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20 mars 2009

Henri Matisse

Autoportrait "Whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his own tongue." Henri Matisse . Henri Matisse - "Self-Portrait" - (1906) - Oil on canvas - Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen - Image Copyright © Succession H. Matisse...

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19 mars 2009

A small celadon glazed porcelain vase. Chenghua Mark

A small celadon glazed porcelain vase. Chenghua Mark Of compressed globular form, its exterior walls carved in shallow relief with flower petal bands bordering peony sprays visible beneath the blue-green glaze also applied across the base bearing an underglaze...

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Tags: Celadon, porcelaine, Chenghua Mark

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19 mars 2009

A Longquan celadon dish. Ming Dynasty

A Longquan celadon dish. Ming Dynasty Thickly molded with a foliate rim, ribbed walls and impressed floral roundel centering the shallow well (extensively restored); together with a Song yingqing celadon glazed bowl with carved and combed peony flower...

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Tags: Celadon, Longquan, Ming Dynasty

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19 mars 2009

"Carvers and Collectors: The Lasting Allure of Ancient Gems" @ the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa

Unknown, Cameo set into a ring, 1st century A.D. Sardonyx set in modern gold ring. Greatest extent: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California LOS ANGELES, CA.- Carved gemstones have captivated connoisseurs and collectors...

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Tags: Rome, Egypt, Dioskourides, Epimenes, Etruria, Gnaios, Greece, Mesopotamia, Solon

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19 mars 2009

A Changsha glazed pottery ewer. Tang Dynasty

A Changsha glazed pottery ewer. Tang Dynasty Of melon form with faceted spout opposing the strap handle to either side of its short neck finished with a flared rim, the ivory colored glaze covering the exterior accented with vertical drips of blue and...

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Tags: ewer, Tang dynasty, Pottery, Changsha glazed

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19 mars 2009

A brown glazed stoneware jar. Northern Song/Jin

A brown glazed stoneware jar. Northern Song/Jin Of Cizhou type with a buff fabric, potted with five groups of three vertical ribs accenting the shoulder and upper part of the globular body covered by a dark brown glaze that stops on the lower walls (rim...

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Tags: Northern Song Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, brown glazed, stoneware jar

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19 mars 2009

Sotheby’s sale of Gianni Versace’s Lake Como residence, Villa Fontanelle, realised the exceptional total of £7,411,919

Heated bidding took place for perhaps the most striking lot in the sale, the pair of spectacular life-size casts of Antonio Canova’s wrestlers (lot 137), which brought £433,250 ($607,373), a sum in excess of ten times its presale estimate of £20,000-40,000....

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19 mars 2009

A painted pottery bowl. Neolithic Yangshao, Majiayao

A painted pottery bowl. Neolithic Yangshao, Majiayao Carefully formed with a rolled rim, waisted neck and in-curving walls, the interior painted with figural reserves surrounding a central spiral roundel and the exterior walls applied with flange handles...

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Tags: Pottery, Neolithic Period, Majiayao Culture, Yangshao

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19 mars 2009

A painted pottery jar. Neolithic Period, Majiayao Culture (Machang)

A painted pottery jar. Neolithic Period, Majiayao Culture (Machang) Thinly formed with a waisted neck and body of inverted pear form, painted at the shoulder with a wide band of opposing anthropomorphic figures separated by checkerboard roundels, all...

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Tags: Jar, Pottery, Neolithic Period, Majiayao Culture

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19 mars 2009

A painted pottery storage jar. Neolithic Period, Banshan Style

A painted pottery storage jar. Neolithic Period, Banshan Style Presented with a short trumpet neck and a pair of flattened loop handles just below its wide, curving shoulders, the body sharply tapering inward above a flat base, the upper surfaces painted...

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Tags: Pottery, Banshan Style, Neolithic Period, storage jar

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