13 octobre 2015

Chrysochroa lepida Chrysochroa cuprascens Chrysochroa buqueti hermanni Chrysochroa buqueti mirabilis Chrysochroa hemixantha Chrysochroa kraussi Chrysochroa mniszechi viridisplendens Chrysochroa buqueti buqueti Chrysochroa rajah thailandica. Museum de Toulouse Chrysochroa purpureiventris. Collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. © 2012 Belgian Biodiversity Platform Chrysochroa sublineata. Collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. ©... [Lire la suite]

A large Chinese blue and white 'dragon' bowl, Jiajing mark and period. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's the deep rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, freely painted around the exterior in cobalt-blue toes with two scaly five-clawed dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl, all amidst fire and ruyicloud scrolls and above a ruyi band, the interior with a dragon medallion - 37cm., 14 5/8 in. PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE TIM CLARKE ... [Lire la suite]

A large Japanese Imari circular tureen and cover, Edo period, early 18th century. Estimate 1,000 — 1,500 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's each painted in underglaze-blue, iron-red, green, turquoise, yellow and gilding with panels of flowering chrysanthemum, peony and prunus, against a dark blue ground, gilt with whorls beneath a border of leafy branches, the domed cover with button knop. Quantité: 2 - 33cm., 13 in. high PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE TIM CLARKE Sotheby's. Collections, Londres, 27... [Lire la suite]

A Moustiers faience wine cooler, probably Clerissy's factory, circa 1720. Estimate 1,000 — 1,500 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's elegantly painted in blue after Berain with a formal arrangement of grotesques and winged figures among trellis and strapwork, 18cm., 7in. high PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE TIM CLARKE Bibliography: A very similar wine cooler is illustrated by Emil Fabre, Die Französischen Fayencen des Mittelmeergebietes,1965, pl. 78. Sotheby's. Collections, Londres,... [Lire la suite]

A Du Paquier coffee pot and cover, circa 1725-30. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's of pear form with baroque moulded spout and scroll handle, painted in underglaze-blue in Chinese style with scattered insects among chrysanthemum and prunus below a diaper lappet border, the domed cover with annular knop. Quantité: 2 - 27.5cm., 11in. high PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE TIM CLARKE Provenance: Sotheby's Zurich, 26th June 1971, lot 75 Bibliography: A.... [Lire la suite]

A Nevers faience 'bleu persan' water fountain, circa 1670-1680. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's of baroque architectural form with twin bearded-mask handles and lion-mask spout, the dark blue-glazed ground painted in white enamel and yellow and ochre highlights with Venus and Cupid beneath a baldacchino within a bower of flowering plants on which perch exotic birds, enamel monogram mark - 44cm. 17 ½in. long Bibliography: This design is shared with a celebrated dish in the Musée... [Lire la suite]

A large Dutch Delft blue and white vase, late seventeenth century. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's of inverted baluster form, painted in manganese and blue with a procession of figures and mythical Chinese animals through a Transitional-style mountainous landscape, within elaborate floral and masked lappet borders - 55.5cm. 21 ¾in. high PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE TIM CLARKE Provenance: Paper label of E. Allain, 66 Rue la Boetie, Paris Exhibition: British... [Lire la suite]

A rare Tudor silver and parcel-gilt mounted 'Malling' jug, unmarked, circa 1550. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's globular with cylindrical neck and dark iridescent glaze, the rim finely chased with a narrow band of double-headed eagles between strap-work scrolls, the slightly domed cover chased with a band of stiff-leaf scrolls around a central elaborate merchants mark, within an escutcheon-shaped panel flanked by the initials K.C, the entwined openwork poppy-head thumbpiece... [Lire la suite]

Giovanni Battista Recco (Italian, born c. 1631, dead 1674 or 1676, dead 1674 or 1676), Still Life with Fish and Oysters, 1653. Oil on canvas, 100 x 126. NM 759. Photo: Erik Cornelius/Nationalmuseum. STOCKHOLM.- Since 2009, a huge research project on the Italian paintings collection of Nationalmuseum in Stockholm has been in progress. The collection contains well-known works by great artists but the project has also made new discoveries. The results have been published in a catalogue raisonné to be presented at... [Lire la suite]

A Dehua seated Guanyin and attendants, 17th-early 18th century. Estimate US$ 2,000 - 3,000 (€1,800 - 2,600). Photo: Bonhams. In her incarnation of Songzi, Giver of Children, the crowned deity sits on a rockwork plinth holding a child and flanked by a book and an amphora resting on rocky outcroppings above her attendants Longnu and Shancai flanking two dragon fish emerging from waves, the serene deity in deep contemplation. 13 1/4in (33.6cm) high Provenance: circular label of S. Marchant and Sons... [Lire la suite]