13 mai 2011

A very large pair of famille rose turquoise-ground 'peach' fishbowls. Da Ya Zhai marks, Guangxu.  Photo Bonhams Each enamelled with large leafy gnarled peach trees amidst nandina sprays, the trees bearing peach on one side, and peach blossom on the reverse, all reserved on a turquoise ground, with a key-fret border on yellow ground below the lipped rim enamelled with chrysanthemum scrolls, each bowl with an oval iron-red Da Ya Zhai mark within an oval frame flanked by a pair of dragons pursuing the flaming pearl... [Lire la suite]

Un important pendentif en or, serti en son centre dun diamant de taille ancienne. Travail de la Maison Fontana Frères, 7 rue de la Paix, fin XIXe, début XXe. Photo SVV Coutau-Bégarie monté en serti clos au centre dun décor en corbeille finement garni de petits diamants de taille ancienne et de taille8/8, soutenant cinq pampilles piriformes articulées . Deux chaînes mobiles, reliées à un motif feuillagé muni dune bélière ouvrante sont amovibles. Lélément central peut alors, avec lapport dun système à vis être porté en broche.... [Lire la suite]

A rare complete ivory set of the eighteen Luohans. Late Qing Dynasty. Photo Bonhams Variously attractively and delicately carved in a similar position, standing upright with long flowing robes, each holding his attribute at his side, fitted wood stands, fitted boxes. All about 26cm (10in) high (36). Sold for £356,000 Compare a similar set, 19th century, sold in our San Francisco rooms on 13 December 2010, lot 5011. See also a related ivory Luohan set, sold at Sotheby's New York, 20 March... [Lire la suite]

Félix Ziem (1821-1911) Lever de soleil sur Venise. Photo SVV Coutau-Bégarie Huile sur panneau parqueté signé en bas à droite. 43 x 64 cm. Quelques restaurations. Estimation : 15 000/20 000€ Provenance : Collection Musard, 1879. SVV Coutau-Bégarie. Mercredi 25 mai à 11h. Drouot Richelieu, salle 5 et 6,  9 rue Drouot 75009 Paris. Tél. : 01.45.56.12.20. Fax : 01.45.56.14.40. Email :  information@coutaubegarie.com

Ecole hollandaise du XVIIe siècle .Grappe de raisin dans une niche. Photo SVV Coutau-Bégarie Toile (Restaurations); 81 x 65,5 cm. Porte une signature et une date en bas au centre P. D. Ring Ad vivum Pinxit. 1656 - Estimation : 28 000/30 000€ SVV Coutau-Bégarie. Mercredi 25 mai à 11h. Drouot Richelieu, salle 5 et 6,  9 rue Drouot 75009 Paris. Tél. : 01.45.56.12.20. Fax : 01.45.56.14.40. Email :  information@coutaubegarie.com

Statuette de jeune femme debout en os. Vietnam.  Photo Salle des Ventes de Chinon Haut. 20 cm - Estimation : 80/100€ SALLE DES VENTES DE CHINON S.A.R.L. Lundi 30 mai à 14h15. Route de Tours  2, rue Gustave Eiffel  37500 Chinon. Tél. : 02.47.93.12.64 - Fax : 02.47.98.33.20 - Email :  ch.herbelin@wanadoo.fr

An important pair of white jade 'landscape' screens. Qianlong. Photo Bonhams Each carved on both sides from a very fine rectangular translucent plaque of even very pale tone, one panel with an elderly Immortal carrying a staff and attendant carrying a branch of fruiting peach, on a terrace between a large leafy pine and sterculia, the right background with a multi-roofed pagoda in an enclosure, the reverse with a stag and a doe at the bank of a river and leafy branches issuing from overlapping mountain ridges; the other... [Lire la suite]

Danielle Elisseeff devant Saint Georges terrassant le dragon de Michel Colombe, musée du Louvre © Musée du Louvre/ A. Mongodin Depuis des siècles, fascinée par la Chine, sa culture, sa philosophie, ses systèmes sociaux si différents des nôtres, l’Europe a tenté de s’approprier les idées dans lesquelles elle pensait se reconnaître, les motifs artistiques qui flattaient son oeil avide de nouveautés, tel le dragon. Pourtant, ce dernier, incompréhensible pour un esprit centré sur la figure humaine, fut perçu dans sa « difformité », ne... [Lire la suite]

A very fine yellow jade ruyi sceptre. Qianlong. Photo Bonhams Carved from a fine mostly even semi-opaque pale greenish-yellow stone with a few pale brown inclusions as a typical cloud-collar terminal, a small high-relief chilong curving around the upper edge, another crouching along the shaft and a third coiled in a loop at the pointed end of the shaft, the upper surface of the head with a wide shallow taotie mask, the upper side of the shaft with two crisp shallow relief cartouches of archaistic C-scrolls, the remainder of the... [Lire la suite]

A rare pair of famille rose 'melon' teapots and covers. Iron-red Qianlong seal marks. Photo Bonhams Each moulded with five lobes in a naturalistic form, the curving spout and handle enamelled en grisaille to simulate woodgrain, the handle turning into a shallow-relief spray coiling around each side of the body and applied with pink and white plum blossom sprays, the bodies and domed covers all under a white-enamel ground delicately incised with dense feathery scroll. 17cm (6 7/8in) wide (4). Sold for £1,341,600 ... [Lire la suite]