17 août 2011

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Jar. 15th century. Later Lê dynasty. Stoneware with cobalt pigment under transparent glaze; iron-oxide wash on base. H: 37.0 W: 23.5 D: 23.5 cm. Vietnam. Purchase--Friends of Asian Arts and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program F1992.12. Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art This tall, slender jar with cobalt decoration of lionlike mythical creatures, peony scrolls, and lotus-petal panels was made at a kiln in the Red River delta of northern Vietnam. Its place of manufacture is confirmed by recent research that has identified... [Lire la suite]

Baby Circus. "Sin Sin", petite fille au tambourin. JEAN BOGGIO FOR FRANZ (8x7xH14.5cm), porcelaine émaillée  Rainbow. Ginger jar. JEAN BOGGIO FOR FRANZ L23.5xW23.5xH37.5cm. Porcelaine Rainbow. Chaise Rainbow. JEAN BOGGIO FOR FRANZ L46xW45xH100cm laque et porcelaine MAISON&OBJET. scènes d'intérieur. Hall 7 - Stand E1 F2.  9-13 Sept. 2011. Paris Nord Villepinte

Petrouchka. Jean Boggio pour les Emaux de Longwy Collection imaginée par Jean Boggio. Le thème russe permet l'utilisation du rouge et du vert qui en se combinant donne une force particulière à cette ligne. Edition Limitée. La manufacture des Emaux de Longwy créée en 1798 expose des créations contemporaines en émaux cloisonnés. Elle a reçu le Label Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant.  Emaux de Longwy. MAISON&OBJET. Hall 3 - Stand B10 C9.  9-13 Sept. 2011. Paris Nord Villepinte

Planche extraite du Livre de Desseins Chinois tirés d’après les originaux de Perse, des Indes, de la Chine et du Japon, par Jean-Antoine Fraisse. Inv. 2005.26.F°5, Chantilly - musée Condé. © RMN / Thierry Ollivier Pour la rentrée de septembre 2011, le musée Condé propose une exposition qui s’inscrit dans la thématique du « voyage » qui sera développée jusqu’à la fin 2011 par le Domaine de Chantilly. En effet, les visiteurs sont invités à remonter le temps, au XVIIIe siècle, quand artistes et artisans réalisaient des oeuvres peintes... [Lire la suite]

Cup. 15th century. Later Lê dynasty. Stoneware with white slip under colorless and copper-green glazes. H: 4.5 W: 7.8 D: 7.8 cm. Vietnam. Gift of Dean Frasché F1989.31. Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art Produced by copper, the fresh green color of the glaze on this cup is a distinctive feature of some northern Vietnamese ceramics. This bright color differs from the soft green of celadon glaze, which is tinted by a small percentage of iron. Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art www.asia.si.edu

  1927 Bentley 6½ Liter Sports Tourer. Coachwork by Vanden Plas. Chassis no. BX 2421. Engine no. DH 2201. Body no. 1377. photo Bonhams San Francisco – Bonhams is extremely pleased to announce that it will be offering what is considered one of the most significant surviving Bentleys in the world today at its Quail Lodge auction on August 18-19 in Carmel, California.The E. Bullivant 1927 Bentley 6½ Liter Sports Tourer with its original Coachwork by Vanden Plas is widely regarded as one of the most significant Bentleys to come... [Lire la suite]

Pillow in the form of a tortoise with raised head, late 13th-14th century. Tran dynasty. Stoneware with iron pigment under translucent (underfired) glaze, iron oxide wash on base. H: 9.8 W: 12.1 D: 16.7 cm. Vietnam. F1985.37a-b.  Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art This pillow was excavated from the site of an abandoned Buddhist monastery in Bangkok. Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art www.asia.si.edu

Cup Cover with Venus and Cupid Sleeping on a Shell being observed by Jupiter in the form of a Swan. Attributed to Giovanni Ambrogio Miseroni (1551-1616), Milan, late 16th century. Private Collection CAMBRIDGE.- Never before seen together in the UK, on 16 August 2011 the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge will be opening an extraordinary exhibition of precious decorative arts – the treasures of the Hapsburg emperors. Now joining this remarkable exhibition is a lost Royal masterpiece by the greatest of all the hardstone engravers of the... [Lire la suite]