10 octobre 2016

Lot 3607. An extremely fine and rare large blue and white 'eight immortals' vase, hu, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Estimate 28,000,000 — 35,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 44,440,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. sturdily potted of hu form and resting on a short slightly splayed foot, the sloping shoulders applied with a pair of archaistic chilong handles, the exterior of the vessel finely painted in brilliant varying tones of cobalt blue with the Eight Daoist Immortals holding their... [Lire la suite]

Francisco Zurbarán (1598-1664), The Immaculate Conception. Oil on canvas, 128 x 89 cm. Ca.1630. Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado. Acquired in 1956. MADRID.- Following the generation donation made last year by Plácido Arango, the Museo del Prado is organising a new special presentation which on this occasion brings together a group of works within the donation that all share the same subject-matter, that of the Immaculate Conception, one of the most frequently depicted themes among Spanish Golden Age artists,... [Lire la suite]

Sphinx of King Sheshenq, ca. 945-718 B.C.E. Bronze, 1 15/16 x 13/16 x 2 7/8 in. (4.9 x 2.1 x 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 33.586.  DALLAS, TX.- Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt showcases the diverse representations of felines from the world-famous Egyptian holdings of the Brooklyn Museum. From domesticated cats to mythic symbols of divinities, felines played an important role in ancient Egyptian imagery for thousands of years. The exhibition, which explores the roles of cats, lions, and other... [Lire la suite]

Hercules Segers, Mountain Valley with Fenced Fields, 1625-30. Etching and drypoint, brush and colours. Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. AMSTERDAM.- On 7 October 2016 the Rijksmuseum opensed the first full retrospective of the work of Hercules Segers, one of the most mysterious and experimental artists of the Golden Age. His strange and wonderful mountain landscapes and endless vistas bear witness to an unbounded imagination. Segers was a truly pioneering etcher, developing wholly individual, arcane... [Lire la suite]

Table screen with landscape scene, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th dynasty, jade (nephrite). H. 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.5 cm). Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902 (02.18.518) © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Table screen with landscape scene, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century, jade (nephrite). H. 8 3/8 in. (21.2 cm); W. 5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm); D. 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm). Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902 (02.18.617a, b). © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Brush holder with two brushes, Qing dynasty, 18th century, jade (nephrite). Brush holder: H. 6 in. (15.3 cm); Diam. 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm) Brush (each): L. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm). Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902 (02.18.623a–d). © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Horse carrying books, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Jade (nephrite). H. 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm); W. 4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm); D. 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm). Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902 (02.18.739). © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Elephant carrying a vase, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Jade (nephrite) inlaid with garnet. H. 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm); W. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); D. 2 in. (5.1 cm). Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902 (02.18.740). © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  LONDON.- Sotheby’s Arts of the Islamic World auction on 19 October 2016 will present rare and exquisite objects that tell the story of over a thousand years of artistic exchange and influence in the Islamic world.  This October’s sale will open with a selection of fifty manuscripts and calligraphies from the renowned collection of the late Jafar Ghazi. Each of these works bears witness to the high esteem in which calligraphy was held in Turkey, the Middle East and Persia from the medieval period up until the... [Lire la suite]