26 novembre 2010

Styled by Miriam Dembach

Hair & Makeup: Veronica Chu for Plutino Group using Tresemmé hair care and MAC cosmetics / Styling Assistant: Carolyn Cherney

Monarchidae Lot comprenant : Terpsiphone paradisi. Tchitrec de Paradis - Terpsiphone mutata. Tchitrec malgache - Estimation : 100/150€ Provenance: Collection Elie-Lefebvre VENTE AUX ENCHèRES LE MERCREDI 1  DECEMBRE à PARIS PAR HOTEL DES VENTES DE SENLIS SARL. Email : lecoent@senlisencheres.com

An extremely rare Meissen plate from the 'Black and Gold-Striped' service, circa 1735. photo Bonhams Superbly painted, perhaps by A.F. von Löwenfinck, the centre with a landscape vignette depicting a recumbent fantasy animal flanked by flowers, and further scattered blooms, a gold and black-striped border around the edge of the well, the brown-edged, wavy rim painted in enamels and gilding with a continuous landscape scene depicting European and chinoiserie figures, 21.5cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue. Sold for... [Lire la suite]

Maluridae Lot comprenant : Malurus elegans. Mérion élégant - Malurus melanocephalus M. Mérion à dos rouge - Malurus cyaneus Mérion superbe - Malurus splendens M. Mérion splendide - Estimation : 100/150€ Provenance: Collection Elie-Lefebvre Maluridae Lot comprenant Malure splendens; Mérion splendide - Malurus leucopterus leuconotus M. Mérion leucoptère - Stipiturus malachurus. Queue-de-gaze du sud - Stipiturus mallee mallee. Queue-de-gaze du mallee - Estimation : 100/150€ Provenance:... [Lire la suite]

Nardi. A Blackamoor Brooch with Diamond, Pearls and Sapphires in Gold. photo Philips de Pury & Co Designed as a blackamoor with a carved ebony head, wearing a textured and braided gold turban with sapphire-set star motifs, the top set with a white cultured pearl measuring approximately 8.05 mm, with collet-set diamond ear pendants, to the shield-shaped tunic decorated with circular-cut sapphires and a circular-cut diamond and pearl trim, mounted in 18K yellow gold, length 2 inches.   Signed 'S. Nardi' with a Nardi... [Lire la suite]

Icteridae Lot comprenant : Icterus jamaicaii. Oriole des Campos - Sturnella militaris. Sturnelle des pampas - Amblioramphus holocericeus. Troupiale à tête rouge - Estimation : 100/150€ Provenance: Collection Elie-Lefebvre VENTE AUX ENCHèRES LE MERCREDI 1  DECEMBRE à PARIS PAR HOTEL DES VENTES DE SENLIS SARL. Email : lecoent@senlisencheres.com

A blue and white vase, Hu. Qianlong Seal Mark And Period. photo Sotheby's of archaistic hu form, well-painted in brilliant cobalt-blue tones with simulated 'heaping and piling', the baluster body encircled by two bands, the upper with continuous lotus scroll, the lower with a composite floral meander, all between slightly raised double-line borders, the shoulder set with animal mask and mock-ring handles, below the waisted flared neck decorated with ruyi-bordered stiff upright plantain leaves and a narrow wave band around... [Lire la suite]

André Maire (1898-1984), Indochine Huile sur panneau, SHG 65 x 92 cm. Estimation : 2000/3000€ VENTE AUX ENCHèRES LE DIMANCHE 28 NOVEMBRE à MARSEILLE PAR L'ÉTUDE DE PROVENCE. Email :  contact@etudedeprovence.com 

Grand brûle-parfum en bronze ciselé et patiné. Ancien travail d'Extrême-Orient (Vietnam) du XIXe siècle. photo Coutau-Begarie sur son socle et terminé par un couvercle surmonté d'une chimère. Haut : 60 ; Diam : 43cm - Estimation : 1 000 / 1 500 € Paire de chimères en bronze ciselé et patiné. Ancien travail d'Extrême-Orient (Vietnam) du XIXe siècle. photo Coutau-Begarie reposant sur une terrasse faisant socle à quatre pieds. Haut : 23. Larg : 23 ; Prof : 17cm.- Estimation : 1 000 / 2 000 € Coutau-Begarie - Paris. Vente du... [Lire la suite]