge. “Marked areas are developed from touches produced in a brief moment and are judged based on the gesture's emotive quality that they stand in memory of. Final works are built up, painted, drawn, pasted and re-shaped from a large repository of smaller explorations. Like a child views the world, my work segregates and playfully mutates the realties present.”
Michigan State University will break ground on the iconic Eli and Edy the Broad Art Museum in March 2010, followed immediately by 23 months of construction and a 2012 museum opening. The university received a generous gift from Eli and Edythe Broad which provides $18.5 million for the building itself and $7.5 million in endowed funds for acquisitions, exhibitions and operations. The university has raised approximately $30 million toward the total project cost of $40 million to $45 million. Visit : http://www.artmuseum.msu.edu/
An underglaze iron-decorated globular jar and a white glazed porcelain jar. Joseon Dynasty, 19th Century
An underglaze iron-decorated globular jar. Joseon Dynasty, 19th Cenury
Its wide rim finished with a concave edge on the interior and exterior surfaces and its globular body painted in bold outlines of iron oxide with a scaly dragon chasing a flaming pearl, the celadon-tinged glaze covering all surfaces except the foot pad. 13 1/4in (33.5cm) diameter. Estimate: $6,000 - 8,000
A white glazed porcelain jar. Joseon Dynasty, 19th Century
Thickly potted with a flared rim and ovoid body raised upon a tall foot, the celadon-tinged glaze covering all surfaces except the foot pad with some gaps in the glaze layer. 14 3/4in (37.5cm) high. Estimate: $5,000 - 7,000
Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 29 Jun 2009. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco www.bonhams.com
A buncheong-decorated celadon maebyong. Joseon Dynasty, 15th Century
A buncheong-decorated celadon maebyong. Joseon Dynasty, 15th Century
Of inverted pear form with a short, spreading neck and spreading foot, inlaid in white and black slip with horizontal bands of overlapping lotus petals, leaf scrolls, flower petals accented with stamens and descending leaf bands, all visible beneath a pale olive green glaze, the wide foot pad and recessed base left unglazed. 9 1/2in (24cm) high. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000
Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 29 Jun 2009. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco www.bonhams.com
Six blue and white porcelains of Joseon Dynasty, 19th Century @ Bonhams
A good blue and white porcelain bottle vase with dragon decoration. Joseon Dynasty, 19th Century
Potted with a rolled rim to the wide neck and body of compressed pear shape painted in variegated shades of cobalt wash and outline with a four-clawed dragon pursuing a flaming pearl amid clouds, the exterior foot painted with a thin blue stripe and a celadon-tinged glaze applied everywhere except the foot pad. 12 1/4in (31cm) high. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000
A fine and rare blue and white porcelain bottle vase with flowering branch decoration. Joseon Dynasty, 19th Century
Potted with a rolled rim to the tall neck that spreads outward to the compressed globular body raised on short foot, the richly hued cobalt outlines and washes defining leafy branches of flowering magnolia reversing chrysanthemum and a thin cobalt line accenting the foot, the celadon-tinged glaze covering all surfaces except the foot pad. 12 1/4in (31cm) high. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000
A large blue and white porcelain dragon jar. Joseon Dynasty, 19th Century
Thickly potted with a body of inverted pear form finished with a canted edge around the base, painted in cobalt outline and wash with clouds around its cylindrical neck and a lappet band at the shoulder above a boldly painted dragon chasing a flaming pearl amid further clouds, the celadon-tinged glaze covering all surfaces except the foot pad. 19 1/4 (49cm) high. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000
Two blue and white porcelain dragon jars. Joseon Dynasty, 19th Century
Each similarly potted with a tall neck and the body of inverted pear form finished with a canted edge around the foot, the surfaces painted alike with a four-claw dragon chasing a flaming pearl amid cloud scrolls that repeat around the the neck above a lappet band encircling the shoulder, the celadon-tinged glaze unevenly covering most surfaces. 13 3/4 and 12 3/4in (35 and 32.5cm) high. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000
A blue and white porcelain storage jar. Joseon Dynasty, 19th Century
Its ovoid body boldly painted with a wide stripe of bright blue cobalt above the slightly concave band where the two sections of the jar were luted together while thin lines of cobalt accent its shoulder and lower body, the celadon-tinged glaze covering all surfaces except the foot and recessed base. 13 1/2in (34.5cm) high. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000
Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 29 Jun 2009. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco www.bonhams.com
