2 janvier 2016

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Lot 122. Burgundy Red Silk Robe ‘Pao’ with Dragons, 19th-20th century. Estimate €1,500 – €1,950. Photo Auctionata AG  Silk. Garment with exquisite embroidery. With depiction of dragons with magical pearl, Buddhist symbols of good fortune, cloud formations and cranes over a banner of waves. Intense colors on a burgundy background. he hems of the sleeves in black color with colored embroidery. Light blue inner lining. With a silk cord. Length of neck to the hem:... [Lire la suite]

Lot 77. Important Chinese Imperial yellow Kesi silk robe embroidered with nine dragons, Qing Dynasty. Estimate $40,000 – $60,000. Photo The Popular Auction 70" W x 55" H Provenance: From private collection of Westfield, New Jersey jewelry dealer. The Popular Auction. New Year Estate Auction-2016 - 7:00 AM - Jan 17 

Lot 94. A good embroidered formal robe, jifu, second half 19th century. Photo Kerry Taylor Auctions the blue silk ground densely worked with couched gold thread dragons amid blue scrolling clouds and coloured auspicious symbols, black silk edging bands. Good condition, fine embroidery, robe has been shortened by making a pleat across the centre chest and back, fabric is intact and could be easily upicked, not lined, two small holes to front chest Kerry Taylor Auctions. Passion For Fashion & Fine... [Lire la suite]

Lot 93. A rare red silk embroidered formal robe, jifu, late 19th century. Photo Kerry Taylor Auctions  worked in bright silks and couched gold threads with coiling dragons, auspicious symbols, edged in black silk, turquoise and lattice gold brocade, lined in blue silk, small brown stain on braid of one cuff. Staining to inner closure panel, neck panel needs re-stitching to ground in places, very fresh colours, has been shortened by folding over fabric at chest front and back, fabric is folded over inside and... [Lire la suite]

Pendant with David and Goliath, 16th century. Gold, enamel. The Green Vault, Dresden. Photo arthistory390 

Giorgio Morandi, Still Life, 1931, Oil on Canvas, 54 x 64 cm @2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome. Reproduction, including downloading of Giorgio Morandi works, is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without the express written permission of Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York NEW YORK, NY.- The Center for Italian Modern Art is presenting a major installation of Giorgio Morandi’s (1890–1964) rarely seen paintings from the 1930s—a seminal and yet relatively unexplored decade... [Lire la suite]

Over a period of twenty years James Sowell slowly assembled the best collection of Chinese porcelain birds, animals and figures in the country. Not only comprehensive, the Sowell Collection features jewels of top quality in each category it encompasses, from important, large pairs of majestic birds, courtiers and exotic animals to charming and colorful figures of laughing boys and courting couples. The collection resided happily in the Sowells’ Dallas home surrounded by classic English furniture... [Lire la suite]

Quinten Massys, The Virgin Enthroned, circa 1525. Ident.Nr. 561. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin © Photo: Picture Gallery of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage. Photo: Jörg P. Anders. Quinten Massys, The Virgin Enthroned, detail, circa 1525. Ident.Nr. 561. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin © Photo: Picture Gallery of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage. Photo: Jörg P. Anders. Note this beautiful little tower of butter on a plate next to Maria in Quinten Massys’... [Lire la suite]

Frans Snijders, Still Life with Fruit, Porcelain and a Squirrel,  oil on copper, 1616,  Museum of Fine Arts Boston Frans Snijders, Still Life with Fruit, Porcelain and a Squirrel, detail, oil on copper, 1616, Museum of Fine Arts Boston. These strawberries in a Chinese porcelain bowl are painted on copper, which makes it look so bright it almost seems like the bowl is real porcelain, reflecting the light of the room. On show in the exhibition Asia - Amsterdam at Rijksmuseum until 17th January