6 juillet 2008

Après Custo Barcelona et Paul & Joe, c'est au tour de la créatrice Agnès b. de relooker la bouteille de Perrier. Les deux étiquettes créées reprennent les codes de la griffe. Rayures pour le « b. wild" et roses imprimées pour "give love !". En série limitée. Julie De Los Rios www.vogue.frEn vente dans les boutiques Agnès b. et dans les grandes et moyennes surfaces.

photo Ben Weller pour Rodeo magazine

Four Dutch Delft plates - 18th Century painted in the Chinese style with pagodas in river landscapes, 22.5cm (some rim chips) (4) - Estimate: £120 - 150 Bonhams. European Ceramics, Glass & Asian Art, 8 Jul 2008. Knowle (Copyright © 2002-2008 Bonhams 1793 Ltd., Images and Text All Rights Reserved)

A Dutch Delft jug. Late 18th Century of ovoid form with a cylindrical neck and loop handle, painted in iron-red and blue with Chinese style flowers and bird perched on rockwork, 20cm (cracked). Estimate: £120 - 150 Bonhams. European Ceramics, Glass & Asian Art, 8 Jul 2008. Knowle (Copyright © 2002-2008 Bonhams 1793 Ltd., Images and Text All Rights Reserved)

A Dutch Delft bowl. Dated 1671 of deep circular form, the exterior painted in blue and white with Chinese style figures in a landscape, the interior with 'Anno 1671', 24cm (significant repaired cracks). Estimate: £400 - 600 Bonhams. European Ceramics, Glass & Asian Art, 8 Jul 2008. Knowle (Copyright © 2002-2008 Bonhams 1793 Ltd., Images and Text All Rights Reserved

Jacob Jordaens (Antwerp 1593-1678) - Portrait of a young man, half-length, in black doublet and cloak with white collar and sleeves, holding a pair of gloves, a parrot on a parapet beside him signed and dated '·J:JOR·Fec ·1656·' (centre left) - oil on canvas - 43 x 30 in. (109.2 x 76.2 cm) - Estimate : £100,000 - £150,000 ($198,300 - $297,450) -Price realized : £121,250  ($239,226) Provenance : At Goodrich Court (fig. 1), by 1870, which had been built for Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick and sold by his heir in 1870 to George... [Lire la suite]

Lavinia Fontana (Bologna 1552-1614 Rome) - Portrait of a lady, half-length, in an embroidered gown and white collar, with a dog oil on canvas, unframed - 35¼ x 24 3/8 in. (89.5 x 61.9 cm.) - Estimate: £70,000 - £100,000 ($138,810 - $198,300) - Price realized : £157,250 ($310,254) Provenance : Alfredo Spencer (according to an inscription on the reverse of the stretcher).Private collection, France. Notes : This beautiful and previously unpublished portrait of an aristocratic lady is a new addition to the oeuvre of the... [Lire la suite]

Jan van Kessel (Antwerp 1626-1679) - Roses, tulips, an iris and other flowers, in a glass vase on a stone plinth, with butterflies and other insects signed 'J. v kessel f' (lower right) - oil on copper, with an Ecce Homo on the reverse - 11½ x 9½ in. (29.2 x 24.1 cm.) - Estimate : £100,000 - £150,000 ($198,300 - $297,450) - Price realized : £229,250 ($452,311) Notes : We are grateful to Fred Meijer of the RKD, The Hague, for confirming the attribution, after seeing the picture in the original. He dates it to circa... [Lire la suite]

A Chinese blue glass vase - 19th Century with globular body and tall cylindrical neck, 28cm, moulded mark. Estimate: £200 - 250 Bonhams. European Ceramics, Glass & Asian Art, 8 Jul 2008. Knowle (Copyright © 2002-2008 Bonhams 1793 Ltd., Images and Text All Rights Reserved)

A Chinese vase and cover - 19th Century of baluster form, painted with panels of figures, birds and foliage in famille rose palette, reserved on a powder blue ground, 46cm (2). Estimate: £400 - 600 Bonhams. European Ceramics, Glass & Asian Art, 8 Jul 2008. Knowle (Copyright © 2002-2008 Bonhams 1793 Ltd., Images and Text All Rights Reserved)