29 septembre 2011

An important Iznik pottery Water Bottle (surahi). Turkey, circa 1575.  Photo Bonhams A 16th century Iznik bottle flask from a private Belgian collection with an interesting history linking it to current events in Egypt is one of the top items in Bonhams next sale of Indian and Islamic art on October 4th. The flask comes from the family of the man whose company was commissioned to build the Heliopolis Palace Hotel in Egypt which later became the Presidential Palace of recently-deposed Egyptian Prime Minister Hosni Mubarak. It... [Lire la suite]

Bouddha en bois de camphre, polychromé. Chine, fin XVIème siècle-début XVIIème siècle. Photo Mercier & Cie 82 x 61 cm Estimation : 8 000/10 000€ MERCIER ET CIE. DIMANCHE 9 OCTOBRE à 14H30. 14 RUE DES JARDINS 59000 LILLE. Tél. : 03.20.12.24.24 - Email : contact@mercier.com

Rouen, fabrique de la Métairie : Christ en croix. Fin du XVIIIème siècle. Photo Maître CAMPER Blandine et OGER CAMPE en faïence à décor polychrome au naturel. Hauteur 43 cm. (restaurations). VL - Estimation : 150/200€ Maître CAMPER Blandine et OGER CAMPE. Lundi17 OCTOBRE à 14H00. 9 rue Drouot, salles 1 et 7, 75009 PARIS. Tél. : 03.29.80.86.99 - Fax : 01.45.23.16.32 - Email :  blandinecamper@yahoo.fr

Paravent à trois feuilles à décor peint de volatiles dans des paysages. XVIIIème siècle. Photo Mercier & Cie (petits accidents et manques) Dimension d'une feuille: 217 x 60 cm - Estimation : 2000/2200€ MERCIER ET CIE. DIMANCHE 9 OCTOBRE à 14H30. 14 RUE DES JARDINS 59000 LILLE. Tél. : 03.20.12.24.24 - Email : contact@mercier.com

Plat creux circulaire en porcelaine. Chine. Epoque Wanli (1573-1619). Photo Mercier & Cie Décor en camïeu bleu d'un vase fleuri encadré de cartouches rayonnant sur l'aile. (légères égrenures et deux fèles) Diam.: 36 cm. Estimation : 400/600€ MERCIER ET CIE. DIMANCHE 9 OCTOBRE à 14H30. 14 RUE DES JARDINS 59000 LILLE. Tél. : 03.20.12.24.24 - Email : contact@mercier.com

Important cabinet en bois mouluré, sculpté et teinté. Travail indochinois, fin du XIXème siècle. Photo Mercier & Cie Ouvre par quatre vantaux et deux petits tiroirs. Repose sur un socle à quatre pieds en enroulements. Décor ajouré de dragons dans les nuées et fleurs épanouies.  (petites fentes, petites restaurations et légers accidents) 209 x 113 x 46 cm - Estimation : 3000/4000€ MERCIER ET CIE. DIMANCHE 9 OCTOBRE à 14H30. 14 RUE DES JARDINS 59000 LILLE. Tél. : 03.20.12.24.24 - Email : contact@mercier.com

  A Fine Blue and White Mallet Vase. Mark and Period of Kangxi.  the bell-shaped body rising to a tall tubular neck with a slightly lipped rim supported on a raised footring, painted on both sides with a highly stylised phoenix design, its head on the neck of the vase dissolving into abstract blue scrolls draping over the shoulders against a plain white ground, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark written in three lines within a double ring; 24 cm, 9 1/2 in. ESTIMATE 2,000,000-3,000,000 HKD PROVENANCE:... [Lire la suite]

  A Fine Ming-Style Blue and White Facetted Vase. Mark And Period of Yongzheng. Photo Sotheby's the square body with chamfered corners well-painted with a continuous leafy scroll of morning glory with one bloom on each side, the splayed foot encircled by a band of lappets enclosing formal floral motifs, all beneath a wide cylindrical neck decorated with a band of similar upright lappets with key-fret and pendant trefoil borders below the thick-lipped rim, the neck further flanked by a pair of curved handles issuing from the... [Lire la suite]

Willem I van de Velde, Englische Kriegsschiffe. Estimate: 70,000 EUR / $95,900. MUNICH.- With Willem I van de Velde’s grisaille-work ”Englische Kriegsschiffe“ (English Warships) a masterpiece of marine painting will be called up at Ketterer Kunst in Munich on 27 October. ”This means that a painting by the presumably most renowned 17th century marine painter will be offered on the German auction market for the first time*”, said company owner Robert Ketterer. Besides the work’s rareness - similar works can be found in the Louvre in... [Lire la suite]

LEIDEN.- Dutch Photographer Erwin Olaf presents his photo project on the theme, Relief of Leiden, at the Lakenhal Museum in Leiden, The Netherlands, 28 September 2011. The artwork is presented as part of an exhibition, entitled Vrijheid! Leidens Ontzet 1574-2011 (Freedom! Relief of Leiden 1574-2011), that explores the Siege of Leiden which occurred during the Eighty Years War in 1573 and 1574, when the Spaniards attempted to capture the rebellious city of Leiden and failed. The exhibition opens to the public from 30 September 2011... [Lire la suite]