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28 juin 2009

Three Gandharan heads of Buddha, Atlas and of a bodhisattva. 3rd, 4th/5th Century

Three Gandharan heads of Buddha, Atlas and of a bodhisattva. 3rd, 4th/5th Century
A large Gandharan stucco head of Buddha. 4th/5th Century Elegantly modeled with a small urna between wide arching brows over heavy lidded downcast eyes, an aristocratic aquiline nose above a well-defined full mouth with a slight archaic smile, the hair...
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22 juin 2009

'BP Exhibition Classified' @ Tate Britain

'BP Exhibition Classified' @ Tate Britain
Jake and Dinos Chapman. Chapman Family Collection (Detail) 2002. Courtesy Jay Jopling/White Cube (London) © The Artist. Photo: Photocredit Stephen White. LONDON.- Recent major acquisitions of British contemporary art will go on display in the BP Exhibition...
27 juin 2009

FourJapanese Blue and White porcelains, Arita 17th Century, Imari 18th Century and Meiji Period

FourJapanese Blue and White porcelains, Arita 17th Century, Imari 18th Century and Meiji Period
A massive Arita porcelain dish. Late 17th Century Imitating Chinese prototypes with a flower, bird and rock central medallion filling the shallow well, its wide rim flange surrounded by alternating reserves of auspicious Daoist symbols on a karakusa ground...
22 janvier 2010

Bonhams Best-Ever Gentleman's Library Sale makes over £1m - World Record Price for Frampton Portrait

Bonhams Best-Ever Gentleman's Library Sale makes over £1m - World Record Price for Frampton Portrait
Meredith Frampton (British, 1894-1984), 'Dr. Clive Forster-Cooper, F.R.S.', bears inscription on label on reverse, oil on canvas, 86.3 x 106.7cm (34 x 42in). Sold for £79,200. Photo Bonhams Bonhams Gentleman's Library Sale on 20 January realised £1,084,320...
19 décembre 2009

"American High Style: Fashioning a National Collection" @ the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection

"American High Style: Fashioning a National Collection" @  the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection
Arnold Scaasi (American, born Canada, 1931), American. "Evening Ensemble", ca. 1958. Silk. The Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. BROOKLYN, NY.- A major exhibition celebrating the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection and...
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17 décembre 2009

"Archives secrètes Boucheron, 1858 à nos jours" de Vincent Meylan

"Archives secrètes Boucheron, 1858 à nos jours" de Vincent Meylan
La belle Otero, la Païva, et la Castiglione, le Tsar Nicolas II, le maharaja de Patiala, les milliardaires américains, Sarah Bernhardt, Rita Hayworth, Joan Crawford, Françoise Sagan... Des courtisanes aux rois, des héritières américaines aux stars de...
6 décembre 2009

Pearls of Wisdom – Bonhams Sells Remarkable Necklace of a Major Contributer to WWII's Allied Victory

Pearls of Wisdom – Bonhams Sells Remarkable Necklace of a Major Contributer to WWII's Allied Victory
Lady Houston On Wednesday 9th December Bonhams Bond Street will host The Art of Jewels: Fine Jewellery and Iconic Gems. One of the major highlights of the sale will be a stunning pearl necklace, belonging to Lady Houston, the renowned philanthropist and...
3 décembre 2009

Une sculpture et deux bagues de Jean Vendome @ Tajan

Une sculpture et deux bagues de Jean Vendome @ Tajan
Jean Vendome, Sculpture. Vers 1970. en bronze doré, socle en trois ressauts maintenant en transparence une importante sciure de tourmaline, le socle agrémenté d'un quartz rose cristallisé. Signée. Dim. : 34 x 22 cm - Estimation : € 8,000-10,000 Jean Vendôme,...
5 novembre 2009

Six ceramics from Northern Song to Ming dynasty sold @ Sotheby's London

Six ceramics from Northern Song to Ming dynasty sold @ Sotheby's London
A small 'jun' bowl. Northern Song dynasty. photo courtesy Sotheby's the rounded sides rising steeply from a splayed foot to a slightly incurved rim, all under a pale bluish-grey glaze thinning to a grey-brown colour around the rim and stopping unevenly...
10 mai 2009

Sotheby's in Milan to Sell a Selection of Contemporary Works

Sotheby's in Milan to Sell a Selection of Contemporary Works
MILAN.- Sotheby’s Milan devotes two days to the Contemporary art sales, like in Paris, London and New York. The first session, the Evening Sale takes place on the 20th of May, while the Day Sale will be held on the 21st of May. One of the most important...
9 mai 2009

'The Avant-gardes '20 / '60' @ Van Gogh Museum

'The Avant-gardes '20 / '60' @ Van Gogh Museum
High voltage painting, Martial Raysse, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam 2009 AMSTERDAM.-Prior to its reopening in spring 2010 the Stedelijk Museum will once again feature as a special guest exhibition in the Van Gogh Museum from 26...
2 avril 2009

"Christian Dior: 60 Years of Photography" @ Moscow Museum of Modern Art

"Christian Dior: 60 Years of Photography" @ Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Dior has always fostered a special bond with great photographers MOSCOW.- Christian Dior presents the exhibition Christian Dior: 60 years of Photography that will be held during the 6th International Festival “Fashion and Style in Photography 2009”. This...
20 juin 2009

Un bol et un vase en porcelaine sur fond jaune. Chine, dynastie Qing, marque et époque Qianlong (1736-1795)

Un bol et un vase en porcelaine sur fond jaune. Chine, dynastie Qing, marque et époque Qianlong (1736-1795)
Bol en porcelaine à décor de dragons vert sur fond jaune. Chine, dynastie Qing, marque et époque Qianlong (1736-1795) circulaire le rebord légèrement évasé, le contour incisé et peint en vert sur fond jaune à décor de deux dragons poursuivant une perle...
8 juin 2009

Summer Exhibition 2009 @ the Royal Academy, London

Summer Exhibition 2009 @ the Royal Academy, London
LONDON.- Now in its 241st year, the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition 2009 continues the tradition of displaying a wide range of new work by both established and unknown artists in all media including painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture and...
26 juin 2009

Collection de boîtes à dross, lampes, plateaux et pipes à opium en émaux cloisonnés

Collection de boîtes à dross, lampes, plateaux et pipes à opium en émaux cloisonnés
Exceptionnel porte fourneaux (cinq pièces) en émaux cloisonnés toutes faces à motifs de fleurs et pivoines sur fond de quadrillage. Tiroir à prise de forme feuille. Sauts d'émail aux pieds. Long.: 27 cm. Haut.: 8,5 cm. Estimation : 2 000 / 2 500 € Belle...
7 mai 2009

Works by Picasso and Giacometti Lead Christie's Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art

Works by Picasso and Giacometti Lead Christie's Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art
Max Ernst (1891-1976), Malédiction à vous les mamans, oil on canvas, 51¼ x 63¾ in. (139 x 162 cm.) Painted in 1928 estimate: $7-9 million). Unsold. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2009 NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale...
11 avril 2009

"Infinitum" @ the Palazzo Fortuny in Venice

"Infinitum" @ the Palazzo Fortuny in Venice
Gonzales Coques (1614-1684), “An unfinished portrait of a man posting a letter, in an interior”, 1640, 56 x 44 cm, Oil on canvas, Private Collection, Belgium VENICE.- The Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia and the Vervoordt Foundation announce Infinitum...
26 février 2009

"Imaginaire de l’Arioste, l’Arioste imaginé" @ Musée du Louvre

"Imaginaire de l’Arioste, l’Arioste imaginé" @ Musée du Louvre
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (Montauban, 1780 - Paris, 1867), Roger délivrant Angélique , 1819, musée du Louvre, département des Peintures © RMN / Gérard Blot. Souhaitant faire découvrir la richesse des confrontations entre les différents arts, le musée...
26 février 2009

The Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé Sales: Asian Art, Ceramics, Furniture, Islamic Art and Antiquities

The Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé Sales: Asian Art, Ceramics, Furniture, Islamic Art and Antiquities
The evening session of the Sculpture and Works of Art sale on 25 February, which included a wide range of Asian Art, Ceramics, Furniture, Islamic Art and Antiquities and conveyed Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé’s taste for exceptional decorative works,...
21 mars 2009

A Transitional blue and white silver-mounted bottle vase, a blue and white stemcup and a silver-mounted jarlet. Mid 17th Century

A Transitional blue and white silver-mounted bottle vase, a blue and white stemcup and a silver-mounted jarlet. Mid 17th Century
A Transitional blue and white silver-mounted bottle vase, a blue and white stemcup and a silver-mounted jarlet. Mid 17th Century and Kangxi, the silver modern The vase painted to the globular body with a continuous scene of a warrior and his entourage,...
14 juillet 2011

Quatre assiettes octognales. Manufacture de Montereau, Epoque Empire

Quatre assiettes octognales. Manufacture de Montereau, Epoque Empire
Assiette octogonale en faïence fine à décor imprimé en noir d’une vue de Saint Pierre de Rome . Manufacture de Montereau, Epoque Empire, début du 19e siècle. L’aile soulignée de raie de perles et filets est ornée d’un intéressant motif de lyre dans une...
13 juillet 2011

Trois bijoux de Boivin @ Kohn Monaco

Trois bijoux de Boivin @ Kohn Monaco
Boivin . « Moineau de Paris ».. Clip de corsage en or jaune, 1941. Photo Kohn stylisant un oiseau, la tête et le corps sertis de saphirs ronds. Les ailes et la queue sont serties de saphirs bleus rectangulaires et de vingt tourmalines ovales de couleur...
14 octobre 2010

Jurahokusai. Paysages – Oeuvres de la collection du Frac de Franche-Comté @ Saint Claude. Musée de l’abbaye

Jurahokusai. Paysages – Oeuvres de la collection du Frac de Franche-Comté @ Saint Claude. Musée de l’abbaye
Thomas Flechtner, Walks, fur und mit Marianne, 1999. Photographie couleur, contrecollée sur aluminium. 180 x 220 cm. Courtesy Frac Franche-Comté, © Thomas Flechtner. Pour la première exposition en partenariat avec le Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain...
8 octobre 2010

A turquoise glass censer, Palace workshops, Beijing. Wheel-cut mark and period of Qianlong & a 'realgar' glass, Qing dynasty

A turquoise glass censer, Palace workshops, Beijing. Wheel-cut mark and period of Qianlong & a 'realgar' glass, Qing dynasty
A turquoise glass censer, Palace workshops, Beijing. Wheel-cut mark and period of Qianlong. photo courtesy Sotheby's of bombé form, the plain opaque turquoise glass with rounded sides set on three short rounded legs, the slightly everted rim flanked by...
6 octobre 2010

Collection de boîtes entomologiques

Collection de boîtes entomologiques
Collection de dix-neuf boîtes entomologiques. photo courtesy Sotheby's Comprenant une collection de papillons et d'insectes d'Asie tels Lucanes, Cigales, Buprestes, d'Amérique du sud tels Morpho de différentes espèces... La très belle variété de formes...
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