- Exhibition traces the emergence and influence of the nude in Renaissance art
- The J. Paul Getty Museum presents "All that Glitters: Life at the Renaissance Court"
- Giambologna, Michelangelo and the Medici Chapel explored in new exhibition
- The Met Fifth Avenue and Met Cloisters Focuses on Fashion and the Catholic Imagination
- Kunsthaus Zürich presents 'Fashion Drive. Extreme Clothing in the Visual Arts'
- Significant collection of Asian art makes its US debut at the Kimbell
- "Parfums de Chine, la culture de l'encens au temps des empereurs" au musée Cernuschi
- Exhibition offers a glimpse into the variety and opulence of Spanish still life paintings
- Mauritshuis exhibition reveals an unfamiliar side of Jan Steen
- 'Art of the Mountain: Through the Chinese Photographer's Lens' at China Institute Gallery
- Exhibition at Luhring Augustine presents Late Medieval painting, sculpture, and stained glass
- Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts reunites Charles I's collection
- Masterpieces in focus at the Upper Belvedere: Rueland Frueauf the Elder and his Circle
- 'Mirroring China’s Past: Emperors and Their Bronzes' at Art Institute of Chicago
- Glittering treasures from the Indian Subcontinent go on display in Scotland
- Jade and gold burial suit, finest to survive ancient China, featured in Nelson-Atkins exhibition
- Bodleian Libraries exhibition celebrates first graphic designers of English texts
- First ever Dutch show of Cartier Collection Art Deco jewellery at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
- ART DECO at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
- Tate Modern opens the most comprehensive Modigliani exhibition ever held in the UK
- Barnes Foundation is sole U.S. venue for major exhibition exploring works of Anselm Kiefer and Auguste Rodin
- Bacon portrait of Freud to be shown for the first time since 1965
- Exhibition brings together the largest group of original drawings by Michelangelo
- "Treasures of the Earth: Mineral Masterpieces from the Robert R. Wiener Collection" opens at the Bruce Museum
- Major exhibition of Dutch masters opens at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Dessiner en plein air au Musée du Louvre
- Le Kunsthaus Zürich présente «Acclamée et brocardée. La peinture française 1820–1880»
- Animals: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg opens new exhibition
- The Crown of Kerch and Other Treasures at Neues Museum
- 'Andres Serrano: An American Perspective' at Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing
- Royal Scottish Academy opens largest exhibition of its hugely significant collection
- Imperial Porcelains from the Reigns of Hongzhi and Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty at the Palace Museum
- Frick Collection marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
- GURLITT: STATUS REPORT. Nazi Art Theft and its Consequences
- Exhibition explores the practice and expression of religious beliefs in the lives of individuals
- Exhibition tells the story of the artists who fled to Britain to escape war in France
- 'Caravaggio: Masterpieces from the Galleria Borghese' to Open in California
- Bode-Museum presents over 70 major works of African sculpture
- Exhibition presents ancient sculpture to audiences as never before: In vibrant color
- Crocker Art Museum shows drawings by exceptional 18th-century Venetian masters Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo
- Exhibition reveals insights into the use of colour as a choice rather than a necessity
- The Oklahoma City Museum of Art exhibits 90 Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Golden Age
- "Portrait of the Artist" offers rare look at images of artists from the British Royal Collection
- Self portraits by Cézanne go on public display for the first time in the UK
- Cai Guo-Qiang Solo Painting Exhibition at the Prado Museum: Exploring the Spirit of Painting
- Major exhibition of prints, paintings and drawings by Rembrandt opens in Norwich
- Zeng Fanzhi | Van Gogh. A Contemporary Chinese Artist Reflects on Van Gogh
- First exhibition devoted to comparing Picasso and Lautrec opens in Madrid
- The Dali Museum introduces first-ever retrospective exhibition of designer Elsa Schiaparelli and artist Salvador Dali
- Kunsthistorisches Museum opens a major exhibition entitled “Rubens: The Power of Transformation”
- Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art opens extensive exhibition of works by Gerhard Richter
- Major Klimt exhibition opens in San Francisco
- Leopold Museum opens the most comprehensive retrospective in Austria of the oeuvre of Ferdinand Hodler
- The Cleveland Museum of Art opens Beyond Angkor: Cambodian Sculpture from Banteay Chhmar
- 'Bruegel. Drawing the World' at the Albertina
- 'François Ier et l'art des Pays-Bas' au Musée du Louvre
- Harn Museum of Art displays French art featuring women in the 18th - early 19th centuries
- Exhibition focuses on the power structures, god-worship and everyday life in Ancient Egypt
- Philadelphia Museum to Present Centenary Exhibition Dedicated to Renowned Collection of European Old Master Art
- 'Rubens, Royal Portraits' at Musée du Luxembourg
- Exhibition includes masterpieces by one of the most celebrated painters of the Italian Renaissance
- First Exhibition to Explore the Art of Five Major World Religions Includes One of the Earliest Depictions of Christ
- Rijksmuseum stages first show of Johan Maelwael
- Jean Honoré Fragonard exhibition unites fantasy figures and newly discovered drawing
- Exhibition presenting the art of Marcel Duchamp and Salvador Dalí opens in London
- Oscar de la Renta exhibition opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Rare Netherlandish drawings unveiled at National Gallery of Art
- 63 Dutch Masters return home to Holland for an exhibition at the Hermitage Amsterdam until 27 May 2018
- RISD Museum exhibits seventy works on paper from the British Museum's collection
- The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art presents 'Lines of Inquiry: Learning from Rembrandt's Etchings'
- Major exhibition of 150 paintings and drawings by Raphael opens in Vienna
- "Fortuny : un espagnol à Venise" au Palais Galliéra
- First major U.S. exhibition on Teotihuacan in over twenty years opens in San Francisco
- "Dentro Caravaggio", technology sheds new light on master of shade
- Hubert de Givenchy à la Cité de la dentelle et de la mode
- 'Costumes espagnols : entre ombre et lumière' à Maison de Victor Hugo
- 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
- V&A to stage the first ever UK exhibition on fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga
23 janvier 2019
A Yaozhou celadon carved bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Lot 874. A Yaozhou celadon carved bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Height 28.5 cDiameter 18.3 cmm. Estimated price €6.000 - €8.000. Result: €6.875. © Lempertz.
With rounded sides, rising from a shallow footring to a lipped rim, moulded on the exterior with bow-string band below the mouth rim, to the interior with a curving lotus blossom and leaf, all under a widely crackled glaze of olive-green tone.
Provenance: Collection Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964), Bremen, acquired... [Lire la suite]23 janvier 2019
A large Cizhou jar, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1280-1644)
Lot 873. A large Cizhou jar, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1280-1644). Height 28.5 cm. Estimated price €1.500 - €3.000. Result: €2.750. © Lempertz.
Egg-shaped body, tapering towards the flat bottom, with a round shoulder and wide opening, four small handles to the shoulder. Gray stoneware covered with white engobe and a crackled transparent glaze over an iron-brown painting of a donkey, sketchy plant motifs and leaves painted over the glaze.
Provenance: Collection Friedrich Otto Hasse... [Lire la suite]23 janvier 2019
A Cizhou bowl, Jin dynasty (1115-1234), 13th century
Lot 872. A Cizhou bowl, Jin dynasty (1115-1234), 13th century. Diameter 11.4 cm. Estimated price €1.000 - €2.000. Result: €1.125. © Lempertz.
Shallow bowl with rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, covered with a translucent glaze and decorated on a white slip in red, green and yellow with a floral spray, in the center encircled by two concentric bands.
Provenance: Collection Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964), Bremen, acquired in the 1920s, and thence by descent.
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A jianyao tea bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
Lot 870. A jianyao tea bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 12 cm. Estimated price €5.000 - €7.000. Result: €15.000. © Lempertz.
Of conical shape with rounded sides, covered inside and out with a brownish-black glaze streaked in russet with hare's fur markings that falls in a thick line to the foot to expose the dark brown body. With silver bound rim.
Provenance: Collection Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964), Bremen, acquired in the 1920s, and thence by descent.
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A very rare and magnificent Ge foliate dish, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty (1127-1368)
Lot 867. A very rare and magnificent Ge foliate dish, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty (1127-1368). Diameter 14 cm. Estimated price €200.000 - €250.000. Result: €1.100.000. © Lempertz.
With flaring sides rising to a notched rim divided into six lobes, on a recessed base, covered overall with a lustrous glaze of pale and creamy grayish-green tone suffused with a wide network of crackles stained black (tiexian, iron-wire) and a very slight crackle stained golden brown (jinsi, golden thread) below the rim.... [Lire la suite]22 janvier 2019
A large carved dingyao floral bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Lot 866. A large carved dingyao floral bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); Diameter 25.5 cm. Estimated price €15.000 - €25.000. Result: €17.500. © Lempertz.
With wide flaring rounded sides rising from a narrow foot, the interior carved with a lotus blossom and leafy scrolling branches, covered overall with an ivory-white glaze. The rim bound with copper.
Provenance: Collection Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964), Bremen, acquired in the 1920s, and thence by descent.
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A small carved dingyao dish, Song dynasty (907-1279)
Lot 864. A small carved dingyao dish, Song dynasty (907-1279). Diameter 11.7 cm. Estimated price €1.800 - €3.000. Result: €2.250. © Lempertz.
With angled sides and a flat base, incised to the interior with a lotus spray with a large blossom, covered overall with a pale ivory glaze stopping below the rim.
Provenance: Collection Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964), Bremen, acquired in the 1920s, and thence by descent.
Lempertz. Asiatische Kunst, 08.12.2018, 13:00, Köln
22 janvier 2019
A small egg-shaped vase, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
Lot 863. A small egg-shaped vase, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Height 10 cm. Estimated price €1.000 - €1.500. Result: €1.250. © Lempertz.
Covered with a crackled pale brownsih-white glaze.
Provenance: Dr. Burchard, Berlin, acquired at Cassirer & Helbing, Berlin, in 23.5.1928, lot 85
Collection Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964), Bremen, acquired at the above auction and thence by descent.
Lempertz. Asiatische Kunst, 08.12.2018, 13:00, Köln
22 janvier 2019
A qingbai jarlet and cover, Song dynasty (907-1279)
Lot 862. A qingbai jarlet and cover, Song dynasty (907-1279). Height 8.4 cm. Estimated price €1.000 - €1.500. Result: €1.125. © Lempertz.
Of melon shape, moulded with six double lobes separted by slender ribs, covered with a translucent glossy glaze of pale blue tone. Crack.
Provenance: Collection Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964), Bremen, acquired in the 1920s, and thence by descent.
Lempertz. Asiatische Kunst, 08.12.2018, 13:00, Köln
22 janvier 2019
Four Chinese bronze mirrors sold at Lempertz, 8 december 2018
Lot 744. A round bronze mirror, Warring States period-early Western Han dynasty, circa 3rd century B.C.; Diameter 18.6 cm. Estimated price €2.000 - €3.000. Result: €3.750. © Lempertz.
Thinly cast, the central small knob encircled by bands and four petals, the main field with four running dragons on a ground of spirals and granulation, the rim with twelve arcs. Spotty green ang brown patina.
Possibly from the Luoyang area, Henan province.
Provenance: Private collection, Belgium.
Literature: Compare: Ancient... [Lire la suite]