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30 mai 2010

A fine and rare rhyton-form 'dragon' rhinoceros horn libation cup. 17th-18th century

A fine and rare rhyton-form 'dragon' rhinoceros horn libation cup. 17th-18th century. photo Bonhams The hollowed horn of archaistic form, tapering from a wide heart-shaped mouth, folding over and terminating in a scroll work handle, all supported by the...

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Tags: rhinoceros horn, Libation Cup, 17th-18th Century, dragon, rhyton

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30 mai 2010

Follower of Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts. A vanitas still life

Follower of Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts. A vanitas still life. photo Sotheby's with an hourglass, a deck of cards, a skull resting on music sheets, an ewer, a flute, a candlestick and other objects, all arranged on a partly-draped table top: oil on...

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Tags: 17th century, vanitas, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts

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30 mai 2010

Sydney L. Moss presents Japanese Art

Tomotada. Ivory ox and calf. Signed. Kyoto, circa 1760-80. Length: 2⅜ in., 6.6 cm. Sydney L. Moss Ltd., celebrating its centenary this year, will be one of the few dealers in Asian art to exhibit at the Russian, Eastern & Oriental Fine Art Fair taking...

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Tags: Ivory, Nagoya, Dosho, Gyokuso, Hashiichi, Ikkan, Kokusai, Masanobu, Osaka, Shizuka, Tomotada, Yoshikazu

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30 mai 2010

"Ghirlandaio and the Renaissance in Florence" @ Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

This summer the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza will be presenting the temporary exhibition Ghirlandaio and the Renaissance in Florence. Comprising a survey of quattrocento Florentine art, its starting point is one of the great icons in the Museum's permanent...

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Tags: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Piero del Pollaiuolo, Antonio Rossellino, Cosimo Rosselli

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30 mai 2010

Table à thé & Table en bois exotique sculpté. Tonkin, Nam Dinh. Epoque fin XIXème siècle

Table à thé à deux niveaux. Tonkin, Nam Dinh. Epoque fin XIXème siècle en bois exotique sculpté et incrustation de nacre, pieds griffes H.100 L.80 P.55 - Estimation : 500/600€ Table en bois exotique sculpté et ajouré. Tonkin, Nam Dinh. Epoque fin XIXème...

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Tags: XIXème siècle, Tonkin, Table, bois exotique, Table à thé, Nam Dinh

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30 mai 2010

Robert Mapplethorpe 's Two Silver Prints & Three Photogravure

Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989), Calla Lily, 1984. photo Sotheby's Silver print, printed 1984. Flush-mounted to sturdy card. Signed, dated and dedicated for Anne in ink in the lower margin. On the reverse on the card with the photographer's copyright...

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Tags: Robert Mapplethorpe, Photogravure, Silver Print

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30 mai 2010

Ensemble de trois soieries et broderies. XVIIe siècle.

Ensemble de trois soieries et broderies. XVIIe siècle. l'une représentant un crâne, les deux autres des tibias. Ornements de fleurs et de feuilles. Ces ornements figuraient sur les robes du clergé espagnol pour les cérémonies des enterrements de notables....

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Tags: crâne, XVIIe siècle, broderie, soierie

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30 mai 2010

Black japanned cabinet, England, circa 1740

Black japanned cabinet, England, circa 1740 A fine mid-18th century black japanned cabinet decorated throughout with chinoiseries in shades of gold, raised in some areas, on a black ground with red aventurine borders imitating nashiji, the door fronts...

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Tags: 18th century, Cabinet, England, black japanned

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30 mai 2010

An octagonal facetted green glass bottle vase. Qianlong mark and of the period & An Imperial yellow glass bottle vase. Qing

An octagonal facetted green glass bottle vase. Qianlong wheel-cut four-character mark and of the period. photo Bonhams The brilliant emerald-green glass of elegant pear-shaped form, supported on a tall foot, the swollen body cut into eight symmetrical...

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Tags: Qing dynasty, Qianlong, Glass, Imperial yellow glass, green glass

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30 mai 2010

A turquoise and diamond brooch, by David Webb

A turquoise and diamond brooch, by David Webb. photo Bonhams Designed as a flower, the centre set with a turquoise cabochon, within unfurled petals set with brilliant-cut diamonds, to a textured stem and diamond leaves, mounted in 18k yellow and white...

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Tags: diamond, David Webb, turquoise

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