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6 mars 2009

"The Golden Journey" @ the Art Gallery of South Australia

"The Golden Journey" @ the Art Gallery of South Australia
Jakugen, Japan, active early 18th century. Zao Gongen, 1704, Edo (Tokyo) wood, inlaid glass, traces of pigment 136.0 x 70.8 x 50.5 cm Gift of Andrew and Hiroko Gwinnett through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2007. Art Gallery of South Australia,...
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6 mars 2009

Stillfried et Andersen Yokohama, Japon, album en laque comprenant 50 tirages albuminés et aquarellés. Vers 1878-1880

Stillfried et Andersen Yokohama, Japon, album en laque comprenant 50  tirages albuminés et aquarellés. Vers 1878-1880
Stillfried et Andersen Yokohama, Japon, album en laque comprenant 50 tirages albuminés et aquarellés. Vers 1878-1880. Estimation : 8 000/10 000 €. En 1858, le Japon décide d’ouvrir l’accès de cinq de ses ports aux étrangers. Dès lors, de nombreux artistes...
6 mars 2009

A fine selection of photographs @ Sotheby's NY on March 30th

A fine selection of photographs @ Sotheby's NY on March 30th
Robert Mapplethorpe, Calla Lily, est. $60/80,000. Photo: Sotheby's NEW YORK, NY.- On March 30th Sotheby's will offer a fine selection of photographs ranging from one of the earliest images of New York City, to a modernist work by László Moholy-Nagy, to...
5 mars 2009

An Unusual Bronze Ritual Tripod Cooking Vessel And A Cover, Ding. Mid-Western Zhou Dynasty, 9th Century BC

An Unusual Bronze Ritual Tripod Cooking Vessel And A Cover, Ding. Mid-Western Zhou Dynasty, 9th Century BC
An Unusual Bronze Ritual Tripod Cooking Vessel And A Cover, Ding. Mid-Western Zhou Dynasty, 9th Century BC The slightly spreading body raised on three tall, tapering supports, and encircled below the rim with a band cast in thread relief with three elongated...
5 mars 2009

A Very Rare Cizhou Carved Meiping, Northern Song Dynasty, Late 11th-12th Century

A Very Rare Cizhou Carved Meiping, Northern Song Dynasty, Late 11th-12th Century
A Very Rare Cizhou Carved Meiping, Northern Song Dynasty, Late 11th-12th Century Well carved with a broad band of peony scroll bearing three large blossoms framed by leafy, curving stems between a band of narrow overlapping petals below and overlapping...
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5 mars 2009

An Ottoman voided silk velvet and metal thread çatma panel, Bursa or Istanbul, Turkey

An Ottoman voided silk velvet and metal thread çatma panel, Bursa or Istanbul, Turkey
An Ottoman voided silk velvet and metal thread çatma panel, Bursa or Istanbul, Turkey, late 16th/early 17th century the rich crimson voided silk velvet ground with an overall repeating pattern of offset rows of silver coloured crescent medallions, each...
5 mars 2009

A fine and rare Ottoman carved rosewood and ivory star panel, Turkey, Circa 1500

A fine and rare Ottoman carved rosewood and ivory star panel, Turkey, Circa 1500
A fine and rare Ottoman carved rosewood and ivory star panel, Turkey, Circa 1500 of ten-pointed design carved with a stylised flowerhead made up of alternating fleurs-de-lis and entwining foliate motifs, with an outer border of thin ivory fillets set...
5 mars 2009

A Very Rare Geyao Petal-Lobed Hexagonal Dish, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279)

A Very Rare Geyao Petal-Lobed Hexagonal Dish, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279)
A Very Rare Geyao Petal-Lobed Hexagonal Dish, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) The dark, thinly potted body flaring widely from the tapering ring foot before rising to the slightly everted, petal-lobed rim, covered allover with an opaque glaze of pale...
5 mars 2009

A Very Rare and Important Painted White Marble Buddhist Votive Stele, Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577)

A Very Rare and Important Painted White Marble Buddhist Votive Stele, Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577)
A Very Rare and Important Painted White Marble Buddhist Votive Stele, Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577) Probably Quyang-type, Hebei province, of exceptional large size, carved as a bodhisattva shown standing on a demi-lotus pedestal raised on a rectangular...
5 mars 2009

A rare monumental Iznik calligraphic tile, Turkey, Circa 1565

A rare monumental Iznik calligraphic tile, Turkey, Circa 1565
A rare monumental Iznik calligraphic tile, Turkey, Circa 1565 of rectangular form, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, turquoise and relief red, outlined in black, with a lobed cartouche containing calligraphic inscription adorned with foliate motifs...
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