10 janvier 2013
Miroir en bronze argenté à décor de lions et de grappes de raisins, Chine, Dynastie Tang
Miroir en bronze argenté à décor de lions et de grappes de raisins, Chine, Dynastie Tang (618-907). Photo Iegor
Finement exécuté, pourvu d'un bouton central formant lion couché qu'entoure une frise de quatre lions passant parmi des grappes de raisin, le cercle extérieur orné d'un décor moulé alternant oiseaux et grappe de vin, l'ensemble cerné d'une frise de petites volutes nuageuses. D: 12cm - 4.75''. Estimation : 3 000 / 4 000 $
Pour un miroir similaire, voir R. KEVERNE, ‘'Chinese Bronze Mirrors, Warring... [Lire la suite]10 janvier 2013
Nationalmuseum acquires three 17th-century paintings from Gustaf Adolf Sparre's art collection
Jacob Toorenvliet, Man Holding a Jug (Taste), c.a. 1679. Oil on canvas. Photo: Cecilia Heisser/Nationalmuseum.
STOCKHOLM.- Nationalmuseum has acquired three important Flemish and Dutch cabinet paintings from the collection of Count Gustaf Adolf Sparre – a landscape by Gijsbrecht Leytens and two genre scenes in smaller format by David Teniers the Younger and Jacob Toorenvliet. The paintings have gilt frames decorated in Gustavian style, with the two latter works bearing cartouches at the top.
Gustaf Adolf Sparre af Söfdeborg... [Lire la suite]10 janvier 2013
Outstanding artworks by blue-chip masters headline Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Francis Bacon, Three Studies for a Self-Portrait, signed, titled and dated 1980. Oil on canvas, each 35.5 by 30.5 cm.; 14 by 12 in. Estimate: GBP10,000,000 – 15,000,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- In the wake of Sotheby’s third most successful year ever for global auctions of Contemporary Art (2012), which totalled $1.25 billion and saw a new record set for the work of any living artist, the company is delighted to present its February Evening Auction of Contemporary Art. The sale, which will take place at Sotheby’s New Bond Street... [Lire la suite]