Les cahiers d'Alain Truong

12 février 2012

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I want you to laugh, to kill all your worries. 
To love you, to nourish you.
Oh, Sweet Bitterness, I will soothe you and heal you.
Rumi ♥

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When I am silent,
I fall into the place where everything is music.
Rumi l♥

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Our greatest strength lies in the gentleness
and tenderness of our heart.
Rumi ♥

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Know that it is the waves of Love
that turn the wheels of Heaven. 
Rumi ♥

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Sélection de mobilier et objets du XIXème de la Collection Serge Robin

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Mobilier de salon. Travail autrichien de la fin du XIXe - début du XXe sièclePhoto Coutau-Begarie

composé d'une banquette et d'une paire de fauteuils, en acajou et incrustations de nacre, de bronze doré en filets. Restaurations. Garni de tissu RUBELLI, en tissage de cuir argenté et lin. Banquette : H. : 1, 04 m - L. : 1, 22 cm - P. : 54 cm. Fauteuil : H. : 1, 04 m - L. : 52 cm - P. : 54 cm. Estimation : 3 500 / 5 000 €

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Paire de candélabres en bronze à patine noire. Travail français du XIXe siècle. Photo Coutau-Begarie

les binets en forme de lampes antiques, agrémentées de chaînettes, le fût cannelé, ils reposent sur une base ronde ciselée de grecques et un piétement tripode orné de mascarons et terminé par des griffes de lions. Daté « 25 octobre 1864 ». Manque une bobèche. H. : 58 cm - L. : 28 cm. Estimation : 3 000 / 3 500 €

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Pendule en bois exotique. Travail de la Maison Lenelle, à Paris, portant la date « 1893 »Photo Coutau-Begarie

à décor sculpté et ajouré, ornée d'un riche décor de griffons stylisés, de volutes et de rinceaux feuillagés, entourant le cadran. Conservée sous globe. Avec sa clé. Petits accidents et manques. H. : 66,5 cm - L. : 40 cm. Estimation : 1 800 / 2 000 €

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Paire de statuettes en bronze patiné noir et doré. Travail français du XIXe sièclePhoto Coutau-Begarie

représentant une vestale drapée à l'antique, tenant une fibule et appuyée sur un cippe. Elles reposent sur un socle en marbre vert. Portent une signature de Barbedienne. H. : 34 cm. Estimation : 800 / 1 200 €

Coutau-Begarie - Paris. Collection Serge Robin : Arts Décoratifs du XVIIIe au XXe siècle. Vendredi 17 février 2012. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 5. Tel: 01 45 56 12 20

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Sélection de mobilier et objets du XXème de la Collection Serge Robin

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Paire de sculptures en fonte de fer à patine verte. Travail du début du XXe sièclePhoto Coutau-Begarie

représentant deux allégories du « Jour » et de la « Nuit », sur des socles rectangulaires. D'après les sculptures décorant le tombeau de Julien de Médicis par Michel-Ange à Florence. H. : 59 cm - L. : 55 cm. Estimation : 2 500 / 3 000 €

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 Maison Jansen. Fauteuil de bureau Klimnos. Travail des années 1980Photo Coutau-Begarie

en bois peint de couleur noire, son assise en cuir tressé noir. H. : 92 cm - L. : 56 cm - L. : 60 cm. Estimation : 800 / 1 200 €


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le fût godronné, orné de feuilles d'eau et de palmettes, ils reposent sur une base en jarrets terminés par des griffes de lions, et un socle triangulaire. H. : 36 cm. Estimation : 600 / 800 €

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Paire de perroquets en métal polychrome et doré. Travail français du XXe sièclePhoto Coutau-Begarie

H. : 67 cm - L. : 20 cm ; H. : 56 cm - L. : 20 cm. Estimation : 400 / 600 €

Coutau-Begarie - Paris. Collection Serge Robin : Arts Décoratifs du XVIIIe au XXe siècle. Vendredi 17 février 2012. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 5. Tel: 01 45 56 12 20

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Souvenirs de la Famille Impériale d'Iran de la Collection Serge Robin

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Mohamad Réza, Shah d'Iran. Travail iranien de la seconde partie du XXe sièclePhoto Coutau-Begarie

Buste en bronze le représentant portant uniforme et décorations, reposant sur un socle en onyx. H. : 30 cm - L. : 19 cm. Estimation : 400 / 600 €

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Ensemble de quatre panneaux en papier mâché. Iran, époque KadjarPhoto Coutau-Begarie

à décor polychrome représentant des personnages, dont le Shah et la Shabanou de Perse de la dynastie Kadjar. L'ensemble est présenté sur un socle en plexiglas, en l'état. H. : 19 cm - L. : 12 cm. Estimation : 800 / 1 000 €

Provenancecadeau offert à Serge Robin par la princesse Soraya Esfandiary Bakhthiary (1932-2001).

Coutau-Begarie - Paris. Collection Serge Robin : Arts Décoratifs du XVIIIe au XXe siècle. Vendredi 17 février 2012. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 5. Tel: 01 45 56 12 20

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"Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection Gift" @ The Walters Art Museum

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Mask, Guatemalan (Mayan style), Guatemala, AD 250-850 (?) (Classic (?)),  jadeite. H: 3 1/8 x W: 3 1/2 x D: 1 in. (7.9 x 8.9 x 2.6 cm. TL.2009.20.298.  The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

BALTIMORE, MD.- The Walters Art Museum presents Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: The John Bourne Collection Gift an exhibition of 135 artworks from cultures that rose and fell in Mexico, Central America and Andean South America from 1200 B.C.–A.D. 1530. Drawn from the collection of John Bourne recently gifted to the Walters, this exhibition, on view February 12–May 20, 2012, expresses each culture’s distinctive aesthetics, worldview and spiritual ideologies. 

Modern historians group the many ancient societies south of the United States into three great traditions based on ancient geo-politics and patterns of shared cultural features: Mesoamerica, Central America and Andean South America. The exhibition features artworks as illustrations of the societies’ fundamental principles such as the shamanic foundation of rulership in Mesoamerica, Costa Rica and Panama, and the cosmic principles embodied by gold and silver in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Artists expressed each society’s uniqueness in novel forms of monumental and portable art of human figures, spiritual beings and deities, and companions of daily life such as dogs, made from stone, clay, precious metals and fibers. 

Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas touches on the performative nature of politics and religion—performance being a key mechanism for strengthening bonds of community and religious belief. The exhibition features the imaginative musical instruments used during these events and emotive portrayals of performers—from kings to commoners. 

“Before mass communication such as television, the internet or smart phones, performance was a vital public device for real-time communication of a culture’s social, political and ideological beliefs,” said Curatorial Consultant for Art of the Ancient Americas Dorie Reents-Budet. “In the ancient Americas, as elsewhere in world history, performance communicates group identity and reinforces social hierarchy, political power and other key characteristics of a society. 

This exhibition features selections from collector John Bourne, who was among the initial explorers to probe deep into the hilly jungles of southern Mexico. Traveling with adventurer Carlos (Herman Charles) Frey and photographer Giles Healy, they were among the first Westerners to visit Bonampak, the now famous Maya site celebrated for its three-roomed royal building whose interior walls are covered with murals recording a battle and public rituals concerning royal political history at the site during the eighth century. Bourne became enamored of the creative expressiveness of the Maya—and of all peoples of the ancient Americas—perceiving the works as equal to any artistic tradition in the world. 

“Without question, this gift from John Bourne marks a great milestone in the Walters’ 70-year history,” said Director Gary Vikan. “In the decades to come, the museum will be at the national forefront in exploring and sharing with the public the rich cultural history of the great ancient civilizations of the Western Hemisphere.” 

This exhibition has been made possible through the generous contributions of John Bourne, the Women’s Committee of the Walters Art Museum, the Selz Foundation and the Ziff Family, through its endowed exhibition fund for the arts of the ancient Americas. 

Highlighted artworks include: 

Mother and Child 
(100 B.C.–A.D. 200) These cream-slipped figures were created during the culmination of the shaft tomb tradition in West Mexico, when tombs were filled with figural sculptures and pottery vessels. This woman proudly supports her son standing upon her lap, the sculpture being an informal yet stately expression of the procreative power of women and their lifelong calling as nurturers. 

Human Effigy Pendant 
(A.D. 400–1500) The medium of choice after A.D. 500, this cast-gold alloy piece portrays a dancing musician, his performance indicated by his bent knees. This finely cast pendant may render a shaman’s spiritual transformation, signified by the serpents emanating from the top of his head. 

Llama Effigy 
(A.D. 1000–1470) Well-adapted to the extremes of the Andean environment, the llama was at the heart of every Andean home, providing fine wool for warm clothing and being the only beast of burden in the Andes. This engaging earthenware sculpture captures the young animal’s natural inquisitiveness, its white and black face coloration following the Andean principle of duality and balance.

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Avian Pendant. Panamanian (Veraguas style),  Veraguas, Panama. gold alloy. H: 3 7/16 x W: 4 3/8 x D: 1 1/16 in. (8.8 x 11.1 x 2.7 cm).TL.2009.20.82. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum 

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Avian "Axe god" Pendant, Costa Rican (Guanacaste-Nicoya style), Costa Rica, jadeite. H: 7 3/8 x W: 2 15/16 x D: 1 3/8 in. (18.7 x 7.4 x 3.5 cm). TL.2009.20.256. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Belt Rattle with Bells. Peruvian (Moche style). gold alloy, turquoise, and spondylus shell. H: 3 7/8 x W: 7 1/8 x D: 1 in. (9.8 x 18.1 x 2.6 cm). TL.2009.20.66. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum 

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Crocodile Effigy Lime Dipper. Panamanian (Coclé style), Panama; gold alloy. H: 4 3/16 x W: 2 1/8 x D: 11/16 in. (10.6 x 5.4 x 1.8 cm). TL.2009.20.84. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum 

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Earflares. Moche, North Coast, AD 400-600 (Early Intermediate), gold alloy, turquoise and stone inlay. 1- Diam: 1 9/16 x L: 2 11/16 in. (4 x 6.8 cm); .2- Diam: 1 5/8 x L: 2 11/16 in. (4.1 x 6.8 cm). TL.2009.20.65. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum 

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Emerald Bead,  Calima, AD 500-800 (?) (Yotoco), upper Cauca River Valley. H: 1 7/8 x W: 1 3/8 x D: 1 1/4 in. (4.8 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm). 2009.20.9. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum 

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Face Pendant, Mayan. AD 650-850 (Late Classic), Honduras (?), jadeite, albite.  H: 3 11/16 x W: 4 5/8 x D: 11/16 in. (9.3 x 11.8 x 1.8 cm). 2009.20.8. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum 

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 Female Effigy Figure. Colombian (Quimbaya (?) style), El Bolo (?), Middle Cauca, gold. H: 4 9/16 x W: 2 1/16 x D: 1 5/16 in. (11.6 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm). TL.2009.20.87. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Figural Pendant, Mayan, Honduras (?), jadeite. H: 2 5/8 x W: 1 5/8 x D: 5/16 in. (6.7 x 4.2 x 0.8 cm). 2009.20.6. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum 

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Figural Pendant, Mayan, Honduras (?), jadeite, red pigment. H: 3 1/4 x W: 11/16 x D: 9/16 in. (8.2 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm). TL.2009.20.232. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum 

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Figural Pendant, Mayan, Honduras (?), jadeite, AD 250-450 (Early Classic). H: 2 11/16 x W: 1 7/8 x D: 1/2 in. (6.86 x 4.83 x 1.27 cm).  TL.2009.20.263. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum 

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Frog Effigy Pendant, Panamanian (Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí or Coclé), Panama, AD 700-1520 (Period V?VI), cast gold alloy. H: 4 11/16 x W: 3 3/4 x D: 1 3/8 in. (11.9 x 9.6 x 3.5 cm). TL.2009.20.250.  The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum 

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Frog Effigy Pendant, Coclé, Panama, AD 700-1500, gold alloy. H: 11/16 x L: 1 3/4 x W: 15/16 in. (1.7 x 4.4 x 2.4 cm). TL.2009.20.77.  The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Frog Effigy Pendant, Colombian (Zenú (Sinú)-Darién), northwestern Colombia, AD 900-1550, gold. H: 1/2 x W: 3/4 x D: 3/4 in. (1.3 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm). TL.2009.20.78. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Funerary Mask, Peruvian (Sicán-Chimú style), North Coast, gold alloy. H: 12 3/16 x W: 17 9/16 x D: 1 3/8 in. (31 x 44.6 x 3.5 cm). 2009.20.17.  The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Human Effigy Figure, Peruvian (Chimú style), North Coast, hammered gold alloy sheet, H: 10 1/2 x W: 3 x D: 3 1/16 in. (26.7 x 7.6 x 7.8 cm). TL.2009.20.73.  The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum 

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Human Effigy Figure,, Colombian (Zenú (Sinú)-Darién style,, northwestern Colombia, gold alloy. H: 5 1/16 x W: 2 3/4 x D: 1 1/8 in. (12.8 x 7 x 2.8 cm). 2009.20.6.  The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Human Effigy Figure, Colombian (Zenú (Sinú)-Darién style), northwestern Colombia, gold alloy. H: 5 13/16 x W: 3 1/4 x D: 1 in. (14.7 x 8.2 x 2.6 cm).  2009.20.68. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum 

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Human Effigy Figure, Panamanian (Coclé style),, Panama, cast gold alloy. H: 2 1/8 x W: 1 9/16 x D: 9/16 in. (5.4 x 3.9 x 1.4 cm). TL.2009.20.72. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum  

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Diquís, Diquist zone, Human Effigy Figure, AD 400-1500 (Late Period IV?VI), cast gold alloy. H: 5 3/4 x W: 4 1/8 x D: 1 3/16 in. (14.61 x 10.48 x 3 cm). TL.2009.20.74.  The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Human Face Pendant, Guanacaste-Nicoya, Costa Rica, 500 BCE-500 CE (Period IV), green stone. H: 1 3/8 x W: 1 9/16 x D: 9/16 in. (3.5 x 4 x 1.4 cm).  TL.2009.20.223. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Mask, Mexican (Olmec style),  Mexico, jadeite (?), red pigment. H: 5 1/8 x W: 4 1/16 x D: 1 9/16 in. (13 x 10.3 x 3.9 cm. TL.2009.20.129. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Mask, Guatemalan (Mayan style), Guatemala, AD 250-850 (?) (Classic (?)),  jadeite. H: 3 1/8 x W: 3 1/2 x D: 1 in. (7.9 x 8.9 x 2.6 cm. TL.2009.20.298.  The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum 

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 Mask with Pendant Beads, Guatemalan (Maya style), Guatemala, AD 250-850 (Classic (?)), jadeite. Mask H: 5 13/16 x W: 5 13/16 x D: 1 15/16 in. (14.8 x 14.7 x 4.9 cm); Bead 1 L: 2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm); Bead 2 L: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); Bead 3 L: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm); Bead 4 L: 2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm); Bead 5 L: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); Perforation 1 L: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Perforation 2 L: 2 in. (5.1 cm); Perforation 3 L: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); Perforation 4 L: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm); Perforation 5 L: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm). TL.2009.20.123.1-11. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Maskette Pendant, Mexican (Olmec style), Gulf Coast, jadeite. H: 7/8 x W: 13/16 x D: 3/16 in. (2.2 x 2 x 0.5 cm. TL.2009.20.231. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Necklace, Peruvian (Sicán (Lambayeque) style), Piura region, North Coast (?), gold alloy. L of chain: 33 11/16 in. (85.5 cm); Pendant H: 1 3/4 x W: 1 15/16 x D: 3/8 in. (4.5 x 5 x 1 cm). TL.2009.20.85. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Necklace with Pendants, Mayan, Honduras (?), AD 650-850 (Late Classic), pendants: albite, omphacite and jadeite. L of chain: 30 11/16 in. (78 cm); Largest pendant H: 2 1/4 x W: 1 3/4 x D: 3/4 in. (5.7 x 4.4 x 1.9 cm). TL.2009.20.264. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Nose Ring with Oval Disc, Colombian, Colombia, hammered gold alloy . H: 1 11/16 x W: 2 1/16 in. (4.3 x 5.3 cm). 57.361. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Necklace with Pendants, Mayan, Honduras (?), 300 BC-AD 850 (Late Preclassic-Classic), green stone. L of chain: 32 5/16 in. (82 cm); Length of pendants clockwise, from top- L: 1 x W: 9/16 x D: 3/16 in. (2.6 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm); L: 1 1/4 x W: 9/16 x D: 3/16 in. (3.2 x 1.5 x 0.4 cm); L: 1 5/8 x W: 11/16 x D: 5/16 in. (4.2 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm); L: 1 1/4 x W: 11/16 x D: 1/4 in. (3.1 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm); L: 1 5/8 x W: 11/16 x D: 1/4 in. (4.2 x 1.8 x 0.7 cm); L: 1 1/8 x W: 11/16 x D: 1/4 in. (2.9 x 1.8 x 0.6 cm). TL.2009.20.271. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Nose Ornament, Colombian (Calima style), Cauca River Valley in Colombia, gold alloy. H: 7 13/16 x W: 2 1/16 x D: 1/16 in. (19.9 x 5.2 x 0.1 cm). 2009.20.69. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Necklace with Shamanic Effigy Pendant, Panamanian (Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí), Veraguas, Panama, AD 700-1520 (Period V?VI), cast gold alloy. Necklace L: 23 13/16 in. (60.5 cm); Pendant H: 3 7/16 x W: 2 11/16 x D: 13/16 in. (8.8 x 6.9 x 2 cm). TL.2009.20.86. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Ornament, Moche, North Coast, 100 BC- AD 600 (Early Intermediate), gold alloy. H: 2 7/16 x W: 5 1/4 x D: 7/8 in. (6.2 x 13.4 x 2.2 cm). TL.2009.20.71 The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Pair of Earrings with Flat Bar and Three Suspended Discs, Panamanian, Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí (in present-day Panama), 800-1521 (Pre-Early Conquest), gold alloy.. H: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm). 57.351, 57.352. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Pectoral, Colombian (Calima style), Yotoco, gold alloy. H: 6 11/16 x W: 7 15/16 x D: 11/16 in. (17 x 20.2 x 1.8 cm. 2009.20.70. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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 Pectoal, Mexican (Mixtec style), Mexiso, (Early Postclassic (?), gold alloy. H: 3 13/16 x W: 2 1/2 x D: 11/16 in. (9.7 x 6.3 x 1.7 cm). TL.2009.20.301. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Pendant of Musician with Feather Headdress Playing an Instrument, Panamanian, Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí (in present-day Panama), 800-1521 (Pre-Colombian), hollow cast gold and copper alloy. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm). 57.284. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Qero (Kero), Inca, Peru, AD 1470-1534 (Late Horizon), gold alloy. H: 2 15/16 x Diam: 3 1/2 in. (7.5 x 8.9 cm. TL.2009.20.241. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Rock Crystal Beads and Gold Pendants Necklace, Tolima, Upper Cauca, AD 900-1600, gold, rock crystal. L of chain: 26 7/8 in. (68.2 cm). TL.2009.20.76. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Shaman Effigy Pendant, Panamanian (?) (International style) or Colombian (?) (International style), Colombia (?), AD 900-1600, cast gold alloy. H: 2 11/16 x W: 1 15/16 x D: 7/16 in. (6.9 x 5 x 1.1 cm). TL.2009.20.83. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Shamanic Effigy Pendant, Coclé (?) or Sinú (?) or Tairona (?), Colombia (?), AD 700-1520, cast gold alloy. H: 2 1/16 x L: 3 3/8 x W: 1 7/8 in. (5.3 x 8.6 x 4.8 cm. TL.2009.20.81. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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 Spherical Beads and Canine(?) Effigy Bead, Olmec, Mexico, 1200-900 BC (Early Formative), jadeite (?). L of chain: 23 7/8 in. (60.6 cm); Pendant H: 1 5/8 x W: 1 5/16 x D: 3/4 in. (4.2 x 3.4 x 1.9 cm). TL.2009.20.237. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Standing Man with Miniature Raft, Colombian, Colombia, 1000-1500 (Late Intermediate), gold. 6 x 1 3/4 in. (15.3 x 4.4 cm). 57.2289. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Tubular Bead Necklace and Emerald Pendant, Quimbaya (?) , Middle Cauca, 100 BC-AD 1000, gold alloy, emerald. L of chain: 21 1/16 in. (53.5 cm); Pendant H: 9/16 x W: 1/2 x D: 3/8 in. (1.4 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm. TL.2009.20.75. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Tubular Pendant Bead, Guanacaste-Nicoya (?), Costa Rica, AD 1-500 (?) (Period IV), jadeite (?).. L: 6 13/16 x W: 1 1/2 x D: 1 in. (17.3 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm. TL.2009.20.238. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Tubular Bead Necklace, Coclé, Cocle, Panama, AD 700-1550, gold alloy. L of chain: 19 15/16 in. (50.7 cm). TL.2009.20.88.1. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Vulture Head Pendant, Mayan, Guatemala, 200-700 (Classic), jadeite. 2 1/4 in. (5.72 cm) (l.) approx. 42.549. The John Bourne Collection Gift. Walters Art Museum

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Mobilier chinois en bois laqué rouge de la Collection Serge Robin

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Paire de consoles de forme rectangulaire en bois laqué rouge. Ningpo, Chine, travail de la fin du XIXe sièclePhoto Coutau-Begarie

ornées de branchages feuillagés en relief. Elles ouvrent à deux tiroirs en ceinture et reposent sur des pieds gaines. Usures du temps. H. : 87 cm - L. : 89 cm - P. : 55 cm. Estimation : 2 200 / 2 500 €

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Armoire de forme rectangulaire en bois laqué rouge. Chine, travail du XXe sièclePhoto Coutau-Begarie

elle ouvre à deux vantaux en façade, présente une serrure en bronze et repose sur des pieds gaines. H. : 2, 21 m - L. :59 cm. Estimation : 800 / 1 200 €

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Paire de chevets de forme rectangulaire en bois laqué rouge. Chine, travail du XXe siècle.  Photo Coutau-Begarie

elle ouvre à deux tiroirs et deux vantaux en façade présente une serrure en bronze et repose sur des petits pieds. H. : 80 cm - L. : 59,5 cm - P. : 40 cm. Estimation : 700 / 900 €

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Console de forme rectangulaire en bois laqué rouge. Chine, travail du début du XXe sièclePhoto Coutau-Begarie

elle repose sur quatre pieds de formes gaines et ouvre à trois tiroirs en ceinture. H. : 80 cm - L. : 1, 04 m - P. : 32 cm. Estimation : 600 / 800 €

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Deux éléments de lit, en bois laqué rouge, Ningpo, Chine, travail du début du XXe siècle. Photo Coutau-Begarie

à décor de quatre scènes sculptées, représentant un couple et des animaux dans un encadrement de feuillage stylisé. H. : 129,5 cm - L. : 28,5 cm. Estimation : 300 / 400 €

NDB: J'ai un paravent à quatre feuilles identiques.

Coutau-Begarie - Paris. Collection Serge Robin : Arts Décoratifs du XVIIIe au XXe siècleVendredi 17 février 2012. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 5. Tel: 01 45 56 12 20

 

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Bague en or gris sertie de quatre diamants de taille princesse Fancy yellow

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Bague en or gris sertie de quatre diamants de taille princesse Fancy yellow  © Laurent Mayeux Photographies

d'un poids total estimé à 3,29ct. La monture finement soulignée de lignes de diamants. 11,5g. T55. Estimation : 20 000 / 22 000 €

 

Mercier & Cie - 59000 Lille. Lundi 13 février 2012. ôtel des ventes de Lille - 14, rue des jardins. Tel 03 20 12 24 24

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Bague en or gris et or jaune sertie d'un diamant cœur de 2,47ct Fancy yellow

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Bague en or gris et or jaune sertie d'un diamant cœur de 2,47ct Fancy yellow © Laurent Mayeux Photographies

sur un pavage de diamants d'un poids estimé à 2,20ct, avec un certificat GIA attestant de la couleur naturelle. 10. 6g. T54.  Estimation : 25 000 / 30 000 €

Mercier & Cie - 59000 Lille. Lundi 13 février 2012. ôtel des ventes de Lille - 14, rue des jardins. Tel 03 20 12 24 24

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"To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum" @ Joslyn Art Museum

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Ancestral Bust of a Woman, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 to early Dynasty 19, ca. 1336–1279 B.C. Limestone, painted. Brooklyn Museum Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund.

OMAHA, NE.- Encompassing more than one hundred objects from the Brooklyn Museum’s world-renowned holdings, To Live Forever includes some of the greatest masterworks of the Egyptian artistic heritage. Exploring beliefs about life, death, and the afterlife as seen through the practice of mummification, the conduct of a funeral, and various types of tombs and burials, this exhibition answers the questions at the core of our continuing fascination with the art of ancient Egypt. 

To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum is on view at Joslyn Art Museum from February 11 through June 3, 2012. 

Belief in the afterlife and the view that death was an enemy that could be vanquished were among the most central cultural beliefs throughout thousands of years of ancient Egyptian civilization. To Live Forever features objects illustrating a range of strategies the ancient Egyptians developed to defeat death, including mummification and various rituals performed in the tomb. The exhibition reveals what the Egyptians believed they would find in the next world, and contrasts how the rich and the poor prepared for the hereafter. The economics of the funeral are examined, including how the poor tried to imitate the costly appearance of the grave goods of the rich in order to ensure a better place in the afterlife. 

Each section of the exhibition contains funeral equipment for the rich, the middle class, and the poor. The visitor will be able to compare finely painted wood and stone coffins made for wealthy patrons with the clay coffins the poor made for themselves; masterfully worked granite vessels with clay vessels painted in imitation of more desirable materials; and gold jewelry created for the nobles contrasted with faience amulets fashioned from a man-made turquoise substitute. Objects on view include the Bird Lady—one of the oldest preserved statues from all Egyptian history and a signature Brooklyn Museum object; a painted limestone relief of Queen Neferu; the elaborately painted shroud of Neferhotep; a gilded mummy mask of a man; and a gold amulet representing the human soul. Other highlights include the mummy and portrait of Demetrios, a wealthy citizen of Hawara; two mummies of dogs; stone sculptures and statues; protective gold jewelry made for nobility; canopic jars (used to store the body's major organs during mummification); and ceramic vessels used during Egyptian funerals. 

Edward Bleiberg, Ph.D., curator of Egyptian, classical, and ancient Near Eastern art at the Brooklyn Museum, has organized the exhibition.

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Female Figurine, Predynastic Period, Naqada II Period, circa 3650-3300 B.C.E., terracotta, painted, Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

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Mummified Dog, 664–332 B.C.E. or later, linen, animal remains, Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

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Heart Scarab (back and front), Late Period, Dynasty 26, 664–525 B.C.E., steatite and sheet gold, Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

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Gaming Board Inscribed for Amenhotep III with Separate Sliding Drawer, ca. 1390–1353 B.C.E., faience, glazed, Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund 

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Necklace, Probably Roman Period, 1st–2nd century C.E., gold, beryl, Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour, honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

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Shabty of Amunemhat, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Tuthmosis IV to reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1400–1336 B.C.E., limestone, painted, Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

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Anthropoid Coffin of the Servant of the Great Place, Teti, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1339 B.C.–1307 B.C. Wood, painted. Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund.

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11 février 2012

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