13 juin 2014

A Meissen Hausmaler tea canister and cover, circa 1720-25. Photo: Bonhams. Decorated in Augsburg in gilding, of hexagonal shape with alternating panels of birds and Chinese figures on strapwork pediments, the cover with a wide band of gilding and landscape on top, 10.5cm high (small flat chip to rim of cover, minor rubbing) (2). Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 (€5,000 - 7,500) Bonhams. FINE EUROPEAN CERAMICS. London, New Bond Street, 18 Jun 2014 - http://www.bonhams.com/

A Meissen silver-gilt-mounted Hausmaler coffee pot and cover, circa 1720-25. Photo: Bonhams. Decorated in Augsburg in gilding, attributed to Abraham Seuter, with a continuous chinoiserie scene depicting figures beneath parasols and trees engaged in various amusing pursuits, between fluted bands embellished with gilt dots, scrollwork and stripes, the handle and spout gilt, the domed cover with insects and exotic birds perched on branches, the silver mounts by Elias Adam, Augsburg, town and maker's mark, 20.6cm high (minor rubbing)... [Lire la suite]

Red spinel and diamond ring. Photo Tiancheng International. Centring on a cushion-shaped red spinel weighing 15.47 carats, surrounded by pear-shaped and brilliant-cut diamonds, the diamonds together weighing approximately 4.85 carats, mounted in 18 karat white gold. Ring size: 6½. Estimate: HK$160,000 - 200,000 (US$20,500 - 25,500). Sold for HK$188,80 Accompanied by GRS report numbered GRS2011-050084T, dated 10 May 2011, stating that the 15.47 carat spinel is natural, Deep Red colour, of Burmese origin, with no indication of... [Lire la suite]

Red spinel, pink diamond and diamond ring. Photo Tiancheng International. Centring on a cushion-shaped red spinel weighing 23.02 carats, flanked on each side by a half-moon-shaped diamond, decorated by brilliant-cut diamonds and pink diamonds to the basket and shoulders, mounted in 18 karat white and pink gold. Ring size: 6 ½. Estimate: HK$180,000 - 280,000 (US$23,000 - 36,000). Sold for HK$342,200 Accompanied by GRS report numbered GRS2012-102716, dated 26 October 2012, stating that 23.02 carat spinel is natural, Deep... [Lire la suite]

Mario Testino, Carolyn Murphy, Harpers Bazaar, St.Tropez, 1999. Photo Courtesy galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, © Mario Testino PARIS - A l'occasion de cette exposition personnelle du photographe Mario Testino, deux séries d'œuvres seront présentées: Extremes, une série d'images iconiques et inédites jamais exposées auparavant et la série Alta Moda.Redéfinissant en permanence les limites de la photographie de mode, Mario Testino a édifié sa carrière autour des principes de découverte et de transformation. Grâce à... [Lire la suite]

Emerald and diamond ring. Photo Tiancheng International Centring on an octagonal step-cut emerald weighing 14.83 carats, flanked on each side by a trilliant diamond together weighing approximately 3.00 carats, mounted in 18 karat white gold and yellow gold. Ring size: 4½. Estimate: HK$1,800,000 - 2,300,000 (US$230,000 - 295,000). Sold for HK$2,124,000 Accompanied by Gubélin report numbered 13051031, dated 15 May 2013, stating that the 14.83 carat emerald is natural, Green colour, of Colombian origin, with... [Lire la suite]

Pair of emerald and diamond pendent earrings. Photo Tiancheng International Each suspending a cushion-shaped emerald weighing 4.47 and 4.38 carats respectively, surrounded by marquise-shaped and brilliant-cut diamonds, extending to a cluster of pear-shaped diamond surmount, the diamonds altogether weighing approximately 5.60 carats, mounted in platinum. Estimate: HK$1,400,000 - 1,800,000 (US$180,000 - 230,000). Sold for HK$1,652,000  Accompanied by Gubélin reports numbered 12011022 and 12011021, dated 18... [Lire la suite]

A fine Meissen yellow-ground plate from the "Yellow Hunting" service, circa 1730. Photo: Bonhams. The well with a chrysanthemum-shaped reserve painted in Kakiemon style with a phoenix enclosed by three flowering bushes, the brown-edged rim reserved with three quatrefoil panels painted with similar flowering plants, 24.8cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised / inside footrim, incised Japanese Palace inventory number N-148-/ W (scattered very minor wear). Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 (€23,000 - 28,000) Provenance:... [Lire la suite]

  A Meissen yellow-ground Augustus Rex vase, circa 1730-35. Photo: Bonhams. The squat baluster body with a flared neck, reserved with black-edged shaped quatrelobe panels, painted in the manner of Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck after engravings by Petrus Schenk, depicting chinoiserie figures and animals in landscape settings, gilt-edged rims, 46.3cm high, A.R. monogram in underglaze-blue (restored neck). Estimate £65,000 - 75,000 (€81,000 - 94,000) Provenance: With Otto Büel, Lucerne, by 1954;Dr. Marcel Nyffeler Collection,... [Lire la suite]

Fancy yellow-brown diamond, coloured diamond and diamond ring, Verdura. Photo Tiancheng International Centring on a brilliant-cut Fancy Yellow-Brown diamond weighing 10.53 carats, amid a bombé form pavé-set with brilliant-cut diamonds of golden to brownish hues, to the shoulders with brilliant-cut diamond-set foliate motifs, mounted in 18 karat white and yellow gold,signed. Ring size: 5. Estimate: HK$1,200,000 - 2,000,000 (US$155,000 - 260,000). Sold for HK$1,416,000  Accompanied by GIA report numbered... [Lire la suite]