16 janvier 2016

Nautilus Cup, South Germany, ca. 1550 - ca. 1600, silver, nautilus shell. H 30.5 cm × W 9.3 cm × 7.9 cm d. BK-17 009. Rijskmuseum, Amsterdam Nautilus Cup with gilded silver mounts in the form of a crane. The bird stands on one leg and clutching a white silver orb in the other. Along the mouth rim of the shell engraved hunting scenes. The base consists of six radially placed dragons.  A crane with a raised right paw and claw his silver ball refers to vigilance. The story goes that when... [Lire la suite]

Nautilus Cup, Netherlands, ca. 1590, silver, nautilus shell. H 32.5 cm × W × 19.5 cm d 11.7 cm. BK-1953-23. Rijskmuseum, Amsterdam Nautilus Cup with gilded silver mounts, standing on one foot with two godronranden and a procession Tritons on the curve. Moreover, on a small plateau surrounded by loose scrolls, a dolphin on the back with a satyr, which supports the shell. The shell is mounted in three brackets; a caryatid on the front and on both sides with a hermtriton pivoted, twisting... [Lire la suite]

Nautilus Cup, Joachim Hiller, ca. 1600, silver, nautilus shell, amethyst. H 42.4 cm × W × 19.7 cm d 11.5 cm. BK-1958-44. Rijskmuseum, Amsterdam. Nautilus Cup with gilded silver mounts in the form of an ostrich. The shell is painted with drapes, flowers and birds. In the head of the ostrich is an amethyst contained. Are driven into the base edge between scrolls and ostrich feathers, displayed twice a cobbled, which faces two goats and two horses averted. Ingeniously nautilus shell is used as the body of the... [Lire la suite]

Harry Winston. 5.79 ct white diamond, and sapphire earrings.

Gown "Robe à la française" of lemon yellow rep silk embroidered with silk with vines and purple flowers, consisting of dress (a), a tablier (b) a devant-the-gorge (c) and a loose floor space side (d), France, ca. 1760. Rips Floss, floss, cotton, 154cm. BK-1978-248. Donation Jkvr. CI Six, 's-Graveland, 1978. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Wedding gown of pale blue rep silk embroidered with a floral motif in multicolored silk, consisting of a body with 'tail', skirt and train, Netherlands, ca. 1750 - ca. 1760. Silk, rips; rips side b 60 cm. BK-1978-247. Donation Jkvr. CI Six, 's-Graveland, 1978. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Anthaxia senicula Anthaxia lucens   Anthaxia salicis Anthaxia bicolor

Catherine Opie, Krupp Diamond from the 700 Nimes Road Portfolio, 2010-11, pigment print, 24 x 20 in., 60.9 x 50.8 cm. © Catherine Opie. Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong. NEW YORK, NY.- Lehmann Maupin presents the gallery’s debut solo exhibition for Los Angeles-based photographer Catherine Opie. For the occasion, two concurrent exhibitions are on view at the gallery’s Chelsea and Lower East Side locations, featuring new work by Opie that underscores her on-going dialogue with... [Lire la suite]

Vase with handle in the form of a lion, Tang dynasty, 618-907, h 10 cm. AK-BR-VIS-1. On loan from M.A.C. Visser, Laren (Noord-Holland), 13-Mar-1951. Rijskmuseum, Amsterdam Vase, white biscuit with cream-colored glaze on the upper portion. Below the neck there is a spout, the ear is in the form of a lion state with the rear legs on the shoulder of the vase, and with the head and forelegs hanging over the edge.

Incense holder, Tang dynasty, 618-907, h 7 cm. AK-RAK-1988-3. Rijskmuseum, Amsterdam.