27 février 2014

A pair of diamond pendent earrings. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014 Each lozenge-shaped diamond drop in a baguette and square-cut diamond surround, to diamond-set reverse palmette and line suspension, post fittings, 5.0cm long. Estimate £8,000 – £10,000 ($13,336 - $16,670) Christie's. JEWELLERY. 19 March 2014. London, South Kensington - www.christies.com

A diamond collar necklace. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014 Composed of articulated tapered links pavé-set with brilliant-cut diamonds, 38.0cm long. Estimate £14,000 – £16,000 ($23,338 - $26,672) Christie's. JEWELLERY. 19 March 2014. London, South Kensington - www.christies.com

A diamond bib necklace. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014 The front of lattice-work design set with graduated brilliant-cut diamonds to a fancy-link back chain, 43.0cm long. Estimate £15,000 – £20,000 ($25,005 - $33,340) Christie's. JEWELLERY. 19 March 2014. London, South Kensington - www.christies.com

Exceptionnelle topaze, 9 630 carats et 301 facettes (estimation : 150 000 – 160 000 €). Photo: Sotheby's Paris – « Cabinets de curiosités »… L’expression à elle seule suggère des accumulations improbables, des trésors enfouis puis exhumés, ayant traversé les époques et suggérant tour à tour le merveilleux et l’insolite. De tout temps, ces assemblages singuliers ont exercé une réelle fascination sur les amateurs, les artistes et les collectionneurs. Afin de rendre hommage à ce thème, Sotheby’s a réuni pour une vente à Paris le... [Lire la suite]

A small wucai meiping, Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi Period. Photo Sotheby's painted in vivid colors with a continuous scene of a dignitary standing on a garden terrace between an attendant and a kneeling subject offering a gift, a draped table and armchair behind, all amidst lush foliage. Height 7 1/8 in., 18.2 cm. Estimation 6,000 — 8,000 USD Provenance: Professor D. R. Laurence Collection, no. 168.Roy Davids Collection. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 18 Mar 2014, 10:30 AM - www.sothebys.com

A wucai double-gourd 'Dragon' vase, 17th century. Photo Sotheby's the lower bulb decorated with peony flowers amongst scrolling foliage, the upper bulb with two dragons contesting a 'flaming pearl', one enameled in aubergine and the other in green, the base unglazed. Height 17 3/4 in., 45 cm. Estimation 5,000 — 7,000 USD Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 18 Mar 2014, 10:30 AM - www.sothebys.com

  Lot 243. A rare wucai 'Fish' jar, Jiajing mark and period (1522-1566). Height 14 in., 36 cm. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 USD. Lot sold 845,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's the stoutly potted globular body painted in vibrant enamels with a continuous frieze of large and small golden carp swimming amongst aquatic plants, the fish in reddish-orange with fins and scales penciled in iron-red, the lotus blossoms in bright yellow and iron-red with leaves of pale green growing alongside feather and... [Lire la suite]

Cartier. An Art Deco Emerald and Diamond Ring, circa 1920. Via FD Gallery, www.fd-inspired.com

Cartier. An Art Deco Emerald and Diamond Bracelet, circa 1925. Via FD Gallery, www.fd-inspired.com