15 février 2014

A flambé-glazed bottle vase, 19th century. Photo Bonhams. The rich red glaze paling to mottled lavender and creamy-brown streaks at the rim. 35.6cm (14in) high. Estimate £800 - 1,200 (€980 - 1,500) Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. 4 Mar 2014, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com

A flambé glazed vase, tianqiuping, 19th century. Photo Bonhams. Thickly potted with a bulbous body rising from a convex foot and tapering to a slender neck, all covered with a rich flambé glaze of a vibrant red streaked with lavender and blue, unglazed base. 44cm (17¼in) high. Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 (€1,800 - 3,000) Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. 4 Mar 2014, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com

A flambé glazed vase, 18th-19th century. Photo Bonhams. The globular body with flaring neck and ribbed band encircling the shoulder, the thick red glaze with vivid turquoise and violet streaks running down to the foot, the rim and base covered in a cream crackled glaze. 36.2cm (14.1/4in) high. Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 (€1,800 - 2,400) Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. 4 Mar 2014, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com

A copper red and white glazed dragon bottle, Kangxi. Photo Bonhams. The tall slender neck with everted rim, painted with a sinuous dragon encircling the shoulder and neck; and a sang de boeuf tripod incense burner, with gently flaring rim, set on short cabriole legs. The vase 19cm (7.1/2in) high. Estimate £600 - 800 (€730 - 980) Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. 4 Mar 2014, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com

The Virgin and Child with Angels, Jean Fouquet . Oil on panel, 94.5 x 85.5cm, c. 1452, Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten.  MADRID.- The Prado is presenting The Virgin and Child with Angels, a masterpiece by the Early Renaissance French artist Jean Fouquet. It can be seen until 25 May in Room 25. This is the right-hand panel of the famous “Melun Diptych, one of the rare surviving examples of 15th-century French painting. The panel is now on display at the Prado alongside The Agony in the Garden with the Donor Louis... [Lire la suite]

A blanc-de-chine figure of Guanyin, 20th century. Photo Bonhams. Modelled with a serene expression, with flowing robes and a hood folded over the high chignon, the right hand holding a small scroll, with lotus and flowerhead jewellery reaching from the neck down to the feet, standing on stylised clouds. 46cm (18in) high. Estimate £2,000 - 2,500 (€2,400 - 3,000) Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. 4 Mar 2014, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com

A blanc-de-chine figure of Guanyin, 18th-19th century. Photo Bonhams. The figure modelled wearing a long flowing shawl over the hair and shoulders and a robe just opening at the chest to reveal Buddhist jewellery, the hands held out low in front of the body and a jewelled tassel hanging down between the bare feet, fixed painted wood stand. 40cm (15¾in) high. Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 (€1,200 - 1,800) Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 27 March 1982, lot 218A European private collection Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. 4 Mar 2014, San... [Lire la suite]

A blanc-de-chine figure of Guanyin, 17th-18th century. Photo Bonhams. The Bodhisattva of Mercy depicted in her role of 'bringer of sons', with a young boy seated on her lap. 29.5cm (11 5/8in) high. Estimate £700 - 1,000 (€850 - 1,200) Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. 4 Mar 2014, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com

A blanc-de-chine incense burner, gui, 17th century. Photo Bonhams. With short foot, everted rim and moulded lion mask handles, incised to one side with three lines of calligraphy. 9.5cm (3.3/4in) wide across the handles. Estimate £2,000 - 2,500 (€2,400 - 3,000) Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. 4 Mar 2014, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Comtesse d'Haussonville, 1845, oil on canvas, 51 7/8 x 36 ¼ inches, The Frick Collection, New York; photo: Michael Bodycomb.  THE HAGUE.- Over 30 masterpieces from the celebrated Frick Collection will be seen outside New York for the first time as part of a special exhibition at the Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery in The Hague in 2015.  The Frick Collection in The Hague A Country House in New York: Highlights from The Frick Collection will be the first major exhibition to be displayed... [Lire la suite]