1 février 2009

Sapphire and diamond necklace The front designed as swags of floral clusters supporting a triple fringe surmounted by a single larger cluster, the whole set with 39 oval and pear-shaped sapphires weighing approximately 40.00 carats and 489 round diamonds weighing approximately 54.50 carats, mounted in white gold, length 16 inches. Estimate 40,000—60,000 USD Sotheby's. Important Jewels. 04 Feb 09. New York www.sothebys.com photo courtesy Sotheby's

Kees van Dongen (1877-1968) , La gitane indistinctly signed 'van Dongen' (lower right) . oil on canvas. 39½ x 31 7/8 in. (100.2 x 81 cm.). Painted circa 1917-1918 Provenance: Acquired by the family of the present owner in the late 1970s. Notes: To be included in the forthcoming Kees van Dongen catalogue critique being prepared by Jacques Chalom Des Cordes under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute. When Kees van Dongen visited Spain and North Africa at the end of 1910 and beginning of 1911, the experience... [Lire la suite]

Carved amethyst, nephrite and diamond 'violet' brooch and matching earclips Designed as bunches of violets, the petals formed of carved amethysts, the leaves of carved nephrite, accented further with small round diamonds weighing a total of approximately 1.10 carats, mounted in gold. Estimate 6,000—8,000 USD Sotheby's. Important Jewels. 04 Feb 09. New York www.sothebys.com photo courtesy Sotheby's

Kees van Dongen (1877-1968) , La cuirasse d'or signed 'van Dongen.' (lower right) . oil on canvas. 51 3/8 x 51 5/8 in. (130.4 x 131.1 cm.). Painted circa 1907 Provenance: Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris (no. 1870).Galerie Moos, Geneva (no. 5319).Private collection, Brest, by 1967.Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 21 October 1980, lot 222.Galerie Daniel Varenne, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner. Literature: L. Chaumeil, Van Dongen: L'homme et l'artiste -... [Lire la suite]

18 karat gold and amethyst bead necklace Strung with 30 melon-shaped fluted amethyst beads spaced by gold links of hourglass shape, completed by a textured gold wreath clasp, length 25½ inches. Estimate 7,500—10,000 USD Sotheby's. Important Jewels. 04 Feb 09. New York www.sothebys.com photo courtesy Sotheby's

Kees van Dongen (1877-1968), Femme aux deux colliers oil on canvas. 25 5/8 x 25 5/8 in. (65.1 x 65.1 cm.). Painted circa 1910. Estimate £300,000 - £600,000 Kees van Dongen's career stretched from the end of the Nineteenth Century to the late 1960s, but its undoubted and indisputable apogee came during his years in Paris before the First World War. Thrusting himself with abandon into the hurly burly of life in the French capital, especially in and around the cabaret scene, Van Dongen became one of the foremost chroniclers... [Lire la suite]

Pair of cultured pearl and diamond earclips, Chanel The half hoops decorated in a lattice motif with 38 cultured pearls measuring approximately 5.4 to 2.9 mm., within borders of small round diamonds weighing approximately 4.00 carats, mounted in 18 karat gold, signed Chanel, numbered, French assay marks. Estimate 6,000—8,000 USD Sotheby's. Important Jewels. 04 Feb 09. New York www.sothebys.com photo courtesy Sotheby's

Tabatière en agate et or d'époque George II , Angleterre, vers 1730 Ovale, la base et le couvercle sertis de plaques en agate rouge légèrement bombées, les bordures en or gravées de rinceaux et d'arabesques, poinçons sur le bord: deux fois poinçon d'importation française après 1893. Longueur: 86 mm. (3 3/8 in.). Estimate €5,000 - €8,000 Provenance: Galerie J. Kugel, Paris. A George II Gold-Mounted Agate Snuff-Box, Circa 1730 Oval, the cover and base set with red agate panels, the gold mount chased with scrolling... [Lire la suite]

18 karat gold and diamond bracelet, Chanel Of 'quilted' design, decorated with small round diamonds pavé-set in diamond shaped panels, weighing approximately 2.00 carats, gross weight approximately 52.5 dwts., length 6½ inches, signed Chanel, numbered, French assay mark. Estimate 5,000—7,000 USD Sotheby's. Important Jewels. 04 Feb 09. New York www.sothebys.com photo courtesy Sotheby's

Tabatière en agate et or d'époque George II , Angleterre, vers 1730, apparemment sans poinçon En forme de cartouche, toutes les faces en agate, la monture à cage d'or émaillée de fleurs et feuillages roses, bleus, blancs et vert. Longueur: 80 mm. (3 1/8 in.). Estimate €8,000 - €10,000 Provenance: Galerie J. Kugel, Paris. Notes: L'utilisation de panneaux en agate est caractéristique des boîtes anglaises du second quart du XVIIIème siècle. Pour un exemple similaire, voir K. Snowman, Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of... [Lire la suite]