4 juin 2014

PARIS – Du 20 au 30 août prochain, grâce au spectacle « La Verità » de la compagnie Finzi Pasca en représentation exceptionnelle à Abu Dhabi, une œuvre du peintre surréaliste Salvador Dali foulera pour la première fois le sol du Moyen Orient.  « La Verità » passera par Abu Dhabi lors de 14 représentations de ce show hommage à Dali et dont la pièce maîtresse est un rideau de 9m × 15 m peint par l’artiste lors d’un séjour à New York en 1944. Le rideau fût crée par Salvador Dali spécialement pour son ballet, Tristan et... [Lire la suite]

Joan MIRÓ. Plat enfant noir, 1956. Céramique. Diamètre 37 cm. Exemplaire Unique. © Collection Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, Saint-Paul.  © Successio Miro Adagp Paris 2014.  VALLAURIS - Pour l’été-automne 2014, le musée Magnelli - Musée de la Céramique de Vallauris, a souhaité faire découvrir au public la richesse de l’ensemble céramique de la Fondation Maeght, qui célèbre son cinquantenaire, avec un choix de céramiques uniques d’artistes liés à la Famille Maeght. « Cette... [Lire la suite]

Rare relique de Vasco de Gama, 10 000 / 15 000 €, lot 43.Grand plat en argent, signé Xavier Lisboa, 3 000 / 5 000 €, lot 42.Deux assiettes en faïence fine, Lisbonne, XIXe siècle, 300 / 500 €, lot 37.Assiette en porcelaine, service de Carlos Ier roi du Portugal, 500 / 800 €, lot 36.Coffret cabinet en bois sculpté, indo-portugais, golfe du Bengale, XVIe siècle, 20 000 / 30 000 €, lot 16.Manche de chasse-mouche en ivoire, art cingalo-portugais, XVIIe siècle 1 000 / 1 500 €, lot 11.Coffret écritoire en ivoire sculpté, Inde, XVIIIe... [Lire la suite]

Marcel Broodthaers, Poêle De Moules’, c1965. Estimate: £40,000-60,000.  SURREY.- Tate Director Sir Nicholas Serota described Michael Compton as “arguably the first curator working in England to command international respect for his practice as a maker of exhibitions, collaborator with artists and contributor to the discourse of contemporary art”.  On June 27, Ewbank’s, Surrey’s premier auctioneer of fine art and antiques, will sell The Michael Compton Collection of Post War and Contemporary Art, a group of 28 works by... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3233.  A rare large carved Qingbai vase, meiping, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279); 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm.) high. Estimate HK$2,000,000 - HK$3,000,000 ($259,145 - $388,718). Price Realized HK$9,040,000 ($1,171,064). © Christie's Image Ltd 2014 The vase is well potted with a long slender body rising from the countersunk base to rounded shoulders, surmounted by a ribbed neck tapering to a lipped rim. It is crisply carved on the exterior with a broad band of scrolling tendrils... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3229. A Longquan Celadon 'Lotus Petal' Bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). Estimate HK$150,000 - HK$200,000 ($19,436 - $25,915). Price Realized HK$250,000 ($32,386). © Christie's Image Ltd 2014 With gently rounded sides standing on a small short foot ring, the bowl is carved and moulded around the exterior with overlapping upright petals and covered with a pale celadon glaze pooling slightly below the rim, the foot rim is unglazed. 6 1/4 in. (16 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box.  Provenance: A... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3228. A Longquan Celadon Twin-Fish Dish, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279); 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) diam. Estimate HK$100,000 - HK$150,000 ($12,957 - $19,436). Price Realized HK$162,500 ($21,051). © Christie's Image Ltd 2014 The circular dish has deep rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to an everted rim. It is applied in the centre with two fish in high relief, their scales and fins well defined, and covered overall in a pale celadon glaze stopping around the foot rim.  Provenance: Purchased in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3224. A Large Northern 'Oil Spot' Black-Glazed Bowl,  Jin Dynasty (1115-1234); 8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm.) diam. Estimate HK$200,000 - HK$400,000 ($25,915 - $51,829). Price Realized HK$150,000 ($19,431). © Christie's Image Ltd 2014 The large bowl with rounded walls rising from a short splayed foot is covered inside and out with a purplish-brown slip underneath a lustrous black glaze suffused with a dense pattern of silver 'oil spots', which ends neatly above the foot exposing the slip. The foot rim is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3222. A very rare Jun bottle vase, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm.) high. Estimate HK$4,000,000 - HK$6,000,000 ($518,291 - $777,436). Price Realized HK$5,320,000 ($689,166). © Christie's Image Ltd 2014 The vase is finely potted with a pear-shaped body rising from a short splayed foot to a long slightly flared neck, covered with a thick even glaze of milky-blue tone suffused with broad faint crackles, thinning to mushroom at the rim and stopping irregularly above the foot, exposing... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3220. A Jun lotus-bud shaped water pot, Song dynasty (960-1279); 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) wide. Estimate HK$100,000 - HK$150,000 ($12,957 - $19,436). Price Realized HK$562,500 ($72,868). © Christie's Image Ltd 2014 The water pot is finely potted with a globular body tapering towards a narrow mouth. It is covered overall with a thick glaze of milky lavender-blue tone with a faint purplish tinge, thinning to mushroom at the rim and ending irregularly above the biscuit foot.  Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's... [Lire la suite]