19 juillet 2014

Agate Rhyton by Harold Van Pelt: carved agate drinking vessel with gold capped nose with a hole to restrict the flow of liquid. (Photo courtesy Bowers Museum) Quartz Twin Vases by Harold Van Pelt: Rock crystal vases measuring 10 ½ in high × 3 in. in diameter at the top and 3 ½ in. at the base. Each vase has 96 facets. The tops of the covers are made of green and pink tourmalines. (Photo courtesy Bowers Museum) Balancing Act' by Harold Van Pelt. An acorn-shaped Quartz container suspended from a base of Rutilated Quartz ... [Lire la suite]

Précieux et émouvant encrier de Guy de Maupassant, deuxième moitié du XIXe siècle. Photo Wemaëre - de Beaupuis - Denesle Enchères SVV en porcelaine rose à décors, dans une réserve, de bergers et bergères en polychromie sur fond rose à treillis noirs (léger fêle), monture en bronze doré ornée de feuilles d’acanthes et têtes de griffons, les deux couvercles en bronze doré représentent des bouquet de fleurs. Estimation : 8 000 € - 10 000 € Cet encrier, comme les documents joints le prouvent, fut confié par la mère de Maupassant au... [Lire la suite]

Pendentif en or jaune émaillé polychrome et serti de diamants, Première moitié du XVIIe siècle. Photo Wemaëre - de Beaupuis - Denesle Enchères SVV stylisé d’un galion ou d’une caravelle armée de onze canons, les voiles latines émaillées blanc à décor de filets et de croix, le pont et Ia vigie ciselés de plusieurs personnages également émaillés, le revers présente la coque et les trois mats entièrement sertis de diamants polymorphes taillés en rose ou en table . La bélière et la pampille ornées de diamants taillés en rose et d’une... [Lire la suite]

A small mid 18th century Swedish provincial silver and silver-gilt beaker by Hans Wolrath, Arboga 1764. Photo Bonhams Cylindrical with flaring top, body part embellished with engraved foliate scrolls, below a stylised engraved scene depicting four armed men dressed in historic costume, one holding a paper roll, gadrooned collet foot, height 10cm, weight 2oz. Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 (€1,300 - 1,900). Bonhams. BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL SILVER INCLUDING OBJECTS OF VERTU, London, Knightsbridge, 30 Jul 2014 - www.bonhams.com

A late 17th century German silver two-handled wine taster by Nikolaus Ostertag, Augsburg, circa 1690. Photo Bonhams Scalloped oval form with flaring rim and ornate scroll handles, the gilded bowl embossed in high-relief with a depiction of 'Daniel in the lion's den', featuring a man surrounded by four lions in a vaulted building, within a husk border, the lobed sides chased with foliate scrolls, dated 1689 within German presentation inscription, height 3cm, length 11cm, weight 3.5oz. Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 (€1,300 - 1,900) ... [Lire la suite]

A late 17th century Latvian silver-gilt vodka cup, makers mark 'HE(?)' within conjoined circles, Riga, circa 1680. Photo Bonhams Circular slightly flaring form, demi-fluted body, engraved reeded bands, raised on a gadrooned circular foot, height 4.5cm, weight 2oz. Estimate £500 - 700 (€630 - 880) Bonhams. BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL SILVER INCLUDING OBJECTS OF VERTU, London, Knightsbridge, 30 Jul 2014 - www.bonhams.com

A mid 17th century German silver and parcel-gilt covered beaker on three ball feet by Franz Finsinger, Leipzig, third quarter of 17th century. Photo Bonhams The sides embossed with three oval panels each depicting a profile of a monarch in profile and engraved "IOH GEORG 1 - 111 D. SAX", with pendant fruit between, the separate pull-off cover embossed and chased with elongated oval panels of rural scenes and fruit, applied with a ball finial, height 15cm, weight 6.5oz. Estimate £2,000 - 2,200 (€2,500 - 2,800) Bonhams.... [Lire la suite]

Octafoil Mirror with Lunar Palace, early 12th-mid 13th century, China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234), bronze, Diameter - w:21.30 cm (w:8 3/8 inches) Wt: 954 gOverall - h:0.90 cm (h:5/16 inches)Rim - h:0.75 cm (h:1/4 inches). Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.375. Cleveland Museum of Art © 2013 Cleveland Museum of Art.

Mirror with Twin Carp, c. 1200-1225, China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234), bronze, Diameter - w:17.90 cm (w:7 inches) Wt: 813 gOverall - h:0.90 cm (h:5/16 inches)Rim - h:0.70 cm (h:1/4 inches). Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.379. Cleveland Museum of Art © 2013 Cleveland Museum of Art.

Mirror Featuring Dading Coins, c. 1178-1234, China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234), bronze, Diameter - w:11.90 cm (w:4 5/8 inches) Wt: 139 gOverall - h:0.80 cm (h:5/16 inches)Rim - h:0.40 cm (h:1/8 inches). Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.381. Cleveland Museum of Art © 2013 Cleveland Museum of Art.