27 août 2015

Paris au Moyen-Âge - A gauche, le Marché-neuf et ses deux halles © Grez productions. Paris au Moyen-Âge - Au fond, le Louvre - A droite, la pointe de l‘île de la Cité et les habitations des chanoines de la Sainte Chapelle © Grez productions.  Paris au Moyen-Âge - L’hôtel Dieu a été le premier hôpital de Paris. Situé sur l'Ile de la Cité, il a été fondé en 651. © Grez productions.  Paris au Moyen-Âge - Le Pont au Change - qui existe toujours - Et le Pont aux Meuniers devant la tour de... [Lire la suite]

Fluorapatite avec inclusion cristalline de Rutile. Collection et photo Gianfranco Ciccolini Fluorite. Rocche Grana quarry, Montoso, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Italie. Collection et photo Giuseppe Finello Spinelle. Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italie. Collection Fulvio Iurcotta / Photo Matteo Chinellato. Stolzite. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australie. Collection Domenico Preite  / Photo Matteo Chinellato. Fluorapatite. Collection et photo Giuseppe... [Lire la suite]

A pair of glazed white stoneware bowls, Northern Song dynasty. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. each of conical form with everted sides rising from a short foot, the lobed body with a slightly flared rim, covered overall in a transparent glaze stopping irregularly above the foot revealing the white body (2). Diameter 4 5/8  in., 11.7 cm Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 15 sept. 2015

A large 'Qingbai' ewer and cover, Yuan dynasty. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the pyriform body rising to a tall gently flaring neck, supported on a splayed foot, the body set with a slender curved spout issuing from the mouth of a dragon, connected to the body by an elaborate S-shaped strut set opposite a high arched handle formed by the scaled body of a dragon-fish, its serpentine horn forming a small loop for attaching the cover terminating in radiating scales reinforcing the base,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 275. A 'Qingbai' 'Dragon' ewer and cover, Yuan dynasty (1279-1366). Height 11 in., 27.9 cm. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Lot sold 5,625 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. of flattened baluster form, the body with a coiled dragon medallion to either side flanked by a curved spout and a dragon-fish form strap handle, the fitted cover with a recumbent lion-form knop (2).  Provenance: Acquired in the 1970s or 80s.  Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 15 sept. 2015

Lot 274. A carved 'Qingbai' 'Twin Fish' dish, Song dynasty. Diameter 7 1/4  in., 18.4 cm. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 USD. Lot sold 3,250 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. he rounded sides rising to a gently everted rim, the interior freely carved with a lively pair of addorsed carp on a combed wave ground, applied overall with a translucent pale bluish-green glaze, the footrim and recessed base unglazed.  Provenance: Acquired in the 1970s or 80s.  Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 15... [Lire la suite]

 Palazzo Bernardo in Venice. Photo: Massimo Listri Palazzo Bernardo in Venice.

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Lot 276. A black-glazed ribbed ewer, Song-Jin dynasty. Height 9 1/2  in., 24.2 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 10,000 USD Photo: Sotheby's. of ovoid form, sloping gently at the shoulders to the narrow neck flaring to an everted rim, one side with a subtly notched tubular spout bent near the top, set opposite an arched handle connecting the mouth to the main body, the cover with a pointed knop, covered all over in a lustrous black-brown glaze streaked with russet and encircled... [Lire la suite]

Lot 225. A Yixing molded 'Dragon' bowl, Qing dynasty, 18th century, signed Chen Jinhou. Diameter 7 7/8  in., 20 cm. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Lot sold 52,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the rounded sides molded with five raised oval medallions of a dragon amid clouds, below a band of stylizedshou characters encircling the rim, the buff colored clay flecked with reddish-brown slip, the base impressed with a seal reading Chen Jinhou zhi (made by Chen Jinhou).  ... [Lire la suite]