20 mai 2011
Eventails chinois @ Aponem

16 mai 2011
Seven watches, 18th & 19th century for the Chinese market
Bovet, Fleurier. A rare gold and enamel open faced centre seconds duplex watch made for the Chinese market . Circa 1835, no 523. Photo Sotheby's
• duplex movement with engraved and damascened with blued steel and gilt foliate decoration, Chinese calibre with mirror polished wheel train and bridges, standing barrel, three-arm balance with wedge shaped blued steel weights, flat balance spring and index regulator, signed Bovet, Fleurier • white enamel dial, Roman numerals, outer track minutes/seconds divisions,... [Lire la suite]
17 décembre 2010
"Bleu de Huê" vendus et invendus @ Sotheby's Paris
Tazza en porcelaine dite "Bleu de Huê". Chine, dynastie Qing, circa 1840. photo Sotheby's
de forme hexagonale sur un haut pied bombé à pans coupés, à décor de médaillons représentant des têtes de dragons et d'un dragon chilong central; marque "Thiêu Tri niên tao" (Made during the Thiêu Tri reign); diam. 11,5 cm, 4 1/2 in. Est. 5,000—7,000 EUR. Lot Sold 6,250 EUR
PROVENANCE: Collection de S.A.I le prince Bao Long, vente Drouot, 22 Novembre 1995
Bol en porcelaine dite "bleu de Huê". China,... [Lire la suite]
21 novembre 2010
Chinese School, circa 1840, Chinese lake landscape & The gardens of an Imperial Palace

19 juin 2010
Un châle long et deux châles carrés, Inde & France, XIXème siècle

24 juin 2009
A Bloor Derby figure of a Turk. Circa 1840.
A Bloor Derby figure of a Turk. Circa 1840.
The figure seated cross legged on a green tasselled cushion and square base, dressed in brightly coloured costume and holding a pipe, 15.5cm, printed mark (some restoration to neck). Estimate: £200 - 300
Bonhams. EUROPEAN CERAMICS, GLASS AND ASIAN ART, 7 Jul 2009. KNOWLE www.bonhams.com
10 juin 2009
An antique rectangular-shaped emerald and diamond brooch, circa 1840
An antique rectangular-shaped emerald and diamond brooch, circa 1840
The rectangular-shaped emerald and old-cut diamond cluster centre to the diamond-set foliate surround, later brooch fitting detachable, centre possibly adapted,, 4.7 cm wide. Estimate £12,000 - £18,000 ($19,392 - $29,088)- Price Realized £34,850 ($56,318)
Christie's. Jewellery. 10 June 2009. London, King Street www.christies.com
01 mai 2009
Rare service à thé formé de coquillages montés en argent, poinçon d'orfèvre AD, France, vers 1840

12 avril 2009
A gold and enamel mounted mother-of-pearl clock with English Royal Provenance, Gordon, London, 1840
A gold and enamel mounted mother-of-pearl clock with English Royal Provenance, Gordon, London, the enamel work attributed to A.J. Strachan, circa 1840
fusee and chain movement with lever escapement, plain three-arm steel balance, ruby endstone, the quadrangular mother-of-pearl veneered case mounted with chased gold scrollwork enclosing a monkey, squirrel, and birds of paradise, surrounded by flowers, all highlighted in translucent and shaded enamels, champleve pink and blue enamel dial centered by a bouquet, the back... [Lire la suite]
12 avril 2009
A Continental gilt bronze and malachite desk set with the arms of the Prince of Liechtenstein, possibly Russian, circa 1840
