29 juillet 2013

Robe à la francaise (sack back gown), Great Britain, 1760-1770. Chinese cream silk satin trimmed with silk braid, painted with exotic flowers.

Overdress of a womans 3 piece dress (robe à la française), circa 1750s.  English Silk extended tabby (gros de Tours) with liseré self-patterning and brocading in silver lamella and filé. 

White Sapphire and Red Spinel Ring by Suzanne Belperron Carved Rock Crystal Brooch and Earrings, c.1935 by Suzanne Belperron Three Carved Gemstone Sculptural Rings with Pearls by Suzanne Belperron. Emerald and Green Beryl Vanity Case by Suzanne Belperron. Photo Courtesy of Christie's. Pair of Ruby and Emerld Gold Earrings by Suzanne Belperron. Photo Courtesy of Christie's. Pair of Diamond and Gold Cuff Links by Suzanne Belperron. Photo Courtesy of Christie's. Chalcedony Bead and Sapphire Necklace by Suzanne... [Lire la suite]

Rhodochrosite - Peru Limonite after Marcasite Desert Concretion - Morocco Chalcedony geode - New Mexico Nepheline coated by Sodalite and colored by electric-blue Nosean flecks in the clear Sodalite - Afghanistan Polished slice of an Octahedrite iron meteorite, that has been etched with acids to show the Widmanstatten structure

A fine pre-Achaemenid gold ibex head protome circa 7th century B.C. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2003 With powerful neck and heavy horns curving backwards with chased ribbing, the long ears held alert, with boldly chased facial details, wide eyes with tear ducts and triple-ridged arching eyebrows, nostrils flaring, with cross-hatched forelock and short striated hairs framing the jaws, the hollow interior with remains of bitumen core, mounted; 2 in. (5 cm.) high. Price Realized £64,250Christie's. ANTIQUITIES, INCL. AN ENGLISH... [Lire la suite]

Golden head of a horse rhyton, from the Sassanid Empire, 6-7th century AD. Courtesy & currently located at the Reza Abbasi Museum, Iran.

Roman face helmet. 15 B.C. Nijmegen Museum. Netherlands.

Ancient Etruscan Mirror with Female Figure and Engraved Scene, bronze, 3rd century BC.  The handle of this mirror is cast as a female figure with bracelets, armband, and necklace. She holds an object in her right hand, her arm is bent, and her outstretched wings curve around the mirror. There is an engraved scene on the reverse of the mirror, depicting a warrior and a woman standing before a building, with a man and woman at the sides.

Ludovisi Ares, Roman after the Greek original from ca. 320 BC. Some restorations were made to the sculpture by Gianlorenzo Bernini in 1622.  This remarkable sculpture was rediscovered in 1622, on the site which was once apparently the temple of Mars, of which very few traces remain today. It was recovered near the more distinguishable site of the church of San Salvatore in Campo, which Pietro Santi Bartoli recorded as been found during the digging of a drain.

Vandenbrandeite, Kasolite, Cuprosklodowskite, Uranophane, Digenite, and Uraninite Iridescent Ferberite with Siderite - Portugal Leiteite (white), Stranskiite (blue) and Warikahnite (orange) Cinnabar, Quartz and Dolomite - China  Rhodochrosite on Quartz - China