- The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens "Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven"
- "Spectaculaire Second Empire 1852 – 1870" au musée d’Orsay
- 'Glory of Venice: Masterworks of the Renaissance' at the Denver Art Museum (DAM)
- Kunsthaus Zürich presents 'Images of Architecture'
- Online catalog of objects from Stone Age to Han Dynasty launches
- "Geste baroque - Collections de Salzbourg" au musée du Louvre
- "Real Time and the Time of Reality" at Galleria d'arte moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florence
- Asia Society Museum in New York presents "No Limits: Zao Wou-Ki"
- Exhibition of forty new works by Kondo Takahiro opens at Joan B Mirviss Ltd
- Exhibition at Kunstmuseum Basel presents the image of Christ in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
- Spectacular discovery of 17th century drawings by Frans Post
- Powerful color unites a rare dish and a Rothko painting at the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery
- "Bouchardon (1698 - 1762) Une idée du beau" au Musée du Louvre
- "Masséot Abaquesne : L'éclat de la faïence à la Renaissance" au Château d'Écouen - Musée de la Renaissance
- Four jars, Sa Huỳnh culture, Southern Central Vietnam, c. 5th-2nd century BCE at Minneapolis Institute of Art
- "Balzac et les artistes : entre mythe et réalité" à La Maison de Balzac
- Highlights from the Merzbacher Collection on view at the Van Gogh Museum
- Rijksmuseum hosts Lucas van Leyden's masterpiece "The Last Judgement "
- Dorothee Golz Digital Paintings
- Art Gallery of New South Wales exhibits Tsukioka Yoshitoshi's final masterpiece for the first time
- Zurbarán's "Saint Serapion" returns to galleries at Wadsworth Atheneum
- Jardins du monde – une exposition exceptionnelle au Musée Rietberg
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Presents the First Major US Exhibition of Della Robbia Sculpture
- Gold and the Gods: Jewels of Ancient Nubia on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Exhibition explores the paintings, sculpture, furniture, ivories and silverworks of the Altiplano
- 'Sin and Secession, Franz Stuck in Vienna' at the Lower Belvedere
- First exhibition devoted to the greatest French follower of Caravaggio to open at The Met in October
- Kunsthistorisches Museum presents an important exhibition on "the art of celebration"
- 17th-century Chinese paintings from the Tsao Family Collection on view at LACMA
- Exhibition celebrates the garden in works of art from the Royal Collection
- North Carolina Museum of Art presents exhibition of Old Master paintings
- “Murano.Milano. Venezia.Glass” at The Design Museum
- Paolo Venini and his Furnace at Le Stanze del Vetro
- Centennial exhibition celebrates landmark acquisition of Benkaim collection of imperial Mughal paintings
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen to stage a spectacular tribute to Fra Bartolommeo
- Bowes Museum acquires "St Luke Drawing the Virgin and Child"
- Britain in the World: New display of the collections at the Yale Center for British Art
- Paul Holberton Publishing announces "Hans Memmling: Portraiture, Piety, and a Reunited Altarpiece"
- Roman portraits and their Baroque appropriation on view in Dresden
- Bagatti Valsecchi Museum presents the restoration of the Marinoni Polyptych
- Exhibition in Madrid reveals Gustave Caillebotte's thematic and stylistic evolution
- Nelson-Atkins to unveil renovated Bloch Galleries of European Art in winter 2017
- Power, passion and the palace: Versailles at the NGA this summer
- Self-portraits from Rembrandt to Ai Weiwei explored at Scottish National Portrait Gallery
- Flowers Photography by Kari Herer
- La Crypte archéologique du parvis Notre-Dame présente l'exposition "L’Or du Pouvoir, de Jules César à Marianne"
- The Hyde opens "Dürer & Rembrandt: Master Prints from the Collection of Dr. Dorrance Kelly"
- Francis Bacon, Monaco and French culture is focus of exhibition at Grimaldi Forum
- The Maya: A transcendent exhibition at Peyton Wright Gallery highlights the late Classic Period
- Exhibitions take centre stage in the galleries of Mayfair and St. James's from 1 to 8 July
- The Art Institute of Chicago acquires newly discovered High Renaissance painting
- Nationalmuseum acquires and repatriates a piece of Sweden's cultural heritage
- Berlin's Gemäldegalerie exhibits paintings from the Golden Age of Spanish art
- "Made in Japan: Kakiemon and 400 years of porcelain" on view at the British Museum
- Rijksmuseum pays tribute to young died of the Netherlands landscape master
- Heaven on display: The Altenberg Altar and its imagery on view in Frankfurt
- 'Drawings from the Age of Bruegel, Rubens, and Rembrandt' at Harvard Art Museums
- Exhibition at Mart Rovereto illustrates the origins and development of Divisionism
- Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery Presents First Major U.S. Exhibition of Qur'ans
- The National Gallery explores great paintings from a unique perspective
- Derby Museums acquires two paintings by Joseph Wright
- "Zao Wou-Ki une donation exceptionnelle" au musée Cernuschi
- Drawings by Gilles-Marie Oppenord and Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier on view at Waddesdon Manor
- Sharing a table with an exceptional woman artist from the seventeenth century
- Best contemporary portrait photography from around the world in Edinburgh show
- Nearly 100 masterful paintings from the Indian subcontinent on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Heong Gallery presents Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's first exhibition in Cambridge
- "Venice, Jews and Europe 1516-2016" opens at Doge's Palace in Venice
- Exhibition focuses on sculpture from the Second World War to the present
- Cincinnati Art Museum presents "Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt"
- Photo basel 2016
- Artworks fit for kings make their North American debut at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
- "Inspiration Photography: From Makart to Klimt" opens at the Orangery in Vienna
- The Phillips presents a landmark retrospective of American artist William Merritt Chase
- 'Caravaggio and the Painters of the North' at Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
- Clark Art Institute brings masterpieces from Spain's Prado Museum to United States
- "Picasso: The Great War, Experimentation and Change" opens at the Columbus Museum of Art
- Getty Museum displays ancient Greek and Roman sculptures From The Santa Barbara Museum Of Art
- Luxurious treasures at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art offer glimpse into Roman lifestyle
- Italian artist Giuseppe Penone installs new sculptures in Rijksmuseum gardens
- Van Cleef & Arpels: The Art and Science of Gems at ArtScience Museum, Singapore
- Paul Mellon's Most Treasured Works on Paper Celebrated in Exhibition at National Gallery of Art in Honor of Gallery's 75th Anniv
- Clay artworks of Ishiguro Munemaro and Tanaka Sajirō on view at Joan B. Mirviss, LTD
- Rembrandt's first masterpiece exhibited for the first time in the U.S. at The Morgan
- Unique survey of Cy Twombly's work opens at Museum Brandhorst
- 'Electric Paris' at Bruce Museum
- First Canadian exhibition for renowned photographer Steve McCurry at Galerie Got Montréal
- Christie's announces the Magnificent Jewels and the Cullinan Dream New York Live Auction
- Exhibition at the Prado marks 5th centenary of the death of Jheronimus Bosch
- Exhibition explores the extravagant and innovative style displayed at King Francis I's château at Fontainebleau
- First exhibition in Australia to focus on the art of the Tang Empire on view in Sydney
- "Van Gogh en Provence : la tradition modernisée" à la Fondation Van Gogh, Arles
- "Buffoons, villains, and players at the court of the Medici" at Palazzo Pitti, Florence
- Largest exhibition ever staged in the north of England of Francis Bacon's work opens at Tate Liverpool
- Edwynn Houk Gallery opens its first exhibition of Lillian Bassman's photographs
- Art and Photography from the Pre-Raphaelites to the Modern Age on view at Tate Britain
- The Morgan mounts exhibition of extremely rare copper figures from ancient Mesopotamia
- "Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road" opens in L.A.
- "Anatomie d'une collection" au Palais Galliéra
- World Auction Record for Maurizio Cattelan at Christie's New York yesterday
- Exhibition offers a new understanding of the art and spiritual traditions in the Kathmandu Valley
- Exhibition explores issues of gender and tells a pivotal story of sexuality in Japan's Edo period
- « L’or des Akan. Un peuple africain au coeur du commerce mondial. 15e – 19e siècle » au musée d’Aquitaine
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston restores late masterpieces by Vincent van Gogh from the museum's collection
- Costume Institute’s Spring 2016 Exhibition Focuses on the Hand and the Machine in Fashion
- Yang Yongliang, "Il en fait des montagnes !"
- "Turner et la couleur" à l’Hôtel de Caumont Centre d’Art à Aix-en-Provence à partir du 4 mai
- Magnificent Jewels Including Superb Jewels from the Collection of H.S.H. Gabriela Princess zu Leiningen at Christie's Geneva
- "La Terre, le Feu, l'Esprit". Chefs-d’œuvre de la céramique coréenne au Grand Palais du 27 avril au 20 juin 2016
- Collection de pièces « en pique » napolitaines d'une famille aristocratique européenne
- British Museum explores over 4000 years of history on the island of Sicily
- "The Brothers Le Nain: Painters of Seventeenth-Century France" at Kimbell Art Museum from May 22, 2016 to September 11, 2016
- 'Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World' opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Les Émaux de Limoges à décor profane au musée de Cluny
- Christie's New York announces Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on May 12
- Araki au musée Guimet
- A brief history of underwear exposed at London's Victoria & Albert Museum
- "Orient/Asie — Aller/Retour" au musée Guimet
- Major survey of renowned 19th-century European aristocratic portraitist opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- 'Eckersberg ∙ Fascination with Reality. The Golden Age of Danish Painting' at Hamburger Kunsthalle, to 30 May 2016
- 1930s fashion exhibition opens at Sudley House
- Jannis Kounellis, BRUT(E) à La Monnaie de Paris jusqu'au 30 avril 2016
- "Le Goût Français" chez Christie's, à Paris les 3 & 4 mai 2016
- "Un musée révolutionnaire. Le musée des Monuments français d’Alexandre Lenoir" au Louvre
- Paul Klee, L'ironie à l'œuvre au Centre Pompidou du 6 avril au 1er août 2016
- "Jean Genet, l’échappée belle" au Mucem du 16 avril au 18 juillet 2016
- Louis XV à Fontainebleau, "la demeure des rois" au temps des Lumières
- Exhibition exploring the evolution of Dutch flower painting over the course of two centuries opens in London
- Seydou Keïta au Grand Palais, 31 mars – 11 juillet 2016
- Sotheby's annual Orientalist Sale to take place as part of Orientalist & Middle Eastern Week: 15-21 April 2016
- Marty de Cambiaire exhibits works ranging from the 16th to the 19th century at Salon du Dessin 2016
- The San Diego Museum of Art opens exhibition of European masterpieces from the Grasset Collection
- Fashion Forward - Trois siècles de mode (1715-2015) au musée des Arts Décoratifs
- Getty Villa highlights mosaics from archeological sites across the Roman Empire
- Les deux derniers pleurants en marbre provenant du tombeau du duc de Berry en vente à Paris, le 15 juin 2016
- Christie's Geneva to offer jewels from the collection of H.S.H Gabriela Princess zu Leiningen
- Exhibition of drawings and watercolors by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner opens at Galerie St. Etienne
- Balthus at the Bank Austria Kunstforum
- "Amedeo Modigliani, l'oeil intérieur" au LaM
- ‘The Glass of the Architects. Vienna 1900-1937’ at Venice, Island of San Giorgio Maggiore
- Rubens House exhibits recently discovered self-portrait by Anthony van Dyck
- Miquel Barceló, "Sol y sombra" à la BnF I François Mitterrand & au Musée national Picasso-Paris
- "August Kopisch: Painter, Poet, Discoverer, Inventor" on view at Alte Nationalgalerie
- Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art exhibits first full exploration of Romantic era fashion
- Major exhibition at Palazzo Fava in Bologna retraces Edward Hopper's career
- Historic collection of early Chess pieces to be offered at Sotheby's London
- Nationally recognized Mummies of the World: The Exhibition will make its debut at the Bowers Museum
- "We're Off Then: Travel Pictures from Albrecht Dürer to Olafur Eliasson" on view at the Kupferstichkabinett
- The Jubilee Ruby at Christie's New York, 20 april 2016
- 2016 AGTA Spectrum Awards™. Best Ofs
- Exhibition at Saint Louis Art Museum highlights carpets and tents from the Ballard collection
- Christie's London to offer the first four folios of William Shakespeare's collected works
- Sotheby’s to Offer The Shirley Temple Blue Diamond
- Asia Week results underscore Bonhams' position as a market leader in Asian art
- Miki Kubo, Glass Hair Dresses
- George Gund III bequeaths significant collection of Japanese art to Cleveland Museum of Art and Asian Art Museum
- #techstyle at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- "Conversations" - Exposition d'une sélection des oeuvres des ventes du printemps 2016 - 14-18 mars chez Sotheby's Paris
- Architectural drawings from the Albertina opens at Tchoban Foundation
- Exhibition examines the myths and realities of the Egyptian kings' power through extraordinary ancient objects
- Royal Academy of Arts in London presents a focused survey of the Venetian Renaissance
- "Chefs-d'oeuvre de Budapest. Dürer, Greco, Tiepolo, Manet, Rippl-Rónai" au Musée du Luxembourg
- "Serpentiform". Art, jewelry, design at Museo di Roma, 10/03 - 10/04/2016
- Asia Week New York opens with Ancient/and or Contemporary Japanese Art
- Hubert Robert (1733-1808) Un peintre visionnaire au Louvre
- Jan Fabre. Spiritual Guards at Piazza della Signoria and Palazzo Vecchio & Forte Belvedere
- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Presents The Seal of the Mandate of Heaven
- Sotheby’s Hong Kong présente le « De Beers Millennium Jewel 4 »
- Asia Week New York opens with Ancient/and or Contemporary Chinese Art
- Asia Week New York opens with Ancient/and or Contemporary Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art
- REMBRANDT EN NOIR & BLANC: Exposition de 85 gravures originales au BOZAR Bruxelles
- "Off the Wall: Gardner and Her Masterpieces" highlights museum's most notable works in new light
- Must-See Gallery Exhibitions During Asia Week New York
- Sotheby's to present second offering of Indian miniature paintings from the Estate of Dr. Claus Virch
- Louis-Auguste Brun, peintre de Marie-Antoinette. De Prangins à Versailles (4.03.-10.07.2016)
- Display of approximately 680 ancient artifacts illustrates untold story of exchange
- 18th-century paintings go on display in new exhibition celebrating Scotland's enduring love affair with Italy
- Andrew GN Autumn Winter 2016. An hommage to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his children
- First major U.S. exhibition on Anthony van Dyck in twenty years opens at the Frick
- "Wonders of the State of Chu" at the National Museum Atestino Este and at the National Archaeological Museum of Adria
- Throckmorton Fine Art presents early Chinese Buddhist sculpture from the Northern Dynasties
- Chinese Textiles: Ten Centuries of Masterpieces from the Met Collection
- Gustave Moreau - Georges Rouault : Souvenirs d'atelier
- "Picasso - Sculptures" au Musée national Picasso-Paris du 8 mars au 28 août 2016
- National Gallery of Victoria exhibits collection of eighteenth-century porcelain sculpture
- Early Ming Dynasty porcelain vessel expected to sell for $600K-$800K in I.M. Chait sale
- Asian Art Museum presents striking works from three influential Islamic empires
- Chagall to Malevich: 130 masterpieces of the Russian avant-garde on view at the Albertina
- Rare 19th c. prints by outstanding German artist go on display at the Scottish National Gallery
- Dresden's Old Masters Picture Gallery completes redevelopment of the east wing
- Qianlong mark and period Chinese Glass at Freeman's March 12 2016
- Carambolages au Grand Palais
- Special display at Spencer House sheds new light on the American Raphael
- 3,000 years of history, 1 week of sales: Sotheby's announces Asia Week New York sales
- USC Pacific Asia Museum showcases the art of imperial China
- Tony Cragg, Sculptures à la galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
- Bonhams announces an exceptional lineup of works for Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art Sale
- Andrew Gn Pre Fall 2016: my favourites
- "Sopranos" star Castelluccio showing Guercino and now Francesco de Mura
- Fitzwilliam Museum's remarkable collection of Egyptian coffins on view in new exhibition
- Sotheby's Hong Kong to offer Ming furniture from an Asian Private Collection
- Large-scale exhibition of Florentine Mannerism opens at the Stadel Museum in Frankfurt
- One of the world's most desirable collector cars comes to Bonhams auction
- Most important exhibition to be held in Spain on Georges de La Tour opens at the Prado
- The Barnes Foundation opens "Picasso: The Great War, Experimentation and Change"
- "Andy Warhol: Ombres" au Musée Guggenheim Bilbao
- Tokyo Chuo Auction Spring Sales feature imperial treasures and rare Chinese paintings
- Marc Ricourt at Sarah Myerscough Gallery
- Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Archaic jade carvings from the world’s greatest collections
- Sculpted in Steel: Art Deco Automobiles and Motorcycles, 1929–1940 at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Exhibition at the Holburne Museum, Bath brings together 28 masterpieces from British public collections
- Designer handbags in pristine condition available at Leslie Hindman single owner auction
- The Weiss Gallery announces highlights to be presented at the European Fine Art Fair, Maastricht
- Exhibition at Bilbao Fine Arts Museum explores the work of the Master Luis de Morales
- Ugo Rondinone reveals the beauty of solitude at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
- Ancient treasures from the Republic of Turkey on view at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia
- A rare doucai and iron-red floral vase seal, Mark and period of Qianlong
- Pre-Raphaelite beauty stars in first public display at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool
- Newark Museum exhibition showcases extraordinary holdings of Islamic art
- Museum makes public centuries of secret glassmaking techniques through new online resource
- Bas Meeuws, Vanitas and other still life
- Extraordinary private collection of 16th-century works on view for the first time to the public
- Maîtres du Design: Exposition inédite de dessins couvrant près d'un siècle de création joaillière à Sotheby's Londres
- For the first time the Rijksmuseum presents a large selection of its fashion collection designed by world-renowned Erwin Olaf
- Fantin-Latour set free in Bonhams' 19th Century Paintings Sale
- The Phillips Collection offers a rare opportunity to experience 39 paintings from the Paul G. Allen Collection
- Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum reveals the life of its mysterious founder
- Le Musée Ephémère de Chaumet présente "Une Education Sentimentale"
- Exhibition of abstract works by Gerhard Richter on view at Museum Frieder Burda
- Rare 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder steals the show at RM Sotheby's Paris sale
- Bas Meeuws, Floral Still Life Photography
- European master paintings, decorative arts, Columbus documents, and more at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts
- Conch Pearls at Christie's, Important Jewellery, 6 December 2006, London, King Street
- In and out of storage: Mauritshuis exhibits rarely seen works from its collection
- Ashmolean Museum displays over one hundred unseen Warhols from the Hall Collection
- Sotheby's Hong Kong to offer major single-owner collection of contemporary ink art
- Christie's Impressionist, Modern & Surreal Art Evening Sales in London total $138,024,707
- "Jean-Baptiste Huet (1745-1811), Le plaisir de la nature" au musée Cognacq-Jay
- Exhibition provides a rare insight into the development of Alberto Giacometti's practice
- Two Temple Place reopens with exhibition of the ancient Egyptians at their most spectacular
- Paul Signac, "Une vie au fil de l'eau" à la Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne
- The Fondation Beyeler presents Jean Dubuffet's work in a major retrospective
- "The Power of Prints: The Legacy of William M. Ivins and A. Hyatt Mayor" opens at the Metropolitan
- Made in China: New ceramic works by Keiko Fukazawa on view at the Craft & Folk Art Museum
- Sotheby's Paris to auction works of art from Bernard Boutet de Monvel's Paris residence
- Leading London silver dealers Koopman Rare Art announce highlights to be presented at TEFAF
- Jewelry exhibitors at the 62nd annual Winter Antiques Show
- Sotheby's to offer property from the personal collection of Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire
- Harry Winston unveils an incredible ring showcase for the holiday season
- Picasso, Matisse & Monet to lead Sotheby's London Impressionist, Modern & Surrealist Art Evening Sales
- "L'asie rêvée" à la Fondation Baur
- Chinese Export paintings dealer Martin Gregory holds first exhibition in New York
- Sotheby's to hold annual Masters Week auctions in New York from 27-30 January
- Phillips presents highlights from February 20th Century & Contemporary Art Auctions
- Sotheby's to offer one of the most celebrated ancient collections of Chinese porcelain
- Dulwich Picture Gallery kick off a year of discoveries around its Dutch and Flemish Collection
- Javanese Jewellery in The Asian Pavilion, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Visually Stunning display of fashion and art created by Italian style icon Gianfranco Ferré on view in Phoenix
- Exhibition brings together only surviving bronze portraits of the Emperor Hadrian
- 'Portrait Gallery of the Golden Age' at Hermitage Amsterdam
- Oscar de la Renta: The Retrospective to Premiere at de Young
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art debuts new exhibition: Samuel F.B. Morse’s Gallery of the Louvre and the Art of Invention
- 'Dürer and the German Renaissance' at Milwaukee Art Museum
- Exhibition presents more than thirty important works of the Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo periods
- Exhibition of painting & sculpture by Cy Twombly on view at Kunstmuseum Basel
- Exhibition at the Frans Hals Museum zooms in on the details, the hidden to the eye
- Auction Review 2015: Strong contemporaries and record auctions at Dorotheum
- 'Active Blur' with Tsherin Sherpa and Tulku Jamyang at Rossi & Rossi London
- Meant to Be Shared: Selections from the Arthur Ross Collection of European Prints at the Yale University Art Gallery
- "Precious as the Morning Star: 12th-14th Century Celadons in the Qing Court Collection" at National Palace Museum, Taipei
- Getty exhibition is the first major tapestry show in the Western U.S. in four decades
- Exhibition revives the splendour of the Palace of Versailles through drawings made by Charles Le Brun
- "Van Cleef & Arpels, 45 Years in Beverly Hills. A Celebration of Style & Design"
- "Carlo Portelli. An eccentric painter between Rosso Fiorentino and Vasari" at Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence
- Three parts of recently conserved masterpiece reunited after untold centuries for special exhibition
- Metropolitan Museum signs memorandum of understanding with Korea's Ministry of Culture
- Exceptional stones & historic designs drive Sotheby's $52.3 million Auction of Magnificent Jewels
- Constable's celebrated composition The Lock sells for $13.7 million at Sotheby's London
- Record Breaking Fashion Auction for a Balenciaga couture ivory slubbed silk gazar bridal gown and veil
- "Drawn from Courtly India: The Conley Harris and Howard Truelove Collection" on view in Philadelphia
- Victoria & Albert Museum's Europe 1600-1815 galleries open to the public today
- Chez le designer André Dubreuil, une partie de campagne
- Tiancheng International Jewellery and Jadeite Autumn Auction 2015 realises over US$31.4 million
- Royal jewels and rare gems achieve top prices at Bonhams Fine Jewellery Sale
- Hermès rarities = Holiday Luxury at Heritage Auctions' accessories signature auction
- Sarah Moon's most comprehensive exhibition to date on view at Deichtorhallen in Hamburg
- Rare Meissen goes home as German museum snaps up treasure at Bonhams European Ceramics Sale
- A fine and important falangcai sepia-enamelled ‘prunus and bamboo’ bowl, Yongzheng four-character mark and of the period
- Queen's University receives Rembrandt masterpiece from Alfred and Isabel Bader
- The world of El Greco, Ribera, Zurbarán, Velázquez, Murillo & Goya on view in Amsterdam
- "Bejewelled Treasures: The Al Thani Collection" on view at the Victoria & Albert Museum
- First monographic exhibition in Spain on the work of Ingres opens at the Museo del Prado
- Imperial Splendour at Bonham's Hong Kong
- Robbers make off with masterpieces by Rubens and Tintoretto from museum in Verona
- Royal Pearls. Queen Isabella II of Spain's natural coloured pearl necklace
- Largest diamond in over century found in Botswana
- Bosch's monsters get new life for 500th anniversary exhibition in the Netherlands
- Deux pièces exceptionnelles de René Lalique en vente le 24 novembre prochain chez Artcurial
- Bright Orange Non-Nacreous Melo Pearl, Melo melo, Saltwaters near Vietnam
- #JESUISPARIS
25 septembre 2016
Impressive Jadeite and Diamond Pendant-Ring
Lot 1763. Impressive Translucent Emerald Green Oval Jadeite Cabochon and Diamond Pendant-Ring. Estimation 3,500,000 — 4,000,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.
Set with a translucent oval jadeite cabochon of emerald green colour, surrounded by circular-cut diamonds, to a collapsible diamond-set bail, the diamonds together weighing approximately 2.30 carats, mounted in 18 karat white gold, accompanied by a ring mount. Ring size: 6¾ - Cabochon approximately 29.13 x 25.13 x 10.45mm.
Accompanied by Hong... [Lire la suite]25 septembre 2016
A Longquan celadon tripod censer, Ming Dynasty, 15th century
Lot 132. A Longquan celadon tripod censer, Ming Dynasty, 15th century. Estimate HKD 160,000 - HKD 200,000 (USD 20,721 - USD 25,902). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.
The censer is raised on three mask supports and decorated around the compressed body with a geometric design and set with two rope twist handles. 9 3/4 in. (25 cm.) diam., reticulated silver cover, Japanese wood box.
Christie's. The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 4 October 2016, Hong Kong25 septembre 2016
A Longquan celadon figure of Budai, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Lot 131. A Longquan celadon figure of Budai, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Estimate HKD 20,000 - HKD 30,000 (USD 2,590 - USD 3,885). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.
Budai holds a large sack in his left hand and wears a long rosary around his neck. His belted robe is worn loosely, exposing his belly. 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high.
Provenance: Private European Collection, acquired prior to 1990.
Notes: A very similar example was offered at Christie's London, 9 November 2004, lot 147.There is also a... [Lire la suite]25 septembre 2016
A carved Longquan celadon 'lotus petal' bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
Lot 130. A carved Longquan celadon 'lotus petal' bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Estimate HKD 30,000 - HKD 50,000 (USD 3,885 - USD 6,475). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.
The bowl is carved on the fluted exterior with a band of lotus petals, the interior freely with scrolls, covered overall with a broadly crackled, thick glaze of pale sea-green tone, with the exception of the foot. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) diam., two covers, Japanese wood box.
The property of an American collector.
Christie's. The... [Lire la suite]25 septembre 2016
A Longquan celadon 'Twin Fish' dish, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279)
Lot 129. A Longquan celadon 'Twin Fish' dish, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). Estimate HKD 80,000 - HKD 120,000 (USD 10,361 - USD 15,541). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.
The exterior of the sides is decorated with a band of upright lotus petals. 8 3/8 in. (21.2 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box.
Christie's. The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 4 October 2016, Hong Kong25 septembre 2016
A carved Longquan celadon barrel-form stool, Ming Dynasty, 15th century
Lot 128. A carved Longquan celadon barrel-form stool, Ming Dynasty, 15th century. Estimate HKD 180,000 - HKD 250,000 (USD 23,311 - USD 32,377). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.
The stool is covered overall in a glaze of olive-green tone with the exception of the foot rim, revealing an orange colour. 14 in. (35.6 cm.) high.
Provenance: A Japanese private collection, Kyoto, acquired in the 1970s
Note: A Longquan celadon stool of very similar form but decorated with a band of floral scroll on... [Lire la suite]25 septembre 2016
A small Longquan celadon bottle vase, Southern Song-Yuan Dynasty, 12th-14th century
Lot 127. A small Longquan celadon bottle vase, Southern Song-Yuan Dynasty, 12th-14th century. Estimate HKD 160,000 - HKD 200,000 (USD 20,721 - USD 25,902). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.
The vase with a slightly compressed body is covered overall with an even glaze of pale bluish-green tone with the exception of the foot ring. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) high, Japanese wood box.
Christie's. The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 4 October 2016, Hong Kong
25 septembre 2016
A small Longquan celadon cup, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279)
Lot 126. A small Longquan celadon cup, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). Estimate HKD 80,000 - HKD 120,000 (USD 10,361 - USD 15,541). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.
The mouth rim and the ring foot are unglazed, revealing a reddish-brown colour. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box.
Provenance: A Japanese private collection, acquired in 1990s
Christie's. The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 4 October 2016, Hong Kong25 septembre 2016
A Qingbai moulded 'peony' vase, yuhuchunping , Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
Lot 125. A Qingbai moulded 'peony' vase, yuhuchunping , Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Estimate HKD 30,000 - HKD 40,000 (USD 3,885 - USD 5,180). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.
The vase with moulded decorations is applied to the exterior with a clear, finely crackled greenish-white glaze, extending slightly to the interior, stopping above the foot, exposing the white body with brown specks on the base. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box.
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A carved Qingbai 'daylily' vase, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Lot 124. A carved Qingbai 'daylily' vase, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Estimate HKD 70,000 - HKD 90,000 (USD 9,066 - USD 11,656). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.
The vase is covered overall under a translucent bluish-green glaze with the exception of the base revealing the white biscuit body. 6 3/4 in. (17.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box.
Christie's. The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 4 October 2016, Hong Kong