9 octobre 2011

Diamond Necklace, Mouawad. Photo Sotheby's Of foliage design, the semi-flexible necklace set with brilliant-cut, oval, marquise-, pear-shaped and tapered baguette diamonds, the diamonds together weighing approximately 45.00 carats, mounted in 18 karat white gold, length approximately 375mm, signed. Estimate 550,000-800,000 HKD - Lot 2815 Sold: 920,000 HKD Diamond Bracelet, Mouawad. Photo Sotheby's Of floral and foliage motif design, the semi-flexible bracelet set with brilliant-cut, oval, marquise-, pear-shaped and tapered... [Lire la suite]

A French Parcel-Gilt Silver Chalice, Maker's Mark IC, Provincial, 17th Century. Photo Sotheby's plain beaker-shaped bowl with gilt interior and lip, vase-shaped stem cast with winged-cherub heads above palm and acanthus, the base engraved with a cross and with openwork acanthus rim foot; marked on underside twice with maker's mark IC a device below and C crowned. Together with a paten engraved with Sacred Monogram, unmarked, probably 17th century; height 10 1'8 in. -25.7cm, 19oz 4dwt -597g. Estimate 5,000-7,000 USD -... [Lire la suite]

A Continental Parcel-Gilt Silver Tankard, probably Hungarian, circa 1660-80. Photo Sotheby's the cylindrical barrel embossed with full-blown flowers, two eagles and a heron, forked scroll thumbpiece, the cover chased with grotesque faces and running flowers; apparently unmarked, engraved on rim of cover with inventory number N30; height 8 1/4 in. - 21cm; 26oz 10dwt - 824g. Estimate 6,000-8,000 USD  - Lot 65 Sold: 8,125 USD Sotheby's. Fine English and European Decorative Arts. New York, 06 Oct 2011... [Lire la suite]

A German Silver-Gilt Covered Beaker, Maker's Mark ?EL (Rosenberg 3, ? No.3058), Leipzig, Circa 1680. Photo Sotheby's the body embossed with a mounted bear hunt, the cover chased with running flowers and foliage, on three ball feet with matching finial, base pricked with later initials and date 1769; marked on base with maker's mark, city mark and date letter I, the rim of body and cover also with later Dutch control marks; height 6 1/2 in. 16.5cm - 9oz, 280g. Estimate 5,000-7,000 USD - Lot 64 Sold: 4,375 USD Sotheby's.... [Lire la suite]

Canari phase saumon D. Serinus canaria. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 80 / 100 € Canari phase orange D. Serinus canaria. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 80 / 100 € Canari phase jaune D. Serinus canaria. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 80 / 100 € Canari phase variation opale rose D. Serinus canaria. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 80 / 100 € Chardonneret (mutation opale) bague CE. Carduelis carduelis. Photo Chevau-Légers Enchères Estimation : 80 / 100 € Diamant de Kittlitz... [Lire la suite]

A Rare ‘Sky-Blue’ Six-Lobed Gourd Bottle Vase. Seal Mark and Period of Yongzheng. Photo Sotheby's of double-gourd form with six vertical lobes elegantly extending from the wide lower bulb to the siender upper bulb tapering to a tubular neck, the two sections divided by a cinched waist with a raised collar, covered overali in a thick and even caesious-coloured glaze with very few crackies, ail supported on six brown-dressed spurs encircling the recessed base, the six-character reign mark inscribed in a fanciful seal-script style on... [Lire la suite]

A Pair of White Dragon- Incised Stem Bowls. Incised Marks and Period of Qianlong. Photo Sotheby's each with deep rounded sides beiow a slightiy fiared rim, the exterior of the delicateiy potted sides fineiy incised with a pair of confronting dragons in pursuit of a ‘flaming peari’ amidst scattered clouds and flames above stylised waves crashing against rocks, supported by a tait, columnar stem further incised with ciouds and fiames, the centre of the interior incised with a six-character reign mark within a double ring, ail beneath... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5. A Fine Guan-Type Censer, Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 7.6 cm., 3 in. Estimate 1800,000-2,500,000 HKD. Lot Sold: 6,020,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's the compressed giobular body fianked by a pair of plain upright Ioop handies on the shouider, rising to a waisted neck and an everted mouthrim, the iower part of the body decorated with a row of bosses covered overali in an even greyish-green glaze with a fine network of crackies, ail raised on three short pointed unglazed feet dressed in dark... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 1. A Fine Ge-Type Bottle Vase. Seal Mark and Period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 16.8 cm., 6 5/8 in. Estimate 1,000,000-1,500,000 HKD.  Lot Sold: 4,940,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's of mallet form, the body tapering slightly towards the Iow footring below a tau columnar neck set with a wide everted mouthrim, covered overail in an even, thick, greenish-grey glaze with large-scale dark-stained crackie, the footring Ieft unglazed revealing the dark brown dressing, the recessed base inscribed with an... [Lire la suite]

Titian's Saint Sebastian (c.1530) appearance at Art Miami marks the first time it will be on display publicly in the United States. MIAMI, FL.- Art Miami, Miami’s longest running contemporary art fair, will once again captivate the city from november 29 – December 4, 2011. As the anchor art fair to the city of Miami, the fair will return with a compelling array of modern and contemporary artwork from the 20th and 21st centuries. Art Miami will be held in a state-­‐of-­‐the-­‐art 125,000 square foot pavilion in Midtown Miami’s... [Lire la suite]