24 mars 2013

Pair of mounted vases, ca. 1750. Chinese porcelain with French mounts. Hard-paste porcelain with gilt-bronze mounts. Each 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (28.6 x 19.1 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1977 (1977.102.1,.2). HEILBRUNN TIMELINE OF ART HISTORY These sky-blue vases of the Qianlong period were embellished in Paris with scrolled and foliated mounts that were used as bases, handles, and rims and adapted to the European Rococo aesthetic. The mounting of both Asian and European porcelain became a standard... [Lire la suite]

Covered cup, ca. 1565–70. Chinese with English mounts. Hard paste and silver gilt. H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm). Gift of Irwin Untermeyer, 1968 (68.141.125a,b). © 2000–2013 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Six bowls of this type were recorded at Schloss Ambras in the Austrian Tyrol in 1596, five marked with a seal translated as "fine vessel for the rich and honorable." Our cup, with its sober mounts by an identified English silversmith, corresponds closely to the description of one given to Queen Elizabeth I in 1582. The... [Lire la suite]

Ewer, 16th century (ca. 1585). Made in China (porcelain); Made in London, England (silver-gilt). Porcelain, silver-gilt. H. 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm). Rogers Fund, 1944 (44.14.2). © 2000–2013 The Metropolitan Museum of Art In the sixteenth century, Chinese porcelain occasionally arrived in England, sometimes by way of the Levant, sometimes by sea around the Cape of Good Hope. As it was very rare and considered a special treasure, the most accomplished English silversmiths were often commissioned to make mounts... [Lire la suite]

Balthasar van der Ast, A vase of flowers in the window, c. 1650. Oil on panel, 67 x 98 cm. Anhaltische Gemaldegalerie, Dessau

Balthasar van der Ast, Basket of Flowers, c. 1622. Oil on panel, painted surface: 17.8 x 23.5 cm with additions: 18.4 x 24.4 cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA

Balthasar van der Ast, Still Life of Flowers, Fruit, Shells, and Insects, c. 1629. Oil on oak panel, 17 × 29 in (43.2 × 73.7 cm) Birmingham Museum of Art. Photo Sean Pathasema.

Balthasar van der Ast, Still-Life of Flowers, Shells, and Insects, c. 1635. Oil on panel, 24 x 35 cm. Private collection

Balthasar van der Ast, Still life with shells, circa 1640, oil on panel. Height: 30 cm (11.8 in). Width: 47 cm (18.5 in). 2173 (OK). 1942: bequeathed to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, by Mr. and Mrs. Philips-van der Willigen. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

Balthasar van der Ast, Fruit still life with shells, 1620, oil on panel, 46 × 64.5 cm (18.1 × 25.4 in). Accession number 1066. purchased by the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, from D. de Boer, 1983.

Trois assiettes en porcelaine de la famille verte. Chine, dynastie Qing, époque Kangxi (1662-1722). Photo Daguerre & Brissonneau De forme octogonale, décorées au centre d'hirondelles volant autour d'un saule et un prunus en fleurs, l'aile ornée de fleurs alternant avec des cartouches de papillons et criquets. D. 25,5 cm. Estimation : 600 - 800 € Deux paires d'assiettes en porcelaine de la famille verte. Chine, dynastie Qing, époque Kangxi (1662-1722). Photo Daguerre & Brissonneau De... [Lire la suite]