15 octobre 2013

Porcelain Bowl “Fighting Dragons”, China, Yongzheng Six-character mark on the underside in underglaze blue and period (1723-1735). Photo Auctionata - Berlin Hand-painted porcelain with imperial yellow and green glaze. Incised dragon décor. Diameter: 8.7 cm. Height: 5.5 cm. Very good condition Provenance: Private Collection, DenmarkThis small, calyx-shaped imperial-yellow porcelain bowl, which is flared towards the top and is formed with an accentuated foot rim, dates back to the... [Lire la suite]

Blue and White Porcelain Basin with Romantic Scene, China, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Photo Auctionata - Berlin Finely painted figural décor. Diameter: 36 cm. Height: 7 cm. Estimation : 1 600 / 2 000 € Provenance: From a German Private CollectionThis large, deep porcelain basin with accentuated foot rim and broad lip was created during the Kangxi Period (1662-1722). It shows a central depiction of a Chinese scholar in a pine garden. A Chinese Deity is standing next to the man, pointing towards... [Lire la suite]

Double Gourd Porcelain Vase, Crane Décor, China, Wanli Period (1573-1619). Photo Auctionata - Berlin Porcelain with blue underglaze painting and iron red paintwork over the glaze. Wanli six-character mark in a double-circle on the underside. Blossom shaped, wooden pedestal of the Qing Dynasty.Height vase: 34 cm, height pedestal: 6 cm.Excellent condition. Estimation : 6 400 / 8 000 € Provenance: From a Frankfurt Estate Note: A comparable vase, also dated Wanli, was sold in November 2002 at... [Lire la suite]

Flambé Glaze Porcelain Vase, Qianlong Mark and Period. Photo Auctionata - Berlin Underneath with the delicately incised six-character seal mark of the Qianlong Period. The neck with expressive Flambé “ring of flames”. Bulbous gourd shape. Height: 20 cm. Very good condition. Estimation : 6 400 / 8 000 € Provenance: From a German private collectionThis porcelain vase of the Qianlong Period (1736-1795) impresses due to its shining glazing of the Flambé Style, which adorns the gourd shaped... [Lire la suite]

Tall Baluster Porcelain Vase, China, Qianlong Mark and Period (1736-1795). Photo Auctionata - Berlin White glazed porcelain with blue underglaze painting. Underneath with the six-character seal mark of the Qianlong Period. Very decoratively painted. Exceptional size. Height: 63.5 cm. Excellent condition. Estimation : 16 000 / 20 000 € Provenance: From a Berlin private collection; an invoice from 1967 is enclosedThis magnificent, hexagonal and tall baluster... [Lire la suite]

Large Huanghuali Storage Chest, China, 17th Century. Photo Auctionata - Berlin Huanghuali wood, bronze, China, 17th Century. Beautiful, original patina. Original bronze fittings. Two locks and one key. Beautiful ornamented handles to either narrow sides. Dimensions: 151.5 cm Width x 75 cm Height x 70 cm Depth. Good condition. Estimation : 32 000 / 40 000 € Provenience: From a Private Collection This exceptional Huanghuali storage chest was... [Lire la suite]

Lizzy Caplan wearing Andrew Gn Resort 2014 look n°1 to the Showtime new show ‘Masters of sex’ premier, in New York

In a world of standardized big-name luxury, Nardi is an anomaly. A single-location, family-run shop that’s reserved, sepulchral, and occupying just five arches in a corner of a square, it is a globally renowned synonym for a geographically specific type of glamour. Today, as the shops of international luxury brands descend on the narrow streets of Venice’s San Marco district with their handbags and headscarves, Nardi remains an undiluted expression of an aesthetic that is uniquely and proudly Venetian.  Nicholas Foulkes is a... [Lire la suite]

St Aleksei, Metropolitan of Moscow, Russia, Mount Athos. Presented to Tsarevich Aleksei and dated 1904 on the reverse; 35.8 x 31 cm. Collection: Jan Morsink Ikonen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. LONDON - An exceptional exhibition of sixty important Russian and Greek Icons will be staged by Jan Morsink Ikonen of Amsterdam, one of the leading international specialists in the field, at the Willow Gallery, 40 Duke Street, St. James’s, London SW1, from 23 to 29 November 2013 as part of Russian Art Week, a... [Lire la suite]

This is the newly published second edition. Eleven years after the magical exhibition at Somerset House in London, JAR has reprinted this book on improved paper with enhanced photographs. In the book 397 designs with descriptions, by Parisian jeweller Joel Arthur Rosenthal are presented covering the period 1987-2002. Photographed by Katherina Faeber on black backgrounds to enhance the jewels. Text is in English by Joel Rosenthal and Pierre Jeannet. An essential book for all dealers, collectors and lovers of... [Lire la suite]