23 octobre 2015

A Meissen rectangular sugar box and cover, circa 1725. Estimate 1,500 — 2,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. of compressed ogee form, painted with Kauffahrtei scenes within Böttger-lustre and enamel laub-und-bandelwerk borders, each end with a large moth or leaf study, the cover with further scenes within a red trellis border, crossed swords and K.P.M. mark in underglaze-blue to base, gilder's numerals 35 to both pieces, Quantité: 2 - 11cm. 4 1/4in. long Provenance: With... [Lire la suite]

Mark Shaw. Modèle dans la maison de Christian Dior, 1953.  Mark Shaw. Christian Dior, Paris, 1956 Mark Shaw. Jacqueline de Ribes dans la maison de Christian Dior, 1959  Mark Shaw. Smoking Christian Dior's Black Dress in Apartments of Suzanne Luling, Paris, 1960.  Mark Shaw. Modèle en Dior dans l' appartement de Suzanne Luling, 1960 Mark Shaw. Modèle en Dior dans l' Appartement de Francine Weisweiller, 1960. Mark Shaw. Dovima en Christian Dior,... [Lire la suite]

  A pair of Italian painted and parcel-gilt mirrors, Venetian, circa 1760. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. 73cm. high; 52cm. wide; 2ft. 4¾in., 1ft. 8½in.  PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION Provenance: With Galleria Silva, Milan Bibliography: Clara Santini, Le Lacche dei Veneziani, Modena, 2003, p. 78, fig. 7 (one illustrated);Catalogue No. 4, Galleria Silva, Milano, 2005, pp. 70-71    An Italian carved giltwood frame, Venetian, circa... [Lire la suite]

  LONDON.- Christie’s Asian Art sales in London this autumn will take place between 10 and 13 November, presenting a wide array of beautiful and rare works of exceptional quality and with important provenance, many offered to the market for the first time in decades. The five auctions feature important works of art from a number of collections, including Chinese Archaic Bronzes from an Important Private European Collection, the Adrian Joseph Collection, the Late Francis Golding Collection, the collection of a Private... [Lire la suite]