8 juillet 2015

Le bracelet haute joaillerie en diamants et émeraude taille carrée d'Alexandre Vauthier pour Mellerio dits Meller. La mono boucle d'oreille en diamants et émeraude taille carrée d'Alexandre Vauthier pour Mellerio dits Meller. La mono boucle d'oreille Alexandre Vauthier pour Mellerio dits Meller @ Mathieu César Production Iconoclast La mono boucle d'oreille transformée en collier Alexandre Vauthier pour Mellerio dits Meller @ Mathieu César Production Iconoclast La mono boucle d'oreille Alexandre... [Lire la suite]

A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted tulipwood, amaranth, sycamore, holly and mosaic parquetry table à écrire. By Martin Carlin, circa 1775, retailed by the marchand-ébéniste Nicholas-Pierre Severin. Estimate: £400,000-600,000 ($622,400 - $933,600). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The rectangular sliding top with canted breakfront angles, inlaid overall with square trellis parquetry filled with spiral rosettes within a rosette-filled entrelac border, with a three-quarter gallery, rosette and cabochon moulded edge above a sanded panelled... [Lire la suite]

An early Louis XV ormolu-mounted bois satiné and amaranth bureau plat (bureau à espagnolettes bouclées). By Charles Cressent  circa 1738-45. Estimate: £1,000,000-1,500,000 ($1,556,000 - $2,334,000). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The rectangular top with gilt-tooled leather writing-surface within a moulded border and with shell-cast mounts to the corners, above a quarter-veneered serpentine frieze with a leather-lined slide to the left side, five walnut-lined drawers to the front and opposing false drawers to the... [Lire la suite]

A Louis XV ormolu-mounted Chinese flambé-glazed porcelain vase. The mounts attributed to Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis, circa 1755, the porcelain second quarter 18th century. Estimate: £600,000-1,000,000 ($933,600 - $1,556,000).  Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The vase mounted with vigorously scrolling flared neck and paired acanthus handles, the base cast with scrolling acanthus, rocaille, shells and flowerheads, with fragmentary blue-bordered paper label to the inside of the neck inscribed …6 /... [Lire la suite]

A late Louis XV ormolu-mounted Chinese celadon crackle-glazed porcelain two-handled vase. The mounts attributed to Jean-Claude-Thomas Duplessis, circa 1770, the porcelain 18th century. Estimate: £700,000-1,000,000 ($1,089,200 - $1,556,000). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The domed lid formed of an inverted shallow dish surmounted by a foliate and egg-and-dart cast cover with berried finial, flanked by twinned square-section panelled handles with pinecone bosses and foliate patera finials, issuing from a Greek-key frieze,... [Lire la suite]

Claude Montana, automne-hiver 1993-1994. Veste oversize en vison curry et col de renard colza, pièce unique. Estimation 2,500 — 3,000 EUR. Lot. Vendu 3,750 EUR Photo: Sotheby"s. Claude Montana, A/W 1993-94. An over-sized chartreuse mink jacket with deep fox collar Provenance: Garde-robe de Madame Wallis Montana, épouse du créateur Bibliographie: Claude Montana et Marielle Cro, Montana, L’Editeur, Paris, 2010, p. 181. Claude Montana, automne-hiver 1993-1994. ... [Lire la suite]

Nuun. Manchette « Orchidée » en or rose, rubis (6 cts), saphirs roses (23,90 cts), spinelles (11,3 cts) et spessartite (3,82 cts).  MONTE-CARLO - L’Hôtel L’Hermitage de Monte-Carlo accueille le 30 juillet 2015 à 14h une vente aux enchères unique, organisée par la maison Boule, qui réunira les plus grands noms de la joaillerie de la place Vendôme et de Bond Street. La vente proposera notamment deux pièces uniques de la collection Ombre et Lumière de Nuun : le bracelet Orchidée et la bague Thé vert. Parfaite illustration... [Lire la suite]

Detail of Blue Lotus, 1973. Lithograph on paper 22 x 30 inches, by Chang Dai-chien (Zhang Daqian). Fine Arts Gallery at SF State, Asia Week San Francisco Bay Area.  SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Asia Week San Francisco Bay Area announced its inaugural edition celebrating Asian art in the Bay Area, October 2-10, 2015. The week will include a public program roster of galleries, museums, universities and institutions presenting exhibitions and programs representing the full spectrum of Asian cultures. Asia... [Lire la suite]

Portrait équestre de François Ier du XVIIe siècle, d'après un original du XVIe siècle © BnF BLOIS - En 2015, la France célébre les 500 ans de l’accession au trône de François Ier ainsi que l’anniversaire de la bataille de Marignan. La Ville de Blois et la Bibliothèque nationale de France se sont associées pour produire une des expositions majeures de cette année François Ier, la plus importante en dehors de Paris et de la région parisienne. Le commissariat général en a été confié à Élisabeth... [Lire la suite]

Discovered near Launde Abbey – Home of Thomas Cromwell’s Son. Expected to fetch £20,000-30,000 at auction. On public exhibition in London prior to sale on 9 July. Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON.- An English, late fifteenth-century love or marriage ring discovered in 2013 with a metal detector near Launde Abbey, an Elizabethan manor house once home to Thomas Cromwell’s son, will be offered for auction by Sotheby’s in London on 9 July 2015 in a sale of Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art. Estimated at £20,000-30,000, the... [Lire la suite]