24 mai 2016

Lot 35. Topaz demi-parure, mid 18th century. Estimate 12,000 — 18,000 GBP (15,250 - 22,874 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's.  Comprising a devant de corsage and a pair of earrings, all of girandole design, suspending three drops, set with variously cut foil-backed topaz, hook fittings.  Sotheby's. Fine Jewels, Londres, 06 juin 2016, 10:30 AM

Lot 109. A Persian Chinese style bronze mirror, 12th century. Estimation : 1 500 € / 2 000 €. Photo Artcurial Plaque discoïde polylobée à passant central, décorée en relief d'un personnage couronné assis, entouré de deux capridés adossés et de deux oiseaux affrontés, dans un rondeau bordé d'une frise d'inscriptions coufiques. Patine brune. Diam. : 11,5 cm Provenance : Collection particulière britannique Publié : Arts from the Land of Timur, An Exhibition from a Scottish Private... [Lire la suite]

Lot 93. A Samanid Nishapur "splashware" pottery dish with "sgraffiato" design, 10th century. Estimation : 4 000 € / 6 000 €. Photo Artcurial Grand plat à large marli, gravé de motifs linéaires et décoré sur engobe blanc de coulées aux "trois couleurs" dites de type T'ang. Diam. : 37,5 cm Provenance : Collection Xavier Guerrand-Hermès  ARTCURIAL, 75008 PARIS. Arts d'Orient, le 24 Mai 2016 à 14h30

Lot 140. A Safavid blue and white ewer, 17th-18th century. Estimation : 8 000 € / 10 000 €. Photo Artcurial Aiguière à anse rubanée sinusoïde et bec incurvé, en céramique siliceuse, à décor bleu et blanc sous glaçure incolore de larges pivoines et motifs sinisants. Inscription illisible sur la base. Petit éclat au bord du col. Haut. : 20,5 cm Provenance : Collection de Mme C., Londres, depuis 1980 Bibliographie : Y. Crowe, Persia and China, Safavid Blue and White Ceramics in the Victoria and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 175. Natural pearl and diamond pendant-brooch, circa 1910 and later. Estimate 22,000 — 32,000 GBP (27,958 - 40,666 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's.  Suspending a detachable pendant set with a natural pearl measuring approximately 18.8 x 18.7 x 15.6mm, and a smaller pearl, the surmount of plume design, millegrain-set with variously cut diamonds, accompanied by a fine link chain, length approximately 470mm, later brooch and pendant fittings.   Accompanied by GIA report... [Lire la suite]

Lot 338. Diamond brooch, Verdura. Estimate 10,000 — 12,000 GBP (12,708 - 15,250 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's.  Designed as a swan, the body set with a baroque pearl, accented with circular- and single-cut diamonds and circular-cut pink sapphire eyes, signed Verdura.  Please note the pearl has not been tested for natural origin.. Bibliography: Corbett, Patricia. Verdura: The life and work of a master jeweler, pg. 140-141. Images of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 310. Property from a princely family. Natural pearl, sapphire and diamond ring. Estimate 22,000 — 32,000 GBP (27,958 - 40,666 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's.  Set with a natural pearl measuring approximately 14.3 x 14.6 x 9.7mm, to a ring of fan design set with circular-cut and baguette sapphires and diamonds, size N.  Accompanied by The Gem & Pearl Laboratory report no. 10995, stating that the pearl was found to be natural, saltwater. Sotheby's. Fine... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 134. A Famille-Rose vase with insciptions, China, Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing Mark and of the Period (1796-1820). Estimate 4 000 € - 6 000 €. Photo Cambi Casa d'Aste. h: 19 cm.  CAMBI CASA D'ASTE, 20121 MILANO. Fine Chinese Works of Art (Milano), le 24 Mai 2016 à 9h30

Lot 157. A pair of polychrome enamelled Da ya zhai porcelain vases with flowers and inscriptions, China, Qing Dynasty, Guangxu Mark and of the Period (1875-1908). Estimate 7 000 € - 9 000 €. Photo Cambi Casa d'Aste. h: 40 cm.  CAMBI CASA D'ASTE, 20121 MILANO. Fine Chinese Works of Art (Milano), le 24 Mai 2016 à 9h30

Lot 178. Diamond and fancy-coloured diamond brooch, 1950s. Estimate 30 000 — 40 000 GBP (38,124 — 50,832 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's.  The rectangular open work brooch depicting a rising sun motif, millegrain set with a circular-cut fancy light pink diamond weighing 1.29 carats and a pear-shaped fancy intense blue diamond weighing 0.39 carat.  Accompanied by GIA reports no. 6177582527 stating that the 1.29 carat diamond is Fancy Light Pink, Natural Colour, SI1 Clarity and no.... [Lire la suite]