8 septembre 2013

"Phèdre". Christian  Lacroix pour Martine Chevallier dans "Phèdre", 1995. Atelier de couture de la Comédie-Française. (c) Centre national du costume de scène Robe à taille haute en velours de soie rouge avec traîne, manches larges resserrées sur l'avant-bras avec engageantes en velours rouge à motifs rasés. Application de motifs en latex or et noir sur le corsage et les épaules. Col bijou en latex doré. Jupon en faille fushia.  "Thésée". Christian  Lacroix pour François Beaulieu... [Lire la suite]

An antique pearl, sapphire and diamond tiara. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2004 Designed as five graduating pearl and sapphire-set sprays and diamond-set scroll motifs, centring on a diamond-set marquise's coronet, mounted in silver and gold, with six brooch fittings, five hairpin fittings and a screwdriver, each spray and coronet detachable, circa 1880, inner circumference 17.0 cm., in fitted maroon leather Auger case stamped with a count's coronet. Price Realized £11,950Notes: Alphonse Auger established himself as a jeweller... [Lire la suite]

A George III diamond tiara. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2009 Designed as a series of foliate scrolls, the central panel with stylized plume surmount set throughout with rose-cut diamonds to the closed-back setting, mounted in silver and gold, circa 1790, frame 45.5 cm. Price Realized CHF40,000THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMANChristie's. JEWELS : THE GENEVA SALE. 18 November 2009. Geneva - www.christies.com

Diadème de diamants de Pauline de Württemberg (c) Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart; Frankenstein / Zwietasch Collier de diamants de Pauline de Württemberg (c) Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart; Frankenstein / Zwietasch Bracelets de diamants de Pauline de Württemberg (c) Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart; Frankenstein / Zwietasch

Chinese Famille Rose Enameled Porcelain Dish, Xuantong Six-Character Mark and of the Period. Photo courtesy Doyle New York The shallow dish with rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, the interior painted with two songbirds perched on a blossoming prunus branch among sprays of chrysanthemum and other foliage. Diameter 8 3/4 inches. Gilt wear to rim. Interior with light surface scratching. Foot rim with minute chips to edge. Scattered pinholes. Estimate $6,000-8,000 Doyle New York. Asian... [Lire la suite]

Lot 364. A large Famille-Rose dish, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Diameter 20 1/4 in., 51.4 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 75,000 USD. Photo: Sothebys. enameled with four fluttering butterflies hovering over bamboo and two lush sprays of blossoming pink and iron-red chrysanthemum emerging from leafy boughs, the foliage of varying greens and stages of growth, the taller of the plants extending around and arching over conforming nicely to the curving form, the... [Lire la suite]

Chinese Enameled Porcelain Vase, Daoguang Mark and of the Period. Photo courtesy Doyle New York The double gourd form painted with a profusion of blossoming flowers below a gilt rim, the base and interior worked in turquoise. Height 11 inches. Very light gilt wear, very light enamel wear. Estimate $5,000-7,000 Doyle New York. Asian Works of Art. Monday, September 16, 2013 at 10am. http://www.doylenewyork.com/

Chinese Enameled Porcelain Bowl, Daoguang Seal Mark and of the Period. Photo courtesy Doyle New York The conical shape painted on the exterior with three white goats amid rockwork and blossoming flowers of spring, inscription on the reverse. Diameter 5 1/4 inches. Good condition. Estimate $6,000-8,000 Doyle New York. Asian Works of Art. Monday, September 16, 2013 at 10am. http://www.doylenewyork.com/

Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Bowl, Daoguang Six-Character Mark and Possibly of the Period. Photo courtesy Doyle New York The deep form rising to a slightly everted rim, the exterior decorated with stylized lotus blooms, flower heads, and leafy scrolls, all reserved on a lemon-yellow ground, the interior painted with five iron-red bats. Diameter 4 1/2 inches. Very good condition. Estimate $1,000-1,500  Doyle New York. Asian Works of Art. Monday, September 16, 2013 at... [Lire la suite]

Lot 359. A yellow-ground Famille-Rose 'Medallion' bowl, Daoguang seal mark and period (1821-1850). Diameter 5 3/4  in., 14.5 cm. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 USD. Lot sold 87,500 USD. Photo: Sothebys. the rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a slightly flared rim, the exterior with three gilt-edged medallions enclosing a goat in a differing attitude beneath a tree in bloom, interspersed by floral sprays and clusters of fruit and precious objects reserved on an incised lemon-yellow ground,... [Lire la suite]