22 octobre 2011

Philippe Pasqua (Né en 1965), Vanité, 2010. photo Cornette de Saint Cyr - Paris Acrylique, marqueur et vernis sur fond lithographique. Signé et daté en bas à droite; 99 x 68,5 cm (39 x 263/4 in.). Estimation : 11 000 / 12 000 € Cornette de Saint Cyr - Paris. Dimanche 23 octobre 2011. Drouot Montaigne - 15, av Montaigne -  75008 Paris- 15, av Montaigne -  75008 Paris. Tel. 01 48 00 20 80/91/92

Lot 2001. An unusual aubergine-glazed 'Bajixiang' incised dish, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 20.6 cm., 8 1/8 in. Estimate 180,000-220,000 HKD (17,353 — 21,209 EUR). Lot Sold 437,500 HKD (42,178 EUR). Photo Sotheby's the curved sides supported on a slightly tapered foot, flaring at the rim, finely incised around the exterior with beribboned bajixiang ('Eight Buddhist Emblems'), applied overall with a translucent glaze of an aubergine tone, the countersunk base reserved in white,... [Lire la suite]

Vladimir VELICKOVIC (Né en 1935), La chute, 1987. photo Cornette de Saint Cyr - Paris Huile sur toile. Signée et datée au dos; 91,5 x 73 cm (353/4 x 283/4 in.) - Estimation : 6 000 / 8 000 € Cornette de Saint Cyr - Paris. Dimanche 23 octobre 2011. Drouot Montaigne - 15, av Montaigne -  75008 Paris- 15, av Montaigne -  75008 Paris. Tel. 01 48 00 20 80/91/92

A celadon-glazed vase, meiping. Ming Dynasty. Photo Sotheby's the baluster body rising from a waisted foot below a broad shoulder and a short narrow flared mouth, finely carved on the sides with meandering peony scrolls bearing large blooms on a dense foliate ground, all between a chevron collar encircling the neck and an overlapping lappet border on the foot, thickly covered overall in a light celadon glaze; 26.2 cm., 10 1/4 in. Estimate 180,000-250,000 HKD. Unsold Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Hong... [Lire la suite]

Atelier de Jacques II van der Borcht, Jupiter et Mercure, vers 1774-1794. Photo Tajan Tapisserie en laine et soie. Marque tissée BB pour Bruxelles Brabant et IAC:VD:BORGHT: Finement tissée, bel état, couleurs vives; 321,5 x 243,5 cm. (Restaurations) - Estimation : 30 000 / 50 000 €Jacques II van der Borcht, fils de Jean-François ( 1774), dirigea l'atelier à la mort de son père, après avoir travaillé avec Daniel III Leyniers avant 1768. En 1781, il employait trois métiers. Dernier tapissier de Bruxelles sous l'Ancien Régime, il... [Lire la suite]

Attribué à Francisco Barrera (Actif entre 1625 et 1657), Nature morte à la coupe de raisins, aux figues et divers fruits disposés sur un entablement devant une vue maritime.  Photo Tajan Huile sur toile; 88 X 131,5 cm. Estimation : 20 000 / 30 000 €Tajan - 75009 Paris. Vente Collection Jorge de Brito. Samedi 22 octobre 2011. Espace Tajan - 37, rue des Mathurins - 75008 Paris. Contact: Romain Monteaux-Sarmiento 01 53 30 30 30

A rare Longquan celadon vase. Yuan dynasty. Photo Sotheby's of baluster form, the foot bordered with a row of upright lappets rising to a bulbous body applied with a crisply moulded undulating leafy peony scroll, narrowing to a waisted neck further decorated with three peony sprigs below the ribbed trumpet mouth, thickly covered overall in an even brilliant bluish-green celadon glaze; 48.5 cm., 19 1/8 in. Estimate 2,500,000-3,000,000 HKD - Unsold. NOTE: This vase is notable for the crisp and naturalistic rendering of the... [Lire la suite]

École anglaise vers 1600, suiveur de Joos van Cleve, Portrait de Josepus Antonius d'Acosta.Photo Tajan Huile sur panneau parqueté. Une inscription en haut à gauche : Josepus Antonius d'Acosta Lu/sitanus nobilis Vir Meritis clarus et qui apud Henricum 8 Angli[a]e Regem in su[missi]mo favore fuit/Anno 1520. (Josepus Antonius d'Acosta, célèbre Portugais, connu pour ce qu'il fit et qui jouit d'une grande estime auprès de Henry VIII, roi d'Angleterre, en 1520); 101 X 71,5 cm. Estimation : 100 000 / 150 000 €Provenance: Probablement... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1905. A famille-rose turquoise-ground wall vase, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 25.3 cm., 10 in. Estimate400,000-600,000 HKD (38,562 — 57,843 EUR). Lot Sold: 500,000 HKD (48,203 EUR). Photo Sotheby's the flat-back vessel with a compressed globular body surmounted by a flaring mouth with three circular openings on the top, the body centred with a stylised lotus surrounded by further florets borne on meandering foliate scrolls, all outlined in gilt and reserved on a turquoise ground, the wide... [Lire la suite]

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, called Caravaggio Italian, 1571 – 1610 Ecce Homo (Behold the Man), around 1605 Oil on canvas 50-3/8 x 40-1/2 inches (128 x 103 cm) Musei di Strada Nuova -- Palazzo Bianco, Genoa © Archivio Fotografico del Centro di Documentazione per la Storia, l’Arte e l’Immagine di Genova COLUMBUS, OH.- Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is remembered as much for his unconventional lifestyle as his immeasurable talent. His revolutionary art along with a life of personal excess, punctuated by late night brawls,... [Lire la suite]