16 février 2016

Lambertus van Eenhoorn, Delft spoon rack, circa 1710. Tin-glazed earthenware, 40 x 24 x 16 cm. Marked 'LVE' for Lambertus van Eenhoorn, The Metaale Pot Factory, (active between 1691-1721) © Salomon Stodel Antiquités It may be regarded as a technical marvel that the rear plate and spoon rack are not broken during firing or afterwards.A thick fire crack shows the struggle to get a perfect product. Spoon racks in wood, pewter, and even in miniature silver are known, but this is the only known copy in... [Lire la suite]

Turban ornament, Turra, Delhi, 18th century. Gold, diamonds old mine cut in the middle, other old style brilliant cuts, rose cuts and flat. Length 9.5 cm (bird with tail). Diameter diamond-set rosette 4 cm. Weight 55 gr. © Van Gelder Traditional Indian Folk Jewellery Literature: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, pp. 126-127 Exhibitions: Antwerp, Provinciaal Diamant Museum Antwerpen, A Kaleidoscope of Colours, Indian Mughal Jewels from the 18th and 19th... [Lire la suite]

A woodcock tureen and cover painted in trompe l’oeil. Manufactory Hannong, under directorship of Paul Hannong, modeled by Johann William Lanz, Strasbourg, circa 1750-1754. Tin-enameled earthenware, polychrome 'petit feu' décor. Height 21, 9 cm. © Caviglia Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Saemy Rozenberg collection, New York; Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Collection, London; Private collection, France  A duck tureen with it tray painted in trompe l’oeil, Sceaux, period of Jacques Chapelle, circa... [Lire la suite]

Alexandre Reza. Dune. Sand and polish pink gold cuff featuring two pear-shaped diamonds and 152 brilliant cut diamonds weighing 31.51 cts. © Alexandre Reza Alexandre Reza. Facette. Yellow gold ring ebony faceted featuring an oval cabochon Colombian emerald of 17.83 cts. © Alexandre Reza Alexandre Reza (stand 142) - TEFAF Maastrich 2016 Directors: OLIVIER REZA, Marie- Joelle LEVESQUE REZA’s devotion to beauty and passion for perfection is one that borders on obsession.The... [Lire la suite]

A Jizhou tortoiseshell-glazed tea bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). © Christie's Image 2003 The flared sides rounding upwards just below the finger-grooved rim, covered inside and out with a dark brown glaze splashed in buff with bluish-white suffusions falling to just above the foot - 5in. (12.7cm.) diam. Lot 253. Estimate $5,000 - $6,000. Price Realized $6,573  Provenance: Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 5 November 1996, lot 735.  Property from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. James E.... [Lire la suite]

An unmounted melo pearl. Photo Bonhams The near-round undrilled melo pearl of orange hue, weighing 173.20 carat, measuring 29.3 x 27.9mm. Lot 671. Estimate HK$ 1.95 million - 2.72 million (€220,000 - 310,000). Unsold. Accompanied by a report from GIA, stating that the saltwater melo pearl is natural and has no indications of treatment. Report number 6112849002, dated 28 Jan 2011  BONHAMS. FINE JEWELLERY & JADEITE, 26 May 2012 14:00 HKT, HONG KONG, ADMIRALTY

A bright apple green jadeite and diamond Laughing Buddha pendant. Photo Bonhams The bright apple green jadeite pendant, measuring approximately 41.6 x 44.7 x 5.6mm, carved as the Laughing Buddha, to a single round brilliant-cut diamond surmount and diamond-set bail, mounted in 18k white gold, the diamonds estimated to weigh approximately 0.52 carats in total, pendant length 6.0cm. Lot 684. Sold for HK$ 300,000 (€34,502) Accompanied by a certificate from the Hong Kong Jade & Stone Laboratory,... [Lire la suite]

A pair of semi-translucent intense green jadeite and diamond earrings. Photo Bonhams The earrings each formed with an articulated line of two bars connected by an oval link, set throughout with round brilliant-cut diamonds, terminating in a semi-translucent intense green tapered jadeite plaque, measuring approximately 47.8 x 14.7 x 3.78mm, mounted in 18k white gold, the diamonds estimated to weigh approximately 1.66 carats in total, earring length 7.7cm. Lot 733. Sold for HK$ 350,000 (€40,253) Accompanied... [Lire la suite]

A russet-painted black-glazed jar, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). © Christie's Image 2003 The high shoulder deftly painted in iron-oxide with three birds in flight against the blackish-toned dark brown glaze that ends in a neat line on the foot and continues over the mouth rim to cover most of the interior except for a broad ring in the bottom, the interior of the foot and base also glazed - 10¾in. (27.3cm.) diam., box. Lot 252. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000. Price Realized $4,183  Notes: Compare a jar of... [Lire la suite]

A russet-splashed black-glazed conical bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty, 11th-first half 12th century © Christie's Image 2003 The slightly rounded sides rising to the gently everted rim, the interior covered with a black glaze splashed with russet markings and thinning to russet on the rim, the exterior covered with a matte russet skin falling short of the shallow ring foot - 4¾in. (12cm.) diam. Lot 251. Estimate $7,000 - $9,000. Price Realized $9,560  Provenance: Stephen Junkunc, III.Important... [Lire la suite]