17 mai 2012

Rare ployant en bois doré. Epoque Empire. Photo SALLE DES VENTES DE CHINON S.A.R.L sculpté de quatre têtes d'aigle et reposant sur des pieds griffe. Entretoise soulignée dune rosace. Haut. 57 Larg. 88 Prof. 44.5 cm Reprises de dorures et petites restaurations  Lot 198. Estimation : 3000/4000€ SALLE DES VENTES DE CHINON S.A.R.L LUNDI 21 MAI à 14 H 15. Route de Tours  2, rue Gustave Eiffel  37500 Chinon. Tél. : 02.47.93.12.64. Fax... [Lire la suite]

A large Blue And White Charger for the Islamic Market. 17th century.  Photo Sotheby's  the curved sides rising from a tapering foot to a flared rim, painted in rich cobalt-blue tones and incised to the interior with a floral medallion encircled by stylised floral bands, all encircled by two wide bands of leafy floral sprays issuing from a rocky ground, similarly decorated to the exterior with eight floral roundels divided by stylised radiating lingzhi sprays; 50.5cm., 19 7/8... [Lire la suite]

 Jade sculpté « Apple-green » et clair représentant un coléoptère (cigale). Fin de l'époque Qianlong (1736-1795). Photo SALLE DES VENTES DE CHINON S.A.R.L les élytres repliées, tenant un champignon Lingzhi dans sa bouche, surmontant deux pêches de longévité.  Long. 4.5 cm. Lot 66. Estimation : 3000/5000€ Porte une étiquette « Porte bonheur de Sarah Bernhardt ». Provenance : Collection de Mme Chiseray Cuny (dame de compagnie de Marie de Régnier, fille du poète José Maria de Hérédia),... [Lire la suite]

A Rare Blue And White Pilgrim Flask for the Islamic Market. Ming Dynasty, I5th Century. Photo Sotheby's  the crescent-shaped body rising to rosette terminals, applied with a central cylindrical ringed neck with a knopped mouth and a spout to the side, all supported on four ruyishaped feet, painted with undulating leafy lotus scrolls framed by cellular diaper and lappet motifs, the sides with a floral spray and a sun with swirling clouds rising from foaming waves, burnt to a buff orange tone on the... [Lire la suite]

Commode Mazarine. Epoque Louis XIV. Photo SALLE DES VENTES DE CHINON S.A.R.L en placage d4olivier et de ronce d4olivier, érable, marqueté en bois indigènes de losanges et motifs de trèfle en filets alternés. Elle ouvre par quatre tiroirs sur trois rangs et repose que quatre pieds à sabot de bronze. Poignées de tirage et entrées de serrure en bronze. Haut. 78 Larg. 117.5 Prof. 66 cm Restaurations dusage, serrures supprimées  Lot 165 - Estimation : 15000/18000€ SALLE DES VENTES DE CHINON... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white jar. Jiajing mark and period. Photo: Sotheby's. the baluster body surmounted by a short straight neck, painted at the shoulders with the bagua (Eight Trigrams) within double circles, each supported on and separated by stylised ruyi clouds, all amidst flying cranes and further ruyi clouds, the neck with stylised scrolls and the foot with a band of cash coins, inscribed to the base with a six-character Jiajing mark within a double circle/ 13.7cm., 5 3/8 in. eSTIMATION 10,000-15,000... [Lire la suite]

A rare Böttger stoneware vase, circa 1710-15.. Photo: Sotheby's. later engraved on either side with a profile portrait of Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, or the arms of Saxony-Poland and Electoral arms of Saxony, each within an elaborate scrollwork cartouche, the lower body engraved on either side with the AR monogram or a military trophy.height 10 1/4 in.; 26 cm. Lot 1. Estimation 10,000-15,000 USD NOTE DE CATALOGUE: A Böttger vase of similar shape with a... [Lire la suite]

Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Regent by Pietro Annigoni, 1954-5. ©The Fishmongers’ Company LONDON.- One of the greatest royal portraits of the twentieth century, Pietro Annigoni’s 1954-5 painting of The Queen is to go on public display for the first time in 26 years at the National Portrait’s Gallery’s The Queen: Art and Image exhibition, it was announced today (16 May 2012.) It will be shown on the same wall as the artist’s second celebrated full-length portrait of The Queen commissioned by the Gallery in 1969, the first time these... [Lire la suite]

Rare et grand vase de forme Meiping. Période Wanli (1573-1619). Photo SALLE DES VENTES DE CHINON S.A.R.L en porcelaine décoré en bleu sous couverte de fleurs de lotus et de symboles Shou sur fond de nuages Haut. 43 cm Col rodé et base recollée. Estimation : 8000/10000€ Expert M. Vincent LHERROU. SALLE DES VENTES DE CHINON S.A.R.L LUNDI 21 MAI à 14 H 15. Route de Tours  2, rue Gustave Eiffel  37500 Chinon. Tél. : 02.47.93.12.64. Fax... [Lire la suite]