19 octobre 2015

Lee Miller, Jeanne Lanvin in Vogue, June 1, 1928. Photo Edward Steichen Joan Clement in Lanvin's crystal embellished robe de style, Vogue, November 1, 1926. Photo Edward Steichen Mme-Hilling, wears Lanvin's Russian diadem, Vogue, October 1, 1933. Photo George Hoyningen-Huene  Helen Lyons in Jeanne Lanvin Vogue, May 1, 1924. Photo Edward Steichen  Lanvin's romanticism, here Expressed with a butterfly bow at the back of a stunning evening dress, coexisted with Art Deco's streamlined aesthetic Vogue, May 1, 1927.... [Lire la suite]

Van Cleef & Arpels Seven Seas Etoiles high jewellery ring in white gold, inspired by the Arabian Sea, set with an oval-cut 7.29ct Sri Lankan blue sapphire surrounded by round and baguette-cut diamonds and sapphires.

Bulgari high jewellery necklace set with a central Sri Lankan sapphire, sapphire beads, brilliant-cut diamonds and pavé diamonds.

Vintage hummingbird brooch in white gold from Careems Jewellers, set with Sri Lankan sapphires and tsavorites.

Sifani white and pink gold peacock necklace, set with blue Sri Lankan sapphires, tsavorites, brown diamonds and diamonds.

  Chaumet high jewellery Liens earrings in rhodium-plated white gold, set with four round-cut Ceylon blue sapphires and brilliant-cut diamonds. Chaumet Liens necklace set with 34 round-cut Ceylon blue sapphires alternating with brilliant-cut diamonds in rhodium-plated white gold. Chaumet high jewellery Liens ring in rhodium-plated white gold, set with brilliant-cut diamonds and a 5.78ct cushion-cut Ceylon sapphire.    

A small Junyao dish, Yuan Dynasty. Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 (€2,100 - 2,700). Photo Bonhams. The shallow dish with a flat lip and raised on a short footrim, all covered in a thick sky-blue phase-separated glaze, thinning to a speckled mushroom hue at the mouth rim. 12.6cm (5in) diam. Bonhams. ASIAN ART, 9 Nov 2015 10:30 GMT - LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE

A Junyao saucer dish, Yuan Dynasty. Estimate £700 - 900 (€960 - 1,200). Photo Bonhams. With petal lobed rim, the mottled bluish grey glaze thinning to a mushroom hue at the raised lobe edges and in streaks to the centre, the side with a pinkish purple splash, the glaze falling short of the foot. 11.5cm (4.1/2in) diam. Bonhams. ASIAN ART, 9 Nov 2015 10:30 GMT - LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE

A Junyao bowl, Jin-Yuan Dynasty. Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 (€1,400 - 2,100). Photo Bonhams. The conical bowl covered in a thick phase-separated glaze of a mottled blue and turquoise hue, thinning to mushroom at the gently inverted mouth rim, the glaze stopping short of the unglazed foot rim, the interior with a vibrant purple splash. 18.8cm (7 3/8in) diam. Provenance: Guest & Gray (label) Bonhams. ASIAN ART, 9 Nov 2015 10:30 GMT - LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE

A Junyao tripod incense burner, Jin-Yuan Dynasty. Estimate £2,500 - 3,000 (€3,400 - 4,100). Photo Bonhams. Set on three cabriole style feet, the compressed globular body rising to a cylindrical neck and everted rim, covered overall in a lightly crackle suffused turquoise glaze, reserved with a deep pinkish purple splash to one side of the body, rising to the rim and continuing to the interior, two further small violet splashes to the interior. 10cm (4in) diam. Bonhams. ASIAN ART, 9 Nov 2015 10:30 GMT... [Lire la suite]