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29 avril 2009

18 karat gold, green enamel, ruby and diamond frog bangle-bracelet, David Webb

18 karat gold, green enamel, ruby and diamond frog bangle-bracelet, David Webb The partially flexible bangle designed as a frog with 2 oval cabochon ruby eyes, the mouth set with 22 round diamonds, completed by a strap designed as intertwined legs clutching...

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Tags: diamond, ruby, gold, bangle-bracelet, David Webb, frog, green enamel

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26 avril 2009

'Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World ' @ the Indianapolis Museum of Art

Juan de Valdes Leal, (Spanish, 1622-1690), Allegory of Vanity, 1660. Oil on canvas. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund. INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The first exhibition to examine the religious...

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Tags: El Greco, Alonso Cano, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Francisco Zurbarán, Franciso Ribalta, Juan Correa, Juan de Valdes Leal

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16 avril 2009

An art deco tutti frutti diamond and gem-set clip brooch, French, Cartier, circa 1925

An art deco tutti frutti diamond and gem-set clip brooch, French, Cartier, circa 1925 in the form of a shield, pavé-set with old European-cut diamonds and accented with cabochon ruby and emerald flower detail; signed Cartier, Paris; with French assay...

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Tags: 1925, diamond, Cartier, art deco, cabochon ruby, emerald, tutti frutti

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16 avril 2009

An unusual Victorian silver mounted novelty egg scent bottle, by Sampson Mordan & Co, London 1884

An unusual Victorian silver mounted novelty egg scent bottle, by Sampson Mordan & Co, London 1884 with flush screw-off cover with ring attachment on a brown-flecked egg-shaped porcelain body, height 5cm, together with another egg scent bottle, same date...

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Tags: London, silver mounted, 1884, Sampson Mordan Co, Victorian, egg, scent bottle

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12 avril 2009

A gem-set and gold-inlaid jade-hilted dagger. Mughal India. 18th century

A gem-set and gold-inlaid jade-hilted dagger. Mughal India. 18th century 39 cm. dagger; 41.5 cm. with scabbard. With curving watered steel blade, the white jade hilt inlaid with floral decoration set with emeralds and rubies; the red velvet-covered scabbard...

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Tags: 18th century, India, Mughal, dagger, gem-set, gold-inlaid, jade-hilted

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31 mai 2009

Huit chevaux en liberté sous un arbre au bord de l'eau. Signée Nan Yuan Feng, datée d'avril de wuxu 1778

Huit chevaux en liberté sous un arbre au bord de l'eau. Signée Nan Yuan Feng, suivi de deux cachets Fengyin et Nanyuan, et datée d'avril de wuxu 1778. Peinture en hauteur, encre sur papier. Dim. : 118 x 65 cm. (petits accidents et entoilée). Estimation...

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Tags: peinture, 1778, Fengyin, Nan Yuan Feng, Nanyuan, chevaux, wuxu

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31 mai 2009

A gem-set pendant/brooch of Egyptian inspiration

A gem-set pendant/brooch of Egyptian inspiration the lotus flower surmount millegrain-set with buff top calibré-cut rubies and emeralds, old brilliant-cut diamonds and polished onyx, suspending a similiarly set hexagonal plaque depicting the figure of...

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Tags: onyx, gem-set, diamond, ruby, emerald, Egyptian inspiration, pendant-brooch

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31 mai 2009

Importante statuette de bouddha en bronze à traces de laque or. Chine, époque Ming (1368 - 1644).

Importante statuette de bouddha en bronze à traces de laque or. Chine, époque Ming (1368 - 1644). assis en padmasana sur le double lotus, les mains en dhyana et bhumisparsa mudra (geste de la prise de la terre à témoin). Haut. : 53 cm. Estimation : 6...

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Tags: bronze, Chine, bouddha, époque Ming, bhumisparsa mudra, dhyana mudra, laque or

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27 mai 2009

"Le bain et le miroir, Soins du corps et cosmétiques à la Renaissance" @ Musée national de la Renaissance - Château d'Ecouen

Dame à sa toilette, Anonyme (d’après François Clouet ?) France, vers 1560. Huile sur bois H.105 x 76 cm. Provenance : collection du Président Bénigne Legouz de Saint-Seine ; saisie révolutionnaire, 1792. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon © Musée des Beaux-Arts,...

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Tags: Lavinia Fontana, Cesare Vecellio, Flacon à eaux de senteurs, Jean de Bologne, Mathias Walbaum, Pomme de senteurs, Virgil Solis

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25 mai 2009

Paillette & Cie Paris- Anvers. Superbe pendulette de bureau. Vers 1930.

Paillette & Cie Paris- Anvers. Superbe pendulette de bureau. Vers 1930. en cristal de roche dépoli, les panneaux en jade gravé à décor japonisant, les colonnes et le dos en onyx, l'ensemble rehaussé de motifs en corail sculpté dont un bouddha, le cadran...

Posté par Alain Truong à 23:21 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: 1930, Jade, corail, onyx, Paillette Cie, Pendulette de bureau, cristal de roche

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18 mai 2009

Helmut Newton @ Hamiltons Gallery

Helmut Newton, Flight Lieutenant US Navy, Los Angeles, 1990. Colour print mounted to aluminium, h: 48 x w: 48 in / h: 121.9 x w: 121.9 cm. Signed, titled, dated & numbered verso. May 14 - Jun 19, 2009. Spurred by the astonishing success of the Christie’s...

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Tags: 1990, 1976, Gelatin silver print, 1975, Helmut Newton, 1992, Colour print mounted to aluminium

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17 mai 2009

“Pure Pleasure” @ the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

Julie Blackmon, “Cherry”, 2006. 24 x 24” Pigment print. Courtesy of the artist and Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago BOULDER, CO.- On June 5, 2009, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art will present “Pure Pleasure”. This exhibition celebrates the re-opening...

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Tags: Ana Maria Hernando, Julie Blackmon, Kristin Hatgi, Mark Sink, Phil Bender, Rebecca DiDomenico, Tsehai Johnson

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14 mai 2009

New World Auction Records set for Hockney, Oldenburg, Wheeler, and Smith at Christie's

David Hockney (b. 1937), Beverly Hills Housewife, diptych--acrylic on canvas overall: 72 x 144 in. (183 x 366 cm.). Price realised : $7,922,500. New world auction record for the artist. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2009. NEW YORK, NY.- In a packed salesroom,...

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Tags: Claes Oldenburg, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Alexander Calder, Richard Diebenkorn, Douglas Wheeler, Jean Michel Basquiat

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10 mai 2009

Pearl, ruby, gem-set, enamel and diamond sautoir, Cartier

Pearl, ruby, gem-set, enamel and diamond sautoir Suspending a pearl tassel, Cartier, with a geometric plaque surmount set with variously shaped rubies and diamonds, accented with cabochon onyx, to similarly set and black enamel connections with strands...

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Tags: gem-set, diamond, ruby, enamel, Cartier, pearl, sautoir

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10 mai 2009

Emerald and diamond bracelet of the Maharani of Karurthala, circa 1925

Emerald and diamond bracelet of the Maharani of Karurthala, circa 1925 Designed as a wide open work band of palmette and scroll design, collet-set at intervals with cabochon emeralds, millegrain-set with circular- and single-cut diamonds, mounted in platinum,...

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Tags: 1925, diamond, bracelet, Anita Delgado, Henri Lyon, Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurtala, cabochon emerald

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9 mai 2009

A green-ground black-decorated dragon bottle vase, China, Xuande six-character mark, 18th/19th century

A green-ground black-decorated dragon bottle vase, China, Xuande six-character mark, 18th/19th century H. 18,4 cm. Est. 1 200 € Provenance: Property from the collection of an old German industrial family, from the Dobrikow Collection, Beijing acquired...

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Tags: bottle vase, China, dragon, 18th19th century, Xuande six-character mark, black-decorated, green-ground

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9 mai 2009

A very large peach shaped sweet box with black lacquer and mother -of-pearl inlays (luodian), China, 1st half of Qing dynasty

A very large peach shaped sweet box with black lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlays (luodian), China, 1st half of Qing dynasty, 17th/18th C. probably Kangxi era (1662-1722) On the lid is depicted a scene of the Daoist paradise. D. 44,8 cm. Est. 6 000 €...

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Tags: Qing dynasty, Mother-Of-Pearl, Kangxi period, black lacquer, luodian, peach shaped, sweet box

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8 mai 2009

16th annual International Fine Art Fair from 1st-5th May @ the Park Avenue Armory, NY

Portrait of Lady Mary Fane (1639-1681), seated three-quarter-length, in a brown dress and blue robe, a red curtain behind her, a landscape beyond By Sir Peter Lely, (Soest 1618 -1680 London). EXHIBITOR: Adam Williams Fine Art, New York NEW YORK.- The...

Posté par Alain Truong à 11:59 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Rembrandt Bugatti, Auguste Rodin, Jean Béraud, Aristide Maillol, Bartolomeo Passerotti, Frans Snyders, Juan Baptista Maino

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22 mai 2011

Christie's Geneva Sets New World Record Prices For a Heart-Shaped Diamond, For any Sapphire and for any Indian Jewel Sold at Auc

Christie's sale of magnificent jewels in Geneva achieved a total of more than $78M, the highest result for any jewellery auction ever held by the auction house in Switzerland. The top lot was a 56 ct heart-shaped diamond, which sold for more than $10M...

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Tags: Mughal, cushion-cut diamond, heart-shaped diamond, pear-shaped diamond, fancy intense blue diamond, cushion-cut sapphire, Spinel

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23 mai 2011

Bonhams Hong Kong 2011 Spring Auctions: Fancy Diamonds and Exquisite Gemstones – Fine Jewellery and Jadeite Auction

A rare natural conch pearl and diamond necklace. Photo: Bonhams Major shifts and changes took place in the jewellery industry worldwide at the beginning of the year, with high prices and a limited supply of fine jewellery deeply impacting the industry....

Posté par Alain Truong à 09:31 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: art deco, cushion-cut diamond, Fancy intense yellow diamond, Conch pearl, jadeite hoo, oval mixed-cut sapphire, pear-cut diamond

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21 mai 2011

Bonhams Hong Kong 2011 Spring Auctions: 'Message in a Bottle'- Auction of World's Greatest Collection of Snuff Bottles

HONG KONG.- Following on from the extraordinary results of Part I and Part II, in which every snuff bottle from the celebrated Mary and George Bloch Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles has sold, with world records broken in eleven different categories,...

Posté par Alain Truong à 09:44 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Ivory, imperial, famille-rose, Qianlong incised four-character mark and of the period, snuff bottle, 1854-1910, Imperial Master

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25 avril 2009

Sale Results of 19th Century European Art including Orientalist Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture @ Sotheby's NY

John Frederick Lewis, The Kibab Shop, Scutari, Asia Minor. Oil on panel. 21 by 31 in. (53.3 by 78.7 cm) Est. 1,500,000—2,000,000 USD. Sold 3,442,500 USD to an anonymous. Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby's NEW YORK, NY.- Polly Sartori, Director of 19th Century...

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Tags: Isidor Kaufmann, Jean Béraud, Jean-Léon Gérôme, John William Godward, John William Waterhouse, Jules Breton, Ludwig Deutsch

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18 avril 2009

David Roberts RA: "Lithographs of Egypt and the Holy Land" @ Mathaf Gallery, London

David Roberts, A Modern Mansion, Cairo, Roberts’ travels to the Middle East from 1838-1839 were described by his biographer James Ballantine as the “great central episode of his artistic life”. He returned from this trip laden with material which, over...

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Tags: Baalbec, Cairo, David Roberts, Egypte, Holy Land, Nazareth, Petra

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11 avril 2009

August Neresheimer (1839 - 1939). A fine German silver-mounted carved ivory tankard depicting Diana. Hanau, circa 1880

August Neresheimer (1839 - 1939). A fine German silver-mounted carved ivory tankard depicting Diana. Hanau, circa 1880 height 28 cm. Estimate 10,000—15,000 USD Sotheby's. 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art. 20 Apr 09. New...

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Tags: Ivory, silver-mounted, tankard, German, 1880, August Neresheimer, Hanau

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7 avril 2009

Paire de flambeaux en agate à monture en argent probablement vermeillé, début du XVIIe siècle

Paire de flambeaux en agate à monture en argent probablement vermeillé, début du XVIIe siècle, h. 12 cm. Estimation : 4 000/5 000 €. (112.) Couteau de présentation à venaison, Allemagne, Saxe, XVIIe siècle, 41,5 x 8,3 cm. Estimation : 800 / 1 000 € Mercredi...

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Tags: XVIIème siècle, agate, Allemagne, Couteau de présentation, Saxe, flambeaux, monture en argent

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