2 décembre 2009

A superb ming-style blue and white vase, meiping. Yongzheng period (1723-1735).  Image 2009 Christie's Ltd Delicately potted and of unusually small size, the tapering body exquisitely painted in cobalt of rich blue tone to simulate 'heaping and piling' with eight detached fruiting branches and vines, including peach, melon, persimmon, cherry, grape, pomegranate, lychee and longan, above a band of interlocking upright lappets formed by ruyi and trefoil scrolls, the broad shoulders with a further collar of lappets with... [Lire la suite]

[CHINE] Album érotique chinois de 12 aquarelles libres sur soie. Epoque XIXe L_ 144 x H_ 198mm, montées en accordéon, contrecollées sur carton, sous couverture bois Scènes d'ntérieur et extérieur. Salisssures, traces de noir sur les personnages. Estimation : 800 - 1 000 € Pierre Bergé & associés. « Un Enfer Privé : Collection  Sieglinde et Karl Ludwig Leonhardt » Jeudi 03 décembre à 11h00. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 16 - Paris - EMail : contact@pba-auctions.com

A fine and very rare doucai and famille rose 'boys' jar. Qianlong six-character sealmark and of the period (1736-1795). Image 2009 Christie's Ltd Finely potted with a compressed body raised on a low foot ring, the exterior decorated in doucai and famille rose palettes, depicting a garden scene with five boys playing, each boy holding an auspicious object such as a ruyi, an endless knot, a fish, a musical chime, and a vase with flowers, dressed loosely in short robes and trousers shaded in colourful enamels, on the side with... [Lire la suite]

[CHINE] Deux albums érotiques chinois de 7 et 3 aquarelles libres sur soie, Epoque XIXe L_ 150 x H_ 210mm, montées en accordéon, contrecollées sur carton Scènes d'ntérieur et extérieur. Salisssures, traces de noir sur les personnages. Estimation : 1 000 - 1 500 € Pierre Bergé & associés. « Un Enfer Privé : Collection  Sieglinde et Karl Ludwig Leonhardt » Jeudi 03 décembre à 11h00. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 16 - Paris - EMail : contact@pba-auctions.com

Pieter Claesz (Berchem 1597/8 - 1660/1 Haarlem), Still life with a roemer, a crab, a half-peeled lemon, and a bread roll on pewter plates, a basket with fruit, and a Chinese bowl with olives, all arranged on a draped table. photo Sotheby's oil on panel, signed in monogram and dated centre left: PC(in compendium)/ 1652, 49.3 by 68.6 cm. Est. 50,000—70,000 EUR - Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:  78,750 EUR. NOTE: In his later years Pieter Claesz. started to paint in a looser and painterly manner than that of the... [Lire la suite]

[CHINE] Album érotique chinois de 12 aquarelles érotiques sur papier, Epoque XIXe L_190 x H_240, montées en accordéon, contrecollées sur carton avec bordures de soie bleue Scènes d'ntérieur et extérieur. Estimation : 1 000 - 1 500 € Pierre Bergé & associés. « Un Enfer Privé : Collection  Sieglinde et Karl Ludwig Leonhardt » Jeudi 03 décembre à 11h00. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 16 - Paris - EMail : contact@pba-auctions.com

Pieter Claesz.(Berchem 1597/8 - 1660/1 Haarlem), A still life with an overturned pewter jug, a Roemer and a blue lined beer glass, surrounded by grapes and leaves, a pewter plate with a ham, a salt cellar, a roll and a sliced lemon on pewter plates with olives in a porcelain bowl. photo Sotheby's oil on canvas, 78.3 by 94.4 cm - Est. 70,000—90,000 EUR - Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:  108,750 EUR PROVENANCE: Collection Vicktor Decock;His sale, Paris, Charpentier, 12 May 1948, lot 62 (as by W.C. Heda);Private... [Lire la suite]

[CHINE] Album érotique chinois de 12 aquarelles libres sur soie. Époque fin XIXe début XXe L_270 x H_ 265mm, montées en accordéon, contrecollées sur carton avec bordure de soie crème. Dérelié - Estimation : 2 000 - 2 500 € Pierre Bergé & associés. « Un Enfer Privé : Collection  Sieglinde et Karl Ludwig Leonhardt » Jeudi 03 décembre à 11h00. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 16 - Paris - EMail : contact@pba-auctions.com

Lot 1921. A fine and very rare coral-ground famille rose 'Tang Ying' bowl, Qianlong cyclical yihai date, corresponding to 1755 and of the period. Estimate HK$4,000,000 - HK$6,000,000 ($518,501 - $777,751). Price Realized HK$9,620,000 ($1,247,205). © Christie's Images Ltd 2009 Finely potted with rounded sides rising from a footless recessed base, the exterior decorated with a cartouche enclosing an iron-red seal, Pin Yue, 'Crescent Moon', before a short inscription in cursive script with... [Lire la suite]

Stained glass panel from the cloister of the Abbey of Mariawald depicting Esau giving up his Birthright. German, 1521. Museum No. C.120-1945 LONDON.- The V&A’s new Medieval and Renaissance Galleries opened, housing one of the world’s most remarkable collections of treasures from the period, including the Becket Casket, Gothic altarpieces and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. There will also be an outstanding collection of Renaissance sculpture by Italian masters such as Donatello and Giambologna. Ten galleries, occupying... [Lire la suite]