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12 novembre 2010

A blue and white kosometsuke dish. Ming dynasty, Tianqi period (1605-1627).

A blue and white kosometsuke dish. Ming dynasty, Tianqi period (1605-1627). Photo: Sotheby's painted to the interior with a crouching white hare on a fukizumi 'blown blue' ground, below a rectangular panel enclosing the characters Yu tu (jade hare), encircled...

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Tags: Ming Dynasty, Blue and White, Tianqi period, fukizumi, kosometsuke

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12 novembre 2010

Sotheby's to Offer the Rochefoucauld Grail: Witness of the Legend of King Arthur

The Rochefoucauld Grail, in French, illuminated manuscript on vellum, c.1315-23. Lancelot about to behead Melyagans. Estimate: £1,500,000–2,000,000. Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON.- It is the greatest romance of chivalry produced in the Middle Ages, and its...

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Tags: 14th Century, King Arthur, The Rochefoucauld Grail, manuscript on vellum, the Middle Ages

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12 novembre 2010

A blue and white circular box and cover, Jiajing mark and period

A blue and white circular box and cover, Jiajing mark and period. Photo: Sotheby's the upper surface of the cover painted with a frontal five-claw dragon flying amongst cloud scrolls and flames, above a band of two striding dragons, pursuing flaming pearls,...

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Tags: Blue and White, Circular Box and Cover, Jiajing mark and period

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12 novembre 2010

Ancient Tablets Reveal Mathematical Achievements of Ancient Babylonian Culture

Old Babylonian “hand tablet” illustrating Pythagoras’ Theorem and an approximation of the square root of two. Clay, 19th-17th century BCE. Yale Babylonian Collection YBC 7289. Photo: West Semitic Research. NEW YORK, NY.- An illuminating exhibition of...

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Tags: Old Babylonian Period, Pythagoras, Pythagoras’ Theorem, “hand tablet”

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12 novembre 2010

Chinese Emperor's Personal White Jade Dragon Seal Sells for £2.7 Million @ Bonhams

This iconic Chinese object, a small exquisite work of art, created huge interest before the sale in Europe and as well as China. Photo: Bonhams LONDON.- A stunning piece of China’s Imperial history – a seal personally commissioned and used by the Qianlong...

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Tags: Qianlong, Jade, seal, Forbidden City, Yan chunge, `Zi Qiang Bu Xi’

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12 novembre 2010

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11 novembre 2010

Paire de candélabres en porcelaine blanc de Chine et bronze doré de style Louis XV, XIXème siècle

Paire de candélabres en porcelaine blanc de Chine et bronze doré de style Louis XV, XIXème siècle. Photo: Sotheby's figurant des chiens de Fô flanqués chacun de deux lumières, sur une terrasse de bronze doré. Estimate 3,000—5,000 EUR. Lot Sold 3,750 EUR...

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Tags: XIXème siècle, porcelaine, Style Louis XV, bronze doré, blanc de chine, candélabre

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11 novembre 2010

A large blue and white 'Lotus' jar. Ming dynasty, 16th century

A large blue and white 'Lotus' jar. Ming dynasty, 16th century. Photo: Sotheby's the robustly potted ovoid body rising from a flat base to a short tapering neck, painted around the exterior in rich dark cobalt-blue tones with large lotus flower heads...

Posté par Alain Truong à 23:34 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: 16th Century, Blue and White, 'Lotus' jar. Ming dynasty

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11 novembre 2010

Encrier formant candélabre en laque de Chine, porcelaine de Saxe et bronze doré d'époque Louis XV;

Encrier formant candélabre en laque de Chine, porcelaine de Saxe et bronze doré d'époque Louis XV. Photo: Sotheby's le plateau présentant deux godets et un candélabre à deux lumières comportant en son centre une figure de porcelaine; haut. 18 cm, larg....

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Tags: laque de Chine, époque Louis XV, bronze doré, encrier, candélabre, porcelaine de Saxe

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11 novembre 2010

A blue and white 'Windswept' meiping. Ming dynasty, 15th century

A blue and white 'Windswept' meiping. Ming dynasty, 15th century. Photo: Sotheby's the slender body rising from a spreading foot to a rounded shoulder and a short narrow tapering neck, freely painted in 'windswept' style around the exterior with an Immortal...

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Tags: Ming Dynasty, Meiping, Blue and White, 15th century, 'Windswept'

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