28 juin 2014

  Fine underglaze iron red and green dragon dish. China, Zhengde mark and period. Photo AUKTIONSHAUS KAUPP GMBH Porcelain, painted in iron red and green and glazed. Six character Zhengde mark with double ring. Estimation : 25 000 € The five clawed dragon was the symbol of the Chinese emperor and reserved only for the emperor and his highest officials. Provenance: private collection South Germany. AUKTIONSHAUS KAUPP GMBH. 28 Juin 2014 à 10h. SCHLOSS SULZBURG - HAUPTSTR. 62 - 79295 SULZBURG. Tel: +49 (0) 76 34... [Lire la suite]

Important blue and white Guan vase. China, Ming dynasty. Photo AUKTIONSHAUS KAUPP GMBH Porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. Unmarked. Firing cracks. Estimation : 50 000 € This large blue and white vase is a representative example of a refined figure painting in the second half of the 15th Century. In addition to the classical floral decors and the use of symbols we can now find depictions of wide landscape panoramas with staffage figures in a narrative style that are taken from traditional literature and popular... [Lire la suite]

Suzanne Belperron. The Duchess of Windsor's Chalcedony Suite, Circa 1935. A necklace composed of a double-strand of chalcedony beads and a large flower head clasp with articulated carved blue chalcedony petals centering a cluster of cabochon sapphires, embellished by old-European-cut diamond trim; with French assay marks, set in platinum • 15 round diamonds • 8 cabochon sapphires • With maker’s mark • Length: 14 inches, flower clasp diameter: 2 1⁄8 inches. Belle Époque Diamond and Rock Crystal Corsage Ornament by Cartier, Paris,... [Lire la suite]

Vu Huu Nhung, sculpture en céramique. Photo : TT/CVN HANOI - Du 25 juin au 2 juillet, une exposition de sculptures en céramique de l’artiste Vu Huu Nhung a lieu au Musée des beaux-arts du Vietnam au 66, rue Nguyên Thai Hoc, à Hanoi. Intitulée «Vivre», elle est considérée comme la première expérimentation d’un jeune homme renommé de la célèbre terre de la céramique, Phù Lang. Ce sont près de 80 œuvres créées de 2013 à 2014 qui sont présentées au public. «Il s’agit de mes créations préférées», partage... [Lire la suite]

Citrine cluster brooch-pendant by Boucheron, Paris, c.1940.  Invisibly set sapphire and diamond leaf brooch by Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris. 18th century topaz pendant earrings. MASTERPIECES London 2014. S.J. PHILLIPS LTD. STAND D8.139 New Bond Street, London, W1S 2TL, United Kingdom,. T +44 20 76 29 62 61 - F +44 20 74 95 61 80. E-mail  nicolas@sjphillips.com - Website http://www.sjphillips.com/

A huanghuali altar table, 18th century. The floating panel top set into a mitered, mortise and tenon frame over a plain beaded apron with U-shaped spandrels joined to tubular supports and paired cross braces. 32 1/4 x 76 5/8 x 20 1/4in (82 x 194.5 x 51.5cm). Sold for $389,000; Est. $60,000-80,000. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams. SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams San Francisco was the destination of choice for international collectors of Asian art who traveled to attend the bi-annual auction of Fine Chinese Art and Asian Decorative Art on... [Lire la suite]

  Kappelkrone (Tabernacle Chandelier), copper alloy, South Netherlandish or German, probably Dinand or Nuremberg, late 15th century. Estimate: £200,000-300,000. Photo: Sotheby's.  LONDON.- Sotheby’s London sale of Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art on 10 July 2014 will be led by a magnificent Gothic chandelier dating to the closing decades of the 15th century which finds a tantalisingly direct parallel in Jan van Eyck’s celebrated oil painting The Arnolfini Portrait in the National Gallery, London. Estimated at... [Lire la suite]