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11 octobre 2009

'China Design Now' @ the Portland Art Museum

Ji Ji, Hi Panda, 2006 © Pole Design PORTLAND, OR.- This October, the Portland Art Museum will present China Design Now, a multi-sensory experience reflecting the new Chinese urban environment and encapsulating the scale, speed, and energy of change in...

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Tags: design, China, Portland Art Museum

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11 octobre 2009

Shopping of Kashmir and Ceylon Sapphire @ Sotheby's Hong Kong

Important and rare Kashmir Sapphire and Diamond ring. photo Sotheby's Set with a cushion-shaped sapphire weighing 18.08 carats, flanked by two similarly-cut diamonds together weighing 2.96 carats, mounted in platinum. Estimate Upon Request - Sold 11,748,000...

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Tags: diamond, ear studs, Ceylon Sapphire, Kashmir sapphire, Royal Diamond, sugar loaf cabochon sapphire, wrist watch

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11 octobre 2009

Portrait from Mapplethorpe to Goldin @ Kunsthalle Wien

Greg Gorman, Heath Ledger, Venice, 2004, © the artist/der Künstler. VIENNA.- When the history of photography began to unfold with portraiture, one’s own image was cause for astonishment and rapture. Since its discovery, beginning with early daguerreotypes...

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Tags: Photographie, Nan Goldin, Greg Gorman, Jean Baptiste Huynh, Kunsthalle Wien

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11 octobre 2009

Three Blue and White pottery, Mamluk or Timurid and Safavid, Chinese inspired

A Mamluk or Timurid blue and white pottery bottle, Syria or Persia, 15th century. photo Sotheby's the pear-shaped body with narrow tapering neck and straight raised foot, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with an arabesque of scrolling tendrils issuing...

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Tags: 17th century, Blue and White, Mamluk, Persia, Syria, 15th century, Timurid, Pottery, Gombroon, huqqa bases

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11 octobre 2009

"Dennis Hopper: Signs of the Times" @ Tony Shafrazi Gallery

Paul Newman, 1964. Gelatin silver print, printed 2009, 24 x 16 inches / 61 x 40.6 cm. Courtesy Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York. NEW YORK, NY.- "Dennis Hopper: Signs of the Times," on view at Tony Shafrazi Gallery through October 24, includes a vast selection...

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Tags: Photographie, Paul Newman, Dennis Hopper, Tony Shafrazi Gallery

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10 octobre 2009

Red jadeite @ Sotheby's Hong Kong

Red jadeite, cultured baroque pearl and diamond 'moth' brooch Modelled as a large stylised moth, the wings composed of two semi-translucent jadeite plaques of orangy-russet tone, centred by a cultured baroque pearl of silver grey colour, draped with brilliant-cut...

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Tags: diamond, brooch, bangle, Red jadeite, cultured baroque pearl

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10 octobre 2009

An Imperial 'realgar' glass mallet vase, Palace Workshops. Mark and period of Qianlong

An Imperial 'realgar' glass mallet vase. Palace Workshops. Mark and period of Qianlong. photo Sotheby's of opaque brilliant fiery orange, yellow ochre and chrysochlorous greenish-gold colour glass swirled together resembling the realgar mineral, the body...

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Tags: Qianlong mark and period, imperial, mallet vase, 'realgar' glass, Palace workshops

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10 octobre 2009

A superb blue and white palace bowl, mark and period of Chenghua

A superb blue and white palace bowl, mark and period of Chenghua masterfully potted with smooth rounded sides, gracefully rising from a tapered foot to a slightly flared rim, superbly painted in characteristic soft tones of cobalt-blue in outlines infilled...

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Tags: Blue and White, mark and period of Chenghua, palace bowl

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10 octobre 2009

A Trove of Rare Treasures on Offer at Christie's in November

An Urbino Maiolica istoriato piatto, circa 1540, possibly from the workshop of Francesco Duranto. Estimate: £12,000-18,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2009 LONDON.- Christie’s announces the second Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait...

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Tags: Sèvres, Urbino, John Smart, Christie’s, Dresden, Maiolica, Charles Aldridge, Georg Jensen, Johann Christian Neuber

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10 octobre 2009

A spectacular "D-Flawless" unmounted brilliant-cut diamond weighing 28.88 carats

A spectacular "D-Flawless" unmounted brilliant-cut diamond weighing 28.88 carats. photo Sotheby's Estimate: 29,000,000—35,000,000 HKD - Sold 36,500,000 HKD NOTE: Accompanied by GIA report numbered 5101839274, dated 27 August 2009, stating that the 28.88...

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Tags: brilliant-cut diamond, D-Flawless

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