28 juillet 2009
Jean-Pierre Raynaud (1939) Pot rouge

28 juillet 2009
A collection of Peking glass snuff bottles and a necklace
A Peking glass necklace
Strung with one hundred-and-eight dark blue and lobed Peking glass beads with ribbed finish, separated by three larger size green glass beads, the three subsidiary strings each with ten red-colored beads, ending in a tear drop pendant made from either green glass or rose quartz, the counterweight a rounded square green glass pendant, finished with a metal-mounted green glass bead top. 43 1/2in (110.5cm) long Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500
Two overlay decorated Peking glass snuff bottles
The... [Lire la suite]
28 juillet 2009
Shopping de citrines et diamants chez Kohn - Cannes

28 juillet 2009
Two 18th century pastel portraits by Hugh Douglas Hamilton acquired by National Museum Wales

28 juillet 2009
Adolphe Bachmann, Léopold Ziller, trois vues de Venise
Adolphe Bachmann (1880-?) Gondole devant une place animée à Venise.
HSP SBG. 32,5 x 41 cm. Estimation : 4 000 / 5 000 €
Adolphe Bachmann (1880-?), Gondole à Venise.
HST SBD. 27 x 41 cm. Estimation : 3 500 / 4 000 €
Adolphe BACHMAN (c1880-XX°) : Peintre orientaliste suisse. Il expose au Salon des Indépendants en 1909.
Léopold Ziller (XIX-XX), Voiliers à Venise.
HST SBD. 24x35 cm. Estimation : 1 500 / 1 800 €
Vente du Jeudi 6 août 2009. Tableaux, Sculptures Modernes et Contemporains, Objets d'Art,... [Lire la suite]
28 juillet 2009
Leopold Carl Müller, A Street Scene, Cairo, 1880 for sale @ Sotheby's NY on October 22, 2009

28 juillet 2009
Aménophis II. Egypte. Nouvel Empire. XVIIIè dynastie.

28 juillet 2009
Opata Culture Mummified Healer Woman Discovered in Sonora
Feminine mummified burial dated between 17th and 18th centuries. Photo: Centro INAH Sonora
MEXICO CITY.- Researchers of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) discovered in a cave at Sierra Madre Occidental (Western Mountain Range), in Bavispe municipality, Sonora, a feminine mummified burial dated between 17th and 18th centuries. The characteristics of the offering point out that she might have been a healing woman from Opata culture, now extinct. Mario Gonzalez Valenzuela, director of Sonora INAH Center... [Lire la suite]
28 juillet 2009
Une approche de la civilisation d’Oc Eo

28 juillet 2009
'Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes' @ the J. Paul Getty Museum
Nicolas Poussin, A Path Leading Into a Forest Clearing, about 1635-1640. Pen and brown ink and brown wash. 38.6 X 24.6. 96.GA.24. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA.- On view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, July 28 - November 1, 2009, Capturing Nature’s Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscape draws from the Getty’s drawings collection including some works from the Getty Research Institute, to highlight key moments in the French landscape tradition, from its emergence in the 1600s to its... [Lire la suite]