août 2011

Musée Guimet - Paris - © photo David Monniaux - 2007 - Licence CC BY-SA 3.0 PARIS - Le 24 août 2011, par décret du Président de la République, Olivier de Bernon a été nommé à la tête du musée Guimet, et sa collection d’art asiatique. Il remplace ainsi Jacques Giès, directeur de l’Etablissement public depuis 2008.  Olivier de Bernon, spécialiste de la littérature cambodgienne profane et religieuse, a été désigné, par Nicolas Sarkozy, pour remplacer Jacques Giès à la tête du musée Guimet. Il a pris ses fonctions le 28 août... [Lire la suite]

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Yingqing or other white glazed monochrome cup with circular stand. Yuan-Ming Dynasty. Photo: Bonhams With label: 'National Museum/Stockholm/Kinesiska Utstall-ningen/1928' on both the cup and stand. The stand with a Bluetts and Son/London labelThe stand 12cm (just under 5in) diameter (2). Estimate: £500 - 800, HK$ 6,400 - 10,000 Provenance: Reputedly purchased at Uppsala Auktionskammare on the 02/12/2002, lot number 576. A Yingqing vase of yu hu chun ping form, Song-Ming dynasty. Photo: Bonhams decorated with floral designs;... [Lire la suite]

 A gilt-metal incense burner. Xuande six-character mark. Photo: Bonhams Decorated with four character roundels and an inset six-character mark amongst dragons or other mythical beasts. 10cm (4in) high Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art. Knightsbridge, 7 Sep 2011 at 10:30 www.bonhams.com

A bronze ornament designed as a finger citron (Citrus Decunana) for a metaphor of The Buddha's Hand. Qianlong six-character mark. Photo: Bonhams About 16cm (6in) long. Estimate: £500 - 700, HK$ 6,400 - 8,900 Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art. Knightsbridge, 7 Sep 2011 at 10:30 www.bonhams.com

A banded agate Chinese snuff bottle with coral-coloured stopper. Photo: Bonhams Provenance: reputedly purchased from Sotheby's in June 1988 [Lot 449]. A banded agate Chinese snuff bottle; with stopper. Photo: Bonhams Provenance: Reputedly purchased at Sotheby's in 1989. An elegant grey/mottled agate Chinese snuff bottle. Photo: Bonhams with metal mounted, jadeite or other stone, stopper. Decorated with a bat above a grazing pony.   An intricately carved, agate or other, Chinese snuff bottle. Photo: Bonhams decorated... [Lire la suite]

A Chalcedony Chinese snuff bottle; with stopper. Photo: Bonhams Decorated with a deer, monkey and bird A mottled chalcedony, Chinese snuff bottle with mythological animal head handles; and white-metal mounted stopper. Photo: Bonhams Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art. Knightsbridge, 7 Sep 2011 at 10:30 www.bonhams.com

Patrick Faigenbaum, Saint-Denis, avril 2011 © Patrick Faigenbaum Le Musée de la Vie romantique propose à l’automne une sélection totalement inédite de travaux photographiques de Patrick Faigenbaum ayant pour sujet la capitale. Né à Paris en 1954, cet artiste majeur de la scène contemporaine française a choisi, après une formation de peintre, la photographie comme médium plastique. Son itinéraire, commencé en 1973, est centré autour de la notion de portraits qui participent pleinement de l’identité du lieu ou de la ville choisie... [Lire la suite]

A parcel-gilt silver repousse figure of Padmasambhava in the aspect of Nyima Oser Tibet, 18th century. Pre-sale estimate $60,000-80,000. Photo: Bonhams NEW YORK, N.Y.- Bonhams is thrilled to participate in New York City’s Asia Week 2011, which brings together a variety of art outlets to celebrate Asian art from China, India, Japan, Korea, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia. Bonhams will highlight this week with two sales on September 13, 2011—The Sartin Collection of Asian Art and Fine Japanese Works of Art. The Sartin Collection of... [Lire la suite]