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8 novembre 2009

Important Ming blue and white porcelains sold @ Sotheby's London

A rare blue and white jar for the Portuguese market. Ming dynasty, circa 1610-30. photo courtesy Sotheby's the straight-sided octagonal body rising from a tall spreading knopped stem to a short flaring neck and everted rim, applied and painted in rich...

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Tags: Ming Dynasty, Blue and White, Wanli Mark and Period, Portuguese market, Jiajing mark and period, Xuande Mark and period

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8 novembre 2009

'Rubens & Van Dyck' @ Nationalmuseum

Anthonis van Dyck (1599-1641) Självporträtt / Self-portrait. c.1620-21.Olja på duk, 119,7 x 87,9 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Jules Bache Collection, 1949 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art STOCKHOLM.- In a one-off exchange this fall, two of...

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Tags: Peter Paul Rubens, Titian, Jacob Jordaens, Frans Snyders, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Fopsen van Es, Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert

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8 novembre 2009

"Botticelli" @ The Städel Museum

Sandro Botticelli, Idealized Portrait of a Lady (Simonetta Vespucci), 1480. Mixed technique on poplar, 82 × 54 cm. Inv. No. 936. Städel Museum FRANKFURT.- The Städel Museum will show the first monographic exhibition on Sandro Botticelli (1444/45–1510)...

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Tags: Sandro Botticelli, National Gallery of Art Washington, Städel Museum, Uffizi

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7 novembre 2009

Rare cloisonné enamels sold @ Bonhams

A rare cloisonné and champlevé enamel figure of Guanyin, 18th century. © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd The tall and graceful figure dynamically posed slightly turned to the left, with the hands held in front, the left hand held in harina mudra and the right...

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Tags: Qianlong, 18th century, Cloisonné, Guanyin, champlevé enamel, candlesticks, seal, Emile Guimet, censer and a cover

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7 novembre 2009

Underglaze blue and yellow, blue and green, coral-ground and iron-red porcelains sold @ Sotheby's London

An underglaze blue and yellow enamel dragon dish. Kangxi mark and period. photo courtesy Sotheby's the central medallion painted with a lively five-claw dragon chasing a flaming pearl amongst cloud scrolls and flames, with two further dragons striding...

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Tags: Kangxi Mark and Period, Qianlong Seal Mark and Period, Yongzheng mark and period, Iron-Red, coral-ground, blue and green

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7 novembre 2009

David Webb jewelry sold @ Christie's Amsterdam, 3 november 2009

An emerald and diamond ring, by David Webb. photo Image 2009 Christie's Ltd Set with a large cabochon emerald to baguette diamond set claws and a brilliant-cut diamond set mount. Signed Webb - Est. €3,000 - €5,000 ($4,434 - $7,390) - Sold €8,125 ($12,004)...

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Tags: Jade, Necklace, pendant, diamond, gold, David Webb, emerald, earclips

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7 novembre 2009

Chinese ceramics sold @ Bonhams, 5 november 2009

A rare brown-glazed shallow circular flask, Xixia Dynasty Of compressed globular shape, the top all under a thick lustrous dark brown glaze pooling around four short loop handles set at the compass points at the outside edge, a flanged short neck aperture...

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Tags: Northern Song Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, 14th15th century, Dingyao, Xixia Dynasty, Zhejiang province, black-glazed

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7 novembre 2009

Important European Silver @ Sotheby's Paris

Rare aiguière couverte en argent et vermeil, Paris, vers 1480 (avant 1507), poinçon d'orfèvre uniquement. Trésor National. [a rare French parcel-gilt silver covered ewer, Paris, circa 1480 (before 1507), maker's mark only partly legible] Estimate upon...

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Tags: XVIIIème siècle, argent, Aiguière, flambeaux, XVème siècle, vermeil, Madrid, A.J.M Vachette, Joseph Duguay, Pedro Luesma, Terrine

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7 novembre 2009

Decorative Art Treasures at Christie's New York in November

A pair of Louis XVI ormolu and patinated-bronze three-branch candelabra , circa 1780, attributed to François Rémond, almost certainly supplied by Dominique Daguerre, , the bronzes after the model by Etienne Maurice Falconet. Estimate $80,000 - $120,000....

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Tags: 17th century, 19th century, bronze, carpet, Isfahan, Régence, Mohtasham Kashan, Pietro Francavilla, boiserie, kazak

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6 novembre 2009

Bronze Turns To Gold As Bonhams Sells Lord Cunliffe's Chinese Collection In £5M Sale

An archaic bronze inscribed ritual food vessel, gui. Early Western Zhou Dynasty Chinese Dragon Makes Recession Defying Roar Bronze Age Chinese vessels from one of the finest old English collections, formed by the 2nd Lord Cunliffe between the darkest...

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Tags: Archaic Bronze, Shang Dynasty, Gu, Gui, Western Zhou Dynasty, Guangxu, 'double-dragon' seal, Cunliffe Collection

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