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Alexandre François Desportes (Champigneulles, 1661 - Paris, 1743) , Chien et gibier. Photo Libert Damien Huile sur toile, signée Desportes et datée 1714 en bas à gauche. Cadre en chêne sculpté et doré d'époque Régence.  Estimation : 40 000 - 50 000 € Certificat de Monsieur Pierre Jacky en date du 8 février 2011. Historique: Collection particulière, Prague, vers 1920; collection du duc de Brissac; collection particulière. Sur un fond de paysage, un chien barbet surveille un lièvre et un canard col-vert morts... [Lire la suite]

An extremely rare Ming large blue and white 'carp' fishbowl. Wanli six-character mark and of the period  (1573-1619). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 Strongly potted with deep rounded sides rising to a raised rim, superbly painted in vibrant tones of cobalt blue with a skilfully composed design of four fish, each carefully distinguished and with great naturalism and sense of movement, swimming amidst flowering lotus plants, duckweed and other aquatic plants above a band of cresting waves; 22 1/4 in. (56.5 cm.) diam.... [Lire la suite]

Coupe libatoire en corne de rhinocéros. Chine, XVIIe siècle. Photo Libert Damien à décor sculpté en relief d'une frise de masques de taotie sur fond de grecques et ailes de cigale et en haut relief et détaché de dix qilong. (Il manque le talon).  LONG.: 19 CM. ET 9 CM. - POIDS: 240 G. Estimation : 60 000 - 80 000 € Libert Damien. Mercredi 08 juin à 14h00. Drouot - Richelieu - Salle 1. EMail : contact@damienlibert.com - Tél. : 01 48 24 51 20

A rare and finely painted late Ming blue and white 'dragon and phoenix' garlic-headed vase, suantouping. Wanli six-character mark and of the period (1573-1619). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 The globular body painted in inky-blue tones on each side with a sinuous five-clawed horned ascending dragon flanked by a pair of descending phoenix in flight, confronting a 'flaming pearl' reserved on a ground of loose composite floral meander, above a border of prunus flowerheads on a wave ground, and keyfret around the foot, the tall... [Lire la suite]

Cabinet d'apparat rectangulaire. Travail des ateliers parisiens du Louvre, dirigés par Pierre Gole, puis par André- Charles Boulle. Photo Libert Damien à douze tiroirs et vantail central, en marqueterie de bois de couleurs, ivoire, ivoire teinté vert et écaille sur fond d'ébène. Il est marqueté d'oiseaux perchés, de feuillages et de branchages autour de réserves géométriques en écaille rouge bordées de filets d'ivoire. Le vantail central décoré d'un large bouquet de fleurs dans une niche en étain à pavement en trompe l'oeil... [Lire la suite]

A fine and rare early Ming blue and white conical bowl. Xuande six-character mark within double-circles and of the period  (1426-1435).. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 The gently-rounded sides finely painted with a leafy scroll bearing six full peony blooms alternating with six smaller buds, between a single line below the rim and an overlapping-petal band above the short foot, the interior painted with a six-petalled flower-head within double-lines at the well and rim8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box .... [Lire la suite]

A fine and very rare Ming blue and white stembowl. Wanli six-character mark in a line and of the period (1573-1619). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 The bowl with an everted rim, painted on the exterior and interior well with peony scrolls, the interior with a central medallion of three lotuses, raised on a slightly flared columnar support decorated with a continuous band of lotus scrolls, all within double-line borders, the reign mark evenly spaced on the interior of the stem foot; 6 in. (15.3 cm.) diam., box  Estimate... [Lire la suite]

Bague en platine ornée en serti clos d'un diamant taillé en coussin, Monture Mellerio. Époque 1925. Photo Mathias - Baron Ribeyre & Associés, Farrando Lemoine SVV dans un entourage de rubis calibrés. Signée  Poids du diamant: env 4,60 ct Poids brut: 6,1 g - Estimation : 16 000 - 18 000 € Clip de corsage en or gris. Signé Mellerio C 25242. Vers 1970. Photo Mathias - Baron Ribeyre & Associés, Farrando Lemoine SVV stylisé d'une longue feuille sertie de diamants taillés à l'ancienne, deux d'entre eux plus... [Lire la suite]

    A rare pair of blue and white octafoil saucers. Longqing six-character marks within double circles and of the period  (1567-1572).  Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 Each shallow dish with eight bracket lobes, the centre painted with a monkey and deer below a fruiting peach tree in a terraced landscape, the well with a circular lotus pond; 5 in. (12.5 cm.) wide (2). Estimate HK$250,000 - HK$350,000($32,286 - $45,200). Price Realized HK$437,500 ($56,500) Provenance : Previously sold at Christie's... [Lire la suite]

An early Ming blue and white small barbed-rim dish. Yongle period (1403-1425). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 The eight barbs on the rim continuing into the well, finely painted in vivid cobalt tones at the centre with two pomegranate flowerheads borne on a leafy stem issuing further small buds within lobed double-line borders, the well divided into eight fluted panels, each filled with alternating pomegranate flowerheads and fruits below a continuous lingzhi scroll around the moulded rim, the underside of the well repeating... [Lire la suite]