17 novembre 2015

Pair of lavender jadeite bangles. Estimate HK$3,000,000 - 4,800,000 (US$385,000 - 615,000). Photo Tiancheng International The two well matching pair of jadeite bangles of very good translucency and rich lavender tone, suffused with soft mauve patches, round to the outside and flattened to the inside. Outer diameters, inner diameters and thicknesses measuring approximately 72.65 x 56.80 x 15.83 and 72.45 x 56.02 x 14.92mm respectively. Accompanied by Hong Kong Jade & Stone Laboratory reports numbered... [Lire la suite]

Emerald green jadeite and diamond pendent necklace. Estimate HK$7,000,000 - 9,000,000 (US$900,000 - 1,150,000). Photo Tiancheng International emerald green colour and very good translucency, framed by brilliant-cut diamonds, to a necklace composed of eighteen graduated jadeite cabochons of similar colour and translucency, embellished with emerald- and brilliant-cut diamonds, the diamonds together weighing approximately 13.55 carats, mounted in 18 karat white gold, length approximately 423mm. Jadeite cabochons... [Lire la suite]

Bottle, Song dynasty, 12th-13th century. Stoneware with "tea-dust" glaze, 8 x 5 1/2 in. (20.32 x 13.97 cm). Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton 99.67.2 © 2015 All Rights Reserved. Minneapolis Institute of Art This elegant jar is a rare descendant of wares developed in the Yaozhou area of Shansi province during the Tang period (618-907). Although the Yaozhou kilns are most famous for celadons produced during Northern Song (960-1127) and Jin (1115-1234), the region had a longer and more ancient history in the production of black... [Lire la suite]

Porcelain Brushwasher, Hua-chou type ware, Song dynasty, 11th-12th century. Porcelain with molded décor under a clear glaze, 1 5/16 x 4 3/16 x 3 7/16 in. (3.33 x 10.64 x 8.73 cm). Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton 2002.90.2 © 2015 All Rights Reserved. Minneapolis Institute of Art Some of the earliest Chinese white wares were fashioned after contemporary silver utensils. Considered similarly attractive, the lustrous white porcelains of late Tang and Song (960-1279), while more fragile than the gold or silver vessels they... [Lire la suite]

Tea Bowl and Stand, Yaozhou ware, Song dynasty, 10th-11th century. Stoneware with persimmon glaze, 1 11/16 x 5 9/16 in. (4.29 x 14.13 cm). Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton 2000.39.2 © 2015 All Rights Reserved. Minneapolis Institute of Art This shallow, conical bowl has an elegantly curled rim and a rich rust-colored glaze that thins to reveal a subtle brown underglaze. Best known during Northern Song for their celadon-glazed stoneware, the Yaozhou kilns in Shanxi province also produced black and russet-glazed vessels like... [Lire la suite]

Covered Bowl, Yaozhou ware, Song dynasty, 11th-12th century. Stoneware with persimmon brown glaze, 4 1/2 x 4 11/16 in. (11.43 x 11.91 cm. Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton 2000.89.3a,b © 2015 All Rights Reserved. Minneapolis Institute of Art This handsomely shaped lidded bowl with vertical slightly inturned walls was a popular ceramic form during the Song dynasty (960-1279). The type was produced at several kilns in a variety of glazes. The subtle color of this brown glazed ware, called kaki(persimmon) by the Japanese, was derived... [Lire la suite]

Celadon Vase, one of a pair, Song dynasty, 10th-13th century. Guan ware. High-fired stoneware with blue-green glaze and induced crackle, 5 5/8 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (14.3 x 8.3 x 7 cm). Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton 2000.210.1 © 2015 All Rights Reserved. Minneapolis Institute of Art When North China fell to non-Chinese tribes in 1127, the Song emperor fled south, establishing his new capital at Hangzhou in Zhejiang province. The new locally produced court ware known as guan or "official" was similar in appearance to the... [Lire la suite]

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). Les Glaçons (The Ice Floes), 1880. Oil on canvas, 46 3/16 x 66 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches (117.32 x 168.28 x 8.89 cm). Collection of Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont, Gift of Electra Havemeyer Webb Fund, Inc., 1972-69.2. Image courtesy of Shelburne Museum. BUFFALO, NY.- On November 15, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery opened a new exhibition comprising prominent works by Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) and other leading artists associated with the Impressionist movement. Monet and the... [Lire la suite]

Bright Orange Non-Nacreous Melo Pearl, Melo melo , Saltwaters near Vietnam. Estimate US$ 25,000 - 30,000 (€23,000 - 28,000). Photo Bonhams. Relatively unknown in the West, even George Kunz's compendium of 1908, The Book of The Pearl, had no references to the rare orange pearl offered here. So few have been found, it is no wonder. The Melo melo is the marine snail that produces orange pearls the color of a ripe papaya. The snail generates a pearl-like substance to enclose foreign bodies, or irritants,... [Lire la suite]

Rare 145.576 carats natural melo pearl, emerald and diamond pendent necklace. Estimation: HK$800,000 - 1,200,000 (US$103,000 - 154,000). Photo Tiancheng International Suspending a melo pearl measuring approximately 27.08 - 26.85mm, framed by a detachable mount decorated with round cabochon emeralds, suspending a drop-shaped emerald linked by a diamond briolette, surmounted by an emerald bead, a cushion-shaped diamond weighing 0.59 carat and circular-cut diamonds, accompanied by a similarly-set necklace, the... [Lire la suite]