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Large-scale Doccia figure of the 'Farnese Hercules' expected to make £500,000 @ Bonhams

Figure of Hercules. Estimated to sell for £300,000-500,000. Photo: Bonhams LONDON.- A very rare and important 82cm high porcelain figure of Hercules created at the Doccia factory in Tuscany in 1753-55 is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, London...

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Tags: 1745-55, Doccia, 'Farnese Hercules'

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17 novembre 2011

Deux vases "Grammont Bouteille" ou "Grammont Ovale" en porcelaine dure de Sèvres du XVIIIème siècle, circa 1790

Vase "Grammont Bouteille" ou "Grammont Ovale" en porcelaine dure de Sèvres du XVIIIème siècle, circa 1790, marque en or aux deux L entrelacés . Photo Christie's Image Ltd, Piriforme, à décor or et platine de chinois dans des paysages lacustres avec habitations...

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Tags: porcelaine de Sèvres, XVIIIème siècle, chinoiserie, Le Grand Fils, Vase "Grammont Bouteille", Vase "Grammont Ovale"

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17 novembre 2011

Commode royale d'époque Louis XV. estampille de Mathieu Criaerd, livrée en 1748 par Thomas Joachim Hébert

Commode royale d'époque Louis XV. estampille de Mathieu Criaerd, livrée en 1748 par Thomas Joachim Hébert. Photo Christie's Image Ltd, 2011. En vernis européen à l'imitation de la laque, ornementation de bronze ciselé et doré marqué au C couronné, le...

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Tags: Commode, époque Louis XV, Marie Leczinska, Thomas Joachim Hébert Mathieu Criaerd

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17 novembre 2011

Best results of Magnificent Jewels and Timeless Elegance

This sale totaled SFr. 56,261,275/US$ 61,268,528/€ 45,515,371. The top lot was an oval-shaped D, IF diamond ring of 24.30 cts, by Graff which fetched SFr. 3,667,000/$ 3,993,363/€ 2,966,603. “Even in the present uncertain economic times, jewellery prices...

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Tags: Harry Winston, Fancy yellow diamond, Graff, Pear-shaped Diamond, pear-shaped emerald drop, Colombian emerald, oval-shaped diamond

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17 novembre 2011

Shopping of white diamonds @ Tiancheng International. Hong Kong Autumn Auction 2011. 28 Nov 2011

An Important Unmounted Pear-Shaped Diamond. An unmounted pear - shaped diamond weighing 17.80 carats. Estimate HK$24,600,000 - 28,600,000 / US$3,153,800 - 3,666,700 Accompanied by GIA report *2125946220, dated 23rd February, 2011, stating that the 17.80...

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16 novembre 2011

The Burton Collection of Chinese19th century Coral Carvings

A large coral 'Phoenix and Ladies' carving, 19th century. Photo Christie's Image Ltd, 2011 The coral carved with three standing figures including two ladies and a boy, one lady depicted carrying a vase and the boy holding a flowering peony branch, all...

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Tags: 19th century, dragon, coral, 'Immortals and Birds', 'Phoenix and Ladies'

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16 novembre 2011

An archaistic rhinoceros horn libation cup. 17th century

An archaistic rhinoceros horn libation cup. 17th century. Photo Christie's Image Ltd, 2011. The flared sides rising to an oval mouth and raised on a waisted foot, carved around the exterior with a band of taotie masks reserved on leiwen grounds below...

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Tags: libation cup, rhinoceros horn, 17th century, archaistic

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16 novembre 2011

A rare rhinoceros horn 'Hibiscus' libation cup, 17th century

A rare rhinoceros horn 'Hibiscus' libation cup, 17th century. Photo Christie's Image Ltd, 2011 Finely carved as a large hibiscus flower, detailed in relief with a small chilong beside the stamen to the centre of the interior, one side of the exterior...

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Tags: libation cup, rhinoceros horn, 17th century

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16 novembre 2011

A rhinoceros horn archaistic libation cup, 17th centuryA rhinoceros horn archaistic libation cup, 17th century

A rhinoceros horn archaistic libation cup, 17th century. Photo Christie's Image Ltd, 2011 Of flared form carved to the centre with a band of stylised phoenix detailed with long curled tail feathers, below a band of pendant blades enclosing cicadas, the...

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Tags: libation cup, rhinoceros horn, 17th century, archaistic

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16 novembre 2011

A rare white jade bajixiang alms bowl. Qianlong period (1736-1795).

A rare white jade bajixiang alms bowl. Qianlong period (1736-1795). Photo Christie's Image Ltd, 2011 The compressed globular body tapering towards the base from the inward rounded shoulder, the exterior finely carved in shallow relief with linking ruyi-shaped...

Posté par Alain Truong à 21:40 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: white jade, bajixiang, alms bowl

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