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Martin chasseur à tête grise NR - Halcyon leucocephala.  Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 200 / 250 € Martin chasseur des mangroves NR - Halcyon senegaloides.  Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 200 / 250 € Chevau-Légers Enchères - Gilles CHAUSSELAT - 78000 Versailles. Vente aux enchères du Dimanche 29 mai 2011. Galerie des Chevau Légers - 6bis Avenue de Sceaux - 78000 Versailles. Pour tout renseignement, veuillez contacter la maison de ventes au 01 39 50 58 08.

Diamond rivière, late 19th century. Photo: Sotheby's Designed as a graduated row of thirty eight circular-cut and cushion-shaped diamonds, the largest one weighing 10.10 carats, mounted in silver and gold, length approximately 400mm, case. Estimate 300,000—500,000 CHF. Lot Sold 662,500 CHF Property of an European noble family. Diamond ring. Photo: Sotheby's The circular-cut diamond weighing 12.85 carats, size 53½. Estimate 72,000—85,000 CHF. Lot Sold 206,500 CHF Property of a Franch countess. Unmounted diamond. Photo:... [Lire la suite]

Faisan lady Amherst NR - Chrysolophus amherstiae. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 300 / 400 € Faisan doré NR - Chrysolophus pictus. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 300 / 400 € Faisan doré Isabelle NR - Chrysolophus pictus (variété Isabelle). Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 200 / 300 €  Faisan pyronotte NR. Lophura erythrophalma. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 200 / 300 € Chevau-Légers Enchères - Gilles CHAUSSELAT - 78000 Versailles. Vente aux enchères du Dimanche 29 mai 2011.... [Lire la suite]

Diamond ring, Bucherer. Photo: Sotheby's Claw-set with a brilliant-cut diamond weighing 3.20 carats, mounted in white gold, size 51, numbered, maker's marks, case. Estimate 80,000—120,000 CHF. Lot Sold 278,500 CHF. Accompanied by GIA report no. 16229230 stating that the diamond is D Colour, Internally Flawless. Pair of diamond earrings, Cartier. Photo: Sotheby's Each claw-set with a step-cut diamond weighing respectively 4.25 and 4.42 carats, signed Cartier and numbered. Estimate 200,000—290,000 CHF. Lot Sold 254,500 CHF ... [Lire la suite]

Cigogne noire II-A-CE baguée CIC. Cinonia nigra. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 1 200 / 1 500 € Flamand du Chili II-B - Phoenicopterus chilensis. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 1 200 / 1 500 € Ibis rouge II-B bagué - Eudocimus ruber. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 800 / 1 000 € Grue couronnée II-B baguée - Balearica pavonina. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 800 / 1 000 € Spatule rosée baguée - Platalea ajaja. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 300 / 400 € Spatule... [Lire la suite]

Important Diamond ring. Photo: Sotheby's Claw-set with a brilliant-cut diamond weighing 10.64 carats, on a plain white gold mount, size 54. Estimate 370,000—570,000 CHF. Lot Sold 1,202,500 CHF Accompanied by GIA report no. 1132191696 stating that the diamond is E Colour, VS1 Clarity. Attractive Pair of diamond pendants. Photo: Sotheby's Each set with a pear-shaped diamond weighing respectively 9.43 and 9.47 carats, to a surmount set with similar smaller stones, French maker's marks. Estimate 500,000—860,000 CHF. Lot Sold... [Lire la suite]

Harfang des neiges mâle II-A-CE bagué CIC - Nyctea scandiaca. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 2 000 / 2 500 € Grand duc d'Europe mâle II-A-CE bagué CIC - Bubo bubo. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 1 500 / 1 800 € Grand duc africain II-B bagué - Bubo africanus. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 800 / 1 000 € Chouette effaie femelle II-A-CE baguée CIC - Tyto alba. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 600 / 700 €   Chouette hulotte mâle II-A-CE baguée CIC - Strix aluco. Photo... [Lire la suite]

A copper-red 'three fruits' bowl.. Kangxi six-character mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams The bowl with a short foot rising to a flared rim, the exterior with three fruits of pomegranate, persimmon and peach in underglaze copper-red, all on white ground. 15.2cm diam. Sold for HK$540,000 清康熙 釉裡紅三果圖碗 雙圈青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款 Provenance來源: Carl Kempe collectionSotheby's Paris, 12 June 2008, lot 82.Illustrated出版: B.Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 783.Chinese Ceramic Treasures, a... [Lire la suite]

A Dehua tripod incense burner, ding. Late Ming dynasty. Photo Bonhams Raised on three slim and tall cylindrical feet, the bulbous body moulded in lower relief with a frieze of keyfret scrolls set between a pair of bow-string borders, a pair of bail handles flanked each sides at the rim, the base with four-character maker's mark 'linjie shengzhi', all on white glaze of ivory tone. 14.5cm high. Sold for HK$42,000 晚明 德化白仿古高足鼎 A similar incense burner is illustrated in Blanc de Chine, S.Marchant & Son, London, 2006, no.71;... [Lire la suite]

An Arabic-inscribed circular bronze box and cover. Ming dynasty. Photo Bonhams Of large circular form, the cover cast with a central medallion enclosing an Arabic invocation within a circular border cast with continous foliate wavy scroll, the base cast with apocryphal Zhengde two-character mark. 23.8cm wide. (2). Estimate: HK$300,000 - 500,000, US$ 39,000 - 64,000. Unsold 明 梵字紋圓蓋盒 陽文「正德」篆書款 The inscription on this box is the bismallah, the formula which appears at the start of every sutra or chapter in the Qur'an, and appears... [Lire la suite]