- Exhibition at Grimaldi Forum Monaco celebrates the splendour of the last Chinese imperial dynasty
- The Michael & Eleonore Stoffel Stiftung acquired five works by Anselm Kiefer for the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
- "113 Ors d'Asie" au Musée Guimet
- "Flower Power: Spirit of the Summer of Love in Full Bloom" opens at the Asian Art Museum
- Hubert de Givenchy à la Cité de la dentelle et de la mode
- 'Costumes espagnols : entre ombre et lumière' à Maison de Victor Hugo
- Scottish National Gallery opens "Beyond Caravaggio"
- Exhibition marks the 450th anniversary of the accession of the Habsburg Archduke Ferdinand II of Tyrol
- Museo del Prado opens new permanent collection itinerary on same-sex relationships
- Giovanni da Rimini: A 14th-century masterpiece unveiled at the National Gallery
- Renaissance Venice. The Triumph of Beauty and the Destruction of Painting at Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
- 'Adorning the Inner Court: Jun Ware for the Chinese Palace' at Harvard Art Museums
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts showcases art, innovation of haute couture design
- Desire, love, identity: British Museum explores LGBTQ histories
- The MET Costume Institute presents 'Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between'
- "Past Is Present: Revival Jewelry" at MFA Boston
- The MET presents 'Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C.–A.D. 220)'
- "Des Grands Moghols aux Maharadjahs. Joyaux de la collection Al Thani" au Grand Palais
- Exhibition at Frans Hals Museum exhibits 17th century works from the Netherlands and China
- "FANTIN-LATOUR. À fleur de peau" au Musée de Grenoble
- Asia Society Museum opens 'Secrets of the Sea: A Tang Shipwreck and Early Trade in Asia'
- Eighteenth-Century French Paintings From Across America on View at National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Exhibition devoted to the partnership between Michelangelo & Sebastiano opens
- 'The Poetry of Venetian Painting. Paris Bordone, Palma il Vecchio, Lorenzo Lotto, Titian' at Hamburger Kunsthalle
- Rarely seen Renaissance paintings by Venice masters on view at the North Carolina Museum of Art
- "Balenciaga, L’œuvre au noir" au musée Bourdelle
- "An Inner World. Seventeenth Century Dutch Genre Painting" at Clark Art Institute
- First exhibition dedicated to the work of Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti opens in Doha
- Looking North and South Considers Early European Prints at the Clark
- "Kimono - Au bonheur des dames" au musée Guimet, 22 février– 22 mai 2017
- 'Between Heaven and Hell: The Drawings of Jusepe de Ribera' at Meadows Museum
- Museum Ludwig celebrates Gerhard Richter's eighty-fifth birthday
- The Holburne Museum opens first exhibition devoted to the Bruegel dynasty
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts exhibition to explore transformative power of jewelry, art objects
- 'Masterworks from Budapest. From the Renaissance to the Avant-Garde' at Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, 18 February to 28 May
- Hermitage Amsterdam opens unique exhibition: 1917. Romanovs & Revolution
- Groundbreaking contemporary fashion exhibition comes to Carnegie Museum of Art
- V&A to stage the first ever UK exhibition on fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga
- SAP cofounder and art collector Hasso Plattner opens Barberini Museum in Potsdam
- Vermeer et les maîtres de la peinture de genre au Louvre du 22 février au 22 mai 2017
- Exhibition seeks to analyse an important moment in the career of Lorenzo Lotto
- Seven Centuries from the Woodner Collections Celebrated at National Gallery of Art, March 12–July 16, 2017
- "De Zurbarán à Rothko. Collection Alicia Koplowitz - Grupo Omega Capital Ω" au musée Jacquemart-André à partir du 3 mars 2017
- Getty Museum presents first major exhibition on 18th century artist Edme Bouchardon
- Scottish National Gallery welcomes in the New Year with Turner exhibition
- National Portrait Gallery to stage first major exhibition devoted entirely to Cézanne's portraits
- National Gallery of Victoria to present "The House of Dior: Seventy Years of Haute Couture"
- Ground-breaking display on garniture/vase sets on view at the Victoria & Albert Museum
- Art Gallery of New South Wales exhibits nude art from the Tate Collection
- Portraits of artists from Rubens to Freud on display at The Queen's Gallery in London
- “Reuniting the Masters: European Drawings from West Coast Collections” at the Crocker Art Museum
- The origin of still life in Italy explored in new exhibition at the Galleria Borghese
- Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein opens exhibition of works from the Hilti Art Foundation
- Exhibition brings together historic and contemporary silver masterpieces
- « Le goût de la parure. Portraits du château de Versailles » au Château d'Angers
- State Hermitage Museum presents an exhibition of works by Mariano Fortuny
- The youth of Impressionism: Works by Frédéric Bazille on view in Paris
- The Frick Pittsburgh's world class collection highlighted in new exhibition and book
- Camille Pissarro, "Le premier des impressionnistes" au musée Marmottan Monet
- "Tenue correcte exigée : quand le vêtement fait scandale" aux Arts Décoratifs
- De l’alcôve aux barricades. De Fragonard à David. Dessins des Beaux-Arts de Paris à la Fondation Custodia
- Emotionally charged relationship between man and woman explored in exhibition
- From the Lands of Asia: A world premiere at Pointe-à-Callière
- Exhibition brings to Los Angeles some of the greatest achievements of German Renaissance art
- Exhibition at Museo del Prado offers a self-reflexive gaze on art and painting
- Rituals Cast in Brilliance–Chinese Bronzes Through the Ages
- Art in Quest of Heaven and Truth — Chinese Jades through the Ages
- J. Paul Getty Museum opens "Fashionable Likeness: Pastel Portraits in 18th-Century Britain"
- McCabe Fine Art opens exhibition of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe
- Spanish artist Pablo Picasso's sculptures on view at BOZAR
- Exhibition illuminates Syria's contributions to world heritage
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir retrospective opens in Spain
- Images of children in Spanish Romantic art on view at the Prado Museum in Madrid
- Exhibition pays tribute to one of the greatest art patrons of the early 20th century, Sergei Shchukin
19 septembre 2017
An Art Nouveau pearl and enamel pendent-brooch, by Henri Vever
Lot 53. An Art Nouveau pearl and enamel pendent-brooch, by Henri Vever. Estimate CHF 18,000 - CHF 22,000 (USD 18,774 - USD 22,946). © Christie's Images Ltd 2017
Modelled as a stylised wisteria branch, the surmount applied with white enamel and green window enamel leaves, to the articulated pearl drops, 1900, 11.0 cm, with French assay mark for gold. Signed Vever Paris, no. 2429
Please note that the pearl has not been tested for natural origin.
Literature: H. Vever, La Bijouterie Française... [Lire la suite]19 septembre 2017
An Art Nouveau enamel and pearl pendent necklace, by Henri Vever
Lot 52. An Art Nouveau enamel and pearl pendent necklace, by Henri Vever. Estimate CHF 12,000 - CHF 15,000 (USD 12,516 - USD 15,645). © Christie's Images Ltd 2017
Modelled as four maple samaras in green window enamel, with pearl accents, circa 1900, 11.5 cm, with French assay marks for gold. Unsigned.
Accompanied by an authenticating photograph dated 26 May 1981 from Vever Joaillier.
Please note that the pearl has not been tested for natural origin.
Provenance: Michel Perinet
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An Art Nouveau enamel, diamond and pearl pendent necklace, by Henri Vever
Lot 51. An Art Nouveau enamel, diamond and pearl pendent necklace, by Henri Vever. Estimate CHF 12,000 - CHF 15,000 (USD 12,516 - USD 15,645). © Christie's Images Ltd 2017
Centering a varicoloured enamelled medallion depicting the profile of Cybele, set within an openwork foliate surround with diamond accents and green window enamel leaves, suspending a pearl drop, circa 1905, pendant 11.5 cm, chain 45.0 cm, with French assay marks for gold. Signed Vever Bottée
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Petit cabinet marqueté en bois précieux et écaille à décor géométrique, Flandres, époque XVIIe siècle
Lot 216. Petit cabinet marqueté en bois précieux et écaille à décor géométrique, Flandres, époque XVIIe siècle. Estimation : 1000/1200 €. © Prunier OVV
Il ouvre par quatre tiroirs en facade. H: 18 L: 25,6 P: 15 cm.
SVV JEAN EMMANUEL PRUNIER. Splendeurs de la Haute Époque, Dimanche 24 septembre à 14h30 à Louviers 19 septembre 2017
Jeu de trictrac et de dames en palissandre ébène et ivoire ou os, Travail allemand de la fin du XVIIe siècle
Lot 215. Jeu de trictrac et de dames en palissandre ébène et ivoire ou os, Travail allemand de la fin du XVIIe siècle. Estimation : 800/1000 €. © Prunier OVV
gravé d'animaux fantastiques et feuillages. H: 34 L: 34 P: 10 cm. Petits accidents.
SVV JEAN EMMANUEL PRUNIER. Splendeurs de la Haute Époque, Dimanche 24 septembre à 14h30 à Louviers 19 septembre 2017
Jeu de trictrac en ébène et ivoire gravé, Italie du nord, vers 1600
Lot 214. Jeu de trictrac en ébène et ivoire gravé, Italie du nord, vers 1600. Estimation : 2500-3000 €. © Prunier OVV
à décor de scènes mythologiques, scènes de chasse, feuillages et lambrequins. Entrée de serrure et charnières en laiton. (Persée et Andromède, détail de l'abattant). H: 44 L: 27 P: 7 cm. Accidents et manques.
SVV JEAN EMMANUEL PRUNIER. Splendeurs de la Haute Époque, Dimanche 24 septembre à 14h30 à Louviers 19 septembre 2017
Joseph Gad Emeralds
Gorgeous 12ct Minor Oil Colombian Emerald Ring. © Joseph Gad Emeralds.
Diamonds & Emerald Cluster Earrings. © Joseph Gad Emeralds.
Magnificant 13ct Minor Oil Colombian Emerald Ring. © Joseph Gad Emeralds.19 septembre 2017
A white-glazed bowl and ewer, Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234)
Lot 964. A white-glazed bowl and ewer, Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234). Estimate 800 — 1,200 USD. Lot sold 1,875 USD. © Sotheby's
the bowl with a deep, rounded body over a short foot, covered overall in a glossy white glaze, the rim bound in metal; the ewer of lobed ovoid form rising from a tapered foot to a cupped mouth, the rounded shoulder set with two small single-strap handles and a short spout opposite a flattened handle stamped Wang X in relief (2). Diameter of bowl 8 5/8 ... [Lire la suite]
19 septembre 2017
Two small molded 'Yaozhou' celadon-glazed 'fish' bowls, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234)
Lot 963. Two small molded 'Yaozhou' celadon-glazed 'fish' bowls, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234). Diameter of larger 4 in., 10.1 cm. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Lot sold 6,875 USD. © Sotheby's
each decorated to the interior with four fish swimming amid dense waves, the exterior carved with radiating flutes, covered overall with an olive-green glaze save for the foot ring (2).
Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York, 16 Sep 201719 septembre 2017
A small carved 'Yaozhou' saucer dish, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Lot 962. A small carved 'Yaozhou' saucer dish, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Diameter 5 1/4 in., 13.3 cm. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Lot sold 6,875 USD. © Sotheby's
the interior carved and combed with turbulent waves, the exterior decorated with a single incised line, covered overall with an attractive olive-green glaze, stopping neatly in a circle around the base exposing the speckled tan body, Japanese wood box (3).
Provenance: Collection of Charlotte Horstman.
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