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13 mai 2010

A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World @ Rupert Wace Ancient Art

Egyptian bronze and wood Ibis. Late Dynastic Period. 25th-31st Dynasty, 715-332 BC. Length: 40.2 cm. Height: 23 cm. LONDON.- Within hours of the opening of the exhibition A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World, Rupert Wace Ancient...

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Tags: China, Ancient Egypt, Rupert Wace Ancient Art

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13 mai 2010

Ten best jade carvings sold @ Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. 11 May 2010. London

An inscribed pale celadon jade Sakyamuni and grotto group. Qianlong period (1736-96), dated to the renzi year corresponding to 1792. photo Christie's Ltd 2010 Finely carved in high relief with the seated Sakyamuni wearing long flowing robes, beneath a...

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Tags: Song Dynasty, Qianlong, Jiaqing, Sakyamuni, white jade, finger citron, ruyi, seal, chilong, yellow jade, pale celadon jade

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13 mai 2010

"An Italian Journey: Drawings from the Tobey Collection, Correggio to Tiepolo" @ Metropolitan Museum

Jacopo Ligozzi, Two Persian Grooms Holding a Sultan’s Horse, Ca. 1580–85. Pen and brown ink, brush with watercolor and gouache, gold highlights, over traces of black chalk. 10 15/16 x 8 ¾ in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Promised Gift of David M. Tobey...

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Tags: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Andrea del Sarto, Jacopo Ligozzi

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13 mai 2010

Suzanne Belperron jewelry @ Christie's. Jewels: The Geneva Sale. 12 May 2010. Geneva

A set of art deco sapphire "Pont" jewellery, by Suzanne Belperron. photo Christie's Ltd 2010 Comprising a pair of bombé clip brooches, each designed as six lines of calibré-cut sapphires, a pair of ear clips en suite, late 1930s, 2.8 x 2.5 cm each brooch,...

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Tags: diamond, ruby, art deco, sapphire, Suzanne Belperron, Pont

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13 mai 2010

Huntington Acquires Newly Identified Portrait by Major French Artist of the 17th Century

Portrait of Jean de Thévenot by Philippe de Champaigne goes on view today SAN MARINO, CA.- The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens has added to its holdings a newly identified painting by prominent 17th-century French painter Philippe...

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Tags: Philippe de Champaigne, Art Collections, Jean de Thévenot, The Huntington Library, and Botanical Gardens

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13 mai 2010

Affiches contre la guerre du Vietnam @ Joigny Enchères - Joigny Estimations

Jean Effel :Il faut le charger trés vite: Un bateau pour le Vietnam. Bleu et noir sur fond jaune. Non entoilée. 49 x 56 cms Aidez le Vietnam..... Noir, bleu, jaune sur fond blanc. 78 x 58 cms Le peuple vietnamien se bat pour la liberté de tous les peuples........

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Tags: Vietnam, Jean Effel, PSU, guerre du Vietnam, impérialisme US

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12 mai 2010

Michele Della Valle, Buccellati ruby jewelry @ Christie's. Jewels: The Geneva Sale. 12 May 2010. Geneva

A ruby and diamond geranium brooch, by Michele Della Valle. photo Christie's Ltd 2010 The flowerheads and buds pavé-set with rubies, to the pavé-set diamond stem and leaf, mounted in 18k white gold and titanium, 14.0 cm high, in a fitted white leather...

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Tags: diamond, ruby, Buccellati, Michele della Valle, drop-shaped cabochon ruby, geranium

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12 mai 2010

Underglaze copper-red-decorated, iron-red-decorated porcelains @ Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. 11 May 2010

A pair of fine iron-red decorated holy water bottles. Qianlong period (1736-95). photo Christie's Ltd 2010 Each with baluster body and a cylindrical neck above a domed base, decorated with central lotus sprays between lappets and stylised foliate bands...

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Tags: Qianlong, Kangxi, bottle vase, Copper-Red, iron-red-decorated, Guangxu, dou, yaoling zun, holy water bottle, 'mallet' vase

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12 mai 2010

Boivin jewelry @ Christie's. Jewels: The Geneva Sale. 12 May 2010. Geneva

A diamond 'torsade' bangle, by Boivin. photo Christie's Ltd 2010 The hinged bangle designed as seven graduated pavé-set diamond bombé scrolls, circa 1937, 15.5 cm inner circumference. By Boivin. Est. CHF42,000 - CHF62,000 ($37,902 - $55,951) Price Realized...

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Tags: diamond, brooch, art deco, emerald, sapphire, chalcedony, coquillage, Boivin, camelia, feuille de lilas, torsade

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12 mai 2010

Qianlong blue and white porcelains @ Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. 11 May 2010. London

A pair of extremely rare blue and white vases. Qianlong seal marks and of the period (1736-95). photo Christie's Ltd 2010 Each of baluster form, the central section finely painted with circular medallions of stylized lotus flowers and scrolling leaves...

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Tags: Meiping, Blue and White, Hu, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, 'dragon' vase, zhadou

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