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5 avril 2011

A pair of spinach-green jade candlesticks. Qing dynasty.

A pair of spinach-green jade candlesticks. Qing dynasty. Photo Sotheby's each carved in the form of a duck perched on on a turtle flanked on either side by sinuous snakes, its wings outstretched and a pricket emerging from its head, all set in a pan raised...

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Tags: Qing dynasty, spinach-green jade, candlesticks

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10 janvier 2011

Blue and white porcelains @ Christie's, Chinese Export Art , 25 January 2011, New York

A massive pair of blue and white jars and covers, 19th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 In Kangxi style, the swelling sides tapering to a flat base, decorated with an overall pattern of shaped panels showing landscapes or flowering plants...

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Tags: 17th century, Kangxi period, Blue and White, five-piece garniture, kendi, candlesticks, Transitional period, garden seat, Gin Bottles

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1 janvier 2011

Qianlong period & 18th century "Canton enamel"

A rare pair of "Canton enamel" candlesticks, 18th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 In Georgian silver style with columnar supports above square pedestal bases, all delicately enameled with scattered floral sprigs, the blooms lavender on grisaille...

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Tags: 18th century, Ewer and Cover, Teapot And Cover, Qianlong period, bangle-bracelet, candlesticks, canton enamel, cosmetic box set

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18 novembre 2010

Louis XV Furniture & Ceramics @ Sotheby's New York

A Louis XV ormolu-mounted tulipwood, fruitwood and marquetry secrétaire de dame à abattant, attributed to RVLC, circa 1760. photo courtesy Sotheby's 114 cm; 63.5 cm; 37.5 cm. Est. 30,000—50,000 USD. Lot Sold 74,500 USD NOTE: This secrétaire de dame belongs...

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Tags: Louis XV, commode, candlesticks, RVLC, Delorme, L. Boudin, meuble en-cas, secrétaire de dame à abattant, table en chiffonnière

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7 novembre 2010

A pair of Wedgwood black basalt griffin candlesticks. Late 18th/early19th century

A pair of Wedgwood black basalt griffin candlesticks. Late 18th-early19th century. photo courtesy Sotheby's each supporting a metal candle nozzle and modelled with its wings upraised seated on its haunches on a rectangular base.; height 13 1/2 in. (34.3...

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Tags: 18th 19th century, candlesticks, Wedgwood, black basalt, griffin

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30 octobre 2010

Two Pairs of Italian Silver "Naturalistic" Grapevine Candlesticks, Mario Buccellati, Italy, 20th century

Pair of Italian silver "Naturalistic" Large Grapevine Candlesticks, Mario Buccellati, Milan, 20th century. photo courtesy Sotheby's each formed as upright branches wrapped with grapevine, leaves and grape bunches rising from a mound of pomegranates, figs,...

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Tags: Silver, 20th Century, candlesticks, Mario Buccellati, Milan, "naturalistic", Grapevine

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26 mai 2010

Rare and Beautiful Treasures at Christie's Sale this June

LONDON.- This summer Christie’s presents the first of its bi-annual Centuries of Style sales, a reflection of the finest examples of silver, European ceramics, portrait miniatures and gold boxes from the early sixteenth century to the twentieth century....

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Tags: Sèvres, Silver, George II, candlesticks, Miniature, candelabra, Paul de Lamerie, déjeuner, Centerpiece, Jean-Etienne Liotard, Odiot

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7 novembre 2009

Rare cloisonné enamels sold @ Bonhams

A rare cloisonné and champlevé enamel figure of Guanyin, 18th century. © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd The tall and graceful figure dynamically posed slightly turned to the left, with the hands held in front, the left hand held in harina mudra and the right...

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Tags: Qianlong, 18th century, Cloisonné, Guanyin, champlevé enamel, candlesticks, seal, Emile Guimet, censer and a cover

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20 mai 2009

A pair of rare famille rose candlesticks, Qianlong

A pair of rare famille rose candlesticks, Qianlong Each of European silver form, the octagonal base rising to a knopped stem, painted in iron-red, gilt and colours of the famille rose palette, finely painted with hibiscus, peony and chrysanthemum sprays,...

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Tags: famille rose, Qianlong, candlesticks

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