13 septembre 2009

VietNam, The 黎 Lê Dynasty. - 1428-1785, Vinh Tri Nguyen Bao 1676-1680 square script Zinc. 35 USD @ lindascoin Note: In Toda: No. 69. (Barker: 63.1-63.4) Same as before but having on the obverse the character 元 nguyen instead of 通 thong, and the characters 治元 tri-nguyen written in the seal style. Copper coins issued by King 熙宗 HI-TONG during his first nien-hao (1675-1689).

A pair of massive huanghuali veneer compound cupboards, Sijiangui, 18th Century Each massive cupboard with hat chest composed of two framed doors separated by a removeable stile opening to reveal a single shelf and framed by square vertical rails above a lower cabinet set with massive floating panel-framed doors against a central stile enclosing a single shelf suspending two drawers over removeable covers for recessed hidden storage, fronted by plain panels over aprons elaborately carved with classic foliate tendrils... [Lire la suite]

VietNam,  Emperor Ly Thai Tong, Minh Dao Nguyen Bao XF (1042-1043AD) 35 USD @ lindascoin  Note: About Vietnamese Minh Dao Ngyuen Bao by T.D.Luc in December 06, 1998 Minh Dao (1042-1044) was the fourth in six reign titles of Emperor Ly Thai Tong (1028-1054). When Emperor Ly Thai To died in 1028, the princes started fighting against the crown prince Ly Phat Ma. With the assistance of his loyal mandarins, Ly Phat Ma came out victorious and became Emperor Ly Thai Tong with the first reign title Thien Thanh.... [Lire la suite]

Chine, kendi en porcelaine à décor bleu blanc, XVIIe siècle Bec verseur recouvert d argent - haut 22 cm - Estimation : 300/350€ Chine, kendi en pordelaine à décor bleu blanc vers 1700 Extrémité du bec verseur monté en argent - haut 21 cm. Estimation : 300/350€ DIMANCHE 20 SEPTEMBRE à 14 h 30. Bailly - Hertz & Associés Hôtel des ventes Trois Evêchés. Email : bailly-hertz@wanadoo.fr

Vietnam, Later rebels named Tran (1511-1521AD), Xung Phap Nguyen Bao EF 75 USD @ lindascoin

One of his polymorphic approach’s most visible markers is the recourse to a treatment through the generic version of forms and objects, smoothed out, without detail or psychology. Veilhan’s figures are archetypes reduced to basics, prepared so that viewers can immediately project themselves in them and go beyond the stage of anecdote. Veilhan is fascinated by issues surrounding modernity and technological progress, as well as by mechanical systems and the construction of machines. From stereotype to prototype, the artist has... [Lire la suite]

VietNam, Minh Mang Thong Bao - Rev. Xuyen Chi Son Tang Llarge - EF Holed and plugged by metal. 180 USD @ lindascoin  Note: It is one of forty phrases found on the REV. of Minh-mang thong bao large copper cash coins. Minh Mạng thông bảo 明命通寳, Ø 51 mm., 27,25 g. Au revers de la monnaie , Xuyên chí sơn tăng 川至山増, «Que le fleuve coule, que la montagne croisse». Cette formule est une contraction elliptique du troisième paragraphe du poème Tian Bao du Shijing : «Que vos biens s'accumulent et soient comme une... [Lire la suite]

VietNam, King 顯宗 Hien-tong, (1740-1786). Lê Dynasty, Canh Hung Thong BaoLarge coin VF. 180 USD @ lindascoin

A finely carved zitan southern official's hat armchair, nanguanmaoyi. 18th/19th century With stepped top rail supported on rear posts of square section, framing the vase-shaped splat flanked by two carved scrolls and finely carved with a winged monster mask suspending an endless knot and two fish joined by a pendent tassel, the two-panel seat set within a wide rectangular frame above a shaped apron carved with ruyi-head scrolls and archaistic elements, the legs of square section joined by stepped stretchers and a footrest. 42... [Lire la suite]