19 août 2015

German master, Vanitas Still Life with Skull, Wax Jack and Pocket Sundial, circa 1620. Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Simon Renard de Saint-André (1613-1677), Vanitas, huile sur toile, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marseille, France.

Pair of titanium and glass 'Carnaval à Venise' earrings, JAR. Estimate $6,000 - $9,000. Photo Sotheby's. Each of modernist form modelled as a coiled wire terminating in a gilded Venetian glass sphere, size approximately 70 x 45mm, signed JAR Paris, numbered 144.Accompanied by a JAR pouch. Sotheby's. Important Jewels,  31 Aug 2015,  Sydney 

14ct gold and 10.94 carats fancy yellow diamond ring. Estimate $220,000 - $280,000. Photo Sotheby's. Claw-set with a round brilliant-cut natural fancy yellow diamond weighing 10.94 carats, size O.Accompanied by GIA report numbered 5141547864, dated 19 March 2012, stating the 10.94 carat diamond is Natural Fancy Yellow colour, VS1 clarity. Sotheby's. Important Jewels,  31 Aug 2015,  Sydney 

François-Joseph Graf, un appartement à Paris. Photos courtesy Graf

A Pair of Platinum and Diamond Spray Earclips, Van Cleef & Arpels, with Detachable Cultured Pearl and Diamond Drops. Estimate $ 50,000-70,000. © 2015 Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Inc. consisting of cluster settings containing two pear shape diamonds weighing approximately 2.80 carats total and 42 marquise cut diamonds weighing approximately 24.86 carats total, together with later detachable drop pendants, not by Van Cleef & Arpels, containing two pearls measuring approximately 13.60 x 12.85 mm and 13.85 x 13.30 mm... [Lire la suite]

A Fine Platinum and Diamond Necklace, Van Cleef & Arpels, with a Detachable Cultured Pearl and Diamond Pendant. Estimate $ 60,000-80,000. © 2015 Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Inc. consisting of a single row V-shape necklace containing one octagonal step cut diamond weighing approximately 2.41 carats, one octagonal step cut diamond weighing approximately 1.75 carats, one octagonal step cut diamond weighing approximately 1.47 carats, six octagonal step cut diamond weighing approximately 6.63 carats total, six... [Lire la suite]

A Chinese blue-ground 'dragon' robe, 19th century. Estimate £600 – £1,000 ($934 - $1,556). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 Embroidered with coloured silks and couched in gold threads with ten five-clawed dragons amongst clouds, bats, peony and auspicious objects, above cresting waves and lishui stripes. CHRISTIE'S INTERIORS - INCLUDING ASIAN WORKS OF ART, 9 September 2015, London, South Kensington

  Burgundy Red Silk Robe ‘Pao’ with Dragons, 19th-20th century. Estimate 3,000 Euro. Photo Auctionata AG. Silk. Garment with exquisite embroidery. With depiction of dragons with magical pearl, Buddhist symbols of good fortune, cloud formations and cranes over a banner of waves. Intense colors on a burgundy background. The hems of the sleeves in black color with colored embroidery. Light blue inner lining. With a silk cord. Length of neck to the hem: c. 134 cm. Sleeve end to sleeve end: c.... [Lire la suite]

Fire Gilt Bronze Zun Oil Lamp in Shape of a Ram, Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). Estimate 3,200 Euro. Photo Auctionata AG. Fire gilt bronze. Hollow-cast in the form of a recumbent ram with scrolled horns. Simple position and plain wall. The hinged rump forming the cover of the lamp. The surface with a partly green patina. Dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm Oil lamps of this type, cast in the shape of animals became popular during the Han dynasty. Typically the hinged cover flips up to... [Lire la suite]