1 septembre 2008

A blue and white teapot warmer. China 17th/18th century decorated with women and flowers, rim with minor wear, restoration, H. 10,5 cm. Estimation : 600 € Provenance: Vanderven Oriental Art, Tefaf/Maastricht 2001 Hargesheimer & Günther - Düsseldorf. Art et Antiquités.  Vente du Vendredi 5 septembre 2008.

A blue and white porcelain ewer. China 16th century. with landscape scenes on both sides and floral decoration, minor wear, H. 11,5 cm.. Estimation : 1 200 € Provenance: Vanderven Oriental Art, Tefaf/Maastricht 2001 Hargesheimer & Günther - Düsseldorf. Art et Antiquités.  Vente du Vendredi 5 septembre 2008.

A pair of blue and white porcelain ewer, China, 18th century decorated with two pairs of ladies with flowers, dutch silver mounting, partly restored. H. 13,5 cm. Estimation : 2 800 € Provenance: Vanderven Oriental Art, Tefaf/Maastricht 2001 Hargesheimer & Günther - Düsseldorf. Art et Antiquités.  Vente du Vendredi 5 septembre 2008.

A pair of blue and white porcelain dishes. China. Chenghua mark and period each decorated with two ladies in a garden landscape with scholars rock, very slightly chipped and cracked.  L. 21 cm and 21,5 cm -Estimation : 3 200 € Provenance: Vanderven Oriental Art, Tefaf/Maastricht 2001 Hargesheimer & Günther - Düsseldorf. Art et Antiquités.  Vente du Vendredi 5 septembre 2008.

A superb impérial white jade censer and cover. Qianlong/Jiajing period (1736-1820) The globular censer raised on three legs with upturned feet, the sides finely carved with stylized taotie masks divided by rows of ingot-shaped raised flanges, repeated on the domed cover, the pierced handles entwined by angular scrolls, the finial formed as a coiled dragon, the stone of even white tone. 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm) high, box - Estimate: $400,000 - $600,000 Provenance : Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 19 November 1986, lot 366. Notes : A... [Lire la suite]

Offrande dédicatoire de statuettes et de haches Culture Olmèque, La Venta (?), Tabasco, Mexique Préclassique : 1150-800 avant J.-C. Serpentine, jadéite, pyrite, cinabre Statuettes : 1) H_12,9 cm ; 2) H_15 cm ; 3) H_13,2 cm ; 4) H_13 cm ; 5) H_17,8 cm - Haches : a) H_17,4 cm ; b) H_21,5 cm ; c) H_17 cm Group of olmec figures and ceremoni al axes Olmec, La Venta (?) Tabasco, Mexico Preclassic period :1150- 800 BC Figures : serpentine and traces of cinnabar and (probably) pyrite.  Jade Figures : 1) H_5 1/8 inches ; 2) H_5... [Lire la suite]

A bronze rain drum. Southeast Asia, 18th century The round drum with waisted base, the top and side finely cast in relief with concentric geometric designs, pairs of loop handles on either side and groups of stylized frogs applied at the rim and elephants marching down the sides.21 in. (53.3 cm.) high, 24½ in. (62.2 cm.) in diameter - Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 Provenance: Acquired before 1999, New York Christie's. Indian and Southeast Asian Works of Art. 16 September 2008. New York, Rockefeller Plaza. www.christies.com

Art déco. Grande table basse à structure en bois formant arche, en laque noire à décor de coquille d'œufs, formant nuage densifié dans un angle et pluie progressive sur l'ensemble de la table. Haut. 41 cm - Long. 141 cm - Prof. 60 cm  Estimation : € 1,000-1,500 Tajan. La Chine et ses influences. Vente du jeudi 18 septembre 2008. Espace Tajan. www.tajan.com

Banc en chêne. Chine, province du Jiangsu, XIXe siècle l'assise composée d'une surface en lattes de bambou reposant sur quatre pieds en forme de sabots de cheval renforcé par des traverses et entretoises. Haut. 50 cm - long. 185 cm - larg. 54,8 cm  Estimation : € 1,500-2,000 Bibliographie : Wang Shi Xiang, Connoisseurship of chinese furniture, Vol. II, Cat A47, p. 34. Tajan. La Chine et ses influences. Vente du jeudi 18 septembre 2008. Espace Tajan. www.tajan.com

Hats from the V&A and Jones’s own archive form the core of the display LONDON.- Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones is a collaboration between the V&A and one of the world’s foremost hat designers, Stephen Jones. The exhibition will display more than 300 hats chosen with the expert eye of a milliner. On display will be hats ranging from an Egyptian Anubis mask dating from 600BC to a 1950s Balenciaga hat and couture creations by Jones and his contemporaries. To show the universal appeal and delight of wearing hats, Jones... [Lire la suite]